# I don't like \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (Sacriledge, I know) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193 "2019-07-17T02:59:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/1 "2019-07-17T02:59:30Z")
I didn’t want to threadshit the Janis Joplin thread so I started this one. Let’s begin. I don’t like the Foo Fighters. I like grunge (or are they modern pop?) but I don’t really get TFFs. As a matter of fact I’m not really that into Dave Grohl. As a drummer for Nirvana he could move sticks up and down but just. Mediocre at best, imho. I don’t hate the Foo or DG but I don’t get the worship (though the Rick Astley bit was clever). I’m open to be persuaded otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/2 "2019-07-17T03:11:02Z")
I’ve always been under the impression that plenty of people out there actively dislike them - and that many, many more just think “meh”… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/3 "2019-07-17T03:11:31Z")
I don’t like Bob Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![Tinker\_Grey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinker_grey/32/8136_2.png) [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/4 "2019-07-17T03:19:18Z")
I recognize Jimi Hendrix’s genius; I just don’t like listening to him. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/5 "2019-07-17T03:23:10Z")
Anybody else read the thread title in Gene Rayburn’s voice and expected to hear some funky 70’s music? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/6 "2019-07-17T03:23:25Z")
Prince. Journey. Alice In Chains. Michael Jackson. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/7 "2019-07-17T03:26:40Z")
Another one for me is Sir Elton John. Different than the Foo Fighters for me in that I get what other people see in him. Massive songwriting talent, fantastic keyboardist, great showman and very impressive vocalist and singer but… I just don’t like his music. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/8 "2019-07-17T03:28:07Z")
I don’t really like the Eagles. Not a fan of Dylan. Is this just for music? If not, I don’t like Dr. Oz. Why does he have a TV show? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/9 "2019-07-17T03:32:55Z")
Not liking Dr. Oz is hardly sacrilegious. I don’t know anyone who does. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/10 "2019-07-17T03:36:57Z")
Rush. Greatful Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/11 "2019-07-17T03:37:58Z")
I’ve tried REALLY hard to like Harry Potter. But I have yet managed to stay awake for an entire movie. Also don’t get the appeal of Alyson Hannigan. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/12 "2019-07-17T03:40:10Z")
I don’t like Bowie or Soundgarden. I’ve also tried five times, unsuccessfully, to watch “Lord of the Rings.” ETA: I also don’t like reading fiction, despite the fact I was an English Lit major. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/13 "2019-07-17T03:40:38Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Not liking Dr. Oz is hardly sacrilegious. I don’t know anyone who does. Well, someone is watching his show. And he gets a lot of spots on other shows as an “expert.” ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/14 "2019-07-17T03:45:32Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Alice In Chains. In the spirit of the OP, if you want to know why some people do like them, I give you Dave Beato: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xY0g8Ohaz_s/hqdefault.jpg "What Makes This Song Great? "Man in the Box" Alice in Chains") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY0g8Ohaz_s) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/15 "2019-07-17T03:45:52Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Well, someone is watching his show. And he gets a lot of spots on other shows as an “expert.” Confounding, innit? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/16 "2019-07-17T03:58:06Z")
> [@zombywoof](#): > > I’ve always been under the impression that plenty of people out there actively dislike them - and that many, many more just think “meh”… Yeh, from the people I know (lots of music geeks and folks who play in bands), the Foo Fighters aren’t really rated much. I mean, great musicians, and decent songwriting, but they just have this really calculated corporate rock feel to them. I mean, I admire Dave Grohl for continuing after the death of Kurt Cobain and putting together a band that’s commercially successful with Dave at the helm. (Grohl is absolutely a solid drummer, but Taylor Hawkins is perhaps better, though slightly different stylistically.) But most of their music just leaves me feeling flat. So nothing too out-of-the-ordinary for not liking the Foos. I mean, among my friends, I cannot think of a single fan. (Though I do like the odd song here and there.) For me, it might have to be Dylan. I feel like in theory I like him, but in practice, it just doesn’t do it for me. It’s not the voice or anything like that, it’s just the music is boring, and I tend to be music-centric rather than lyric-centric when it comes to the music I like, and Dylan is certainly a singer for a lyric-centric audience. I respect him; I own a couple of his albums; I just don’t listen to them. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/17 "2019-07-17T04:06:58Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > In the spirit of the OP, if you want to know why some people do like them, I give you Dave Beato: > > [https://youtu.be/xY0g8Ohaz\_s](https://youtu.be/xY0g8Ohaz_s) Thank you. Interesting I can appreciate why the group had fans. I’m still not one, however. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/18 "2019-07-17T04:15:44Z")
For years I identified as a “classic rock” fan, but really there’s a few bands (Queen, The Beatles) that I like and everyone else I’m more of a “greatest hits” fan. But a lot of classic rock’s most famous artists I could never force myself to enjoy: Dylan Grateful Dead Hendrix Bowie (I tried. As God as my witness I tried to like him. Just couldn’t happen) Janis Joplin (sounds like a damn cat being fed into a woodchipper). Big Brother & the Holding Co. as a band sucks as well. Clapton (although his Unplugged album was good) Bon Jovi Heart The Who (although I like them better than anyone else on this list) Iron Butterfly (did anyone ever actually like them?) Santana Jefferson Airplane / Starship The only artists who I have a significant portion of their discography is Fleetwood Mac and Bad Company. But neither one I listen to much anymore. Maybe I’m just getting old. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/19 "2019-07-17T04:19:35Z")
I like the idea of Frank Zappa. Frank Zappa in practice, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193/20 "2019-07-17T04:21:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t like Bob Dylan. Same here. His voice is extremely unpleasant to my ears. I also found “Citizen Kane” so incredibly tedious I gave up after about 15 minutes. Simply could not have an interest. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-like-_______-sacriledge-i-know/837193.md?page=2)