# "I'm not a big fan of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, but I love \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159 "2012-11-07T00:19:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/1 "2012-11-07T00:19:45Z")
Movies, music, food, home goods, ethnic group :rolleyes:, take your pick… Mine: **I’m not a big fan of heavy metal, but I love Rory Gallagher.** Granted, Rory’s as much if not more a blues player than HM, but there’s lots of elements and influence there. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/2 "2012-11-07T01:31:21Z")
I’m not a big fan of polygamy, but I love the show “Sister Wives.” I think the husband’s a putz but I really like his wives. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/3 "2012-11-07T01:56:00Z")
I’m not a big fan of show music, but I love pre-WW2 pop music. This is more an issue of audience than anything else. If you know the latter, it’s usually by way of the former, whereas I came to it thru jazz. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/4 "2012-11-07T01:59:59Z")
Science fiction / William Gibson. Or speculative fiction if you prefer, or whatever it’s called these days. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/5 "2012-11-07T02:06:29Z")
Fantasy. Terry Pratchett. I know it viewed as more satire than actual “Fantasy”, but trying to describe a book with Trolls, Dwarves, Vampires, Werewolves Witches, Wizards and an anthropomorphic personification of Death who is partial to kittens always makes my friends eyes cross. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/6 "2012-11-07T02:07:32Z")
I’m not a big fan (or a fan _at all_) of country music, but I love the new show _Nashville_. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/7 "2012-11-07T05:38:19Z")
Don’t like country music, but I LOOOOOVE [Junior Brown!](http://www.juniorbrown.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Charles\_Peterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Charles\_Peterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charles_Peterman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/8 "2012-11-07T07:46:26Z")
I’m not a fan or even casual admirer of anything Joyce wrote before, say, 1923, but I think _Finnegans Wake_ is one of the very few exceptional long-form prose works written and published in the 20th Century. Certainly the only thing worth rereading by JJ. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/9 "2012-11-07T07:56:02Z")
I don’t care for country music, but I **love** Taylor Swift. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/10 "2012-11-08T07:42:55Z")
I’m not a fan of Cyndi Lauper but I love “All Through the Night.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/11 "2012-11-08T09:14:22Z")
Ben Affleck / _Argo_ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/12 "2012-11-08T09:41:09Z")
I’m not a big fan of Joss Whedon, but I love _The Avengers_. It’s arguable if that is truly representative of his work, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![RockytheflyingS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RockytheflyingS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RockytheflyingS)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/13 "2012-11-08T11:33:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t care for country music, but I **love** Taylor Swift. Same. She is so cute and talented. 😃 I’m not a big fan of sports type movies, but I love The Fighter. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/14 "2012-11-08T13:46:40Z")
I’m not a fan of country music, but I love Lyle Lovett (it’s debatable if he’s still doing country, but I like his early stuff, too). ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/15 "2012-11-08T13:59:33Z")
> [@Mixolydian](#): > > Movies, music, food, home goods, ethnic group :rolleyes:, take your pick… > > Mine: > > **I’m not a big fan of heavy metal, but I love Rory Gallagher.** > > Granted, Rory’s as much if not more a blues player than HM, but there’s lots of elements and influence there. I’m really not trying to threadshit here, but as a Rory Gallagher fan, I think you need to adjust your definition of Heavy Metal 😉 I kinda despise Tom Cruise, but thought he was tolerable in Vanilla Sky (and Austin Powers). ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/16 "2012-11-08T14:29:03Z")
Bleary eyed OLD Huey Lewis and the News and his execrable pop songs aimed at the frat boy crowd. He creeps me out and I think his songs stink. But I do love “Heart and Soul” (?) and the video, sheer 80’s nostalgia. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/17 "2012-11-08T14:32:29Z")
Ska-punk - Authority Zero. Nu-Metal - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 by Coheed and Cambria (their other albums aren’t really nu metal.) ---
**Author:** ![Greekfreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Greekfreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greekfreak)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/18 "2012-11-08T17:29:39Z")
Was never a big fan of “Springsteen”, but later after most of the hysteria about “Born In The USA” died down, I got into his softer stuff from “The River” and “Nebraska”. Still overrated, in my opinion, but I do understand why people dig him. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/19 "2012-11-08T18:08:43Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > Don’t like country music, but I LOOOOOVE [Junior Brown!](http://www.juniorbrown.com/) It’s too bad he can’t ditch that stupid looking hat. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159/20 "2012-11-08T18:25:29Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > It’s too bad he can’t ditch that stupid looking hat. Any guy who can play two guitars like that while also singing lead can wear a tutu for all I care. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-big-fan-of-_______-but-i-love-__________/640159.md?page=2)