# It could be a stretch for you, but **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953 "2000-12-11T01:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brood\_McEto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Brood\_McEto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brood_McEto)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/1 "2000-12-11T01:40:04Z")
can you come up with your favorite artists in the genrés that you hate? I dislike country music, but I like Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw (mostly) I don’t like rap as much as I used to, but will always love Ice Cube (not in a intimate way, more of a fan way) I’m not into ‘swing music’ but I do like Louis Prima. Any takers? ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/2 "2000-12-11T03:45:15Z")
I dislike country music, but enjoy Garth Brooks and Johnny Cash. I don’t really care for rap, but Grandmaster Flash and other old-school rappers are cool with me. I can listen to jazz/swing/blues, especially Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Robert Johnson, et al. (Oh and Brood: genres doesn’t have an accented e. Don’t meant this as an insult.) ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/3 "2000-12-11T04:14:28Z")
I hate rap but one of my favorite musical groups ever is House of Pain. ---
**Author:** ![What\_fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@What\_fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_fire)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/4 "2000-12-11T07:05:57Z")
I like Andy Warhol, but very little of his work or other seriographers. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/5 "2000-12-11T10:09:41Z")
I hate this message board, but I love **IMHO** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/6 "2000-12-11T10:13:58Z")
I don’t like much Country, but I like Willy Nelson and Johnny Cash. I don’t like much Rap, but I like Cypress Hill. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/7 "2000-12-11T11:43:35Z")
I hate rap, but I like ‘Ice T’. I’m not too fond of country, but I like Junior Brown and Johnny Cash. Louis Prima _is_ pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/8 "2000-12-11T13:52:49Z")
I don’t like “New Age,” but I love Yanni (seriously!). ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/9 "2000-12-11T20:18:20Z")
Maybe this is too specific, but: I dislike the group Toto, but their song “Africa” is one of my favorite pop songs. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/10 "2000-12-12T01:11:51Z")
Does John Denver count as “country” music? ---
**Author:** ![MissDiagnosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@MissDiagnosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissDiagnosis)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/11 "2000-12-12T01:22:33Z")
I totally abhore Brittany Spears, but I like that song “I Did It Again”! On the Country side, I can’t stand Pam Tillis, but my favorite song is “Mi Vida Loca”! IMHO, John Denver is whatever one feels he has to classify him as in order to rationalize it in their own minds! ☹ 🙂 Sassy ---
**Author:** ![Sophie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@Sophie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/12 "2000-12-12T02:03:33Z")
I grew up listening to rap and I hate the majority of the new stuff, but I’ll always love the Beastie Boys! Lyle Lovitt changed my outlook on country music. Especially if you aren’t a country music fan, I heartily suggest that you catch one of his shows sometime. It’s magic. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-could-be-a-stretch-for-you-but/44953/13 "2000-12-12T16:46:11Z")
sassyKYredhead wrote: > [@](#): > > I totally abhore Brittany Spears, but I like that song “I Did It Again”! I can fix that. On the TV special where they showed Ms. Spears in concert in Hawaii singing “Oops … I Did It Again,” they showed these two old ladies (in their 60s or 70s) playing ukeleles and trying to sing “Oops … I Did It Again” by themselves. I don’t know which was scarier … those old ladies, or Brittany herself. \