# Name an artist/work you love from a genre you hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286 "2011-11-27T23:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/21 "2011-11-29T07:14:18Z")
I don’t like fantasy books at all but somehow since I read [Jonathan Carroll’s](http://www.jonathancarroll.com/about/biography.html) _Land of Laughs_ back in the 70s I have devoured everything he does. He is one of the few people I follow on Twitter, where he posts mostly quotes and quirky photos like [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/sets/72157603733873729/) or [this](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu1bzkiSEh1qzznhro1_400.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/22 "2011-11-29T07:29:41Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I love video games, but I hate MMOs. Still spent several years playing _World of Warcraft_ Couldn’t that be WHY you hate MMOs, I’ve seen no reports of Skyrim or Deus Ex wrecking people’s lives but I certainly have for World of Warcrack ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/23 "2011-11-29T08:20:03Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Couldn’t that be WHY you hate MMOs, I’ve seen no reports of Skyrim or Deus Ex wrecking people’s lives but I certainly have for World of Warcrack I didn’t say anything about it wrecking my life. 😕 At any rate, I disliked MMOs long before I ever played WoW. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/24 "2011-11-29T14:58:24Z")
I am no fan of R&B music. but Beyounces All The Single Ladies is a perfect song. Ditto rap and Yannick’s C’est Soiree La. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/25 "2011-11-29T16:20:46Z")
Add me to the list who hates country music. If it’s on the radio (for example, if I get in my husband’s car) I reflexively and instantly hit the off button on the radio. I’ll leave the room if I go somewhere that country is playing. I HATE it. That said I do like “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” as well as Garth Brooks’ “The Thunder Rolls”… the latter I like quite a lot–enough that it’s on my playlist that gets played most often. ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/26 "2011-11-29T16:50:04Z")
Musicals are, to me, the reality TV of theater/cinema. Horrible, horrible things. But I love Cabaret, both on stage on on the silver screen. ---
**Author:** ![Yaxche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8dc957/32.png) [@Yaxche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yaxche)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/27 "2011-11-29T17:11:56Z")
> [@FuriousGeorge](#): > > Not to jump on the country music hater/ but… bandwagon > > But… [Hickman-Dalton Gang](http://www.hickmandaltongang.com/) > > Absolutely all day long and all night over again… Thanks so much for posting that! I’m a huge Cracker and RCPM fan, and I had no idea this project existed. :o Off to Amazon to download… ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/28 "2011-11-29T17:15:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > At any rate, I disliked MMOs long before I ever played WoW. I was the same way but eventually relented to try WoW when my friend quit and gave me his account with a few months of time still left on it. I even almost never played again after the first night, since leveling, especially as a Priest in vanilla was so horrible, but once I played with some other friends and started raiding I liked it. I still have absolutely zero interest in playing any other MMO, even if I were to quit WoW. Personally, I dislike grindcore, and while they’re not pure grind and love is probably a bit strong of a word, Cephalic Carnage is awesome. Any other band in the genre just makes me laugh with how ridiculous they sound. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/29 "2011-11-29T18:09:58Z")
It blows people’s minds, metal fan that I am, when I tell them I adore the 80’s album _Upstairs at Eric’s_. I own nothing else like it. I mean, synthpop? But the song “Don’t Go” is so. damn. catchy! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/30 "2011-11-29T18:30:05Z")
Cubist paintings, bleagh. Juan Gris, like! I don’t know if it’s because his subjects tend to be objects rather than people, but I find his work soothing while every other cubist piece I’ve seen grates on my nerves real bad. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/31 "2011-11-29T18:57:49Z")
I wouldn’t say I HATE the work of Picasso, it just isn’t my cup of tea, art-wise. But we do have a large framed print of his sketch of Don Quixote that is so striking, and I just love it. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/32 "2011-11-29T19:27:21Z")
I dislike vampire novels, but really enjoy Robin McKinley’s “Sunshine”. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/33 "2011-11-29T19:53:30Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > It blows people’s minds, metal fan that I am, when I tell them I adore the 80’s album _Upstairs at Eric’s_. I own nothing else like it. > > I mean, synthpop? But the song “Don’t Go” is so. damn. catchy! [hijack] I’m currently in a band that re-writes songs in different, sometimes inappropriate styles. Our metal version of “Don’t Go” is currently one of my favorites. Currently working on a synth-pop version of the Nirvana song “Breed.” [/hijack] With the exception of “The Rainbow Connection” I had no use for banjos. Then I discovered Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/34 "2011-11-29T20:02:21Z")
Snoop Dog. I really have no use for rap/hip hop/whatever it’s called this week. The only Snoop Dog I’ve heard was a couple pieces of comedic-style songs from whatever source I don’t recall, and only the one time, but damn me if that guy isn’t a funny sumbitch! I watched several episodes of his reality show, and although I really have no interest in listening to his music, I just “like” him. He seems like a very nice, honest person, who has an amazing-sized funny-bone! LOL ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/35 "2011-11-30T03:00:47Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I don’t like fantasy books at all but somehow since I read [Jonathan Carroll’s](http://www.jonathancarroll.com/about/biography.html) _Land of Laughs_ back in the 70s I have devoured everything he does. He is one of the few people I follow on Twitter, where he posts mostly quotes and quirky photos like [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/uppercaseyyc/sets/72157603733873729/) or [this](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu1bzkiSEh1qzznhro1_400.jpg). Though I don’t think of him as a fantasy writer, I most certainly agree with you about Jonathan Carroll. The Land of Laughs is really, really different/scary/weird-but-normal as are many of his books. I do love the stuff he writes. It’s hard for writers who don’t fit a genre to keep a publisher happy. I’m very glad that he is able to keep writing. ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/36 "2011-11-30T11:55:45Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Don’t like Country, but I make exceptions for a good ‘story telling’ country song like The Devil Went Down to Georgia or The Gambler. Agreed. I also like genre-bending “country” musicians like above-mentioned Lyle Lovett and Bela Fleck. Love his banjo jazz! (and Howard Levy on harmonica) ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/37 "2011-11-30T19:46:59Z")
Zombie films? Bleh. _Shaun of the Dead_? Genius. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/38 "2011-11-30T20:11:01Z")
Westerns in general are a bore, whether books or movies. Yes, even Clint Eastwood movies. But I love _Lonesome Dove_, always, have always will. The quotation from the beginning of the book actually brings a lump to my throat every time I read it: \*All America lies at the end of the wilderness road, and our past is not a dead past, but still lives in us. Our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. We live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still lingers. What they dreamed, we live, and what they lived, we dream. \* ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/39 "2011-12-01T21:58:28Z")
Sigh! How could I kill a thread with such an awesome book as _Lonesome Dove_? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286/40 "2011-12-02T00:53:34Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > (It’s also the only movie with Brad Pitt I have ever seen, except for “Thelma & Louise”. I think Pitt does an excellent job with his role, even though he seems to be a Grade A douchebag in his personal life.) Why’s that? Admittedly, I don’t know much about his personal life, but I do know he’s done a lot of good work for New Orleans post-Katrina. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-an-artist-work-you-love-from-a-genre-you-hate/604286.md?page=3)