# Popular bands everyone loves but you hate. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527 "2014-04-07T03:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/81 "2014-04-08T16:24:33Z")
Billy Joel. His voice makes me want to smack someone. Bob Seger is close on that list. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/82 "2014-04-08T16:24:39Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Nirvana is horribly overrated! I don’t agree, but a couple of years ago, when everyone was ranting about the 20th anniversary of _Nevermind_, I remarked to a musician/former IRS Records rep/bar owner friend of mine that \*Blood Sugar Sex Magick \*came out on the same day. He stopped in his tracks for a second, then turned to me and said “That was the better album, wasn’t it?” Most of us around the bar agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/83 "2014-04-08T16:31:36Z")
Any and all bands and/or singers that play rap (should be called crap). ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/84 "2014-04-08T16:36:15Z")
(ETA: In response to **StusBlues** ) I guess that means I should add **Red Hot Chili Peppers** to my list. Can’t stand their music except for nostalgia purposes. I appreciate their individual levels of musicianship, especially Flea, Frusciante, and both Jack Irons and Chad Smith (drummers), but, all together, it just doesn’t work for me. I almost always change the station when an RHCP song comes on. Of the radio hits, “Give it Away” is about the only one I might stomach. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/85 "2014-04-08T16:39:01Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Any and all bands and/or singers that play rap (should be called crap). No, no, the completely unoriginal, tired, worn-out joke goes “You know what rap is short for? Crap.” ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/86 "2014-04-08T16:40:26Z")
> [@For You](#): > > The thing about **Boston** is that their studio-perfect sound was one of the reasons Punk Rock got really rolling in that era (followed by some rather interesting New Wave and Grunge), so as schlockish as their sound is, you have to give them at least a little credit for fomenting the backlash (more, I think, than any other band). That’s a good point. I’ve developed a real hatred for Boston, REO Speedwagon, Steve Miller, and their pasturized brethern over the past few years, but I’ll admit that they made punk rock necessary. > [@pulykamell](#): > > (ETA: In response to **StusBlues** ) I guess that means I should add **Red Hot Chili Peppers** to my list. Can’t stand their music except for nostalgia purposes. I appreciate their individual levels of musicianship, especially Flea, Frusciante, and both Jack Irons and Chad Smith (drummers), but, all together, it just doesn’t work for me. I almost always change the station when an RHCP song comes on. Of the radio hits, “Give it Away” is about the only one I might stomach. That’s your right, mate. Diversity is a good thing. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/87 "2014-04-08T16:45:21Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > That’s your right, mate. Diversity is a good thing. Well, of course. 🙂 I enjoy most of the bands mentioned here that others hate (especially Kanye.) These threads are supposed to somewhat raise hackles. I just never got into that white funk rock thing that RHCP did. But, I admit, what they did, they did well. What I really can’t stand is bands that try to pull off the RHCP sound, because nobody except RHCP can do it. (In the early 2000s, I lived in an area where every second band seemed to be a wanna-be RHCP ripoff. So perhaps that made me dislike the original Peppers even more.) Still, I’ll take Flea and Irons in my band. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/88 "2014-04-08T16:48:05Z")
It is interesting that, in explaining why you aren’t a RHCP fan, you really have given a rather stirring testimonial on their behalf 😃 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/89 "2014-04-08T16:52:34Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > It is interesting that, in explaining why you aren’t a RHCP fan, you really have given a rather stirring testimonial on their behalf 😃 Well, it’s hard for me to outright _hate_ any artist, I admit. I usually just file them away in the “I don’t get it, but I respect what they do” category, which is about as negative a critique as you’ll pull out from me. Like prog rock. I dislike 95% of it. But I can respect the musicianship and the people who do enjoy that kind of thing. ETA: OK, with the possible exception of **Poison**. Although I can file them away as a silly, adolescent hair-metal band that actually did work very hard to achieve the success they did. Their music is, largely, terrible, but I do have respect for their work ethic and ambition. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/90 "2014-04-08T17:02:29Z")
Can’t say I hate them, but I’ve never seen the attraction of Nirvana, Foo Fighters or Oasis. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/91 "2014-04-08T17:05:22Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Can’t say I hate them, but I’ve never seen the attraction of […] Foo Fighters […]. Well, next time a herd of raging foo show up at your house, you’ll understand why they’re necessary! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/92 "2014-04-08T17:06:11Z")
The Beatles. Yuck ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/93 "2014-04-08T17:19:33Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Well, next time a herd of raging foo show up at your house, you’ll understand why they’re necessary! 😃 Perhaps you know this… (or perhaps you don’t)… I asked Taylor Hawkins why wasn’t it Food Fighters? He said they named themselves after the term used by [Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter) (Taylor is married to my friend’s daughter… I’ve been lucky enough to see them five times from back stage. They Rock.) ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/94 "2014-04-08T19:22:00Z")
**Dave Hartwick** , I wouldn’t try to get you to like Kate Bush, she’s not for everybody, but that song you quoted is not a stupid song IMO. The character singing is an elderly woman whose beloved husband has just died at home, on a rainy day. She’s grief-stricken and lost and to not have to think about what just happened she cleans up the mud tracked in by the rescue workers/ those who came to take the body away. She then gathers up unwashed clothes and sits in front of the washing machine, watching the clothes gently tangle together. Her mind wanders and she remembers a time when they went to the ocean and made love in the water. Her eye is caught by her husband waving at her from the window outside but it’s just his shirt waving in the wind from the clothesline. That’s when she loses it, goes crazy with grief and loss. You may not like it, but it’s a devestatingly sad song that guts me to the core. Maybe it’s because I can’t imagine losing my husband and might go crazy too. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/95 "2014-04-08T19:23:33Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Any and all bands and/or singers that play rap (should be called crap). Yeah, you can always tell the true music aficionados by their willingness to dismiss entire genres of music. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/96 "2014-04-08T19:40:34Z")
U2, I haven’t liked them since their lite-rock “The Joshua Tree” album. And I read recently that fans pay big bucks to go U2 concerts and then get preached at by Bono. Steely Dan. Whatever type of music that is, I don’t like it. Rolling Stones. I want to like them, but they are mostly meh. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/97 "2014-04-08T19:52:28Z")
The post just below reminds me that I should have added Steely Dan to my list. I quite liked their debut album, _Can’t Buy a Thrill_. I even wrote a glowing review of it in the school newspaper my senior year of college. But the stuff from what most regard as their classic period (_Aja_, etc.) leaves me absolutely cold…literally. Pristine, sterile music with that ultra-cool jazz sheen to it. Ever so hip. Everything that rock ‘n’ roll was supposed to save us from. I will never understand the appeal of music that is so…aloof. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/98 "2014-04-08T19:58:53Z")
I can’t stand freakin’ Michael McDonald. He sings like a drunken mental defective. He ruined the Doobie Brothers. Bob Seger’s just as bad, but I guess he never ruined any good bands but his own. The guy brags and complains more than any rapper and expects people to buy his crap- I mean, have you heard “Turn the Page”? It’s braggy, whiny drivel of the first magnitude. Don’t get me started on “Like a Rock”!!! ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/99 "2014-04-08T20:02:31Z")
Pleased to see all the dislike of The Beatles. I, too, understand the historical significance. Just don’t want to listen to them. However I’m honestly shocked at the hate towards bands like Fleetwwod Mac, The Eagles, Kansas, Journey, and most especially Heart, Queen and Boston. I guess 'cause I grew up (musically) in the mid to late 70s-early 80s. Heart was my first concert and will always remain one of my favorite bands ever. You just can’t listen to Ann’s voice and tell me there is no talent there. IMHO, you can’t listen to Boston’s first album and not sing every word and play a mean air guitar. Call me a classic rock lover!! ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527/100 "2014-04-08T20:03:12Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I agree that Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and the like were musically and lyrically better, but I think a lot of Nirvana’s success was Kurt Cobain’s pop songwriting. As I’ve mentioned in another thread, Nirvana was always a bit of an outlier to me in the “grunge scene.” I don’t think it’s identifying with Kurt Cobain himself necessarily (although that did happen for a segment of the population), I just think the ears of the average listener were more in tune to Nirvana’s style of songwriting vs. the darker (at least to me in sound), more complicated work of Soundgarden or Alice in Chains. Kurt’s work had an immediate accessibility to it: strong, simple melodies, somewhat unusual but basic chord progressions centered around a small handful of chords, and a straightforward verse-chorus type of song structure. It was different, but not _too_ different for Top 40 radio. It was immediately accessible in a way something like “Man in the Box” wasn’t. > > At least that’s my take on it. The image of Kurt Cobain certainly helped, but before anyone was too aware of it, Nirvana had already taken hold of listeners, and that was through their music and Kurt’s ear for pop. You’re probably right. I came at the grunge scene a tad earlier via being a guy who listened to a weird combination of harder metal (Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, etc…) and more funk-ish type stuff like pre-fame Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane’s Addiction, Fishbone, etc… So I suspect I had more interest in the non-Nirvana bands, because they seemed too poppy for me at the time. Oh… another couple of bands I can’t stand are Oasis and Smashing Pumpkins. Both bands seem… whiny and self-absorbed for some reason. That, and I just want to hit circa 1999 Billy Corgan square in the face for some reason. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-bands-everyone-loves-but-you-hate/685527.md?page=6)