# Singers/Groups that are popular, but their music sucks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-groups-that-are-popular-but-their-music-sucks/556020 "2010-10-04T18:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-groups-that-are-popular-but-their-music-sucks/556020/61 "2010-10-09T18:14:14Z")
> [@rostfrei](#): > > I never understood why the Dave Matthews Band was so popular. I live in the central Virginia area, and they seem to be a big deal here. For a long time, I thought they were just a regional band, popular in the mid-Atlantic area only, with some mild success elsewhere. But, when I moved to California several years ago, I was kind of perplexed that they were performing sold out shows in the Bay Area. I know musical tastes vary greatly, but I think I’m a pretty good judge of good music. Even if I don’t like it, I can still understand why some people might. I can’t get the Dave Matthews Band. Their music is so blah to me. Yet they seem to have a large following. > > Also, Tori Amos falls into this category. I’ve tried to listen to her music, but I just can’t listen to an entire song without wondering how or why she became so popular. Granted, she’s not necessarily mainstream, but she does have a large, loyal following. > > What popular artists/groups puzzle you by being popular? I file away the Dave Matthews Band in the magic box that is simply marked “American stuff that only they get”. There’s quite a bit of stuff in there, like Nascar and Benny Hill. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-groups-that-are-popular-but-their-music-sucks/556020/62 "2010-10-09T18:21:15Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > > [@rostfrei](#): > > > > I never understood why the Dave Matthews Band was so popular. I live in the central Virginia area, and they seem to be a big deal here. For a long time, I thought they were just a regional band, popular in the mid-Atlantic area only, with some mild success elsewhere. But, when I moved to California several years ago, I was kind of perplexed that they were performing sold out shows in the Bay Area. I know musical tastes vary greatly, but I think I’m a pretty good judge of good music. Even if I don’t like it, I can still understand why some people might. I can’t get the Dave Matthews Band. Their music is so blah to me. Yet they seem to have a large following. > > > > Also, Tori Amos falls into this category. I’ve tried to listen to her music, but I just can’t listen to an entire song without wondering how or why she became so popular. Granted, she’s not necessarily mainstream, but she does have a large, loyal following. > > > > What popular artists/groups puzzle you by being popular? > > I file away the Dave Matthews Band in the magic box that is simply marked “American stuff that only they get”. There’s quite a bit of stuff in there, like Nascar and Benny Hill. And obviously I over-thought that to the point that I forgot what I was writing. What I wrote: “American stuff that only they get” What I meant when I wrote “Benny Hill”: “Stuff only Americans like” I blame the Oxycontin I am on for a slipped disc. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-groups-that-are-popular-but-their-music-sucks/556020/63 "2010-10-09T20:38:43Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Train - had to look this one up, Hey Soul Sister, another one I hear ALL. THE. TIME. I live in terror of turning on the TV because it’s everywhere, all the time. Enough! I’d never heard this song before. So I was playing a gig this morning, and a woman came up during the part of the set where I play mandolin and talked about how “everything is ukuleles now” and suggested “Hey, Soul Sister” by Train. So I just got home and went onto Napster to check it out. **Feh.** We will **not** be adding that song to our set. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-groups-that-are-popular-but-their-music-sucks/556020.md?page=3)