# Things you don't like about acts you do like

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-like-about-acts-you-do-like/755179>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 19, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-like-about-acts-you-do-like/755179 "2016-05-19T18:29:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-like-about-acts-you-do-like/755179/21 "2016-05-24T16:14:26Z")

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> [@SaharaTea](#):
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> I’m a huge Bob Dylan fan, but I acknowledge that he sucks live.

I think the same of Steve Earle,love his music,but he is boring in concert.

The Who, they act like a bunch of grade schoolers in interviews.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-like-about-acts-you-do-like/755179/22 "2016-05-24T16:57:23Z")

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> [@MadTheSwine](#):
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> I think the same of Steve Earle,love his music,but he is boring in concert.

Back in the day, I saw Mazzy Star perform twice and both times were very dull experiences. Granted, they play very low-key mellow stuff but I’ve seen other artists perform mellow stuff but still make for an entertaining show (between song chatter, stage presence, etc). Hope Sandoval just drapes over the mic and mumbles through the songs with her head down. I don’t know if she’s naturally that somnolent in person or just exceedingly shy and hates performing or what. Nothing against her as a person, she’s just not a good performer.

A decade+ later, my wife told me that her sister was going to see Hope Sandoval perform and I told her my experience. Sure enough, later that night, my sister-in-law calls my wife bitching about how terrible the show was. No idea if she still performs or not but she’s definitely skippable live no matter how much you like her music… stick with your CDs.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-like-about-acts-you-do-like/755179/23 "2016-05-25T00:20:23Z")

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> [@Mister\_Rik](#):
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> Reminds me of the Beatles’ song, _Blue Jay Way_, in which George Harrison repeats the line, “don’t be long” 42 times 😛

> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> Indeed that was unfortunate, and it’s unkind of you to mention it.

Heh. I first saw it mentioned in a lovingly-written book about The Beatles, which I read decades ago.

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