# What band or artist, can you appreciate but don’t like **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [May 27, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667 "2023-05-27T13:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/21 "2023-05-27T15:27:33Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Prince. By all accounts a virtuoso on many instruments and incredible to watch live. But any time a Prince song is on the radio, I try, but I get bored before the end. Yup. We did the Paisley Palace tour and I came to appreciate his artistry and dedication to his craft, but I can’t stand his voice and most of his songs are juvenile. Dave Matthews Band: Talented musicians, but I just don’t like his voice. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/22 "2023-05-27T15:50:09Z")
Neil Young. Powerful, moving lyrics. But I just don’t like his voice. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/23 "2023-05-27T16:34:36Z")
To be honest, I find Coldplay’s music dull as hell for the most part. Their orchestration/arranging is quite good, though. But overall pretty pedestrian. I honestly don’t hear anything special there and the comparisons to Radiohead, especially early on, flummox me. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/24 "2023-05-27T17:32:31Z")
Totally agree, Also, for me, Cream. No doubt incredibly talented. Just not my taste. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/25 "2023-05-27T17:40:25Z")
As an (amateur) drummer, I am really inspired and impressed by the long solos of past greats like [Buddy Rich](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9esWG6A6g-k) or newer talents like [Greyson Kekrutman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwPCbmTXsiA). I also find it a chore listening to one of these solos all the way through. Let alone a whole performance. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/26 "2023-05-27T17:51:00Z")
Yes. I can tell the members are talented, but Anderson’s shrill vocals ruin their music for me. Barbra Streisand and Celine Dionne- Yeah, they sing well, but the songs they choose to sing bore me to tears if I’m forced to hear one. The songs are also completely non-catchy and unmemorable. I probably couldn’t recite more than one line from any of their songs. They’re totally forgettable elevator music to my ears. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/27 "2023-05-27T17:57:20Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > But the name that came to my mind first when I saw the thread title was Bruce Springsteen. I have a lot of respect for him, but I don’t want to listen to him. Partly it’s that I don’t like the sound of his voice, and partly it’s that none of his songs that I’ve heard have really resonated with me the way they have with some people. Thanks for typing this out so I didn’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/28 "2023-05-27T17:58:00Z")
I’m going to say Frank Zappa. I appreciate the complexity and inventiveness of his compositions, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a song by him that I actually would want to hear a second time. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/29 "2023-05-27T18:00:48Z")
For the life me, I just don’t get why so many people are irked by Springsteen’s voice. I think he has a fine voice, but the singers I listen to can be pretty technically awful. But even putting that aside, back in my “singers gotta know how to _sing_” days, nothing about his voice strikes me as off-putting. I get Geddy Lee. I get Dave Matthews. I’d get Billy Corgan if someone mentioned him. I obviously get Dylan. But Springsteen? It’s a little gritty, but that’s good for the image he’s projecting. I don’t have a single album of his, but he’s got kind of an iconic rock voice to me. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/30 "2023-05-27T18:09:00Z")
Steely Dan. I just find them annoying. ---
**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 27, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/31 "2023-05-27T18:56:56Z")
Radiohead. I guess Creep is okay (and, from what I’ve heard, they _don’t_ like the song) but everything else is just “Eh” to me. They’ve been getting airplay on stations I’ve listened to since my college days though and are spoken of with great respect so obviously I just don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/32 "2023-05-27T18:57:18Z")
Definitely Rush. Hate Geddy Lee’s voice. Don’t like their lyrics, and I think they’re too proggy for me. Also, obviously incredible musicians. There are a lot of virtuoso guitar players that just don’t remotely move me. Steve Vai or Yngwie Malmsteen are as technically proficient as you can get, but they’re so damn boring. SRV had more emotion in his farts than they had in their careers. The Grateful Dead I don’t even appreciate. I’m not musically inclined/have a bad ear, but I dislike them and don’t understand why anyone would voluntarily listen to them. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/33 "2023-05-27T18:59:58Z")
Zamfir. I respect the dedication and skill he has to become _The Master of the Pan Flute_. But I really do NOT like about his music. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/34 "2023-05-27T19:26:25Z")
I was watching Rick Beato analyzing “Go Your Own Way” by Fleetwood Mac and all the things that went into making the song great. And I realized they really are (or were) a phenomenally accomplished band. I just don’t care to listen to them very much. I had a roommate in my first attempt at college who owned one and only one 8-track (yes, that long ago) and it was “Rumors” and he just kept playing it. But I wasn’t overly fond of them even before that. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/35 "2023-05-27T19:27:27Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > During some long keyboard runs, it sounds like a dog wagging its tail between the antennae of a theremin. That is a beautiful picture 😃 and an accurate description. When I read the thread title I was going to write Roger Waters, because he is a despicable person I really do not like, though he has made or at least contributed to some amazing music. But that is not what the OP meant, so I am going to settle for Phil Collins. His music, his voice and his arrangements make me gag. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/36 "2023-05-27T19:35:48Z")
Definitely Rush for me. Proficient but unimaginative; when they come on, I can’t make to the end of the song; it bores me silly. To a much lesser degree, Tom Petty. I respect his talent, but his songs just don’t grab me. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/37 "2023-05-27T19:38:55Z")
Pretty much anything that would be designated “jazz”. I don’t doubt that many of the people involved are, by any reasonable metric, “talented”. I just wish they’d use that talent for sometthing that didn’t make me want to run screaming from the room, ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/38 "2023-05-27T19:42:30Z")
My pick as well. Mega respect for Dylan, his legacy, and influence. But his delivery grates, and I find his musical choices meh. If it makes him feel better when you run into him, tell him I tend to enjoy talented performers’ Dylan covers. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/39 "2023-05-27T19:51:15Z")
I like punk. The Ramones do absolutely nothing for me. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667/40 "2023-05-27T20:05:15Z")
Dave Grohl … I love him as a person… he always does good, kind things. He is also a very good musician… but damn… the screaming annoys me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-or-artist-can-you-appreciate-but-don-t-like/984667.md?page=3)