# What singers or groups do you inexplicably hate ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315 "2003-02-20T13:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/1 "2003-02-20T13:24:21Z")
I don’t know what it is, but there are some groups and singers, I just can’t stand. They make me run for the radio dial or clicker as fast as I can. But I’m one of very few who feels that way because the groups/singers are popular. For me: Creed Bon Jovi Mariah Carey The Dixie Chicks Garth Brooks Pink Puff Daddy/P.Diddy Jennifer Lopez Sheryl Crow NickelBack What about you ? ---
**Author:** ![jeff\_lebowski\_s\_brother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jeff\_lebowski\_s\_brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeff_lebowski_s_brother)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/2 "2003-02-20T13:38:20Z")
Bonnie Raitt Melissa Ethridge Christopher Cross ---
**Author:** ![jeff\_lebowski\_s\_brother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jeff\_lebowski\_s\_brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeff_lebowski_s_brother)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/3 "2003-02-20T13:39:53Z")
Bonnie Raitt Melissa Ethridge Christopher Cross Air Supply Styx Rap music ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/4 "2003-02-20T13:41:15Z")
I hate many singers/groups. Not inexplicably, though - I hate them because they suck. So, no one to add to this list. ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/5 "2003-02-20T14:06:32Z")
Creed Mariah/Celine/Whitney Christina Aguilera 3 Doors Down/Lifehouse/Nickelback/any of those alterna-pop boy bands that all blend together Puff Daddy Jennifer Lopez Destiny’s Child U2 ---
**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:** [February 20, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/6 "2003-02-20T14:09:28Z")
Nothing inexplicable: Steve Miller Band (after their album “Number 5” – some of their early stuff is good, but from “The Joker” onward, it was lousy and often plagiarized). Rod Stewart – great voice, but wouldn’t know a good song if it bit him in the rump. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/7 "2003-02-20T14:15:19Z")
Frankly I find it all so bad I have given up on radio completely. But like **Morgainelf** I do not think it inexplicable. They suck! ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/8 "2003-02-20T14:16:04Z")
Air Supply Nothing to do with their music, but the drawing of one of them on the cover of their “Greatest Hits” album looked just like the bully who tormented me in 5th grade. Whenever I was shopping for music during elementary school and Jr. High it always gave me an unpleasant twinge when I saw it on the rack. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/9 "2003-02-20T14:17:35Z")
I agree with the above. Since mine is the definitive taste in music, anyone I don’t like is, by definition, not worth listening to. So the question makes no sense. If I hate them, they suck, and thus it’s perfectly explainable why I hate them. Q.E.D. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/10 "2003-02-20T14:29:46Z")
Creed, no question. Would somebody for god’s sake please tell that poseur to NOT CLENCH HIS JAWS WHILE HE SINGS!!! Janet Jackson–her puny, weak voice would never have made it without all the studio tricks used to make you think its good (Andrew Boccelli is another person taking advantage of the studio). Christine Aguillerra, Whitney Houston, Michael Bolton, and all other singers who seem to think that all songs must be sung at the top of their lungs. Ever heard of subtlety, beeyatch? ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/11 "2003-02-20T15:41:58Z")
Creed, but it’s not inexplicable. Same with most of the others listed above. I’m really starting to hate U2, but I think that’s because they’re so overrated for a mediocre band. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/12 "2003-02-20T16:51:13Z")
I hate No Doubt and Gwen Stefani. Whenever I hear or see her/them I want to punch and kick and hit and maim something. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/13 "2003-02-20T17:07:36Z")
Jarvis Cocker and Pulp. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/14 "2003-02-20T17:12:09Z")
Abba :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/15 "2003-02-20T17:15:55Z")
Journey Genesis (with Phil Collins, they’re okay with PG) Rush ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/16 "2003-02-20T17:22:10Z")
ACDC and Van Halen, versions I, II, and III. And most likely IV and V too. Don’t know what it is about them, I just can’t stand them. It might, however, have something to do with the fact that every “alternative rock” station I’ve ever stumbled across felt that these two bands were “alternative rock” staples and their top five songs had to be played as often as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Hepcat421](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hepcat421](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hepcat421)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/17 "2003-02-20T18:18:34Z")
Christina Agulara. She has such a beautiful voice but she ruins it by singing bland songs and not wearing any clothes. Also Bono as well as any other “artist” who wears sunglasses in interviews. It just bugs me. ---
**Author:** ![FranticMad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c68b51/32.png) [@FranticMad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FranticMad)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/18 "2003-02-20T18:28:13Z")
Limp Bizkit ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/19 "2003-02-20T18:40:20Z")
Stevie Nicks really grates on me most times. any of the new “BODY SINGERS” like Brittany, et al, suck. Boy bands - eeeeewwww! 95% OF COUNTRY MUSIC STINKS Hate heavy metal and hair bands. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315/20 "2003-02-20T18:48:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hepcat421 \* > \*\*Christina Agulara. She has such a beautiful voice but she ruins it by singing bland songs and _not wearing any clothes_. \*\* (emphasis mine) Are you whooshing me? 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-singers-or-groups-do-you-inexplicably-hate/156315.md?page=2)