What are some artists/bands that are generally disliked by 'serious' music fans, but you like?

uh huh...sounds good to me...what's the target age group you are referring to that love & appreciate Hank?

 

Living Colour
Not sure if Daryl Hall & John Oates qualify

 

Serious music fans don't like Living Colour? What's the matter with them???

 

I still like hall and oats and yes they’re not considered serious music. In case they haven’t been mentioned here though they probably have, I’ll add. The Monkees, though they have devoted subsequent generations of fans because of their show being syndicated on music channels and their continued efforts to tour along.

 

GG Allin. I'm serious.

 

If I tell you you're right will you stop? I give up.

 

Great song. Who knew the guy from SCTV and Schitts Creek could rock? Lol

 

This sounds like a 'guilty pleasure' thread. I cop to liking the Gin Blossoms.

 

Really love em…passed and played a posting of their popular nineties song just the other day.

 

This showed up in my YouTube feed recently - and much to my surprise, I'm now hooked on a song by Willow Smith. The lyrics are absurd, but her vocal got under my skin in a good way.

 

dude, you are doing a reversal..you commented to my posts first. I did not bother you...let's both move on...

 

Never heard of these but I like country music with big harmonies so I'll check them out!

 

I have an unusual family in many ways, including the quirky ways in which they're fun-loving. When I was a kid, I'd check anything and everything out of the local library, music-wise. Well once, after some extended family get-together at our house, my mom asked me to put on some music as we cleaned up, did dishes, etc. As a joke, I put on a polka album I'd just checked out of the library. We got a kick out of it and danced around as we cleaned up, and then that became a tradition--any time we had a family get together, we'd put on polka music while cleaning up. That led to me getting more into polka than I probably would have otherwise.

Well, not to mention that I'm originally from Cleveland. Northeastern Ohio is traditionally one of the polka capitals of the U.S., since historically there were very large Polish and German populations there, initially spilling over from Pennsylvania (I have family roots in PA, too, if you go back far enough). I'm half German (and half Italian).

 

My theory is that when it comes to important subjects, there are only two ways a person can answer. Which way they choose, tells you who that person is. For instance, there are only two kinds of people in the world: Frankie Yankovic people and Jimmy Sturr people. Now, Frankie Yankovic people can like Jimmy Sturr, and Jimmy Sturr people can like Frankie Yankovic, but nobody likes them both equally. Somewhere you have to make a choice. And that choice, tells you who you are.

 

The 5.6.7.8's. I liked them in Kill Bill so I took my 18 YO son to see them at The Roxy. Sweet child of the suburbs, I gained some cred.

Those were some tough looking women. I still listen to Bomb the Rocks.

 

Yes, somewhere else, I’d read that Cleveland is one of the polka capitals of the US.

 

Village People. When I was about 10 years old they and Kiss were my two favorite groups for a while. Both on the Casablanca label. The Macho Man album and the YMCA 45 were in my collection, soon joined by the Go West album.

 

Funny because so many folks I knew liked LZ then. I wonder what happened?

 

Sonny & Cher

 

Bee Gees.... Probably most mischaracterized, misunderstood group in the history of popular music.

 

Thompson Twins, or Twits as muso’s like to refer to them.

 

The Gentrys
Swingin’ Medallions
Bill Deal and The Rhondels

 

The Monkees (many baby boomers still hate them)

 

Nana Mouskouri. A lot of her recordings slide into easy listening, but the best of it is magnificent.

 

For me it’s Frankie Yankovic!