Transgressions Against Pop Culture

This was a topic of discussion on a music forum I was a part of back in my novice internet days. Basically, it's saying, what bands or artists universally loved by critics and fans do you just not get? The things most people agree are "good" and "worthy?" It didn't end pretty.

I've written here before about my apathy toward much of Dylan's music, or his brand in general. I'm a little surprised, even though I made sure I criticized his product rather than criticize him personally or his fans,  that someone didn't trying to "school me" on the wonderfulness of Mr. Robert Zimmerman. Because that's exactly what happened on that early blog.

I bring this up because I see this happening a lot lately those whom I know to be otherwise reasonable people who know not to take it personally when someone doesn't like "their guy" (or gal). Yeah, we form attachments. With music in particular, we identify with the voice coming from the speaker, or the writer of those words. (The former is often stronger than the latter.) But their needs to be room for criticism, even of those artists long deemed sacrosanct.