Hmmm all the examples so far seem to be highly popular regardless of critical acclaims

Coldplay – I like the music, just cant stand the lead singer, same with U2, some great songs but a dick of a singer, Guns&Roses just not my taste at all but from their sales many obviously do like them

Totally agree with GTek on covers and remakes, and hating those damn karaoke shows

On topic though, critically acclaimed yet not really popular that I hate……… anything by Shakespeare…… maybe it was good in it’s day but that was a hell of a long time ago, the language is antiquated, the characters thin, the storylines done a 1000 times, why do they still teach this crap, claim it to be such genius, and have pompous arseholes subsidised to perform it to 1/2 empty theaters only other pompous arses go to……………. I hate Shakespeare