Singers / bands who are hugely successful but deeply uncool

[mikees]

The Lukas said:

The Beach Boys

You have to be fking joking. The Beach Boys? Uncool? Brian Wilson makes modern songsters look like light weights

[rlw]

The Lukas said:

Buddy Holly

I know this an old thread how the fk can Buddy Holly be considered uncool?

[rlw]

Dolly Parton is probably extremely uncool on Pistonheads but has undeniably been somewhat successful, even shading Jimmy Buffet I believe...........

[Japveesix]

U2
Manics
Stereophonics

[grumbledoak]

rlw said:

Dolly Parton is probably extremely uncool on Pistonheads but has undeniably been somewhat successful, even shading Jimmy Buffet I believe...........

I would say Dolly is very cool, though I don't own any of her stuff. Bono is not, yet I do.

[Morningside]

What no mention of ABBA?