Bill Hicks, its just a ride

Now, here's a song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvz9uSK3zXo

Am I the only one who thinks that Bill Hicks is smug and annoying? I've really tried to get into his stuff, and it just comes across to me as low level misanthropic pandering with a side of faux insightful "I've done acid and read some nietzsche cliffnotes" tangents. That doesn't even take into account that a lot of his jokes are oddly misogynistic in a way that seems unironic and base. I don't mean this as an attack on people who enjoy his stuff, I just don't really get why he's so universally loved. I've noticed that with stand up that if a performer makes content that even sideswipes complex ideas, people develop this giant collective appreciation for their work regardless of the veracity of their thoughts. I also see this with Bo Burnham. I find him irritatingly vapid and manic, whereas a lot of other people think he's doing some groundbreaking, emotionally compelling work. And again, these are smart people. There are stand ups that I sincerely enjoy that make joke telling into a complicated melody, which comes across to me as more complex and interesting than beating me over the head with 'big ideas'. Like I can and have done a bunch of acid and talked some bullshit about philosophy before, and if I was friends with someone who told the kind of jokes bill hicks tells, I'd think they were pretty funny (although, if they were that smug it might put me off), but I wouldnt view them as a cultural icon, even in the microcosm of my personal social interactions.