Hah...When I was 13 I went to London and stayed with a family that was relatives of some of our neighbors. At the time I was just really getting into music for the first time and had just discovered bands like U2, The Alarm and Big Country. The family we were staying with had two boys about my age and I was really really stoked to go to London and meet all these people that were blessed with some sort of cultural enlightenment...
When i got there and finally had the chance to ask the kids and their friends what kind of music they liked, what bands they were into, they all said "Wham". I was like what the fuck is Wham. A few weeks after I got back Wham got huge in the US and another illusion was shattered. The Brits, generally speaking, are just as tacky and tasteless as Americans.
