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Originally Posted by SubSonicPumpAction
no ones asked one question.
Who gives a fuck?
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A fine point indeed.
'Popular' culture is often a bit of a mis-nomer - I have several groups of friends, all of whom intermingle. To one set of people (loosely, rock fans) SY are well-known purveyers of 'the rock'. Some of them hate them for being pretentious bollocks (punkers mostly). Some of them hate them for being too mainstream (noise/ avant types). Some of them like them (indie/ grunge kids). Some of them are indifferent.
Another group of friends have no idea who they are. They also could probably tell you that Kurt Cobain was in Nirvana, but wouldn't be able to tell you a song of his. They would know who Radiohead were, but wouldn't know any songs, not even Creep.
Rock music is part of popular culture. SY are a small part of this popular culture. To those into certain aspect of pop culture, they are relevant, if not well-liked. To those otherwise inclined, they aren't important.
Contingencies. I hate talking pop culture.
Yeah, ignore this post, please refer to the one immediately before it.