Re: I'm sure you can all see the old familiar pattern forming here.....
Before I start, I love my north american readers and the time I've spent there.
The following bands do not register in the minds of average-age ( 30 -40?) Smiths fans in the UK.
Duran duran, , depeche mode, a flock of seagulls, tears for fears, the thomson twins. None of them escape finger-pointing ridicule.
I've left out the cure because they maybe, just maybe, don't quite fit in with this grouping.
I was away during the 80's and paid no attention , generally speaking, to what was going on. It's only since then that I've learned of this enormous difference between Smiths fans in the UK and the US.
There's a certain irony that all these bands are British as well. I, for one, don't get it. I'm simply stating a fact.
But my north american readers should be aware that we point at these bands and laugh very loudly.
As the posts from established Moz-solo regulars like PD, Johnny, and Ruff have already indicated.
It truly is a most perplexing mystery.
For some reason, something happened somewhere over the atlantic to bring about this COMPLETELY different mind-set.