Were you disappointed to the back teeth, or wowwed beyond belief
(please keep quiet if you are in the middle, I couldn't think of a rhyming triplet.........................joking of course..)
I think this is a by-product of our times.
Industrialisation - people wanted money and status
Post-Industrialisation - focus is turned to the smaller details on 'the criteria for high status'. We have increasingly more time on our hands to think up new ways to make things perfect and give us...
I know pulp were, and suede too - they just rode the brit pop wave as the glam/trash thing was wearing somewhat thin
I learned that on Radio 2's blaggers guide to brit pop the other Sunday.