I never remember enjoying Top 40 pop music. I grew up with parents that had great music taste, so my only contact with it would be Saturday morning television and even then I wasn't a fan. Some of my earliest memories are car journeys listening to the Beautiful South (it's a good thing my child's mind didn't understand a lot of the lyrics) and jumping around on the sofa to Iggy & The Stooges. I was always just given an alternative that was awesome.