And the thing is? I've always gone after the different. ALWAYS. a-ha was never big here (only when Take on Me was released). Did that matter to me? No. I faithfully bought their other albums when they were released, whether they got radio play or not (Hell, I still do!). There's others (RObbie Williams, who never really did much here, Espen Lind, etc). I just always go for that. It's uber sexy to me. Why? Dunno. Maybe because, at least in Chris's case, it says a lot about him. He doesn't care. He did it his way, not the pretty boy, "correct" way. Says a lot about him and inner strength.

*sigh* Is it my turn for a rant? ;-)