I was in Turkey when Bob Dylan received the Nobel Price for Literature and mentioned it to some people I chatted with one evening, asking what they thought about it. They all had to google him, having never heard the name before.
So yeah, musical tastes vary widely and Western music is very, very far from being as universal as many appear to believe.
So yeah, musical tastes vary widely and Western music is very, very far from being as universal as many appear to believe.