Because it's ace!!! Also because, there were & still are, soul nights up & down the country AND radio shows dedicated to it so.......bound to get into mainstream
We live by the railway & have had mice in the past but it's the first ever rat I've seen .... dog was going mad, jumping up & down around some wheels, I moved a couple & off it went.... she nearly had it!!
i think some of the younger generation know the answer Isn't there a fashion trend of tight jacket a different coloured pair of trousers, slightly short and tight round the bottom of the legs and shoes like gondolas ? apparently started as a trend to be different from everybody else but has ended up as mainstream