Does non-engagement (defined as "hmm, I can’t quite get my head around this but it’s OK") always entail a paucity of insight? Can't non-engagers sometimes tell us something interesting about what they think an artist's motives might be--possibly because non-engagers come from an outsider perspective?

I would like to think, that maybe, every great once in a while, an Unreconstructed Indie Rock dude might have something insightful, interesting, and right to say about Mariah or Britney--something that would've never occurred to me on my pop-liking lonesome. Or does being an Unreconstructed Indie Rock dude pretty much shut out that possibility?