Why was he so resented?

Why was he so resented?

too much talent

The mastermind of style over substance in popular music. Post-modernism gone wrong: music edition. Before someone else says it, no, just having stuff like poly-rhythms/meter doesn't automatically entail substance.

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He was pretentious and a perfectionist with a big ego that made him insufferable to be around.

HAHA PEEPEE SEX BUTT FART EVERYBODY BUT ME IS TERRIBLE

Fucking genius

but that also made his music great though

Braindead politically-illiterate insufferable libertarian whose music amounted to

but what about his instrumental records?

no-one resents him. People either like him and his music, or don't know who he is / don't care about him. Most normies probably just find him weird and some throwback to the 80s, perhaps something their parents listened to.