Q: One of the things that intrigues me is how you arrive at conclusions about certain genres of music. For example...

Q: One of the things that intrigues me is how you arrive at conclusions about certain genres of music. For example, you openly dislike heavy metal. Why is that?
A: Because it's symphonic bombast without the technical complexity of classical music, although there is a lot of virtuosity. I can say this--I'm 72. This isn't the time for me to start liking loud guitar solos. That music is so masculine in a retrograde way. I don't like it. It's a very 19th century idea of power.

this man is the biggest Beatles cocksucker in the world

yeah but he's not wrong there

>That music is so masculine in a retrograde way. I don't like it. It's a very 19th century idea of power.
this is /metal/s nu-male shitposting from the other end

Does he mean all metal subgenres by the term "heavy metal"? Because this is doing a big disservice to black, death, folk, industrial etc. metal subgenres which are absolutely not what he then describes. Whether you like that kind of music or not you cannot say it's all "symphonic bombast".

If you don't like a particular genre of music, fine, I accept that, everyone has different tastes. But for fuck's sake, is it that hard to say "Well, I don't like metal personally but w/e. Different strokes for different folks."

I mean, the reasons he gives for disliking metal (symphonic bombast? huh?) make absolutely no sense at all.

his unintended compliments apply to the all the good kinds of metal
even raw bands have bombast

It's because he's an English major and has to write deliberately obtuse explanations for simple things to show off his thesarus skills.

He's an old fart with a serious case of "if the kids like it, it's bad".

If those Black Sabbath reviews are an indication, he's been at it since he was in his 20s.