Hmm, they were musician's musicians, not for everyone perhaps. I could write a comment crapping on anyone from Louis Armstrong to... Dua Lipa? Not clear on why it would increase one's stature or be worthy of note.

(Thought it may have something to do with a midwest dislike of late 70s west-coast AOR fusion.)

Sounds like you have the context for the thread!

Just watched the masterclass link and gathered he preferred an "organic" sound rather than polished studio production.

I think we're spending more time analyzing the thread than was intended by its author, but the thread is pretty explicit about its reasoning.

Ok, I've never really used twitter on (technical) principle, so didn't see past the first sentence. Also just realized punk meant Punk... am a bit slow. :D