remember in the 80s when metal guitarists would play their guitar solos as if it was th hardest etude they had ever seen, making faces and straining to reach the notes and all that shit? all showmanship those fuckers could play every damn solo in their sleep. but the fans wanna see the metal gods work hard at their craft!
disingenious? maybe, but it is after all performance.
all performance contains within itself superficiality and irrelevance. The great performers make it look spontaneous.
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