I don’t know… I’ve never felt that way about him, actually. I think if he’s a wanker, he gets it from his life experiences. He’s sort of a working class, weird kid, who stumbled into a music career. I personally find him endearing, but I can see how some would find him off-putting.
Agreed about the R-n-R HOF. Very much about self-congratulatory record industry wanking… But rock in the 1960s became the industry standard of popular music.
The letter he wrote, in case you’ve never seen it:
