" I wouldn't expect something introspective and honest to have much appeal around here."

Translation:"this is boring but if I act pretentious we can pretend it's not"

Eh, go listen to more brain-dead songs about how awesome rock and metal are.

Those get a lot of praise around here. So too did songs that were outright misogynist when I tried to point it out. I haven't forgotten what that showed about this place.

For a bunch of people who claim not to care about lyrics, sounds like I struck a nerve here.