There is a beauty to a shape with pefectly symmetrical dimensions and that to me is the same beauty heard from a perfectly executed advanced technique song. After the first time though the appeal leaves me and I'd only listen to those longass instrumental soloing songs to analyse it (or any tunes by those technically advanced bands). On the other hand, there's a certain beauty in raw emotion displayed from some musicians who don't possess as much talent, but really have such connections with what they're putting across. ... So I only listen to music unless I'm analysing it, or about to go fight to the death (the band slayer comes to mind, i love those guys). I only have appreciation for those 2 extremes and everything else is below me.

That's my personal opinion. For the debate I'd like to add that of course you need theory to be a good guitar player. Anybody, and I mean anybody, can sit there for years and become an awe inspiring speed guitarist. But if you're wiping off those licks in the wrong key because you don't know the difference, I'd consider your life a waste. Call it musicality. Anybody can be a guitarist. Without musicality or theory, you're only that. A guitarist. SRV could get away with no theory, the same with Hendrix etc., because they dealt specifically with the pent. box. So I'm calling SRV and Hendrix non-musicians. haha. What have I done. ... Wait they had musicality, of course they did. They didn't have theory. They had musicality, but didn't have theory. I can't compute this. Must go insane.