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"It sounds like a dull thud to me," says the Rolling Stone. "For most bands, getting the syncopation is beyond them. It's endless thudding away, with no bounce, no lift, no syncopation."
He has even less regard for heavy metal. "Millions are in love with Metallica and Black Sabbath," Richards says. "I just thought they were great jokes."
Not that he's about to jump on the hip-hop bandwagon either.
"Rap - so many words, so little said," laughs Richards, 71.
"What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there," he says. "All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they're happy. There's an enormous market for people who can't tell one note from another."
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/keith-richards-plenty-plenty-article-1.2346653
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