I'd rather be with a group of people and hear someone say "Let's try Such-and-such on page 37" and get the whole group singing and trying harmonies, than sit silent while one pompous "performer" after another drones on with some partly remembered ballad.

Now, I warrant some of you'll be offended by that characterization. Try looking at it through someone else's eyes. These "NO BOOKS, EVER!" rants don't sound like the words of reasonable people. They sound like the words of "jerks."