I differ with you in that I actually like Metallica. Where we agree is paying for shit you like. I am not above downloading an album I never had any plan to buy, just to check it out. Usually it confirms my thought that I would never buy it, but when an exception comes up, like the newest Metallica album, I trot my ass down to Best Buy and put my money on the counter. Every bit of music that is produced by someone I like, I own the CD.
Agree with your last sentence. I bought myself a guitar and my kid a bass, and we learn songs we like and ACTUALLY play them instead of wasting time playing that gay game.