Yeah I like the fact that they showed their soft side even in their prime with those soft songs, but agree on the fact that in terms of sound, not talking about Chesterās performance, My December and She Couldāt would have sounded dated as hell in 2017, and I think itās one of the reasons why the band, as an example, started playing Pushing me away piano version instead of the original one.
I remember Mike reacting to ākids react to LPā 3 years ago and saying (referring to OSC or ITE video or stuff like that): āyou guys should understand that this in 2000 was cool, but this in 2017 would be dated and pathetic/ridiculousā or something along the lines of this, and he was 100% right.