There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying.
Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and play louder? No, he plugged in and turned it up and got miles and miles ahead of the game in one fateful act of just plugging in.
Because the quality of living with nature and allowing it to manifest itself is different than the quality of living in a city, especially a dense city.