Completely unrelated, but there supposedly was this "grunge speak" English being spoken the 90's:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak
https://www.kexp.org/read/2017/11/15/kexp-exclusive-intervie...
At least some people thought it was.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak
https://www.kexp.org/read/2017/11/15/kexp-exclusive-intervie...
At least some people thought it was.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/i-made-a-linguistics-p...
They don't know why, but they do. It's hilarious to me for some reason.
What does “tight and messy” mean here?
In music terms, playing tight means being exact. But I think in this context tight would be length of the song and how succinct it is. 70s rock could be power ballad-y with long solos. As for messy, in context, I'd argue it means the songs are less structured compared to 70s arena rock that are extremely formulaic (think of any AC/DC song and how it sounds just like every other AC/DC song).