I agree with you. It's very rare any band have, within the band, such a big music fan like MP, and beyond that, such a really big fan of its own band (again, like MP), to really visualise what the diehard fans would like to have from the band. I guess when musicians become professionals and face the difficulties of the real job, almost all of them looses almost all of this spark of when they were young. Or maybe, they just love music in general and to be musicians, but never were over the top fans of any specific artistis or bands.
With all that said, I'm not complaining with DT of today, I guess it's just the way they are and it's fine.