"...not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it." So, what he's saying is, Steve Jobs killed the music

"...not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it." So, what he's saying is, Steve Jobs killed the music business because people can now preview tracks, decide "Bon Jovi is terrible" and then proceed to not purchase anything. In essence, Steve Jobs has saved people millions of dollars from buying music they don't like.