Exactly.
I like a song because it's a good song... not because it was played well. I appreciate the performance, production, etc. but I hear past those things.
So if a song appeals to me, it's because it was a well-written piece, period. There are some pretty rough (older) recordings and performances of songs that I just love. And there are recordings with amazing performances, that I find unlistenable. That is, I don't like the song no matter how well it's executed.
I think the line of thinking today is get a drum machine, put a boom bap on, rap your song over it. Don't need to be perfect.
I'd have to say with modern recording, there is very little excuse for not having it perfect, or at the very least any which way you want it. Seriously, have you seen what they can do with time stretching. It's like three clicks of the button, find the transients, add stretch markers, adjust to your taste.
The problem being not whether it is perfect or not, but how do you want it?
Only thing remaining is the recording quality, but even that ClarityVx can pretty much perfectly clean a vocal, from just about any noise. Through with a decent room denoiser, off to the races.
So I don't think there is really any excuse not to have the precise sound you want, whatever that is.