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ivoiiovi t1_je9ll59 wrote

Reply to Lyrics or the music? by meganelizabethjade

I honestly don’t even comprehend lyrics most of the time. Singers ruin a lot of bands for me and there are only a handful of things I like that are not purely instrumental.

If lyrics are present I do want to know what they are about so I know what I’m listening to but I have to really pay attention because my brain works musically and my focus is always automatically taken by what is happening rhythmically/melodically/harmonically. I just don’t have any need for that egoic relatability or whatever engages us in lyrics, and generally I’d prefer it to be left out but I understand that some music is really created just to envelope a story and may be very uninteresting without that element.

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WingZombie t1_je9l4u6 wrote

Reply to Lyrics or the music? by meganelizabethjade

Depends on the type of music for me. I'm a metal guy primarily so in that case I'm probably 80% music and 20% lyrics. I also like acoustic singer/song writer type stuff and in those cases I'm probably 50/50.

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chicknurch t1_je9l38g wrote

Reply to Lyrics or the music? by meganelizabethjade

Music always comes first. Everyday, and twice on Sundays. If you just want to be moved by lyrics, go read poetry. That being said, if the music is already great and then the lyrics end up being great too, it just takes the song up another level. Lyrics are still important, but secondary to the melody, harmony, interesting riffs/licks, and rhythms.

Edit: Wanted to add that as long as the lyrics aren’t physically cringeworthy, then it doesn’t really matter to me what they’re saying.

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Mark2274 OP t1_je9l1n3 wrote

Reply to comment by cherryblossum79 in Please help me with this song by Mark2274

>Billy Joel- Piano man

Oh my god its actually this one

Wow

Thank you so much

I definitely misheard that since it was so noisy (I work in a Factory chain)

The actual lyrics have the word "night", and I kept thinking it was light something, and my mind probably auto-filled in

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sweet-billy t1_je9jn7b wrote

Reply to Lyrics or the music? by meganelizabethjade

Music is an aural experience, not an oral one! Personally I don't care about the lyrics. I barely notice them. I feel like those who say they are of equal importance must have genres they're not keen on, so an artist could be writing the best lyrics you've ever seen, but if you don't dig the tune, you're surely not going to want to listen to it just for the words?

But I also feel that any aspect of any art is in the eye of the beholder, so how and what any one person enjoys is no more or less valid than anyone else, so knock yourselves out!

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