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lyrics important?
MrTeapot:
Good lyrics are a bonus, but what I can't stand are bands that try to sound serious but fall into the trap of using really bad clichés, or force the metre of the song to fit a rhyme. Gets on my nerves whenever a lyric gets turned around Yoda style.
"Up to you I walked" for an example off the top of my head. If they have shitty music to boot they get but on 'the list'.
Merkava:
I love having the lead singer say words. I love only being able to understand select words as the song goes along. I love unmasking the artist's story.
I only detract a band for it's lyrics when it ends up like the verses of "Goodnight, Goodnight" by Hot Hot Heat. It pays off when it gets to the chorus, but the verses still make me want to vomit.
Outshined:
Hmmm... for me, unless the lyrics are exceptionally offensive, boring, or lame, it doesn't matter too much. It's more about the actual execution of said lyrics... how the vocalist structures those words in a melodic/rhythmic way. There are vocalists that could probably sing the phone book and make it interesting, while some of these whiny, nasaly voiced guys make me want to rip my ears out, irregardless of how good their lyrics may be.
Irregardless, a good vocalist singing good lyrics is always the ideal situation.
pistachio:
Lyrics are really important to me. In a lot of cases I can say a song is great based solely on the lyrics. It does matter who is singing them though, Alot of lyrics are really good but because the Vocalist is completely horrid I dont like it as much. I think thats why I tend to like music from a lot of different genres. I'm also really into analyzing lyrics like someone else mentioned. I love how if you take away the music from a song, or the way the vocalist sings it, you can think of a song in a completely different light. For example: I knew the song Wonderwall by Oasis forever, and didnt really think about the lyrics at all until I heard Cat Powers cover of it.
Not to say that I don't appreciate talent when I haer it. I can also be completely blown away by music as well. But I tend to tocus more on lyrics than anything else.
heretic:
--- Quote from: Outshined ---Hmmm... for me, unless the lyrics are exceptionally offensive, boring, or lame, it doesn't matter too much. It's more about the actual execution of said lyrics... how the vocalist structures those words in a melodic/rhythmic way. There are vocalists that could probably sing the phone book and make it interesting, while some of these whiny, nasaly voiced guys make me want to rip my ears out, irregardless of how good their lyrics may be.
Irregardless, a good vocalist singing good lyrics is always the ideal situation.
--- End quote ---
1) i am going to sing the phone book in a song now, that is one of the mostest awesomest ideas ever, i think it's been done now that you mention it though.
2) irregardless is not a word. people should not use it as it makes m......rrr...HULK SMASH POOR GRAMMAR!!!
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