Am I dumb for appreciating lyrics?
Do lyrics really don't matter?
Jayden Wright
Jacob Collins
Luis Adams
Not for liking lyrics.
Julian Diaz
No you’re based. Sometimes I listen to foreign language shit to bask in not understanding the words, but eventually you just come to learn the language and you’re like shit.
That hasn’t happened to me as I’m a dumbass lol, but art is a function of ambition, give me several lifetimes to create systems and no shit I could do that easily. A lot of the shit people do in the arts is at its origin arguably delusionally arrogant, but the artist knows that she can create her own reality.
I digress.
Bentley Morgan
A good song doesn’t always need good lyrics, or lyrics at all
But good lyrics can make a song great, and bad lyrics can ruin a song
Bentley Fisher
If you like lyrics so much go listen to someone recite poetry
Blake Morris
No but you’re an idiot for letting some retard on Yea Forums convince you otherwise
Lincoln Watson
no but music is literally not about the actual words but the way they are conveyed in text/understood.
Daniel Barnes
*in context
Nolan Carter
No, but you would be dumb for thinking it’s the most importertant aspect of music.
An instrumental plus a vocal melody is much more immediate in what it conveys, and can be enjoyed seperate from the lyrics while still being enjoyable and meaningful.
Lyrics by themselves wouldn’t nearly have the same impact.
Also, I can tolerate great music with shitty lyrics, but can’t tollerate shitty music with great lyrics
James Thompson
> Do lyrics really don't matter?
Ultimately no, the melody of the lyrics is more important then the words,
I’ve always had a hard differentiating the actual words in most rock tunes and thus usually misinterpret whatever’s being sung, yet I still like music and pretty much every Yes tune for example, is hippy-dippy gibberish, yet they’re still great songs.
Adam Peterson
>hippy-dippy gibberish
you should read e.e. cummings
Mason Green
Yes, fuck you
Parker Cook
being a retarded frogposter should answer your question
Jack Harris
They can matter. I can tell you I'm not listening to Leonard Cohen for the harmonic guitar progressions or strings accompanying his voice.
Charles Cook
No. You are NOT dumb for seeking wisdom from outside yourself. To do otherwise is Solipsism.
Henry Hill
Lyrics only matter if they add/detract from the song.
Blake Rivera
Camden Campbell
Dont let that other thread get you down big guy, OP over there had mad autism
Ryder Ward
No.
Brandon Price
Do you, don't worry about other people.
Also, it frankly depends on the artist. At the Drive-In made a point of just writing nonsense, while Patti Smith was literally a poet just setting her writing to music. If you ignore Patti Smith's lyrics, it just becomes garage rock basically.
Juan Nelson
Only if you also appreciate the music at an equal level
Caleb Johnson
LYRICS. DON'T. HAVE. WISDOM. MUSICIANS. ARE. FUCKING. IDIOTS.
Jordan Powell
Anthony Howard
I worked as a roadie.
Do you know how to tell if the stage is level?
The drummer drools out of both sides of his mouth.
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Kevin Fisher
Jonathan Miller
based
Brayden Perry
Thanks for the (You).
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Michael Hernandez
some people prefer analyzing music sonically. some people prefer analyzing music lyrically. and some people prefer analyzing music as a whole package. there is no incorrect way, and there certainly is overlap (a singer’s word choice can mess with or go with the rhythm). just be happy you enjoy a genre that combines language arts and sonic arts.
tl;dr: lyrics only matter if you want them to.
Grayson Flores
it's not that they don't matter, it's that they aren't the most important part in a song. Not even in rap.