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Chocolate_Rage t1_jad5akr wrote

Reply to comment by Yourmomisnotshy in How do i tell the lead singer of my band that they aren’t that good? by MiniFestSam

I'm the opposite personally. When I hear a song, I only really hear the music and vocal melody. In certain styles of metal, you can't even decipher the lyrics lol

The lyrics themselves don't really stick in my mind. I can hear a song a hundred times and still not know the words

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slowy t1_jadmy06 wrote

This is super true with electronic too - heavily distorted samples, unidentifiable l/random sounds like chair scraping across the ground, one of my fave song is in Spanish and it doesn’t matter - the overarching composition of the song, coming together in a connected, sometimes sprawling, way. Really it’s true for all instrumental music, but in a lot of electronic music I listen to human voice is used as a sound that’s not meant to be directly parsed.

That said, I also appreciate complex and meaningful lyrics in a different way, as an additional layer in some music, but not necessary. I also don’t think someone needs to be a classically good singer to be good. Some genres have people sing flat or off key and that’s what actually works for the music.

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Yourmomisnotshy t1_jad62ei wrote

Thanks for the comment. That is SO interesting. It just goes to show how people connect differently to music. There really is something for everyone. I am totally opposite (I mean unless I can’t understand it like some slipknot or heavier metal then I just assume I like what they are singing about haha)

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lellololes t1_jadlr90 wrote

I'm another member of the "lyrics don't really matter" club.

The way the song feels as a whole is far more important to me. Vocals are just a very versatile instrument.

This isn't to say that lyrics never matter, though.

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