Do lyrics matter?

I wouldn't know because I never pay attention to them

>>66241720
of course

Depends on the music
Genres like folk are rooted in storytelling

>>66241720
I feel it does to a smaller extent.

Good music can justify shitty lyrics, but good lyrics can't justify shitty music.

>>66241720
>hundreds of years of classical tradition
>sparse lyrics
>greatest, and most complex compositions known to man
>ability to evangelize non believers in earshot
>do lyrics matter

what the fuck do you think?

>>66241791
>good lyrics can't justify shitty music
highly disagree see Bobby Dylan

Only if you can understand them

it's distracting when they're bad and it's a negative for the song, and i enjoy it when the lyrics are good obviously. if the lyrics are just okay but fit with the tone of the song or are just there for creating a tone/atmosphere i'm cool with that too. i don't really care about them that much.

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might as well post some oc here

>It's rock music, not rock literature.
- Piero Alberto Scaruffi

Vocal delivery + enunciation > lyrics.

>>66241720

in lyrical genres, yes.

ex: hip-hop

>>66241720
Some times its hard to notice what someone is singing. but when i do notice and the lyrics are bad, even if the music is good, i get turned off immediately.
Do lyrics matter to you?

>>66241865
Bob was a poser. RIP