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Location: New South Wales, Australia | What first attracts you to a song.....the melody or the lyrics, or both. Or, like me, does it change from day to day.
I tend to like lyrics most of the time and I'm more of a sweet melody person than something a bit more harsh. |
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Location: NJ | the hook
and it can be either melody or lyrics |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Ah, "the hook brings you back" |
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| The melody brings attention to the lyrics. I guess that's why it's music... if I don't like the tune, I don't listen to the lyrics.. (in other words, 'rap music' is an oxymoron :) ) |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | ...What Steve said...
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Location: 6 String Ranch | The music and the overall feel. Then I'll listen to the words. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I remember back in High School, a teacher asked the class something along the lines of whether we listened to the words of a song, or the sound of the song.
I was the only one that said 'the sound'.
I think vocals are another instrument, but then again, some lyrics can turn you off a song.
Half of the time, I can't hear (or understand) what they're saying anyway. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by muzza:
I remember back in High School, a teacher asked the class something along the lines of whether we listened to the words of a song, or the sound of the song.
I was the only one that said 'the sound'.
I think vocals are another instrument, but then again, some lyrics can turn you off a song.
Half of the time, I can't hear (or understand) what they're saying anyway. I'm pretty much in the same boat with muzza, I can't usually understand the words either unless it's a really old song from back before my hearing got so bad. |
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Location: Athens, GA & Gnashville | Rule #2 of pro songwriting: Nobody ever hummed a lyric! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Most songs start before the lyrics start. I catch the intro and it catches me or it just passes by. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Varies song by song. One of my latest earworms, Nowhere With You by Joel Plaskett, it was the beat, the na-nas, then the line "I'm so cheap I might as well be free.." in that order that drew me in to the song.
It's got about the next thing to no melody, being almost a chant, so musicality wasn't really part of the interest.
A sense of energy is what draws me. Passion. Commitment. |
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Location: Omaha, NE | It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. |
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Location: NJ | It don't mean a thang if it ain't got that "tang"!! |
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Location: big island | country style:
"hit don' mean a thang if'n it ain't got that twang". |
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| ..Speaking of a musical 'hook' in an arrangement...I always like the beginning of "Rhinestone Cowboy"...it had my ear from the start. |
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Location: ms | "Rhinestone Cowboy" became a bit of a joke for a while, I think maybe because of the movie movie" Rhinestone". I did not like it myself for a while but when i stopped and listened to the words i became a fan of that song. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | One of our Australian comedians did a fine rendition of this song with the new title..."Well Hung Ploughboy"...I liked it better than the original |
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Location: ms | ozwatto, some of the guys up north may not get that joke. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Originally posted by gulfcoast:
ozwatto, some of the guys up north may not get that joke. Hope I haven't offended anyone :eek: |
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by ozwatto:
Originally posted by gulfcoast:
ozwatto, some of the guys up north may not get that joke. Hope I haven't offended anyone :eek: |
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melody or lyrics