No you are not alone Jon, I have always preferred instrumental music IE
Tangerine Dream for example, because the lyric "ground" the music for me.
I'm into ethereal music "space music", but admit to liking some vocals like
RUSH.
It to me is all about preferences.
Tony
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----- Original Message -----From: jonesalleyTo: MellotronistsSent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:03 PMSubject: [Mellotronists] question/observation
I'm amazed by the furious nature of the uproar over lyrics the last couple of days. Serious question, am I the only person here that thinks that music is almost always better without lyrics? Lyrics in music strike me as being akin to a car that somebody decides to ;cover with bottle caps or pennies or stuffed animals or whatever happens to strike their fancy. No matter what you paste on the car, it's superfluous and doesn't make it a better car. More often than not, lyrics appear to be a way of compensating for poor composing or crappy poetry, or the combination. Byron doesn't need melody. Stravinsky doesn't need lyrics. They stand quite well on their own strengths without extraneous bric-a-brac.No virus found in this incoming message.
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