Do lyrics matter?
Muddy
USA
To me they don't. I never liked or disliked a song because of some lyric. Or I get to "relate to the song" fuck off. It's all about the groove it puts you in. Rhythm and Melody and all that other shit.
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If its music for a stripper to shake her ass to, then sure the words don't matter that much. If it's something I'm listening to on my own time I prefer the lyrics not to suck. There's songs I listen to where the lyrics aren't great, but my favorite songs tend to have both lyrics and music I can appreciate.
I miss the car CD player my old phone holder slid in and held the phone quite firmly.
MacArthur Park by Richard Harris?
or
Having my Baby by Paul Anka?
There will be times where if I happen to listen to a song where the words are pretty hard to understand (ie: hip hop/rap or heavy/death metal) and I just google the lyrics to see what they are and I'll think to myself "Holy shit, this is gruesome/gnarly/rancid/twisted/morally questionable as fuck" and you know what? ... I still listen and enjoy the song.
Electron: Whats not to like about a 6 minute song about acake melting in the rain, sung by an old guy lol. Havin my baby. Huge scandal at the time when out of wedlock births were conisdered bad, not a tv show.
In a strip club, they make no difference at all.
I doubt folks listen to today’s pop shit for enlightening life insights. I don’t think Katy Perry is offering life altering lyrics. I also doubt T Pain is going to help my life.
Some old Led Zeppelin songs were written in specific drug induced times, and they really make no sense to me now. But they still sound good.