Lyrics

do you listen to the lyrics?

sometimes i find they're pretty good yet mostly i can't understand a word

I do, but only on songs I intend to learn to sing.
Singing is the least of my musical, uh, talents.
I labor over pitch and phrasing, not lyrical content or meaning.
Anyways, I pay closest attention to the chord changes
and melody of music I listen to.

I'm like you fuzz bender. The lyric is the last thing to grab my attention and stick in my memory. Yet I can learn a melody very easily.

My wife is the exact opposite. She will remember the the words. Then when I try to remind her of a song I don't know the name of I will sing the melody without words. She won't recognise the melody even though she knows the song and sings the words

I tend to listen to both actually, a singer has just as much to do with melodic content as they do lyrical content. If you''re singin' a song you are makin music. Some songs do not have much to lyrical content (anything that rhymes will do ) others are more to telling a story. I like a good story. Marty Robbins was a master at lyrics in his western ballads, as in Big Iron. A lot of patriotic and religious songs carry good lyrical content. i realize that some songs concentrate on the music more and thats ok, too.If you like it , play it!:lol: