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Lets settle this...
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 5:15 am
by Forestal
Are meanings in songs really important?
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 12:31 pm
by Fist and Faith
Yeah,
this'll settle it!
At the end of the day (hey Sky
), my only real concern with a song is its musical aspects. If I like the music, I don't much care what it says. Sing
la la la in a way that I like, and I'm happy. I love when a song that I like musically also has lyrics that move me, but it's not required. Just a happy bonus.
Otoh, if I love its lyrics, but don't like the music, I won't listen to it. If the lyrics are that good, I might just read it as poetry.
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:04 pm
by I'm Murrin
The most important thing is if the song is good, not what it is about - But I still like songs that are about something. Very few meaningless songs are any good, anyway (most of them seem to fall into those very unfortunate 'pop', 'dance' and 'RnB' categories).
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:08 pm
by Landwaster
Murrin wrote:The most important thing is if the song is good, not what it is about - But I still like songs that are about something. Very few meaningless songs are any good, anyway (most of them seem to fall into those very unfortunate 'pop', 'dance' and 'RnB' categories).
Manamana
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:38 pm
by Fist and Faith
Mana? The Mexican group? Awesome group!!!! Heh, probably not what you meant.
But it does demonstrate my feelings about this very well. I don't understand more than a dozen word in Spanish, so I don't know what the heck Mana is singing about. But I LOVE their music! It gives me feelings that the lyrics might not have in mind, but that's too darned bad.
Actually, I've had a couple people translate the songs for me now and then, and, indeed, they are not always about what I get from them without knowing.
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:41 pm
by Forestal
on a side note... is it true that "macarena" is really a guy singing about having sex with some spanish hottie?
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2003 4:06 pm
by Furls Fire
I enjoy songs that say something to me, or touch me in some way more then I like songs that are just jibberish.
That's not to say that I don't like "fun" music. I consider myself eccletic, I love all kinds of music, from classical to country to jazz to easy listening to rock and roll. I like it to "say" something to me, even if it's "okay, girl, time to get up and shake your groove thing."
Love Shack comes to mind for shaking that thing...hehehe