Is it the music or the words?

[Melvin]

I prefer the music

That's all I needed.


Music is killing it in this informal poll.


EDIT: Does nobody listen to music for the stories anymore?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x6o_tBU8DU


R.I.P. Aunt Edna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyZaqZraWWc

[kilo2]

Sukov = Snookie.

That would hurt if I understood the reference.

[Melvin]

That would hurt if I understood the reference.

Your words speak volumes.

 


Next...

[kilo2]

Your words speak volumes.

 


Next...

Ok.

You are one cool dude Melvin don't let anyone tell you any different.

[Melvin]

Word up

[titanic3]

Stairway to Heaven, Thank You, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Ten Years Gone, Black Dog, All of My Love

Lyrics AND music.

<3 Led Zep

[branch37]

I would say it depends on my personal taste, and on the song.  I like songs like Led Zeppelin's "Gallows Pole" for the story, but I also love the guitar work in that song.  Aerosmith has some lyrically amazing songs as well, like "Adam' Apple" but they also have great music.  So I'm kinda divided on this one. 

[VonMessa]

Music, of course.

Without melody, tempo and rhythm, lyrics are just words.  Nothing more exciting than a poem or a grocery list.

The music has always been the way to remember a story, since before there were written words.

[Melvin]

You are all just big, smelly and dumb poopy heads.



Without the words all you have left is noise suitable for elevators.



So there.


Except for this, of course....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMJhOwBLqw


 

[jeep00]

It has to be both. It cannot be one or the other. The lyrics have to match the tone of the music, and the music has to match the feel of the lyrics. Once that is accomplished, you have Pink Floyd.
My true feelings are anyone who truly loves music for it's full passion and depth would fully enjoy Pink Floyd on every level, no matter their favorite genre.
My opinion of course, but I do welcome those who feel otherwise to give it a shot sometime with a truly open mind. And no, I do not mean drug addled either.

Bob

[grizz441]

RHCP's lyrics are all over the place.  

I'd say mostly for me, it's music and "how" a song is being sung, more so than what is actually being said.  Although obviously a lot of songs I like a lot are because of the meaning.  

For example I can barely understand Thom Yorke (radiohead) in most songs but it's the way that he sings that I love so much.

[VonMessa]

You are all just big, smelly and dumb poopy heads.



Without the words all you have left is noise suitable for elevators.



So there.


Except for this, of course....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzMJhOwBLqw


 

So which came first in the world, language or music? 

[Melvin]

It has to be both. It cannot be one or the other.

I listen to songs because of the words though. I could care less if a tune has a great beat, if it's telling a story that I don't care for I won't listen again.


To me it's all about the story that the writer is trying to tell.

[VonMessa]

I listen to songs because of the words though. I could care less if a tune has a great beat, if it's telling a story that I don't care for I won't listen again.


To me it's all about the story that the writer is trying to tell.

A story which, in the days of the very first bards, was set to music to make it easy to remember and teach to others  

It doesn't have to have words for it to be telling a story.  A good instrumentalist can tell you all the story you need to know by channeling their emotional state into the music that they are playing at the time. 

[jeep00]

A story which, in the days of the very first bards, was set to music to make it easy to remember and teach to others  

It doesn't have to have words for it to be telling a story.  A good instrumentalist can tell you all the story you need to know by channeling their emotional state into the music that they are playing at the time. 

I listen to songs because of the words though. I could care less if a tune has a great beat, if it's telling a story that I don't care for I won't listen again.


To me it's all about the story that the writer is trying to tell.

And this is why Pink Floyd. Both of these together, done well, give the story life. Again, my opinion.