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redbassist66
04-14-2006, 07:23 PM
Which is more important, lyrics or instrumentals? For me its instrumentals. Discuss
Kripes
04-14-2006, 07:39 PM
Don't you think it'd make more sense if vocals replaced lyrics?

In the case of lyrics vs. instrumentals, instrumental any day, but vocals are just as important as instruments.
Biggington
04-14-2006, 11:16 PM
For me the Vocals and Instrumentals parts are almost equally important. The actual lyrics dont really play a part in it but the way things are sung are very important for me.
redbassist66
04-15-2006, 02:55 PM
Don't you think it'd make more sense if vocals replaced lyrics?

In the case of lyrics vs. instrumentals, instrumental any day, but vocals are just as important as instruments.

see i find vocals to be another instrument
<Jane>
04-15-2006, 03:19 PM
Well I find myself listening to more instrumental music than I do poetry. So I would imagine instrumentals.
FPSDavid_lts
05-08-2006, 12:25 AM
I'd have to say instrumentals, because without them, it'd just be words, and that'd be really boring...like rap...
Diablo_lts
05-08-2006, 08:17 AM
Well I find myself listening to more instrumental music than I do poetry. So I would imagine instrumentals.

I'm with <Jane> here. Plus, I can't imagine hearing an acapella version to any Iron Maiden song. :P
IndependentClauses
05-08-2006, 06:10 PM
While I know people who do value lyrics over instrumentals, and refuse to listen to songs that they don't like the lyrics of, I'm not like that.

I love music. Words are just a bonus, sometimes. When the lyrics are bad I just ignore them.
redbassist66
05-09-2006, 12:19 PM
While I know people who do value lyrics over instrumentals, and refuse to listen to songs that they don't like the lyrics of, I'm not like that.

I love music. Words are just a bonus, sometimes. When the lyrics are bad I just ignore them.

i just relized why we get along...over the internet. lol
IndependentClauses
05-13-2006, 09:43 PM
Yep.....pretty much. Music is the best.
The Emperor Of Ice Cream
05-01-2007, 03:54 PM
I used to be a lyrics purist, in that if I didn't understand them, I couldn't really appreciate the song. I think I'm through that phase, but I still love it when bands can write truly "together" lyrics.

Note that I said "understand", not necessarily agree with. I don't really care about what you're saying, so long as I do know what it is that you're saying.

As far as the original question is concerned, I would tend to treat vocals as an instrument (and from a technical standpoint, it *is* just another instrument). I guess, then, the whole of a band minus vocals is "more important" than just vocals -- but it's much like the "What's the most important part in a car?" question, 'cause what's the right answer there?
IndependentClauses
05-01-2007, 04:53 PM
but it's much like the "What's the most important part in a car?" question, 'cause what's the right answer there?

The axles.
The Emperor Of Ice Cream
05-01-2007, 10:52 PM
The axles.

That's nice, but those axles aren't doing anything if you haven't got any wheels. And even if they are doing something, you can't control it without a steering wheel... etc, etc.

:-P
usemytoes
05-02-2007, 12:11 PM
Depends completely on the lyrics. I really like the instruments in a lot of Earth Crisis songs, but the lyrics... come on...


It ruins it for me.