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Part of me dies whenever someone implies all music has lyrics or music == song. That you care more for the music than the lyrics melts, imperceptibly, my iceber
by nescioquid 5y ago
Part of me dies whenever someone implies all music has lyrics or music == song. That you care more for the music than the lyrics melts, imperceptibly, my iceberg heart.
The Enya-esque vocal texture, probably meant as a "this is ancient" short-hand, no longer tries my optic nerves, but I am comforted by anyone who responds more to pitch, timbre, and rhythm than the inanity of lyrics.
- FpUser 5y ago>"That you care more for the music than the lyrics melts" It is not that I do not care for lyrics. Problem is that most lyrics in songs is way out of that territory I would consider as decent.
- nescioquid 5y agoGoethe hated people setting his poetry to music, but endorsed the settings made by an obscure composer named Zelter. Musically, these settings aren't considered very interesting, but that's what Goethe preferred: the music shouldn't distract from the poetry. On the other hand, consider the famous Lieder (or most librettos) -- the music is interesting and the text, less so (on its own). Exceptions abound, of course, but I've come to expect an inverse relationship between music and text in this way.
- FpUser 5y ago>"but I've come to expect an inverse relationship between music and text" Exactly my expectation in average.