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I’m definitely a lyrics person. I’m pretty sure my wife is a music person. I sent her the article, and looking forward to what she says. I wonder if it’s relate

by lukevp 2y ago

I’m definitely a lyrics person. I’m pretty sure my wife is a music person. I sent her the article, and looking forward to what she says. I wonder if it’s related to other information processing preferences (I tend to be more rational than emotional, very logical, etc.) so lyrics are captivating to my mind because they contain more directly actionable information. I do play many instruments and love to make music, but that doesn’t seem to matter. I can definitely hear a song and then sing it back to you after one or two listens (not all lyrics but at least the chorus and some of the verse)

helboi4 2y ago
I'm also a fairly rational person and I like to obsess over sounds and their qualities. I find lyrics to be extra, often predictably sentimental, fluff and its the patterns in the music that makes music. My ex was literally an art student and was very emotional and was 100% wedded to lyrics. So I'm not sure.
digging 2y ago
> (I tend to be more rational than emotional, very logical, etc.) so lyrics are captivating to my mind because they contain more directly actionable information. That's exactly why I steer away from lyrical music! The moment I hear lyrics that bore me or give me negative impressions of the songwriter, I lose a lot of interest in the song. Common cliches are the worst, so while I can enjoy pop I can't usually listen to a pop song on repeat the way many others do. So I listen to almost all "instrumental" music (including totally electronic). However, those artists who do capture me with the strength of their lyrics I tend to obsess over. (R.A.P. Ferreira, known then as Milo, was one such for many years. The newer works don't hit the same; I hesitate to say I've outgrown his ideas but something isn't clicking.) edit: Now I've read the article and found a lot of the responses resonate with me. Seems the idea of "music person vs lyrics person" wasn't as solid as the author expected at all.

by lukevp 2y ago

helboi4 2y ago

I'm also a fairly rational person and I like to obsess over sounds and their qualities. I find lyrics to be extra, often predictably sentimental, fluff and its the patterns in the music that makes music. My ex was literally an art student and was very emotional and was 100% wedded to lyrics. So I'm not sure.

digging 2y ago

> (I tend to be more rational than emotional, very logical, etc.) so lyrics are captivating to my mind because they contain more directly actionable information. That's exactly why I steer away from lyrical music! The moment I hear lyrics that bore me or give me negative impressions of the songwriter, I lose a lot of interest in the song. Common cliches are the worst, so while I can enjoy pop I can't usually listen to a pop song on repeat the way many others do. So I listen to almost all "instrumental" music (including totally electronic). However, those artists who do capture me with the strength of their lyrics I tend to obsess over. (R.A.P. Ferreira, known then as Milo, was one such for many years. The newer works don't hit the same; I hesitate to say I've outgrown his ideas but something isn't clicking.) edit: Now I've read the article and found a lot of the responses resonate with me. Seems the idea of "music person vs lyrics person" wasn't as solid as the author expected at all.