I think the key factor to being musically unbiased is to be all encompassing - to focus on every aspect of a song, whether it be Beethoven, Pink Floyd, Dallas Green, Killswitch Engage, or Wu Tang Clan.
Moonlight Sonata is in an entirely different dimension compared to songs that NEED lyrics. It's haunting, it's ethereal, it's flowing, it's profound, it makes you think. It's classical music. Where would the Doors have been without the poetic ballad in the End, or Pink Floyd if they hadn't written any lyrics for the Wall (let me tell you, the Wall wouldn't exist; every song progresses the 'story' of the album)?
There's many modern songs - instrumentals - that are fucking incredible (Ocean, John Butler Trio). They don't need lyrics, either, but that doesn't mean every song in the existence of music doesn't need lyrics. I couldn't stand if everything was an instrumental. Plus, who doesn't love a good voice?
I say this because I am a wordsmith, a poet, a musician and a songwriter, and I'm a little insulted when lyrics aren't respected and go unacknowledged just because people don't know how to be original these days.
No beef.
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