Beautiful Basslines!
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Agree totally - lyrics is a very distant second for me - usually donāt bother listening very hard to them, if at all.
I think lyrics and sound are equally important. Music is a big part of my life, even though I canāt play any instruments.
Honestly, Iām going to sound like a drama queen with a first world problem, but COVID has been especially depressing for me because there are no longer any shows to attend. I would queue (maybe camp is a better word here) for hours if not days at a venue to get a good spot for my favorite artists, and even wait outside for hours in the cold afterwards to meet them. Iāve met a lot of my close friends this way as well. Iāve gone on vacations that at least slightly revolved around going to shows in other places. As an incredibly introverted person, I donāt do many other social activities. It feels like a part of me died.
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Yeah, it has been a really shitty year for music fans. Going to shows is a huge part of my social life also and I had started to get to know a lot of people in the local community.
Hopefully things will restart slowly in a few monthsā¦
During the holidays, my 34 yo son came up from Sunny San Diego for a couple of weeks - we spend alot of time in my garage gym.
He was initially against listening to what he calls my 'Angry Music", godsmack, disturbed, etc.
butā¦after ignoring the lyrics, and listening to the music, he became a fan.
The irony, is that I do the opposite - i concentrate on the lyrics and just kinda listen to the music.
Old country songs had great lyrics and told entertaining stories. Modern country lyrics seem to be pandering to dumb people.
Hip hop/rap lyrics used to be a lot of fun. Like everyoneās individual take on a Scarface like rise and fall as a criminal.
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My city lost one of its bigger music venues due to Covid and I fear the smaller (and better) ones will suffer the same fate.
The first road trip I went on as an adult was from the East coast to CO to see one of my favorite bands at the time at Red Rocks. It was an absurd trip but that concert kicked ass.
My girlfriend and I had gotten tickets for a concert in Denver last May. It got cancelled and rescheduled for this May. Now we have a child, haha, but since we already have the tickets and now have a friend living in Denver (free place to stay/babysitter), weāre still open to the idea of going.
Only concern is the 'Vidā¦Iām betting itāll be just safe enough that shows wonāt be cancelled and just risky enough that we wonāt feel good about going. Like you said, first world problems.
I fear that live music will not be the same again until next year or even later. I never thought I would miss waiting outside in a tent in Midwestern winters for days at a time for a show.
Of course, you can watch recordings of live shows at home now, and some artists are even hosting virtual events. But even though theyāre not necessarily trying to compare to the real thing, these things will never fill the void.
I saw an interesting thing recently that suggested that the roaring 20s and all the live music etc. that came with it could be considered a direct reaction to the Spanish Flu of 1918. Might be total horseshit, Iām not smart enough to know, but if it isnāt, the next decade could be an awesome time for live music.
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Was that a guardian article?
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It was a video somewhere, I donāt remember where. Iām not sure if Iām flattered or not that you think Iām a Grauniad reader.
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I read a fair bit of the guardian, but Iām a bleeding heart leftie so thatās to be expected - need my propangda fix from my typographically challenged echo chamber.
Not sure whether you should be flattered or not either, but if your not then youāre probably guilty of some form of phobia!
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As a fellow bleeding heart leftie pinko commie, Iād probably read the guardian too as the āleast badā option. But Iām not cultured or organised enough to read any paper regularly, beyond a brief scan of the front pages in the first shop I go in.
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Didnāt know this was strictly about drugs, OD-ing, and sex until my band decided to cover it. Hard to get through singing it without laughing now.
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How can you not love this song for its lyrical content??
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Iām not saying that all lyrics are poorly written (many are though), itās that I donāt like emotional writing, regardless of how well written
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Lyrics far outweigh how a song sounds when it comes to my musical preferences (within reason anyway). Just canāt relate to yāall
Confession: peanutbutter is back on the menu after being taken off for the last couple years and Iām absolutely NOT training hard enough to justify it.
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I think for music to really work for me, both the lyrics and the instruments have to be there.
If either one outweighs the other by much, the music takes a big step downward from great to eh, this too shall pass.
I definitely like the strong emotional component too. A lot of times thatās what gets the ball rolling for me in a given direction.
you still owe 1 mile of walking lunges 
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