Interesting POV.
Personally the first thing I do when I hear music is ignore vocals and see if I like the instrumentation underneath, the second thing I do is listen to the vocals on top of the instrumentation but ignore the lyrics and I see if I like the sound of the vocals on top of the instruments, the third thing I do is listen to the lyrics.
The first step is the most important for me, then the 2nd step, then the 3rd step. Although the 2nd step is as important as the first step if it's a song with extremely predominant vocalization. Although I tend to prefer songs that embelish the instrumentation with vocals, even if the vocals are a huge part of the song.
My favorite song of all time:
Vocals but zero lyrics. The vocals are a huge part. But... obviously, just the vocals without the rest of the music and you've not really got a song at all. Whereas if you listen to all the other instruments and remove the vocals, it still sounds awesome as fuck, it just feels like there's something missing.
Now here's a version with lyrics:
Also great. But I think the version without the lyrics is more sublime and ethereal.
Personally the first thing I do when I hear music is ignore vocals and see if I like the instrumentation underneath, the second thing I do is listen to the vocals on top of the instrumentation but ignore the lyrics and I see if I like the sound of the vocals on top of the instruments, the third thing I do is listen to the lyrics.
The first step is the most important for me, then the 2nd step, then the 3rd step. Although the 2nd step is as important as the first step if it's a song with extremely predominant vocalization. Although I tend to prefer songs that embelish the instrumentation with vocals, even if the vocals are a huge part of the song.
My favorite song of all time:
Vocals but zero lyrics. The vocals are a huge part. But... obviously, just the vocals without the rest of the music and you've not really got a song at all. Whereas if you listen to all the other instruments and remove the vocals, it still sounds awesome as fuck, it just feels like there's something missing.
Now here's a version with lyrics:
Also great. But I think the version without the lyrics is more sublime and ethereal.
