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1. cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:13:36 JST cool_boy_mew
   I never really was into songs lyrics. The voice and how it goes can really add to the music, but then there's also a lot of songs who seems to be trying too fucking hard to sell a story at the expense of it being musical and it's like, ehh?
   
   I always found it weird that people tell me they can't listen to a song without lyrics, old school video game music, or a song in another language. It's like... it just needs to sound nice bruh
   
   And then there's shoegaze
   "What are the lyrics?"... "Who the fuck knows?"
   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:22:49 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     @coolboymew I like both. I mainly can't stand people who just listen to music "for the beat" meanwhile the lyrics are offensively bad at worst or incredibly generic at best. A lot of mainstream stuff is like that. Just listen to instrumental stuff at that point lol.

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   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:23:27 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @beardalaxy I especially don't understand the people who says that and then listen to trash rap that doesn't even try to go with the beat
   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:23:57 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @beardalaxy At that point it's just trashy poetry over unrelated music :shrugz:
   • Miscbrains:beastie::segasaturn: (miscbrains@misc.brainsoap.net)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:24:33 JST Miscbrains:beastie::segasaturn:

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     @coolboymew@shitposter.club shoegaze drowns the lyrics out in glorious shimmery fuzz.
     
     There are some exceptions where witty lyrics kind of make the song, or the singer has a crazy unique delivery but most of the stuff i'm into the singer and or lyrics are just another layer of sound that is part of the song.

   • Static Void :alpine_linux: :redflag: (mononoaware@fedi.absturztau.be)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:45:50 JST Static Void :alpine_linux: :redflag:

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     @coolboymew Cocteau Twins stroke simulator :shibahearteyes:

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   • PonyPanda (ponypanda@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:48:54 JST PonyPanda

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     @coolboymew I suspect English just isn't a good language for music.
     
     I'm going to rhyme "baby" with "maybe."
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   • Rev.Dr. Nikolai Kingsley (nikolai_kingsley@dobbs.town)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:55:18 JST Rev.Dr. Nikolai Kingsley

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     @coolboymew

     > And then there's shoegaze
     "What are the lyrics?"... "Who the fuck knows?"

     Cocteau Twins fan? heh.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RorYZsxLEBQ

     https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/cocteautwins/melonella.html

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   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 13:55:23 JST cool_boy_mew

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     • Rev.Dr. Nikolai Kingsley
     @Nikolai_Kingsley oh man that fucks
   • Seledri (secalinum@cawfee.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 14:02:14 JST Seledri

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     @coolboymew Their ears are accustomed to the lyric and are actively seeking it. Pop music is to blame for excessively giving limelight to the lead vocal mix, leaving the other instruments dead simple and not worth focusing on.
     With the rise of EDM and hip-hop, younger listeners now focus on the beat.
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   • Suzu (suzu@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 14:09:57 JST Suzu

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     • PonyPanda
     @PonyPanda @coolboymew She's a visionary. She rhymed "crazy" with "maybe".
     
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic
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   • gentooP (gentoop@social.mikutter.hachune.net)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 17:53:56 JST gentooP

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     @coolboymew I was just listening to and studying the progressions of Idol by Yoasobi and Connect by Claris and these songs really wouldn't be anything very notable without the lyrics, it would be more like a banger and not much more.

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   • PonyPanda (ponypanda@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 21:43:33 JST PonyPanda

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     @beardalaxy @coolboymew that's cool slam poetry/rap but... I struggle to think what melody could accompany other than rap beats.
   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 21:43:33 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     @PonyPanda @coolboymew i had a melody in mind but i can't exactly convey that over text lol. it's some emo shit lol.

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   • :meru_B: b e a r d (beardalaxy@gameliberty.club)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 21:43:34 JST :meru_B: b e a r d

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     @PonyPanda @coolboymew it's better to do near rhymes most of the time. it's good to have rhymes in the middle of lines as well, which is what eminem is really good at and why people like his flow so much. he's the most notable example, anyway. if you only rhyme the last word on each line and nothing else, especially if it the exact same word as a previous line, you sound cheesy/dumb.

     here's an example of what that would look like in practice:

     "baby, you make me feel so crazy
     stuck in the daises, i'm spacing
     all the things i held onto

     lately, heartache is what i'm maintaining
     all that i'm feigning, erase me
     are you gonna' make me choose?"

     you have three words that use long "A" and "E" sounds in the first line, then "daisy" rhymes with "crazy" but it's not at the end of the line, instead being another word with those long vowels that doesn't technically rhyme. the stanza ends on a word that doesn't rhyme with anything else to add a bit of pizzazz but it all comes back around when the formula is repeated.