Quote:
Originally Posted by Black Francis
A duet with Elvis costello.
I gotta question for you, do you see any artistic merit in lyrics? i think vocalist have alot of guts, i find it's way easier to play your guitar and focus on that than getting on a mic and singing something i wrote.
It feels alot more vulnerable because your voicing your view on life and exposing who you are through your words as opposed to relying solely on your instrument to do it for you.
|
I don't even know what I would call artistic merit since I'm not too concerned about it. But yes, I think that lyrics can be important or extremely beneficial to a song. Look at Beefheart, his lyrics make his already incredible music even better. I do agree that it does take a lot more guts to perform as a vocalist, but that doesn't mean much tbh. It takes more stamina to play the saxophone than the guitar, but I still prefer the sound of the guitar to sax.