Originally Posted by Rhovanion

A song could have the most brilliant lyrics or awesome rhythm/beat, but if it doesn't have a good melody, I don't consider it to be good music. When you're singing along to a song, it's the core melody you're singing along to. If you play an instrument that doesn't allow you to harmonize and you play a song all by yourself, it'll be the core melody you're playing. That to me is the heart and soul of the song.

Music in its original, primitive and essential form is melody.

You can harp on me all you want, it doesn't take away the fact that a song with a bad/boring/bland melody doesn't appeal to me. It's not something I've decided, that's just what I feel when I listen to music.

Maybe I'm using the wrong word/term here. English isn't my native language. When I say melody I mean the tune of the whole song in general. The actual 'music' if you'd strip away all lyrics, harmonizations, instrumentations and arrangements. What you'd sing if you performed a capella.