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Originally Posted by anticipation
If lyrics were more important to me than instrumentation I would stick to reading poetry.
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That is always how I looked at it.
To me the best songwriters are the best melodicists and people who come up with the most creative structures and arrangements. To me someone who is only good as a lyricist isn't a very appealing songwriter to me.
Bob Dylan tends to work with extremely talented musicians and he is capable of some great melodies but too often the emphasis is solely on the lyrics and that alone isn't something that compells me to listen to music. As far as singer/songwriters go, I consider Neil Young, Paul Simon and Harry Nilsson to be superior songwriters because they are hands down better melodists.