How much do lyrics matter to you?
 

I know a whole lot of people who don't care anything about the lyrics and only care about how the song sounds. Personally, I pay close attention to the lyrics, because if I'm going to be listening to something I want to know what the artist is trying to get across.

I think the lyrics make the song...but if the song sounds ****ty, it doesn't matter.

lyrics are ahuge part of the song, i'd say about 66.6666666% the other third would have to be the guitar

Lyrics are pretty much everything...true, we all like to hear something that's pleasureable, but one of the best parts of music is connecting with the artist, or relating to the message that they are attempting to convey. If they lyrics are meaningless, the song is apt to be bad (and by bad i mean pop) haha....it's funny though, i have my music managing software on random right now, and andrew w.k. just came on, and his lyrics blow....and i want to change it...so im gonna go do taht

lyrics are especially important if the singer's voice is loud and clear so if theyre singing crappy lyrics youre gonna hear it the whole song

amen

Beats are worth downloading, but lyrics are worth buying in my mind.

Lyrics, for me, count for about half of how good a song is. But if the lyrics don't make any sense (i.e. go go go go go shorty) I won't listen to the music at all.

First i'd like to say rap is a waste of money, i cant get a message from there music. When I listen to stuff like NoFX I always get a message from the lyrics. Even though a song that sounds good is great but when you have good lyrics you cant go wrong.

I'll admit SOME rap has some messages, but most today does not. Not all punk has a message either, but I bet more punk songs have a good message than most rap songs.