Avril Lavigne

Black Francis · 04-05-2016, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

What do you think of bands playing songs that only one of the musicians in the band wrote? Are the rest of the artists in the group subpar for some reason?

No and that's different in my eyes. for me the reasoning that can apply to a genre doesn't necessarily apply to another one. to me ideally a singer should write his own lyrics but in a band setting i don't mind if another member writes them cause through the ears of your average listener they all end sharing the credits.

Same with classical music. my reasoning that every musician should write his own stuff doesn't apply there either but when it comes to bands and individual artist i always prefer that the singer writes his own lyrics especially if he doesn't play an instrument cause i think being a lyricist should be part of the craft of being a singer.

you may be right, maybe the distinction is all in my head but i can't help making it.