It is oral in origin though, the oral tradition of passing down stories relied heavily on song, that's what songs were, stories. That doesn't mean that we have to tie all music to stories today but that's where its roots lie. But like you say, it's all down to what each person takes from it, and today's music has come a long way from intergenerational story-telling.

young republicans
de-evolve again
we need a bigger dumpster
shut the fuck up

Donna Ritchie Valens

It was across genres, too, from Steve Earle to NOFX.

Run the Jewels

If lyrics were anywhere near as important, you could judge which songs were good songs based on just pages of written lyrics. You can't.

Fernando by abba Lucille by little Richard Amanda by Waylon Jennings

Music 100%

I take it to mean that she had dreams about the future but to him they were just the inconsequential clouds that milk makes in coffee that disappear… writing this now I see maybe that doesn’t make sense though lol

Selenium Forest by Plini

Nimrodel, by Camel

It’s called irony

What’s wrong with that? And who else in history has ever used the word gavotte in a song? And that bass intro? Sick! 🤜💥🤛

“Who died and made you a movie star?”

Music of course. This sub is called r/Music, not r/Lyrics. If you want good lyrics, then go read some poetry. Sure, music is allowed to have good lyrics too, but the overall sound of the artist in question is far more important than whatever lyrics they write.

There are about 10% vocals in the music I listen to (from all over the world in multiple languages). If it's lyrics they want, why not just get into poetry?

We tried protest songs in the early 2000s with the advent of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I imagine you can figure out how well those worked.

>...all the radio pop/rock bands...

That's most of the problem, right there. If you're just listening to the radio, you're missing out. Radio is only going to play what their owners want, and it's not really in their interests to stir things up right now. Keep in mind that the vast majority of radio stations are owned by just a very few corporations, and they make literal tons of money with the status quo.

If you want to find protest music, or music with social commentary, look for that. Google it up and you'll find plenty available to stream or buy.

I wonder what the correlation would be if any between that and the people that get goosebumps and those people that don't.

I said this awhile back too,disappointed in this generations output of outrage. The last time we had a rich, republican actor sitting in the White House had a way better soundtrack. We had Reagans Youth,where is Trumps Tykes when we need them. Hold the Government!

She's from the future

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Depends on the song for me, also depends on the musician. As a fan of people like Bob Dylan and Tom Waits I do enjoy going through their lyrics as I feel it's worth doing.

On the other side though, I also enjoy bands like AC/DC and Nirvana and as much as I can sing along I'm not really taking in the words the same as I would over a Leonard Cohen.

I can ignore the lyrics, but the music is always there.. so yeah.. Music #1