I'm even further into the music side of things than you, the vast majority of stuff I'm into is instrumental.

This was common with swing bands. I used to go see a lot of them in the 80s and 90s at Disneyland. While occasionally you would see a Lionel Hampton alive, more often it would be "Benny Goodman Band" with a sax player who used to play with him.

Yeah, this is how I am with some rap and heavy metal artists

Ok, why then did you threaten my life because I hold a different opinion than you? Not very politically correct of you. Lucky for you, I don’t give a damn so I am not offended of worried.

You are not my enemy either, I’m just railing about words in many different contexts being banned because they were once used in a specific context that oppressed people.

Do you also want to ban books and control other aspects of how people think?

Rivers Cuomo in “End of Me” by Billy Talent

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I think the commenter was asking about bands that are still touring active.

Oddly enough, the Ramones got a lot of flack for their “never ending” retirement/final shows from July 1995 to August 1996 (13 months). While there now have been bands on multiple retirement/final tours over 5+ years.

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also Mick Jagger who also sang backing vocals on the song as well

With lots (and lots) of good music, you almost always have both. Virtually every heavy metal band that I love/follow has great lyrics and amazing music to match (that DOES match, in tone, atmosphere, emotion, etc.,). Taking away/dumbing-down either the lyrics or the music would ruin it for me.

The problem is that tooooooooons of bands have sh!t or trite lyrics, but people love them anyway and try to project meaning or depth onto them, or just ignore them completely and it doesn't take much away. Not my type of band.

Just like the fake Skynyrd, there's also a band calling itself Molly Hatchet touring with zero original members, all of whom have died. Even some of their replacement scabs have died.

The same.

Dirt by Alice in Chains. It is still one of my favorite albums,but I didn't pay much attention to (or think about too deeply) the lyrics for a long time. It is sooo dark. Still one of my favorites of all time. I wonder about what any thinks when I'm walking down the street and enthusiastically singing along to that album. Like I almost expect someone to offer help.

Right after I typed that last sentence,I just happened to look up at your username. Awesome.

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Yeah, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found what I thought was a banger song, just to have it ruined by awful lyrics. It’s impossible to ignore for me

I guarantee there’s a line of oxygen tanks waiting on the side of the stage.

The Damned - Wait For The Blackout; Plan 9 Channel 7; or so much of their catalogue.

It’s the ol’ James Brown with a cape trick.

I figure that if the lyrics are really important,then they would be foremost in the song;which tends to happen anyway. Like,story-telling songwriters are almost always the most understandable,but if it's all about the groove then that's where the focus lies. I think that's why a good chunk of my generation (x) hates mumble rap. Hip-hop is usually about the story. But it seems that the words and music are all one sound (?).

Music first then eventually lyrics. I actually listen to a LOT of foreign and international music, so it’s literally just the music and the sound of the words until I look up a translation. But sometimes I eventually come to know the words and even sing along. So it really depends on how long I get to know the song

For me it is pretty much as you say. Growing up in the 60-70s these sounds were linked to the west coast beach culture. If you want something that is reminiscent of the ocean some of Enya’s (or others I’m not thinking of) music has that ebb and flow feel of waves on the surf.

Tori Amos also wrote a song about Courtney Love where she calls her a “starfucker.” Called “Professional Widow.”

That too

I'm the same way. If I want something lyrical I'll put on Bob Dylan. If lyrics are taking a backseat then it's King Gizzard. If I want a bit of both, I find a happy medium like Common's album Like Water for Chocolate.

I personally like not knowing the lyrics/meaning behind songs. The music itself conveys so much of what the artist is feeling, but I do prefer to find my own meaning. There have also been a few songs that I've found too depressing to listen to after reading the lyrics.