[The Penguin]

Originally Posted by Judas Iscariot

Sinatra and Elvis and co were many, many years ago my friend.

The reason why people despise people who don't write their own songs is not because it's an unrelated talent it's because it's unartistic. If you want to not take pop like that seriously then fair enough but it's not proper art because theres no expression taking place. They are singing somebody elses emotions.

songs aren't always about lyrics or emotions. To be honest it's quite hard a lot of the times to know what the lyrics are or even to care. The best songs in my view are the ones which have great melodies and which sound musically attractive. And on that note it doesn't really matter if the person singing it created the melodies.
And even the songs that are more based around the lyrics they aren't necessarily always the genuine emotions of the writer anyway. Songs are often made for other people to relate to. The writer may be writing about an experience which he never had but other people have had it so he is writing it for them. Writing music like writing films or books are more often about creating something that other people relate to rather than always expressing your own emotions.