[Stu]

Originally Posted by The Penguin

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.

Then you and I clearly approach music very, very differently.

Like I said, I have no problem with artists not writting songs, just treat it as it is. A novelty. Some good tunes. Fun. That sort of thing. But please don't tell me it's a credible art form because it's not.

Why are you comparing books and films to music to try and back up your point? Three totally different things. Actors are needed to play parts in films. Unfortunately the script writter can't play seventy different people all at once to convey the emotion penned in the script.