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Originally Posted by quietdrive  I guess what it all comes down to is FLOW..
if the lyrics support the flow of the song, it's all fine. But as soon as the listener goes "wait, this is weird" it shouldnt be there. I think you can compare it to a drumbeat, all the beat needs to do is support the melody/song. If you're great drummer you can do all sorts of funky stuff with a drumbeat, and totally "overplay" the song, which usually distracts the listener from what really matters, the melody/voice. |
This is exactly what I was getting at. "What really matters" in a song is absolutely dependent on the listener. What you think really matters in a song you write could be the most overlooked and unappreciated part of the song to the listener... the listener may even consider that part a negative of the entire piece of music... You can't spoon feed them emotion or the main point of a piece of music because chances are they don't listen to or appreciate music in exactly the same fashion as you. Why does a drum beat only need to support the melody or song? Why can't the drum beat be both the melody and the song? Ever heard of a steel drum? Drums are the most tonally complex instruments out there... why should there purpose be deligated to such mundane tasks?
What you consider weird, I could easily consider simple contrast. Music doesn't need to be uniform. It can be detached, it can be random and chaotic, it can be all those things pertaining to "weird" for no other reason than because the person who wrote the song wanted to express a feeling or view that he considers weird. For example, I consider burying dead people in lead lined boxes in the ground a very weird thing, yet most consider it tradition.
Things like weird, distant, raw are equally as relevant in music as "happy" or "sad".