For me very much the music - but good lyrics certainly add something, so the complete package is best. My response in this link says more (and the rest of the thread may also be relevant):
I think there are far more musicians who are not singers/lyricists than are, in which case your ‘predominantly’ is wrong!
And of course what catches different people may be quite different, as there are many different tastes in music, and what one person may fall in love with instantly another may be indifferent to, or even strongly dislike.
If anyone could answer your question for pop music, they’d be able to make their fortune writing pop hits!
For me the lyrics are usually the least impo…
While digging that out I remembered this thread on a similar theme:
During these difficult times I have been reflecting on my hifi journey and the milestones in music reproduction in my home over that journey. As I have improved my system over the years from an Amstrad receiver to what I have today, I can crudely categorise those milestone in SQ improvement into the ‘what‘, ‘who’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ of music reproduction in my home.
I will try to explain those milestones.
What:
With my most basic system, I could hear what was being played and could start to hear…
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