On: Music vs. Lyrics

[Izkata]

I've tried to describe my preference before as "lyrics lead and the music follows or supports it". "Lead" in the dance partner sense, not the temporal sense.

Pure music without context usually comes across to me as just noise. Context can be many things, not just lyrics, but that is probably the simplest form.

[liotier → Izkata]

Even in electronica, trivial "vocal hooks" go a long way towards getting the audience to bond with the music.