Well I've read some of their lyrics, and when listening to it along with the music it just dosen't add up for me.
And I don't think lyrics are at all important to the quality of the music itself, well ok if the music is really good then good lyrics add to that experience, but its by no means a make or break thing. Thats like saying any music without vocals or lyrics is bad, let alone saying anything with bad lyrics is bad music, regardless of what the music itself actually sounds like.
Okkervil River bores me, and they have no emotional effect on me at all.
This is simply because I feel more of a emotional connection with the music itself than the lyics. I find Sigur Ros's music very moving, and their lyrics are either in Icelandic or just plain gibberish.
Honestly lyrics mean nothing to me if it means complete disregard for the music, this is what I get from Okkervil River, if I have to understand the lyrics in order to appreciate the music (which in all likeliness, I still wouldn't) then it defeats the purpose of music for me, if I listen to an album and I think its bad, then I just do, I shouldn't have to study the damn lyrics and fully analize their meaning in order for my opinion to have any credibility, listening to music is not a goddamn homework assignment.
Lyrics don't redeem music I don't like, this is why I don't like Bob Dylan, yes he really is a great lyricist, theres no denying that, but I don't really enjoy his music. To me if music is secondary to your lyrics, then you're better off just writing poetry.
Last edited by boo boo; 05-16-2008 at 09:47 AM.
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