Whahaha, no bromance for me, bro :D

I'm the same way. There's the occasional jazz song with vocals that I like but I generally prefer my jazz without.

I can't think of any jazz song with vocals I like right now.
Yeah, some louis armstrong coming from an old wind-up grammophone is fun.
But apart from that?

Manhattan Transfer?

I much prefer having words if I want to join in - like in the car and I want to sing along

but if it's background music i'm happy regardless of words or not :=-)

some songs work with vocals, some songs don't, if you want my 2 cents

Dude, try to learn an instrument! Let's say a guitar, or the drums, even the piano. Once you see the beauty of playing and the complexity of it you'll start to realize that some of the most beautiful songs ever are mostly instrumental.

i usually prefer instrumentals to songs with lyrics. A lot of the time words just get in the way of beautiful musical passages. And it dosen't have to be classical or jazz either. If you want some really moving rock instrumentals, try listening to Ozric Tentacles or Acid Mothers Temple.

Some jazz vocals can be too sentimental and drag out the music too much. You find that the original versions of some songs covered in the 50s and later were originally much quicker in tempo.

I cna get into some fully instrumental albums such as stuff like Lightning Bolt, Hella, or 65daysofstatic but most of the time its pretty hard..

if there's an instrumental trck on album by a band i already really liek its not as much of a biggie. here's a favorite

Instrumental rock is pretty much the only genre I don't like to be instrumental.
Although, I do make a few exceptions sometimes, such as with math rock, avant-prog, experimental rock, noise rock, etc.

talk and roll

I read the previous discussion. Didn't feel like getting into it.

tbh i just posted 'talk and roll' without having read the first 5 pages of this thread without any context or purpose

i am the cancer that is killing mb

also: http://www.last.fm/group/It's+NOT+all+about+the+lyrics.

:laughing:

YES!!! there are a few instrumentals i like but most are just kind of meh, and there are very few instrumental songs that wouldn't like more if they had vocals.

i just like lyrics and vocals

i don't listen much to instrumental stuff besides Classical and Jazz

Calexico's instrumentals are pretty good, Mogwai's so-so

I never had any problems getting into instrumental music, then again I didn't really try until about a year and a half ago, when I started listening to jazz.

There are definitely situations where i love an instrumental piece, even to the point that there are songs to which I prefer an instrumental version. Lyrics, however... I've sung in choirs since I was 15, I think that for me has increased the importance of lyrics within music. While I do see the voice as just another instrument that has to fit into the music, I do still put great emphasis on the lyrics of a song. It doesn't have to be that they need to be about something poignant, but I like the rhythms and feel of different words, and things like that. There's a lot to be said for lyrics and how they can change a song, and I often pay great attention to what's being sung.

That, and it's a lot easier to sing along :P

For me it all depends. In Black Metal, I see vocals as just another instrument. I can't make out one single word they're saying, and I don't mind. For me it's ALL about the feeling, and pretty much not at all about the content. It's nice when there's a mix though!

I feel like this song(MY NEW FAVOURITE SONG, HOLY ****) uses the singers voice as an instrument really, really well.

Sometimes I like to guess what a band is thinking when they are making instrumental songs or even long passages of play and don't need a vocalist to almost 'explain' how they are feeling. I can gain my own interpretation from the music they play.

A saxophone solo dropped into a song (even though it's not the height of cool) can say so much more than a vocalist at times.

I have found some 2 minute instrumentals on albums more satisfying than the 30 odd minutes with vocals surrounding it.

One of my favorite sub genres of music is surf music. There are quite a few instrumental songs.

Never really had a problem with it. I don't like all of it to be honest.

Electronic music is so much better with out vocals to me.

Cheesy club vocals over house music drives me nuts.

dinosaurs go rawr rawr rawr...i think. thats what skwisgaar tells me.

Don't try to force it. Music is about indulging yourself in a sonic experience that appeals to you.

If you don't like it, don't waste your time. There are plenty of other tracks in the sea.

A couple of instrumental albums I really love are Carpe Omnium by Atlantis and All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone by Explosions In The Sky. I'm not a big fan of instrumental either, but those records are lovely.

Instrumental music is fantastic. How can you not appreciate it? My best friend hates songs without vocals but some of the best music is instrumental alone.

I would actually favor instrumental music. As with what jackhammer said, I kind of like thinking of the music came to be and how it drifts from one mood to another to give it emotion with no need of a vocalist. It's also fun thinking of how the song got it's title. I've been getting into a lot of Ambient and Post Rock, and I find myself getting more into it than artists with a vocalist. Sometimes music was meant to be heard without the disturbance of vocals.

I agree, Misfit. I've always preferred instrumental music. There's always room for interpretation when vocals are present, but sometimes the imagination can be impeded with lyrics. I said lyrics because I enjoy songs that use vocals as another instrument without lyrics. And like many others mentioned here, for the most part, music started out as instrumentals.

I can definitely understand being easily bored with instrumentals (depending on what you're listening to), but what about how distracting the vocals can be? Ever listen to a song that originally has vocals and then listen to the instrumental version to find that you've missed something?

Bottom line, sometimes much more can be conveyed without words.