If you notice, a lot of good artists use allusions, puns, similies, metaphorhs, et cetera. Do you think there is literature or a form of spoticated english in music?
Obviously they are unique in that you can't sing a poem to a song. Lyrics are commonly written last, but if good enough I do think they could be considered literary works of genius.
I don't pay much attention to lyrics save for a few.
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I don't know if lyrics are "commonly" written last. Having had the fortune to sit down and talk with a relative accomplished singer/songwriter I had to ask him how he went about writing a song.
His response was that every time was a little different. Sometimes the words came first and it was a task to set music around it. Other times it was a melody in search of words wich could be an equally daunting task.
Music is an artform as it's creation. I don't know if there is any predesignated manner or common way in which to create a song.
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I'm going by all the bands I've listened to and them saying that the lyrics are often written last, not by one song writer. Obviously there are exceptions.
I was referring to lyrics being an addition, they're not normally written first because a lot of the vocalists I listen to are reactive artists. They write after being inspired by the music.
I agree it goes both ways though, just not from my experience.
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Well, saying that lyrics are commonly written last, and saying that "in my experience and the bands that I listen to, I believe that lyrics are commonly written last are two different things.
I used one songwriter as an example, as you use the bands that you like as another example. I don't believe there are exceptions one way or another as the creative process is binded by few rules that would dictate what is normal or an exception.
Yes, writers are inspired by their music, but it would be a fairly one dimensional artist that is only inspired by their own music, or restricts their lyrics or music to a mere process. Writers are also inspired and affected by the music of others, books, experiences, people, politics and so much more.
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Well obviously if every artist/s I've encountered (which is a lot) write their lyrics last then to me it's that they're commonly written last. Not just ones I like.
Where did you deduce that they write the same way just because I said they write lyrics last?
You misunderstood the context in which I said it. I was saying it in the context of IF every artist I encountered wrote the same way. Not saying they do.
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