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Der Gillster

Trouble listening to the song?

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Does anybody share the same problem as I have? Okay so the biggest problem with me is not being able to sing to songs. It seems like with every song I listen to. I primarily listen to metal, rock and rap, but even in the annoying songs on the radio, I have trouble listening to what they say.

I don't know why, but I can NEVER be able to sing a song. The ONLY way I can ever sing to a song is if I look up the lyrics and memorize them, I know they will stay inside my head forever, but that's the only way I can listen them.

Does anybody else share this experience?

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Yes, I do. When I hear a song I memorize the melody but not the lyrics, I have to read them to remember them.

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I prefer music more to the sound than the words, otherwise is becomes a guessing game as to what the song is saying and its meaning.

So voiceless music is the way to go.

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You're not alone, most vocals and lyrics are white noise to me. Even songs that I listen to quite frequently I still only pick up a few words or phrases here and there. Once in a blue moon I may deliberately try to listen to the lyrics but it's neither entertaining nor meaningful for me. I want enjoyable music not some pseudo emotional journey.

Metal songs are very difficult to understand only via ear, I even challenged a couple of my friends being far more hardcore than I am and proved that they too struggled identifying the lyrics without assistance.

In my opinion the best songs created by metal groups are those with clear singing and catchy rhythms, particularly during the chorus. For example 'Sub Dub Micromachine: On the Road to Nowhere' and 'Lamb of God: Redneck'.

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Imo almost all song lyrics feel like something overly pretentious\silly\childish\simple\stupid\etc. I think this is why I've always avoided Russian music: I find it much better to listen to something in a language I don't understand because then I can use my imagination and pretend that the lyrics are actually really good and interesting. Unfortunately with English this doesn't work so well anymore since I've gotten somewhat decent at listening and understanding it. With Japanese it still kinda works unless the song is really really simple. When I learn it, I guess I'll have to switch to German music or something.

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GhostlyDeath said:

So voiceless music is the way to go.


Vouching, human voice of any kind and emphasizing on it in music is bothering me quite a bit too.

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I think voice is cooler when it's used more like an instrument rather than a speaking device. Songs like Focus - Hocus Pocus are fun.

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The only songs I might be able to sing completely are ones I learned in school. Might be able to. Not likely even then. It doesn't matter if I've listened to the same song every day for years.

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I'm with Memfis on this one. I generally prefer music without lyrics these days, though voices used as instruments can be quite nice.

(There's the occasional song with lyrics that I enjoy, however)

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I cant listen to music containing lyrics which portray something which i absolutely cant stand or support.

There are a lot of songs to which i know the lyrics. memorized trough listening to them. However, it is not without its flaws as some words are just not articulated... or they mingle with the background noise.

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I consider vocals to be a pretty important part of my enjoyment of a song, though I can agree that it's pretty difficult to catch all the words in a song and understand it, even after multiple listens and when listening closely. I usually do have to refer to written lyrics to follow along.

Many metal bands vocalists have very unique voices which helps give many bands their individual identities, and I consider it a pretty important part of making a cool band. I don't think a metal band that made all of their songs completely instrumental would hold my interest for very long. However, I'm just about 99% certain this band in particular isn't even saying words at all.

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Melody and sound over lyrics, for me. I listen to a lot of European music, so lyrics don't really matter all that much.

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I can't say I'm entirely clear on what the problem is as set out by the OP. But in any case, I don't tend to like songs, or music with a strong vocal emphasis (though there are some notable exceptions to this). But thankfully there is a seemingly limitless supply of excellent music which does not involve any singing - maybe look into that?

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Of course, sometimes the lyrics are actually really important to "getting" an album. For example:



Then again, a lot of my favorite music is completely/mostly instrumental (Boards of Canada, for example)

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I memorize every aspect of a song EXCEPT for the lyrics. The instrumentation, the progression of tones and chords, every peculiarity of the rhythm and dynamics: it all burns right into my brain and I conjure up the initial experience of listening to the song as if it were a recording playing in my head at any given moment, but I doubt I could sing so much as a single song from memory. Listening to good video game tracks, which are mostly instrumental, is a downright pornographic experience to me for this reason.

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