01-03-2012, 22:08
Jerome Wrote:Mark Knopfler once said that the guitar would speak the bits you could not say/write down. To underpin a particular phrase etc. On 'Brothers in Arms' the guitar complements the words perfectly. Can't imagine the two apart.
I wish I was at home and had access to my Essential Santana album. <_< There's a quote from him there saying something along the same lines. Paraphrasing a bit at this point but it was something like "Music (As in no words) is universal. You can play a song for someone in Israel who will think the song is beautiful and mean one thing, and then play the same song for someone in Palestine who will also think its beautiful but about something completely different."
I agree with both Knopfler and Carlos. I don't think music needs lyrics, but there are times where they definitely help. One of my favorite bands, in terms of lyrics, is One Less Reason. If they didn't have any words to their songs they'd be a very mediocre band, if even that good. But on the flip side, Santana's "Caravanserai" album was so beautiful with such minuscule amounts of words that adding any in just seems insulting.
In conclusion, in my opinion, music does not need words, but they can be very helpful in adding to the beauty of a song.