Do people actually listen to lyrics?

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I disagree. Most people can't even remember most of the lyrics to the original Waltzing Matilda, Aussies included. The melody, OTOH, is a classic. Simple, but extremely memorable.

very true. although great lyrics can make a song great, in the same way that a great melody or a great bassline can. and then of course there are tracks where none of the elements could be considered great in isolation, but yet the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.