[Dominic]

the more I think about and read this thread the more I think I'm full of [censored].

While artists like:

Massive Attack
New Pornographers
Spoon
Veruca Salt
Zero 7
Deep Purple
Air
Bad Religion
David Bowie

are fantastic ear candy to me, I rarely pay attention to their lyrics. But certain artists are incredibly meaningful to me BECAUSE their lyrics speak to me.

Dire Straits, Nick Cave, Fleetwood Mac, Liz Phair, etc. all interest me lyrically first, sound second. Hell, even AC/DC wouldn't be as great as they are without their incredibly brilliant yet juvenile lyrics!

Then there's Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers...some songs are great simply because they sound incredible: American Girl for example...but as great as it sounds, Listen To Her Heart becomes a classic of rock & roll for it's simple yet poignant lyrical content:

You think you're gonna take her away
With your money and your cocaine
Keep thinkin' that her mind is gonna change
But I know everything is okay

She's gonna listen to her heart
It's gonna tell her what to do
She might need a lot of lovin'
But she don't need you

You want me to think that I'm being used
You want her to think it's over
Can't you see it don't matter what you do
Buddy you don't even know her

She's gonna listen to her heart
It's gonna tell her what to do
She might need a lot of lovin'
But she don't need you

And you just can't creep up behind her
And you can't understand that she's my girl
She's my girl

She's gonna listen to her heart
It's gonna tell her what to do
She might need a lot of lovin'
But she don't need you