I swear I posted this review on this site when I first published it, but I cannot find it anywhere. Several years ago, before I went private and public again, I was contacted out of nowhere by a publicist for the company releasing a book of Van Morrison’s lyrics.
She presumably had just googled Van’s name and came across my site. Amazingly she didn’t balk at the fact that I was posting lots of ROIOs from Van and asked me to review the book.
Van is better known for his music than his lyrics, but as my review points out, the man can write some words, too.
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I enjoyed reading it. I, too, am not really a lyrics guy. I have a book of Dylan’s lyrics but just because someone gave it to me. But on the other hand, I’m way more oriented towards music with words than instrumentals/jazz/classical, overall.
I am the same. There are some songs whose lyrics get embedded into my brain, and a few lines that become meaningful to me, but mostly I don’t pay attention to the words. And yet I too like there to be words rather than just an instrumental. To me the singing is just another part of the music. I like the way it sounds with the instruments.
Mostly. There are exceptions and some songs whose lyrics I do know and adore.