«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato

^Actually, I suggest anyone interested in great music out of mainstream, check this out 

Lyrics that invite, lyrics that have intrigue, lyrics that connect

Anyone with ears knows Joni, Paul, and Gordon have no equal.

My Dad,kind of thought the same thing, except he was in to The Lawrence Welk Show.  I think it was "champagne music" or something like that.  He thought it was pretty good and his mind seemed pretty much closed off about anything else.  

Try this..... "She’s Making Friends, I’m Turning Stranger" Purple Mountains

I like it... Kind of reminds me of Michael Chapman

@stuartk

Please link me to some Rap in which melody is as prominent as the rhythmic delivery of the lyrics.

This is off the album ’The 18TH Letter’ from the Rap Artist - RAKIM with the rap/song ’Guess Who’s Back’ 1997 The beats/sample music is from the album ’Hands Down’ from the artist Bob James from the song ’Shaboozie’ This is an analog audio only version. Guess Who’s Back

This is a video off the album ’The 18TH Letter’ from the Rap Artist - RAKIM with the rap/song ’Guess Who’s Back’ 1997 The beats/sample music is from the album ’Hands Down’ from the artist Bob James from the song ’Shaboozie’ This is a live version recorded at The Blue Note in NYC 02/09/23 Rakim - Guess Who’s Back with Talib Kweli, Black Thought & Bob James at The Blue Note NYC 2-9-23

I wanted to show the live version so you can see these young men paying homage to one of the most melodic composers I’ve had the pleasure of listening to over these years and also them paying homage to back in the days when poetry was recited in the New York clubs over a cup of coffee with yes, sometimes a band.

This is a video off the album ’DAMN’ from the Rap Artist - Kendrick Lamar with the rap/song ’LOVE’ featuring Zacari 2017 The beats/sample music were made in the studio by in house studio producers. This is Kendrick Lamar’s attempt at making a love song. A very melodic love song if you will. This video is of its time and is very visually descriptive and forward but offers no disrespect to women. Kendrick Lamar - LOVE featuring Zacari

@immatthewj 

Anyone with ears knows Joni, Paul, and Gordon have no equal.

Be sure to keep your dial glued to the oldies stations so that you will never have anything to compare with.

I'm sorry to laugh, but that was funny!

Actually, @tyray , at the time your post made me think of those lyrics (". . . memories can be friends . . .") I could not remember the name of the song. I did a google prior to that post, and the song title was Recently, and I just did another google, and that was released on the I Got A Name album. Which, as an aside, may have been the first cassette tape I ever bought, when I was a teenager, for my "stereo, which was a little portable cassette player. However, I also thought that Photographs And Memories was a pretty good song.

Yep, once I went back and googled Recently and Photographs And Memories it all made sense. Thank you