* Corfiduciuos say "He who sits on fence of music may hear and see both house of lyrics and house of melody; but he who picks one side only to climb down to loose perspective"
* Firm fence sitter here - It is the inextricably woven blend of lyrics and melody that make Gord's music remarkable to me.
* If you seperate hydrogen and oxygen from water, you can't drink.....
* One question that might be considered: I wonder whether Gord writes lyrics or melody first, or together as he works his magic ? I suspect together.
* If pinned down, I would have to pick melody. This harkens to my three personal rules of why I like a song:
1. Can you humm it ?
2. Can you humm it ?
3. Can you whistle it ? (with a tip-o-the-hat" to John Fowles and the GreyCoats (sp?)
* Consider this: I believe people can enjoy music without lyrics if the melody is good. I do not believe many people can listen to good lyrics with bad melody. I don't believe many can listen to great lyrics with bad music, which, while extreme, does suggest that melody is the cornerstone of good music *to me*.
geo Steve
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