From: Robert S. Thau (rst@ai.mit.edu)
Date: Fri May 05 2000 - 04:52:43 PDT
Jim Whitehead writes:
> Hmmm. Do I agree with this? I'm not sure. I do like looking at cover art,
> though I almost never read any of the liner notes. There was a time, in High
> School, when I studied lyrics, but then I realized they were usually
> somewhat banal. It would be interesting to know what percentage of the
> people who like a song actually know what the lyrics mean. The Macarena song
> is a pretty good indicator that it's often not many.
Probably depends on genre --- Bob Dylan fans tend to care a great deal.
rst
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