Lyrical Ratings: I Would Never Have Thunk It

As a songwriter lyric writing can be the hardest part. Many times I have the music, the chords, even the feel of the songs done long before the lyrics are finalized. They are an integral part of the song and are therefore much scrutinized.


I stumbled upon this website and thought I'd share it with you guys:

Toward A Technical Analysis Of Song Lyrics
or, "How Many Ways Does That Line Suck?"

I think this is an interesting conversation to have. We rate everything in some ways.

"Whoah! What did I just play?! That was awesome!"
"This soup is too bland, needs salt."
"That chord progression and melody sucked! I will never play that again."
"Too many cooks in the kitchen if you ask me..."

Why not songs? We certainly rate our songs, if not with actual numbers, by playing them often or putting them in the circular file after struggling with them for too long.

I have to admit that these guys are pretty wacky. They rated a Fresh MC lyric higher than a Eurythmics lyric, but these guys are pretty tongue in cheek too. If this does anything for me, it makes me think a little more about what I put on the written page.