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Originally posted by Mike Dixon:
RMD.
I read the "arguments" and they have equal value and I respect (with obvious deference) those opinions. But they have either ignored for the most part, or cast aside the question posed in the thread topic.
Steve deliberately intended a divorce between the words and music. ... and for those that made our "call" ?
Far easier it would be to write music to someone else's feelings than words to someone else's musical notes.
The opening strains of of a song may pull you in (whether they be freely singing to one's soul or evocative and take you to your past) but unless they hold your attention through an incisive line, a well constructed verse, they die, immediate from mind as they do from heart.
By the way ...the name is Mike 
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Mike,
Fair enough. I just found the premise to be impossible to relate to, but I admit I'm guilty of disregarding Steve's very clear "line in the sand" boundary. Thus, I will post no more on this topic, stay firmly on the fence, and view those who wish to fall to one side or the other.
Thanks for the thoughts,
RMD