--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > But that (understanding spoken language) might have improved > > a bit lately. Namely, when I listen to the lyrics of some > > favourite songs > > from my youth, I notice I now understand the contents > > of those lyrics somewhat better than I used to. :0 > > I have *always* had great difficulty understanding > sung lyrics. Even when the lyrics are very clear, > I have trouble paying attention to them. Oddly > enough, I'll find that I've automatically memorized > the lyrics to songs with which I'm very familiar, > but unless I make a great effort to divorce them > from the music and contemplate them on their own > terms, in my mind the lyrics are just sounds--like > scat-singing--not meaningful words.
I'm replying because this is a subject of some interest to me. I've found that *many* people cannot hear the lyrics of songs. I've always been able to, and the lyrics of songs have in fact always been a major influence in my life. I'm not sure what the issue is, whether it's systemic or a matter of conditioning. But there seems little question that some people can't hear the lyrics of song *as language* and as having content, no matter how long they sit and listen to them. I've watched friends *try* to hear song lyrics, and fail completely. Odd.
