Re:Is Pop Music Evolving, or Is It Just Getting Louder? (2012)
by grasshopperpurp on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:59PM
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Yes! In poetry, William Carlos Williams is a great example. In music, Lou Reed and Randy Newman are good examples.
If I looked for a good metric, I would probably take min(word per meaning and touch), but that would raise a question on what ‘meaning and touch’ is. Nonetheless, good lyrics always seem to be un/under-spoken or sharp cut.