Here's what I mean. Too much music, especially American music has nothing at all interesting about it, because it is all about the singer's personality.
It's Taylor Swift or Katy Perry's costume and stage persona, and she is effectively a shill for lackluster music. She needs to sing on key and over the uninspired music. But if you remove the vocals... there is nothing there.
Now, this is a song from 90s or so anime Mokke.
Okay, now, let's listen to it with no singer.
She adds the passion of her voice to enhance the song. But the tune is perfectly fine.
You should be able to hear the song through the singer without them feeling drowned out by the music either.
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Meanwhile in America... we get The Beatles and their bland ripoffs of black songs.