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Topic subjectyou can't base an argument like this on "potential".
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141430, you can't base an argument like this on "potential".
Posted by disco dj, Fri Aug-21-09 10:49 AM
which is yet another reason why "greatest of all time" and "best ever" arguments are impossible to win.

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>and it's as simple as the fact that, by definition, lyricists
>can SAY MORE WORDS in a song than singers can....

where'd you read THAT definition?

*EDIT*

and does saying more in a song mean that the lyrics are more meaningful? How does quantity of words = quality?



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>now, i'd argue that the potential hasn't been fully or
>properly utilized, but....


So if we're arguing on potetntial, then EVERYTHING goes out the window.

(furthermore, if the potetntial hasn't been fully utilized, how is it greater than eveything that proceeded it? )