>an acapella song has a melody, which is music.

so I got melody = music


>To have 'no
>music' it would have to be spoken word, and even then
>arguments could be made that it would qualify as 'music' due
>to the rhythm and 'implied melody' (c) the Damaja in the
>spoken delivery.

Would you say this is like Lodi Dodi without beatboxing or the
rhymes girls used to say on the playground, etc.?
The only way to remove melody seems to be to just talk, which
not even rap music does.. well, most of it.



>the real test here is: Would those songs still be good w/o
>words?


What are we testing? Whether they're music or not?
What do you mean by "good"? Seems that would be subjective.