[quido]

I in no way fail to recognize the brilliance and beauty of simplicity, Heebo! We are again debating something completely outside of my claim. I generally pride myself on being rather succinct when the situation calls for it. My qualm with lyrics is not that they're simple - it's that they're stupid; it's just a coincidence that most lyrics are both simple AND stupid. Attempting to lump shitty song lyrics in with other wonderful yet simple things simply because they're simple simply doesn't make sense to me.

Italian cuisine is generally described as "simple" and is some of the tastiest out there!

The way I see it is they're not really related. Whether a song lyric is shitty or not has very little to do with its level of simplicity. It's really about how tacky and terse and utterly annoying it is.

Show me what lyrics you like and I'll explain to you why they're fucking stupid.