The original thought as I read on your thread was on "opinions as to the value of an art object". The interpretation of value could vary from emotional to financial. The different areas where critique can benefit on this forum include technique, sing-ability, and marketability - to mention a few. So I would say someone who performs live would be more credible for advice on whether a lyric sings well. But "sing-ability" doesn't register within what the average audience would value. Why? - Because they don't sing songs professionally.
So many equate great selling songs with "value". But consider this - How many of those great selling songs would've been the break-through songs for that artist or any other artist? I doubt that "I AM THE WALRUS" would've been a break-through song for the Beatles(and I like the Beatles). More so today that ever before, artists are marketed to become idols to their fans so that the fans spend money to buy that album and go to that concert when they really only love(or value) less than a handful of that artist's songs IMHO(LOL). I don't want to over-"analize"(LOL)(was that a typo or intentional?) - but if the value is defined as love(emotionally moving) that's going to vary with each individual because what makes me laugh, cry, or wanna make love is different from everyone else.

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