# Songs where you like the harmony/background more than the melody/lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 18, 2021, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-you-like-the-harmony-background-more-than-the-melody-lyrics/940234 "2021-04-18T04:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-you-like-the-harmony-background-more-than-the-melody-lyrics/940234/28 "2021-04-20T08:59:35Z")
Crosby Stills Nash (& optional Young) are another obvious add to the list. Every song is three-part texture. > [@JKellyMap](#): > > To me, an interesting thing about this thread is how the OP more or less equated “harmony” (sequence of chords, etc.) with “background.” This is neither “right” nor “wrong;” rather, it reveals how some people perceive the melody of a song as primary, with other components secondary. That _is_ interesting. Years ago, I has having trouble [chasing down a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/389239) that I tended to think of as a vocal group song with rich harmony. Song turned out to be Jon Secada’s “Just Another Day” and apparently most people don’t think of or notice any harmony because it is styled as “background vocals” with Secada’s lead on the verses and predominant even in the choruses. But the harmonic texture is, for me, what makes the song. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-you-like-the-harmony-background-more-than-the-melody-lyrics/940234)._