Lyrics Are Getting Harder to Hear and That May Be for the Best

The art of ambiguity and why artists sacrifice clarity for expression

Photos from Freepik / edited and collaged by Robin Wilding 

As the son of a professional jazz musician, it would be safe to say that my father and I have always had different tastes in music. We intersected in our affections for some of the biggest artists of the 60s and 70s, from The Beatles to Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead. But our predilections diff…