The average girl is less into music than the average boy

A big thanks to Con for her very nice songs and elaborate descriptions! I really could not have hoped for a better opponent! Con most certainly knows her music and it will be hard to prove my ideas. Let's see what Con said about her songs! 1) Passion Pit Here, Con has shown that her interests toward this song are mainly because they reflect her subjective feelings. She has said that it "echoes" her "love of video games with its happy little 16-bit sound." From this I derive that she, as most girls tend to do, look for an associative factor in music. Those associations (in this case to her personal life) make the song more interesting. But she has spent the most time about how this is a happy song, The melody is most certainly a happy melody, which she appreciates in this song. She paid attention to the build-ups and the rhyme scheme. Paying attention to the build up is common with all these dance songs of today, although for a song like this it should be unlikely for a girl to pay attention to this. Rhyme scheme & lyrics are part of the decorations, though, so not really part of the music. 2) Modest Mouse Con paid a lot of attention to the singer, and she might not like this, but I'm going to compare her to Beliebers (Bieberfans) for this. The singer indeed has a strange voice, but that does not make the music any better or worse: the person who sings it, is merely a decoration (as it doesn't change the melody). Con admires the singer as a person with passion rather than a songwriter - which is exactly what beliebers do. She also praises the song for its lyrics. Now, many people would consider lyrics very important like she does. However, lyrics have nothing to do with music as it does not provide a rhythm or melody. Lyrics are a part of decoration, and if the lyrics truly is what Con appreciates this song for, then I doubt she appreciates this song at all... Lyrics are poetry, not music! 3) Danny Schmidt Con again shows that this song is chosen for its association to feelings she has, more specifically, those of love. But this time she admires the artists melody, at least that is what I think she means by "The violin (or fiddle, I'm not sure) in the background keeps the song from getting too sad, while at the same time certainly first with the country sound he's going for." Although I believe she is pointing at instruments (the instrument it is played with is merely a decoration!) I am pretty sure that she actually means the violin's melody rather than the sound of a violin. 4) The Living End Con appreciates this band for its simplicity, is all I can say about this. She literally said that she likes this song because she can relate to it. There isn't much melody to this song, and the song only stands because of its "Power chords, heavy drums and yelling down the microphone". Admiring a song for its simplicity is not bad, but I think con would be ready to admit that this song really brings no melody/rhythm to the table at all even for its punk genre. 5) Slipknot She judged this song for its lyrics, so just like before: this proves she pays attention to decorations rather than music. In the next round, my opponent should comment on these as thus far it seems that my ideas are correct: you are looking for decorations in songs, rather than for music. In no way do I mean to offend you, though. I will now ask some more things of my opponent: 1) Find a song, that you would objectively name the "best song of all time". Nor me or the voters should judge you if this song is not to our agreement. You'll really have to explain as to why this song should appeal to EVERYONE. 2) Tell us what you do while listening to music & how often 3) Most importantly, give us your opinion on the following songs: (has no decorations whatsoever) (a special song, eager to hear your opinion) and which of the following 2 do you find better? Original : or Cover: Hope to hear soon from Con!