Hi Michael we were posting at the same time so neither saw each others post before composing. I think we have both raised valid points.

A song heard by a musician, or a sound engineer, or a lyricist, or a vocalist, is viewed differently. They ALL only look at the part they specialise in and tend to ignore the other aspects of the song.

To me a song is a combination of lyrics, melody, performance, arrangement and production. All play there part and any valuable critique worth its salt must cover all these aspects.