No offense, I wrote that I have read that at some point in time and I believe it was a printed medium, several years ago.

A good instrumental is a change of speed and mood. Sometimes one doesn't need words. Most people would probably take an instrumental album with them on the lonesome island. I would, a) because the words to a song might be boring after listening to it too many times -- that depends on the song and your mood in relation to the song, and b) an instrumental provides more room for imagination.

But today's young generation? I don't know, when I listen to their songs, the depth of their lyrics is often still as shallow as it was when Roy Orbison's Ooby Dooby or Jack Scott's Geraldine was cut.

But today, instrumentals don't seem to be broadcast. And good instrumental breaks or solos are hard to find. I once bought an album by Marcel Dadi, because one of the songs was the background music for the water-level reports of the Süddeutscher Rundfunk in Stuttgart.

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