It would depend on the choice I had. If it is a song here that someone posted and had both, I would listen to both. The two things are not directly comparable.

Sometimes the videos are more interesting than the song in question.

If I am trying to learn a song I prefer to see a live video.

If it is a song I do not have on CD, I am going to look for it on youtube and generally, there will be a video to go with the song, again, no choice.

If I am randomly listening to stuff on SoundCloud there will not be a video.

If there is a choice, I will always default to live so how could you ever separate the visual from the music?

If the song is one I have listened to and seen many times and it happens to be a video, I don't think I pay very much attention to the visual. The point is there are many songs I like well enough to listen to many times and only a few visuals I want to see more than a few times.

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”