...all those "best of the century" lists in 1999/2000, nearly all the songs which got to the top of the UK lists had intelligible lyrics...
Ahaaaaa, you see, there are a few musicians around.
Indeed many singers today are understandable but I've found them mostly in musical theater (theatre for the Brits) where it is important to the flow of the play for the audience/listeners to be able to understand the lyrics.
Come on, y'all, don't be shy, lemme have it!
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