Musical favorites and diversity.

She wants neal to profess his love for her, but he's secretly pining for Karen instead. Tune in next time on "As the Neverboard Turns."
 
Conversely, being a talented musician does not mean you are a good song writer. This is obvious if you listen to let's say, anything Yngwie has put out in the last decade really. Technicality and musicianship does not strip soul and emotion from music, songwriters simply fail to interject it.

couldn't have said it better myself... because i'm not good with words. but you clearly are so thank you. anyway, well said!

Agreed but it's next to never that technical music is incorporated with strong songwriting.
strictly a matter of opinion at this point.
 
Symbiotic in Theory, How Could I, Motherman (not HUGELY tech, but whatev), The Eagle Nature, White Walls
 
5 examples of a well-written song while being hugely technical, plz
check out Blotted Science's album "the Machinations of Dimentia" it's instrumental and pretty cool. http://www.myspace.com/blottedscience

Symphony X- The Odyssey, Walls of Babylon.

everything ron Jarzombeck has ever written.

Igor Stravinsky- the rite of spring, the firebird

all of Beyond Twilight's For the love of art and the making. there's 43 alone.