I've had second thoughts on the question of amplification. It's not just the sound system that makes words fuzzy.

A guest had just posted, asking for help with the lyrics to a song called Cedars of Lebanon. (http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=121741&messages=3) He gave a link to a recording. The recording has one man singing the song with a guitar. Sound level is normal, but I can't understand half of it.

Do singers like that choose to be unintelligable? Are they naive, or are they trying to prove something?