"The acid test for me is when you find yourself listening to the tune rather than the words and then having to run to catch up with the plot" jim carroll.
yes, fair point, but much worse is when you are distracted by bizarre accompaniment that appears to have no instrumental virtue[ on its own] and is reminscent of an annoying insect that should have been hit with a fly swotter and put out of its misery, as are two of Seegers banjo accompaniments on Lloyds Australian songs cd.[ THE CD is the one that has tracks such as drovers dream and bluey brink, although i seem to remember that the worst track might have been the very first track on the cd.