Lyrical
Lyrical adjective - Having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music.
Usage example: the lyrical cadences of voice-over narration give the film a very poignant quality
Musical is a synonym for lyrical in songlike topic. In some cases you can use "Musical" instead an adjective "Lyrical". popular alternative
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More subtly, they are known to slip in some rather anachronistic lyrical or musical references to songs by artists such as Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, and The Police.
Source: Music / Kaizers Orchestra -
Credited by non-fans with helping to end the 1990s UK boy band boom by being so sentimental and lacking in musical or lyrical edge or sexuality that they seemed to be designed more for the over-sixty demographic than the under-sixteen.
Source: Boy Band - The song itself is pretty hokey, with lots of lyrical and musical references to The Beatles (mostly Paul songs, ironically).
Source: Took the Bad Film Seriously
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