Writing a bit more music lately has had me dissembling the music I listen to in my head. I used to be good at this – when I spent a bit more time with my guitars, back in the day, I could isolate a track and work out the chords/bass lines were with some success (for songs of a certain (low) level of complexity). These days, have somewhat lost the knack but thinking in terms of multi-track recording is helping. At any rate, it’s adding a layer of enjoyment to my appreciation of it all.
Although I still don’t listen to the lyrics well enough to sing along, but that is probably a good thing…!