Is that what Keats meant?

I've been listening to Echo and the Bunnymen a lot lately. I really like the song "Over You" (second on the 1987 "Grey Album"), which has a chord progression very similar to the quintessential 80s one-hit wonder Modern English's one hit "Melt With You," familiar to some from the film Valley Girl with Nicholas Cage as Hollywood's fantasy of a "punk rocker." The progression is similar, but simpler, like some of the notes are left out, so it doesn't tug as hard on the heartstrings, and can be enjoyed more. Unheard music sometimes really is sweeter...
UPDATE: Or is it just because we fill in the other notes in our head, or just feel their absence, that we're able to say "No, the more low-key, less aggressively plush & romantic melody is better"?