I'm not denying the importance of music in Macross, but I don't think it's fair to suggest that music is everything to a Macross story. Macross, particularly the original SDF, is many things to many people, which likely accounts for its sucess and its longevity. Surely there's writers who could generate a compelling action/adventure/character driven story set somewhere in the Macross universe.
And for you diehards who still insist that Macross cannot function without music, remember that a good writer and artist can sucessfully convey the emotion behind the music. And isn't that what you M7 fans are always preaching is what it's really all about?