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Always melody. In my songs it is the most important thing. I give a crap about sound, I give a crap about structure, I only try to make the melody that gives the tune a certain mood I want. I add pads or saw ( to compliment the main melody with a second melody), then I do a few sample breaks to experiment with what feel I want to further achieve, and how to manage that uplifting sensation.
Then I start building the track, sound still crappy, no fx, no decoration, just putting the ground bricks together. When I have a structure I find good. Good intro, good break, main and outro, then I start decorating, sound still crappy. I add some extra melodies and shitty sounding synths, just to play with ideas. Add some extra layers here and there, play with the drums and percs.
Then, when the melodies and strucutre is done, then I start thinking of the sound. I fire up the JP8080 and start playing around with it, I fire up a couple of VST's and start playing around with those. I'll always do main and second melody first, catching that mood, then from there every sound will compliment that mood in the song.
The thing is, trying to work on sound and melody at the same time just doesn't work for me. I always end up with a shitty melody, and often shitty sound as well. It just blocks all the creativity and potential. Take it one step at a time, and be patient  that is the trick (for me :P )
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