Your top 5 lyricists

[Nomansvally]

Tom Waits and Frank Zappa for sure!

 

[sister ophelia]

Justin Sullivan of New Model Army...

 

[MegaMoose]

I'm pretty much a fledgling progger and only familiar with one Rush album, but does Neil Peart improve as a lyricist, because to be honest, a lot of the lyrics of 2112 are quite erkworthy.

 

[worldwide_suicide]

he does improve... A LOT, one of my favorites is "Trees"... the imagery on those lyrics is awesome.

 

[Don Corleone]

maynard james keenan
lou reed
leonard cohen
jim morrison
roger waters

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

Morrison
Waters
MJK
Peart
Cantrell/Staley

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

Maynard James keenan
Waters/Gilmour
Lennon/Mcartney

 

[worldwide_suicide]

MJK is overrated imo.

 

[arzachel]

he's a non-sensical faggot in illidurit's opinion

 

[worldwide_suicide]

oic


back on topic... I think Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) had some nice lyrics iirc

 

[illidurit]

maynard is a huge faggot with no redeeming qualities

 

[worldwide_suicide]

oic

what do you guys think of Pete Townsend? I think he's a good lyricist.

 

[Frosties]

oic

what do you guys think of Pete Townsend? I think he's a good lyricist.

I'm singing this note 'cause it fits in well
With the chords I'm playing
I can't pretend there's any meaning here
Or in the things I'm saying

But I'm in tune
Right in tune

Honestly, I think the lyrics here are genius. Absolutely brilliant!
And it's a good song as well...

 

[Powers]

Townsend is incredible. Any one who can write a song as beautiful as "Behind Blue Eyes" is practically beyong compare.

Here's selection and some reason for them.

Bob Dylan - for "Times They are a-Changing"

Nina Simone - for "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"

Pete Townsend - for "Behind Blue Eyes"

Roger Waters - for "Time"

Trent Reznor -for "Hurt"

It's not a top 5, 'cause I've missed out some people, people who's lyrics are important to music as a whole and people who are important to me, but these 5 would feature somewhere in any top 20.

 

[illidurit]

Townsend is incredible. Any one who can write a song as beautiful as "Behind Blue Eyes" is practically beyong compare.

good god I thought for a second that this was the devin townsend thread and you thought he wrote that

 

[Powers]

lol

Wouldn't mind seeing him cover it.

 

[illidurit]

hmm I've come to the conclusion that Lennon's 'across the universe' is the greatest psych-folk song in history

if anyone thinks the beatles were crappy lyricists, listen to that song

 

[Prognostic]

haha at least 3 of you named morrissey. i can appreciate his mostly clever and honest lyrics, but "the sun shines out of our behinds"? :erkerk:

 

[worldwide_suicide]

rofl

and i agree with illidurit, Lennon's one of my top 5

definitely better than McCartney.

 

[opeth8]

Personally I like

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Roger Waters
Don Henley
Johnny Cash

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