Your top 5 lyricists

[worldwide_suicide]

Personally I like

Old Schoolers

Roger Waters
Don Henley
Johnny Cash

More Recent

Jerry Cantrell
Marilyn Manson

:zombie: ?!?!

 

[arzachel]

manson is pathetic

 

[soundave]

Lennon/McCartney
Page/Plant
Ben Folds
Tori Amos
David Bowie

 

[opeth8]

Sorry dudes, but I enjoy his lyrics. Especially the earlier stuff. Manson that is.

Dylan may get respect as the top song writer of all-time, but his lyrics bore me to death.

I guess it's just a matter of preference.

 

[worldwide_suicide]

Lennon/McCartney
Page/Plant
Ben Folds
Tori Amos
David Bowie

thumbs up!

 

[Rocky Raccoon]

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

What version do you prefer?

 

[i aint play this]

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:

Morrissey wrote some really bitter, fatalistic, but at the same time beautiful lyrics.