10 Favorite Lyricists

[angiemarie*]

2pac & Kurt Cobain, hanRAB down

 

[Рoppy Seed ♥ ♥ ♥]

Conor Oberest would have to be my favorite. He is able to write the maj of his songs about personal **** that only makes sense to him, but he is still able to make it connect with his fans. He's a brillant poet.

 

[omar g]

Roger Waters
John Lennon
Neil Young
Chuck D
Kurt Cobain
Ian Anderson
Peter Gabriel
Bjork
Thom Yorke
Richard Palmer-James

Honorable mentions
Tom Waits
Pete Townshend
David Bowie
Jim Morrison
Frank Zappa
Paul Mccartney
Joe Strummer
Notorious B.I.G.
Eddie Vedder
Maynard James Keenan

 

[xt3rmin8_1987]

Will Sheff
Emily Haines
Aaron Weiss (MewithoutYou)
John Darnielle (Mountain Goats)
Michael Nau (Page France)
Maria Taylor
Stephen Malkmus (Pavement)
Rocky Votolato
Devendra Banhart
Kevin Devine

 

[Maid in England]

I'm suprised noone said Tom Waits.

 

[Gushon]

Robert Smith
Billy Corgan
Bob Dylan
Elliot Smith
Ian Curtis
Davey Havok
Jeff Buckley
Eddie Vedder
Morrissey

 

[kilcoynedonahe]

Tommy Hall is a genius.

"If your lirabs begin dissolving
In the water that you tread
All surroundings are evolving
In the stream that clears your head"

"Well, you finally find your helpless mind,
is trapped inside your skin.
You want to leave,
but you believe you won't get back again.
You only know ,
you have to go but still you can't get out.
You try and try,
you die and die.
You're stopped by your own doubt.
Reverberation,
reverberation.
You find no peace,
it doesn't cease,
it's deadly irritation.
It keeps you blind,
it's there behind,
your every hesitation.
It holRAB your thought,
your mind is caught,
your fixed with fascination.
You think you'll die,
it's just a lie,
it's backward elevation!
Reverberation."

 

[Radek]

thats a lot of vulgar language D=

 

[Charleen R]

DONT FORGET THE BUTTER!!!!!

 

[Terry C.]

Jim Croce
Patty Griffin
Jani Lane (yes...track down his solo project, Jabberwocky if you can)
Keith Caputo
Elton John
Paul M/John Lennon
Robert Plant
John Mayer
David Bowie
Thome Yorke

 

[jobie g]

Yeah but if the lyrics aren't spectacular then it doesn't mean much from a lyrical point of view.

 

[anonymous whisperer]

I once used baking soda instead of the other baking word thing, not cool guys, not cool.

 

[Telperion & Laurelin]

Nice choice with Gabriel, his lyrics on Selling England have a great whimsical quality to them.

 

[mr_j526]

Shadyyy 4 real

 

[ShaFlo]

^I only have Rain Dogs, and it wasn't too spectacular lyrically.

 

[nagina_005]

kurt cobain couldnt write a good lyric if it shot out of a shotgun barrel to his head.

 

[Your Sister in Islam]

1. Neil Peart
2. Roger Waters
3. Syd Barrett
4. Peter Sinfield
5. John Lennon
6. Jim Morrison
7. Kurt Cobain
8. Elliott Smith
9. Thom Yorke
10. Jerry Garcia

 

[Briget]

Yeah, wrong thread I suppose...

 

[Suprotim]

But lyrics are different from poetry. Lyrics have to fit in with the song and if you write something amazing that doesn't fit some sort of rhythm and doesn't coincide with the melody, etc. al., then it doesn't matter.

 

[AnnonO]

lol what? Tom Waits is an amazing songwriter.

To send me blue valentines
Like half forgotten dreams
Like a pebble in my shoe
As I walk these streets
And the ghost of your memory
Is the thistle in the kiss
And the burglar that can break a roses neck
It's the tattooed broken promise
That I hide beneath my sleeve
And I see you every time I turn my back