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1. Patrick Wolf
2. Nick Cave 3. Bob Dylan 4. Van Morrison 5. Will Sheff 6. Jeff Tweedy 7. Neil Young I get lost after that |
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Paul Simon Bob Dylan Phil Ochs Elliott Smith Chuck D Britt Daniel Ian Bavitz Patrick Wolf John Lennon Chuck D |
1.Ian Curtis(Joy Division)
2.Morrissey(Smiths/Solo) 3.Alex Turner(Arctic Monkeys) 4.Pete Doherty(Libertines) 5.Jim Morrison(Doors) 6.Elliott Smith(Solo) 7.Bob Dylan(Solo) 8.Patrick Wolf(Solo) 9.Joe Strummer(Clash) 10.Noel Gallagher(Oasis) |
Townes Van Zandt
Tom Waits Richard Thompson Jay Farrar(Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt) Tim Buckley Chris Eckman(The Walkabouts) Robert Pollard(Guided By Voices) Lucinda Williams |
Bob Dylan
Elvis Costello Townes Van Zandt Bruce Springsteen (pre-Nebraska) Richard Thompson John Prine (or at least his first album) Howard Devoto Chuck Berry Ice Cube Tom Verlaine |
Morrissey
E Richey Edwards PJ Harvey Frank Black Joe Strummer Stuart Murdoch Kurt Cobain Chuck D Tom Waits Thom Yorke Most of the angsty singers i like, then. |
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.
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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 |
Nice choice with Gabriel, his lyrics on Selling England have a great whimsical quality to them.
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In no order:
Robert Plant Roger Waters Thom Yorke Bob Dylan Morrissey Jim Morrison W. Axl Rose Eddie Vedder Alex Turner Kurt Cobain |
fergie
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jeff mangum or nick drake hands down
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1. John Lennon
2. Bob Dylan 3. Bernie Taupin(Elton John lyricist) 4. Randy Newman 5. Elvis Costello 6. Cat Stevens 7. Jim Croce 8. Don McLean 9. George Harrison 10.David Byrne |
Bob Dylan
Nick Cave Tom Waits Leonard Cohen Tori Amos Billy Corgan Connor Oberst(sp) Warren Zevon Elvis Costello Michael Stipe |
Bob Dylan
Kurt Cobain Tom Waits Jello Biafra John Lennon Joe Strummer That's all I could think of, I don't exactly listen to music with spectacular lyrics. |
Robert Smith
Billy Corgan Bob Dylan Elliot Smith Ian Curtis Davey Havok Jeff Buckley Eddie Vedder Morrissey |
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 |
Shadyyy 4 real
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Jani Lane
Jim Croce are some of the most clever writers. |
mine updated (because my last one makes me laugh now)
Ian Curtis Syd Barrett Damon Albarn Thom Yorke Elliott Smith Patrick Wolf Chan Marshall Nick Drake Morrissey Joe Strummer |
1. Mark E Smith
2. Mark E Smith 3. Mark E Smith 4. Mark E Smith 5. Mark E Smith 6. Bobby Dylan 7. Nigel Blackwell (Half Man Half Biscuit) 8. John Lennon (Beatles), for all those oblique references and the thinly-veiled misogyny 9. Ray Davies 10. Not Nick Cave. Should have a separate one for hip hop aswell. |
Bump, I fancied doing a list.
1. Ian Curtis - He cut his veins and let them bleed. 2. Morrissey - Wit, cynicism. It's Morrissey, he's brilliant. 3. Nick Cave - No one tells a story quite like Nick. 4. J. Mascis - Some of his lyrics are just amazing, I can relate to so many of them. And the ones I can't relate to and don't fully understand, they're still immense. 5. John Lennon - Yeah... 6. Jeff Mangum - King of Carrot Flowers! Just listen!! He sings his lyrics like he has a gun to his head, and that makes them so much better. They're already great. 7. Alex Turner - Poetic turn of phrase, and he commented on social issues in Britain with the Monkeys first album. I love his lyrics. 8. Billy Corgan - Pick your pockets full of sorrow, run away with me tomorrow. 9. Jack White - Old style bluesy stories. 10. Frank Black - Just for how bizarre they are |
in no particular order
Tim Mcilrath Matt Skiba Dan Andriano whichever member of In Flames it is that writes the lyrics David Rovics Geoff Rickly |
Tommy Hall is a genius.
"If your limbs 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 holds 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." |
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Leonard Cohen
Van D.yke Parks Ray Davies Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Van Morrison John Lennon Elvis Costello Bill Callahan Brian Eno |
1. DooM - MF Doom, Viktor Vaughn, Madvillan, Dangerdoom, ect...
2. Issac Brock - Modest Mouse, Ugly Casanova 3. POS - POS, Doomtree 4. Ben Gibbard - Death Cab For Cutie 5. Chris Hannah - Propagandhi 6. Cody Bonnette - As Cities Burn 7. David Bazan - Pedro the Lion 8. Max Bemis - Say Anything 9. Dennis Lyxzén - Refused 10. Brian Fallon - The Gaslight Anthem |
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Aaron Weiss
Leonard Cohen Conor Oberst (yeah, yeah) Bob Dylan Jon Foreman Cat Stevens IMO. |
In no order
Guy Garvey Matt Berninger Thom Yorke Joanna Newsom John Lennon Cornelis Vreeswijk Susanne Sundfør Eric Harm E (Mark Oliver Everett) James Mercer |
John Darnielle
Tom Waits Bill Callahan Nick Cave John Lennon Don McLean Amanda Palmer (I know, I know - but this is totally subjective, and I can name over a dozen songs of hers which have given me fucking chills. Trey Anastasio (When he's not being goofy / most of Phish's lyrics weren't written by him so don't judge me.) Thom Yorke Jenny Lewis (Hers are almost the easiest to relate to for me) |
dylan
springsteen beiber |
I don't think I could name a whole 10, but Colin Meloy, Kevin Barnes, and Jarvis Cocker are some of my favourites. I like my writers to walk the line between comedy and tragedy.
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John Lennon
Cat Stevens Leonard Cohen Yasiin Bey Neil Young Roger Waters Bob Marley Paul Simon Bob Dylan Townes Van Zandt |
Bob Dylan
Neil young Leonard cohen Bob marley Roger waters Layne staley/Jerry cantrell Phil Ochs Lennon/McCartney |
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My list (not in order) Bob Dylan- It's alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding, Desolation Row Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)- Any song, the guy is incredibly intelligent and has lectured at Harvard on his lyrics (can be found on You Tube) Ian Anderson- Thick as a Brick and almost anything else James Keenan Maynard- Judith (A Perfect Circle) Peter Hamill- Man-Erg Peter Gabriel- Suppers Ready Robert Hunter- So many great Dead lyrics David Bryne- Don't Worry About the Government, anything on Fear of Music, his simplicity is amazing Neil Peart- The Camera Eye Tom York- I think "Hail to the Thief" is his lyrical peak Cedric Bixler-Zavala- The uniqueness of his word choice and vocabulary is pretty amazing |
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