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topofsm 
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 Posted: December 26 2008 at 23:05 |
1. Maynard James Keenan
2. Everyone else
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tszirmay
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 23:02 |
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Sinfield, Fish, Gabriel, the vastly underated Bryan Ferry (the early Roxy stuff especially), both Anderson, Roger (yeah, give him credit) , Palmer-James, Springsteen, Dylan, Steve Wilson. Few more I need to scour for but...
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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Finnforest
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 22:36 |
 ClemofNazareth wrote:
Bob Dylan
Colin Meloy
John Lennon
Woody Guthrie
Paul Simon
Patti Smith
Donald Fagen
Neil Young
Michael Stipe
Kurt Cobain
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Can't argue with that list so I'll just steal it. And open myself to ridicule by throwing in Syd Barrett as someone's who's lyrics always make me smile.
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 22:04 |
Bob Dylan
Colin Meloy
John Lennon
Woody Guthrie
Paul Simon
Patti Smith
Donald Fagen
Neil Young
Michael Stipe
Kurt Cobain
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
Albert Camus
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 20:11 |
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oh and Robert Hunter, the Grateful Dead's brilliant wordsmith
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 20:09 |
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John Lennon
Joni Mitchell
Peter Gabriel
Ozzy Osbourne
Ian Anderson
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LinusW
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 20:07 |
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Sinfield definitely deserves a place on the list, yes.
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 20:06 |
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1. Peter Hammill
2. Roger Waters
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Pete Sinfield
5. Ian Anderson
a tentative 6. everyone from 10cc
7. Kate Bush
8. Mark Knopfler
And a slap round the head for the first person who says Magma/Christian Vander/Whoever (grrr!)
Edit: Fish ain't bad either, even if he repeats himself a bit much for my liking.
I do need to hear more Beatles lyrics. Joni Mitchell is rather good at times... I seem to be quite divided on her material, though. Bowie verges on excellence every now and then. Colosseum's Jon Hiseman has a couple of bursts of dark genius in the Daughter Of Time album.
Edited by TGM: Orb - December 26 2008 at 20:16
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LinusW
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 19:57 |
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I usually don't care much about lyrics, but Peter Gabriel, Ian Anderson and Fish are all names that come to mind. I like some of Neil Pearts' as well, perhaps the less obvious ones of later albums more than the feisty, in-your-face Objectivism of the early days.
Peter Hammill is lovely at times, but just as VdGG just too much now and then.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 19:50 |
- Peter Gabriel
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- Ian Anderson
- Fish
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PetrucciPal
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Joined: May 21 2008
Location: Boredomtown.
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 19:47 |
1. Neil Peart
2. Mike Portnoy
3. Eric Johnson
4. Peter Murphy
5. The lyricist of the band Ludo
6. Daniel Gildenlow (or whoever writes the lyrics for PoS)
7. Lyricist for Atreyu
8. James LaBrie
9. Joe Satriani
10. Geddy Lee
=)
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For the <3 of John Petrucci!
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alerxst
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Joined: April 03 2008
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Posted: December 26 2008 at 19:42 |
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There have been so many topics about favorite guitarists, drummers, didgeridooists (take my word on it), etc. that I thought I'd go for something a bit more unorthodox.
I have long held the staunch belief that lyrics are the least important part to any song. I've known that the poetry in various songs can be quite excellent but I never really paid attention. Recently I was listening to "The Letters" off King Crimson's Islands and was surprised at what wonderful poetry had been right under my nose for so many years.
I have sampled my library and I have noticed that Peter Sinfield (most notably King Crimson's early works), Peter Hamill and Neal Peart have all consistently created excellent lyrics. Since this is a "top 10s and lists" thread, I suppose I'll be forced to rate my favorite lyricists as:
1. Peter Hamill (VDGG and solo)
2. Peter Sinfield (KC)
3. Neal Peart (Rush)
Please mention what band(s) the lyricist has written well for as few people will likely recognize the names as this goes on.
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