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Points: 8052 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2008 at 10:10
Originally posted by Me Me wrote:

And a slap round the head for the first person who says Magma/Christian Vander/Whoever (grrr!)


Originally posted by Alex Alex wrote:


1. Neil Peart
2. Frank Zappa
3. Christian Vander


Sorry, Alex, you're predictable.
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Points: 32181 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2008 at 10:19
Originally posted by TGM: Orb TGM: Orb wrote:

Originally posted by Me Me wrote:

And a slap round the head for the first person who says Magma/Christian Vander/Whoever (grrr!)


Originally posted by Alex Alex wrote:


1. Neil Peart
2. Frank Zappa
3. Christian Vander


Sorry, Alex, you're predictable.


Is that a bad thing? LOL

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1. Kevin Moore
2. John Myung
3. John Mayer
4. Daniel Gildenlow
5. Dave Mustaine
6. Mikael Akerfeldt
7. Steven Wilson
8. John Petrucci
9. Mike Portnoy
10. James LaBrie
 
Groovy teenage rock with mild prog tendencies: http://www.myspace.com/omniabsenceband
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Points: 15745 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2008 at 11:15
I'm not a big fan of lyrics, but some which I enjoy are Peter Gabriel(on Genesis), Waters/Gilmour(Floyd), Zappa and some others.
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Points: 4287 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2009 at 11:29
no 1&2&3......... Peter G
 
But MJ Keenan is great too.
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Points: 843 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2009 at 14:38
Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

John Myung (before DT voted him out of the writeing team, of course)
 
Not sure if John´s written more than Learning to live for DT
but that´s for sure one of their best lyrical compositions.
 
For a real, real favourite: Mr. Hammill. He uses to write songs with
moods and situations I can personally identificate
The water rushes over all
cities crash in the mighty wave;
the final man is very small,
plunging in for his final bathe
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Points: 4335 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2009 at 18:34
no particular order and sticking to Prog since this is not the general music forum:
Zappa
Ian Anderson
Peter Sinfield
Roger Waters (pre Final Cut)
Dave Cousins
Tony Hill (High Tide)
Jon Anderson
would like to list more but for some reason "vocals by" never seems to be listed with songs, anywhere.  Does anyone know of a website that has a lyrics database that lists their writer?


Edited by manofmystery - January 06 2009 at 18:36


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1. Maynard James Keenan

2. Everyone else

EXACTLY!LOL
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Tim Smith
Ian Anderson

...aaaand that's about it. Tongue
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People whose bands are on the archives, in no particular order:

Sandy Pearlman (BÖC)
Frank Zappa (Mothers of Invention, solo career)
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull, solo career)
Bob Calvert (Hawkwind, solo career)
Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
Mike Scalzi (The Lord Weird Slough Feg, Hammers of Misfortune)

People whose bands aren't on the archives:

Peter Steele (Carnivore, Type O Negative)
Dax Riggs (Acid Bath, Agents of Oblivion, Deadboy and the Elephant Men, solo career)
Dave Wyndorf (Monster Magnet)
Mark Shelton (Manilla Road)
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Points: 2601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:44

Prog:

(I regurgitate pretty much the same list every time one of these comes up)
 
Kerry Livgren
Peter Hammill
Ian Anderson
Peter Gabriel (should probably mention Rutherford & Banks along with him)
David Cousins
Roger Waters
 
Other (that's where you'll find the really good ones;)
 
Bob Dylan (duh)
Woody Guthrie
Paul Simon
Joni Mitchell
Tim Buckley & Larry Beckett
Jackson Browne (solo and various)
Pete Townshend (The Who)
Neil Young
Kris Kristofferson
Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead)
 
 
 
 
 


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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:51
1. Peter Hammill
2. Fish
3. Neil Peart
4. Roger Waters
5. Peter Gabriel
6. Tony Banks
7. Ian Anderson
8. Peter Sinfield
9. Andy Tillison
10. Geoff Mann (during his time with Twelfth Night)
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Points: 2601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:51
Originally posted by ClemofNazareth ClemofNazareth wrote:

Bob Dylan
Colin Meloy
John Lennon
Woody Guthrie
Paul Simon
Patti Smith
Donald Fagen
Neil Young
Michael Stipe
Kurt Cobain

ooh, I forgot about Colin Meloy.  That dude is a geniusClap  I'll second what Jim said - great list! (gotta look up Michael Stipe...)
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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:56
Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

ooh, I forgot about Colin Meloy.  That dude is a geniusClap  I'll second what Jim said - great list! (gotta look up Michael Stipe...)
 
R.E.M.'s singer and primary lyricist. 
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Points: 2601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:02
Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

ooh, I forgot about Colin Meloy.  That dude is a geniusClap  I'll second what Jim said - great list! (gotta look up Michael Stipe...)
 
R.E.M.'s singer and primary lyricist. 
thanks...I shoulda known thatEmbarrassed  Aside from the stuff that gets on the radio, I've only some of Murmur and that was all pretty good now that I think of it...
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Points: 10387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:18
no other votes for Peter Blegvad, whom Friede mentioned, yet? he is simply brilliant as a lyricist


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Points: 164 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:22
Ooooh fantastic thread this one
My favorire is Peart  - and the unique thing about him is that I only agree with about 40% of his lyrics -  he talks garbage most of the time, but I still love his lyrics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I love Fish too............ Garden Party here today........  I love Garden Parties........
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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:34
Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

ooh, I forgot about Colin Meloy.  That dude is a geniusClap  I'll second what Jim said - great list! (gotta look up Michael Stipe...)
 
R.E.M.'s singer and primary lyricist. 
thanks...I shoulda known thatEmbarrassed  Aside from the stuff that gets on the radio, I've only some of Murmur and that was all pretty good now that I think of it...
 
If you'd like some recommendations...you can't go wrong with Fables of the Reconstruction (Reconstruction of the Fables), Life's Rich Pageant, or Automatic for the People.  All very cool stuff.
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Points: 2601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2009 at 19:20
Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

ooh, I forgot about Colin Meloy.  That dude is a geniusClap  I'll second what Jim said - great list! (gotta look up Michael Stipe...)
 
R.E.M.'s singer and primary lyricist. 
thanks...I shoulda known thatEmbarrassed  Aside from the stuff that gets on the radio, I've only some of Murmur and that was all pretty good now that I think of it...
 
If you'd like some recommendations...you can't go wrong with Fables of the Reconstruction (Reconstruction of the Fables), Life's Rich Pageant, or Automatic for the People.  All very cool stuff.
hmm...the only problem is, if I start listening to more and more '80s music, I'll have a lot of words to go back and eatLOL
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