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Anthony H. 
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 22:15 |
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What prog musician do you think writes the best lyrics? I'd go with Peter Hammill; runner-ups include Neal Peart, Steven Wilson, John Anderson, and Kevin Moore.
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Triceratopsoil
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Damo Suzuki
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Tarquin Underspoon
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 22:22 |
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Ian Anderson.
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Dorsalia
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 22:56 |
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Either Ian Anderson or Tim Smith.
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Dorsalia
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 22:57 |
Oh wait, Roine Stolt. 
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"Es ist übrigens unmöglich, eine Meinung zu haben, ohne dass es unerfreuliche Überschneidungen gibt. Die Grünen sind für den deutschen Wald, die NPD ebenfalls."
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Misomex777
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 23:19 |
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Peter Sinfield
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 23:22 |
 Misomex777 wrote:
Peter Sinfield |
Bingo!
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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NecronCommander
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 23:30 |
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Jason Byron (it's more like poetry than lyrics, but whatever)
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Jake Kobrin
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 23:49 |
Peter Hamill, Maynard James Keenan, Rodger Waters, Peter Sinfield. If anyone says Steven Wilson, James LaBrie, Neil Peart, or Jon Anderson, I'm going to scream RAPE!  f**k, didn't read the OP... Too late. 
Edited by Jake Kobrin - June 03 2010 at 23:51
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 23:56 |
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Roger Waters.
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Proletariat
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 01:25 |
Collin Meloy (Decemberists)
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who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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Falx
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 01:29 |
Christian Vander 
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BlindGuard
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 01:33 |
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Hammill!!!
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fuxi
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 02:15 |
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Florian Schneider and Ralf Hutter.
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fuxi
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 02:18 |
NecronCommander wrote:
Jason Byron (it's more like poetry than lyrics, but whatever) |
Erm - who else wouldst thou call more like poets?
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b_olariu
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 02:34 |
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Peter Hammill is a great one, among the best, but I like very much Ian Anderson,Neil Peart, and more others I can't remember now.
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 02:58 |
Anthony H. wrote:
What prog musician do you think writes the best lyrics? I'd go with Peter Hammill; runner-ups include Neal Peart, Steven Wilson, John Anderson, and Kevin Moore. |
With Hammill, that's my top three, followed by Gabriel
who's Kevin Moore, and what is Steven Wilson doing here
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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JemJem714
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 03:12 |
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Peter Hammill gets my vote.
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Anirml
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 03:16 |
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Jon Anderson, Damo Suzuki and Peter Sinfield
Edited by Anirml - June 04 2010 at 03:16
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Green Shield Stamp
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Posted: June 04 2010 at 05:37 |
Roger Waters
Ian Anderson
Peter Gabriel
Robert Wyatt
Frank Zappa
Dave Cousins (The Strawbs)
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Haiku
Writing a poem
With seventeen syllables
Is very diffic....
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