Favorite Lyricist
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Topic: Favorite Lyricist
Posted By: alerxst
Subject: Favorite Lyricist
Date 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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Posted By: PetrucciPal
Date Posted: December 26 2008 at 19:47
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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
=) ------------- For the <3 of John Petrucci! |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 26 2008 at 19:50
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Posted By: LinusW
Date 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. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date 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. |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: December 26 2008 at 20:07
| Sinfield definitely deserves a place on the list, yes. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 26 2008 at 20:09
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John Lennon Joni Mitchell Peter Gabriel Ozzy Osbourne Ian Anderson |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 26 2008 at 20:11
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oh and Robert Hunter, the Grateful Dead's brilliant wordsmith |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: December 26 2008 at 22:04
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Bob Dylan ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: December 26 2008 at 22:36
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. |
ClemofNazareth wrote:Posted By: tszirmay
Date 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... ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: December 26 2008 at 23:05
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1. Maynard James Keenan 2. Everyone else ------------- 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 00:22
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Hammill Hammill Hammill others also of course but i'll just mention him as he's considerably higher than the rest. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 01:42
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Maynard P. Gabriel Dylan Cohen Young Reed Morrissey Waits C. Mayfield RZA Mix those up a bit and you got my rank too.
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 02:24
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Fish
Peter Gabriel
Zappa
Morrissey
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Buddy Lackey ( Devon Graves)
Warrel Dane
Eric Clayton
C.V. Jørgensen
Jens Unmack
Peter Hammill
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Posted By: mobby
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 03:52
| surprised no one mentioned roger waters! great lyricist.. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 06:01
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Hammill is my favourite, but there are many other good ones that have not been mentioned yet, especially Robert Calvert and Peter Blegvad. Daevid Allen is a bit underestimated because people think he only writes lyrics about flying teapots and pot-head pixies. Very wrong! His lyrics are almost always very witty and sometimes even deep. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 08:07
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My definite favourite must be Peter Hammill. But there are several others I appreciate too, most notably Olle Törnvall of Trettioåriga kriget and Henrik Franzén of 22 för många (which isn't a prog band, but I guess it's alright to mention them anyway). |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 09:27
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1. Neil Peart 2. Frank Zappa 3. Christian Vander ------------- 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 09:42
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Maynard James Keenan
Jon Anderson
Roger Waters
John Myung (before DT voted him out of the writeing team, of course)
Peter Gabriel
John Lennon
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 10:10
Sorry, Alex, you're predictable. |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 10:12
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 10:19
Is that a bad thing?  -------------
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Posted By: Fieldofsorrow
Date Posted: December 27 2008 at 11:09
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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 |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date 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. |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: January 06 2009 at 11:29
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no 1&2&3......... Peter G
But MJ Keenan is great too.
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Posted By: easytargets
Date Posted: January 06 2009 at 14:38
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 |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: January 06 2009 at 18:34
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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? -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 15:01
EXACTLY! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 15:25
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Tim Smith Ian Anderson ...aaaand that's about it.  |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:42
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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) ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:44
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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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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:51
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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) ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:51
 I'll second what Jim said - great list! (gotta look up Michael Stipe...)------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:56
R.E.M.'s singer and primary lyricist. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:02
 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...------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:18
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no other votes for Peter Blegvad, whom Friede mentioned, yet? he is simply brilliant as a lyricist -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: steve j
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:22
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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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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:34
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. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 19:20
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Posted By: TheSkyMovesSideways
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 00:44
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Mikael Akerfeldt
Matthew Chalk
MJ Keenan |
Posted By: SgtPepper67
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 09:01
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Roger Waters John Lennon Peter Gabriel Bob Dylan Neil Peart ------------- 
In the end the love you take is equal to the love you made... |
Posted By: Altair
Date Posted: January 15 2009 at 00:46
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Mikael Åkerfeldt
Peter Gabriel
Steven Wilson
MJ Keenan
Tomas Haake
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Posted By: Abrawang
Date Posted: January 15 2009 at 21:26
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Dylan
Leonard Cohen
Roger Waters
Paul Simon
Jim Morrison
John Lennon
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: January 16 2009 at 04:20
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Peter Gabriel
Matt Johnson
(from The The, maby you would not call that prog. im not strong in those definitaions, but great lyric)
After those a lot of lyrics that i cant put in any order like David Bowie, Roger Waters, Pete Sinf., John Lennon, the Tool writer , ect ect.
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: January 17 2009 at 03:03
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I'll give you a top 2.
Syd Barrett
Fish ------------- 
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Posted By: Prospero
Date Posted: January 19 2009 at 18:46
| Frank Zappa for when it's time to be in the real world and Peter Sinfield for when it's time to be a baby octopus. |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: January 20 2009 at 11:41
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Prog: Hammill, Gabriel, Waters Not prog: Dylan, Cohen, Waits Not rock: C. M. Bellman, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Alf Prøysen ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: January 20 2009 at 11:50
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Roy Harper Robert Calvert Alan Hull Ian Anderson ------------- 
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: January 21 2009 at 07:02
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My top 3, off the cuff:- Roger Waters
Andy Tillson
Pete Sinfield
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Posted By: Proggy Pogo
Date Posted: January 21 2009 at 07:34
My faves are Roger Waters and Ian Kilmister (aka Lemmy)  .
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: January 21 2009 at 15:19
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Have to add Joanna Newsom to this discussion.
------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Eapo_q42
Date Posted: January 22 2009 at 16:55
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There have been many brilliant lyricists in our time, but for my money, it's Roger Waters. I should point out though...not just any roger waters. He had a period from around Meddle to probably The Wall where he couldn't write a meaningless, banal lyric if he spent all day trying. It's like he had a magic pen filled with poignancy. Unfortunately....for some reason when he went solo, he also seemed to lose his lyrical touch. |
Posted By: Toaster Mantis
Date Posted: January 25 2009 at 04:05
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I suddenly thought... how the hell could I have forgotten Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo fame? Freedom of choice is what you've got, freedom from choice is what you want! ------------- "The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook |
Posted By: Carlos
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 08:51
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Peter Hammill (far the best lyricist IMHO, very emotional singer. no wonder he writes those lyrics) Roger Waters Peter Gabriel Neil Peart Pete Seinfield Syd Barrett FIsh ------------- Democracy=A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people... 
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 08:55
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most of the guys mentioned above plus Jim Matheos (Fates Warning, OSI) ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 12:27
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I never care much for lyrics, but Peter Gabriel, Neil Peart, and Dream theater as a whole are good.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 28 2009 at 14:38
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Prog:
1. Greg Lake
2. John Wetton
3. Roger Waters
Non - prog:
1. Sting
2. Paul Simon
3. Stevie Wonder
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Posted By: idiotPrayer
Date Posted: November 12 2009 at 10:39
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Tomas Haake. Here's an excerpt from Closed Eye Visuals: "Unbound to the pale and lifeless day by the multicolored, multiform A spinning antidream unthought--Exceeding the obsolete reality Overheated inner shape generator. Blowing every cerebral fuse Insanity filtered and systematized. Feeding the tools of mind abuse. Mind-signal transmissions peaked, distorted, bent, unrestrained Neuroreceivers short circuit. System parameters overgained Neverthreads decoding the stream of the reality--inverting revolution The patterned untruth of nondream. The closed eye visual delusion" |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 12 2009 at 10:56
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Bernie Taupin Roger Hodgson Peter Sinfeldt Richard Palmer James (Starless have wonderfull lyricks and Wetton sing them perfectly) Tim Rice Lol/Creme Roger Waters Denis Wilson/Brian Wilson Robert Lamb |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 12 2009 at 11:10
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In no order: Geezer Butler - Wrote most of, if not all of the lyrics on Sabbath's early albums Chris Cornell - WOW! Really cryptic lyrics at times, often hard to interpret. He also sings them in his wonderful voice! Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) - WOW! So original, creative and plain weird! John Lennon - I am the walrus gogogojoob! Ken Hensley - Wrote some great, great songs throughout the 70's with Heep Layne Staley - Wrote some seriously dark stuff on AIC's self titled Anthony Kiedis - From the weirdest, wildest rap lyrics to the most emotional ballad... He's great all the way! And a bunch of others... |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: November 12 2009 at 11:33
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To ad a few :
Richard Palmer-James
Jim Morrison
David Byrne
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: November 12 2009 at 12:06
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Peter Hammill Roger Waters Peter Gabriel There are some brilliant others too, but these definitely are my favorite.
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Posted By: mohaveman
Date Posted: November 12 2009 at 15:42
| Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel |
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: November 12 2009 at 18:32
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almost all above mentioned
and Nick Drake -------------  |
Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: November 12 2009 at 18:35
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Dylan is my favorite lyricist, but my favorite prog lyricists are Roger Waters and Peter Hammill ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: November 13 2009 at 05:45
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Neil Young
Richard-Palmer James
Pete Sinfield
Ian Anderson
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: November 13 2009 at 05:52
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Top 10, in no order:
Steve Hogarth Jon Anderson Steven Wilson Tim Bowness Fish Peter Gabriel Ben Gibbard Mike Scott Scott Hutchison Mikael Akerfeldt ------------- 
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Posted By: nahnite
Date Posted: November 13 2009 at 21:49
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Well, I'm gonna list as many as I can. Here goes.
1/Neil Peart
2/Peter Gabriel
3/Jon Anderson
4/John Petrucci
5/Mike Portnoy
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 13 2009 at 22:38
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I go back and forth between John Lennon and Peter Gabriel
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Posted By: Stooge
Date Posted: November 13 2009 at 23:01
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I tend not to be a harsh critic of lyrics unless they are very cliche. Some lyric writers that I appreciate include: James Hetfield (Metallica) Neil Peart (Rush) Adrian Belew (King Crimson) Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) Les Claypool(Primus) |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: November 14 2009 at 00:33
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Lloyd Cole Tom Verlaine Lou Reed Robert Smith (the Cure) Bob Dylan Peter Hamill Norman Haines (Locomotive) Ray Davies Pete Townshend Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy) Roger Waters (if he wrote the lyrics on DSOTM ?) Steven Wilson Noel Coward (yes, really) Lorenz Hart (from Rodgers & Hart) Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo) ------------- 
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Posted By: Silverbeard McStarr
Date Posted: November 14 2009 at 17:06
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1, Roger Waters 2, Ian Anderson
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Posted By: Trianium
Date Posted: November 20 2009 at 06:17
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Roger Waters Peter Gabriel Ian Anderson and of course David Bowie. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 22 2009 at 22:15
| Roger Waters. |
Posted By: Basíleia
Date Posted: November 30 2009 at 16:08
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1. Fish (Marillion, solo)
2. Steve Hogarth (Marillion)
3. Neil Peart (Rush)
4. Roger Wootton (Comus - if he's the one responsible for the lyrics of "Drip Drip") 5. *All Dream Theater members, who contributed lyrically to this superb band
6. Peter Nicholls (IQ)
7. Peter Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator, solo)
- and last, but not least -
8. CHRISTIAN VANDER (Magma)
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Posted By: arcane-beautiful
Date Posted: March 23 2010 at 07:42
| Daniel Gildenlow, Morrissey, Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson, John Petrucci, Kevin Moore (early), James LaBrie, Devin Townsend, Leonard Cohen, Byron Stroud, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards |
Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: March 24 2010 at 10:38
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Lyrics aren't usually that important to me, but a few particular favorites stand out: 1. Roger Waters (Pre-The Wall-era Floyd) 2. Kerry Livgren (Kansas) 3. Peter Gabriel 4. Neal Morse (Spock's Beard) 5. Sting (The Police) 6. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) 7. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) Yeah, that's about it. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: March 24 2010 at 11:08
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Off the top of my head... Dylan, Springsteen in his early years, Ian Anderson, Pete Sinfield, Ray Davies and Warren Zevon.
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: March 26 2010 at 06:32
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1-Ian Anderson 2-Pete Sinfield 3-Peter Gabriel 4-Neil Peart 5-Steven Wilson 6-Bruce Coburn-not really prog, but some one else listed Neil Young, who is a great lyricist. Coburn is excellent. 7-Frank Zappa 8-David Byrne |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 26 2010 at 09:02
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Not rock: C. M. Bellman, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Alf Prøysen [/QUOTE]  Cornelis Vreesvik is genius, I adore he's songs they are warm and full of sharm. also Evert Taube is nice and of course Alf Prøysen is one important figure for young people in Norway, he's children songs are an importan part of my childhood, together with Torbjørn Egner, Geri Lystrup and Odd Boerresen |
Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: March 26 2010 at 11:37
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Toby Driver. maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot have some of the most beautiful, poetic lyrics around. Some others would be Layne Staley, Maynard James Keenan, and Steve Wilson. |
Posted By: elder08
Date Posted: March 26 2010 at 13:28
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Ian anderson
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
John Frusicante
------------- "There are people who say we [Pink Floyd] should make room for younger bands. That's not the way it works. They can make their own room."- David Gilmour |
Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: March 26 2010 at 13:33
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Already mentioned by one or two people... Dave Cousins
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Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: March 26 2010 at 14:26
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Bob Dylan...period ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |
Posted By: sydbarrett2010
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 21:23
| roger waters |
Posted By: LateralMe
Date Posted: November 03 2010 at 15:17
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1. Peter Hammill 2. MJK ------------- A Flower!? |
Posted By: Xaxaar
Date Posted: August 14 2011 at 20:02
| Devin Townsend. |
Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: August 15 2011 at 14:32
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I also think lyrics are the most important component to a song, especially prog lyrics becuase their not all about "boy meets girl" they are deep. -Colin Meloy -Ian Anderson -Peter Hammill -Peter Gabriel -Neil Peart -Roger Waters -Peter Sinfield -Jon Anderson ------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: Drudelo
Date Posted: August 26 2011 at 22:17
| Ian Anderson is, in my opinion, one of the greatest lyricists who ever lived. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 26 2011 at 22:51
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Ian Anderson, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon. From this century, Colin Meloy. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: purplesnake
Date Posted: September 02 2011 at 03:50
| Neil Peart, John Lennon, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Jon Anderson (his poetic lyrics can be artistic and beautiful), |