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Hierophant 
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 Posted: April 28 2005 at 19:50 |
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LEDZEPYES
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 19:49 |
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Neil Young
Jon anderson
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hukt on fonikzz
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 18:45 |
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sorry bout the double post, unintentional
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there is no spoon...
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hukt on fonikzz
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 18:45 |
HELLO PEOPLE>>>>>>omar rodrigez-lopez/cedric bixler zavala
nothing is as deep and meaningful as their work..you cant even compare
most of the cheesy garbage that most of the prog bands mentioned
produce.
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there is no spoon...
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hukt on fonikzz
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 18:42 |
HELLO PEOPLE>>>omar rodrigez-lopez/cedric bixler zavala
you cant beat something as deep and meaningful as
this..dont even try to give cheesy garbage that seems to be a trend
with some prog bands mentioned
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there is no spoon...
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Hierophant
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 18:11 |
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Echoes of the Broadway Everglades,
With her mythical madonnas still walking in their shades:
Lenny Bruce, declares a truce and plays his other hand.
Marshall McLuhan, casual viewin, head buried in the sand.
Sirens on the rooftops wailing, but theres no ship sailing.
Groucho, with his movies trailing, stands alone with his punchline failing.
Klu Klux Klan serve hot soul food and the band plays In the Mood
The cheerleader waves her cyanide wand,
Theres a smell of peach blossom and bitter almonde.
Caryl Chessman sniffs the air and leads the parade, he know in a scent,
You can bottle all you made.
Theres Howard Hughes in blue suede shoes,
Smiling at the majorettes smoking Winston Cigarettes.
And as the song and dance begins,
The children play at home with needles; needles and pins.
Gabriel takes the freakin' cake - again.
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Yanns
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 17:51 |
Yeah, Peter Sinfield is definitely one of the best. No denying it.
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 16:58 |
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i forgot leonard cohen, bob dylan too
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walrus
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 16:56 |
john lennon
peter sinfield
adrian belew
peter gabriel
peter hamill
thom yorke
david bowie
tom waits
lou reed
bob dylan
leonard cohen
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you and whose army?
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Fantômas
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 16:23 |
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Jello Biafra, Robert Wyatt, Lou Reed and Keith Reid.
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And above all, is punk 
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 15:31 |
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nick drake, nick drake, nick drake, nick drake, nick drake, robert hunter, thom yorke, jim morrison, and o yea nick drake
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Rhayader
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 15:31 |
As many people have mentioned, Neil Peart, Jon Anderson and Peter
Hamill. I'm tempted to throw Trevor Horn in there too, but I don't
think he's quite as good. Frank Zappa is just a hilarious lyricist 
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"Sadder still to watch you die than never to have known it..."
Rush - Losing It
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Syzygy
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 15:26 |
Unlike a lot of people on here I can't say that many prog lyricists really do it for me. Robert Wyatt and Peter Blegvad both write superb lyrics, but for me most of the best lyricists are outside the prog canon - Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, Morrissey, Shane MacGowan, Dylan and Neil Young all spring to mind. In terms of mainstream prog, Peter Gabriel and Peter Hammill bith write some excellent stuff, more as solo artists than in bands for some reason. Ian Anderson has written some great lyrics as well, although in the early to mid 70s (up to Minstrel...) he had a tendency to over write which could get a bit tiresome. King Crimson, my second favourite prog band after Magma, have consistently had some of the worst lyrics in history supplied by a variety of different but equally trite wordsmiths, which must be some kind of record.
Damo Suzuki of Can and Magma's Christian Vander avoided the lyrics issue by writing in languages they invented themselves, a fine example more recently followed by Sigur Ros and Ruins.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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VLADO
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 14:51 |
The best is my mother language poet Ivan Strpka
English writing libretists: Neil Peart, Jon Anderson, Peter Hammill, Fish, Genesis (have no idea who did what); but honestly, my mother language is closer to my heart.
ps. there are legendary great lyrics within Tubular bells: 'grand piano.......tubular bells'
or tangerine dream's exit: 'afrika amerika australia azia jevropa, eta zemlja....
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...and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make...
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Idioglossia
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Posted: April 28 2005 at 14:44 |
In my opinion, Daniel Gildenlow is the God of lyrics. Heh. I talk about Pain of Salvation WAY to much.
Roger Waters is also one of the best too.
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The weak dress in hatred to hide their fear..
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ShrinkingViolet
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Posted: October 09 2004 at 11:43 |
1.Jon Anderon
2. Peter Hammill
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Fish
5 My Dad . John McGuigan
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: October 09 2004 at 00:23 |
PETER HAMMILL!!! - so full of variety, lucid intelligence, (almost) always searching and meandering like a thinker who loves to leave things inconclusive in order to avoid dogmatism and easy answers... and let the listener come to their own conclusions
IAN ANDERSON!!! - so funny in his most witty lyrics and so solemn in his most melancholy ones
PETER GABRIEL!!! - at times concise, at times more explicit and ellaborating, always with a fine poetic sharp
NEIL PEART - as intellectually driven as HAMMILL and most of the time as politcally concerned as GABRIEL
PETER NICHOLLS is a lyricist who has gotten better with time. GEOFF MANN is a classic suburbian poet from the arly neo-prog scene, and so used to be FISH. Another great lyricist who should bementioned more often is Happy the Man's FRANK WYATT, and let's not forget the metaphysical and romantic warrior visionary PETER SINFIELD.
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tuxon
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Posted: October 08 2004 at 23:01 |
 Lunarscape wrote:
The lyrics, songwriting, is as somebody pointed out, pretty hard when discussing Prog Rock. Some dislike lyrics mostly because they want their Prog to be instrumental, and those with an ear for more pop-prog will prefer lyrics as the human element is in the eletronic musical output.
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Lyrics and verses are as much part of the song as the music itself. the good singers contribute with their voice as much as the guitarist, bassist, drummer or the keyboardplayer. but their contibution can be easaly understanded for it is a language we readelly understand. So we might be underestimating their influence on the sound of the recorded work.
So it's not the human element you reffer to, but it's our acknollegement of the lyrics and the vocals to be part of the music,
for example, Im listening to tales of topographic oceans right now, and the words don't have much meaning to me ( if the lyrics have any meaning please let me now???).But I consider the singing to be a part of the musical experience, and I can't Imagine this album, without Jon's vocal.
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Eddy
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Posted: October 07 2004 at 20:43 |
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Jon anderson and greg lake both have the voices of angels...
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Prog_Bassist
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Posted: October 06 2004 at 22:09 |
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Peter Gabriel
Jon Anderson
Neil Peart
Tony Banks
James Taylor
and many many more...
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