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krauthead 
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 Topic: The ultimate songwriter
Posted: October 16 2005 at 18:05 |
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Roger Waters indeed
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*Dancing madly backwards on a sea of air* - Captain Beyond
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Proglover
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 23:45 |
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Dont tell me you guys fall for that BS about his lyrics being meaningless to such an extent that you don't see Jon Anderson as a good song writer......Jon is one of the main writers in YES!!!!!!!! You people have lost your mind!!
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Proglover
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 23:44 |
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Oh my God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...............No one voted for JON ANDERSON!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!............... ....What the hell is wrong with you guys!?!?!?!?!
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The Wizard
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 22:56 |
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Either Pete Townsend or Ray Davies are my all time favorite songwriters. Peter Hammil or Ian Anderson, but i'll have to go with Anderson.
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BePinkTheater
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Joined: September 01 2005
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Posted: October 13 2005 at 22:34 |
 chopper wrote:
Progcupine wrote:
BePinkTheater wrote:
John fu cking Lennon....
What the hell is wrong with you people?
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my six-year-old brother writes better songs than "imagine". Lennon is not a good songwriter!!!
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 This would be the "Imagine" regularly found at the top of "best song" polls (along with Bo Rap and Angels). Your brother must be very talented!
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I hate everyone...You're all Prog-snobs!!
John Lennon was the greatest song wiriter....
followed closely by Paul, then Ian Anderson...
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I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
-Stone Beard
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el böthy
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Joined: April 27 2005
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Posted: October 12 2005 at 16:04 |
Progcupine wrote:
BePinkTheater wrote:
John fu cking Lennon....
What the hell is wrong with you people?
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my six-year-old brother writes better songs than "imagine". Lennon is not a good songwriter!!!
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Thats like saying I draw better than Fontanas art just because he is a minimalist...its that poor mentality that is just distruction...never creation
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Progcupine
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Joined: October 03 2005
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Posted: October 12 2005 at 08:13 |
CaincelaOreinim wrote:
Why isn't Steven Wilson considered in this poll?...He gets my vote regardless...
NOTE: we're talking SONGS here people not epics/heavily orchestrated pieces of music.
@ original poster: in regards to Tool, MJK (Maynard James Keenan) writes all the lyrics.
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You´re right man!!!, I voted for Roger Waters just because S. Wilson was not on the list!!!, anyway I love both!!
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..You´re not alone...
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fender101
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Posted: October 12 2005 at 05:44 |
What a lot of creative power you could have in one room. Id lobe to hear a song written by waters the anderson's, hamill and gabriel!
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Well McGarnical Billy is dead! They slit his throat from ear to ear!
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Blacksword
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Posted: October 12 2005 at 05:18 |
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Tony Banks
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Nipsey88
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 19:23 |
Under wrote:
Hmm, I must have misread the question.
I thought the greatest lyricswriter. That must be Fish.
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Yup, I agree, for lyrics, Fish is my man. With Maynard James Keenan,
the unmentioned Steve Wilson (tsk tsk), and Ian Anderson closely
following.
Pete Sinfield, for as in depth as his lyrics can be (read about all the
hidden meaning and imagery in his words, very layered), you really need
a bong to fully get them. 
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CaincelaOreinim
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 18:55 |
Why isn't Steven Wilson considered in this poll?...He gets my vote regardless...
NOTE: we're talking SONGS here people not epics/heavily orchestrated pieces of music.
@ original poster: in regards to Tool, MJK (Maynard James Keenan) writes all the lyrics.
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el böthy
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 18:43 |
King of Loss wrote:
ITS GILDENLOW, NOT GILDENGLOW!
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I knew it was gonna be you who would correct me on this one!!!
damn you King of Loss
hahahaaaaa 
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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el böthy
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 18:40 |
BePinkTheater wrote:
John fu cking Lennon....
What the hell is wrong with you people?
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...wow...I cant believe what I hear...read actually...
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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King of Loss
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 16:42 |
ITS GILDENLOW, NOT GILDENGLOW! 
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Yams
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 16:30 |
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Ian Anderson for lyrics AND music. Roger Waters and Peter Gabriel for lyrics. Robert Fripp, Mike Oldfied, and Steve Hackett for music.
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Syzygy
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 10:56 |
From that list, Ian Anderson or Peter Hammill.
But what about Robert Wyatt?
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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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Under
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 10:49 |
Hmm, I must have misread the question.
I thought the greatest lyricswriter. That must be Fish.
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chopper
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 10:37 |
Progcupine wrote:
BePinkTheater wrote:
John fu cking Lennon....
What the hell is wrong with you people?
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my six-year-old brother writes better songs than "imagine". Lennon is not a good songwriter!!!
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This would be the "Imagine" regularly found at the top of "best song" polls (along with Bo Rap and Angels). Your brother must be very talented!
Edited by chopper
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Progcupine
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 09:35 |
BePinkTheater wrote:
John fu cking Lennon....
What the hell is wrong with you people?
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my six-year-old brother writes better songs than "imagine". Lennon is not a good songwriter!!!
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..You´re not alone...
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Fraja
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Joined: August 23 2005
Location: Greece
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Posted: October 11 2005 at 08:40 |
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FREDDIE MERCURY AND LATIMER
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