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Points: 1029 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2010 at 16:36
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Anthony H. 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.
 
You sure you're not forgetting Roger Waters and Ian (not Jon) Anderson????AngryConfusedTongueWinkLOLLOLLOL
 
 
 
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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Points: 34086 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2010 at 17:39
Hodgson / Davies
Goodley and Creme and Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman
fantastic singer songwriters
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1/Neil Peart
2/Peter Sinfield
3/Peter Gabriel
4/Jon Anderson
5/John Petrucci (better known as a guitarist, but the dude writes some AMAZING lyrics!)
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Points: 18106 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2010 at 19:34
Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

... Goodley and Creme and Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman
fantastic singer songwriters
 
And their history goes way further than just 10CC ... but no one here ever heard "Hotlegs" ... or thought it was progressive! ... or we can talk about Neil Sedaka! SleepyClapLOLTongue


Edited by moshkito - June 04 2010 at 19:35
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Hi,
 
So strange to see Fish listed as a lyricist ... his main gift is that he is a wonderful actor with words ... and made Peter Gabriel look like a kid in the zoo of costumes ... that can't sing!


Edited by moshkito - June 04 2010 at 19:36
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Gabriel, Fish, Waters, Ian Anderson.  
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Peter Sinfield, Richard Palmer-James, Jon Anderson, Peter Gabriel, and David Cousins top my list.  

Oh, don't forget Thijs van Leer! *yodel yodel yodel yodel bump bump bah!!*  
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Ian Anderson
Peter Gabriel
Peter Hammill
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Originally posted by Falx Falx wrote:

Christian Vander Big smile
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Roger Waters
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Neil Peart
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Points: 6 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 07 2010 at 21:46
Definitely NOT Jon Anderson but would certainly agree with Ian Anderson and Neil Peart (sometimes)
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Neil Peart - he plays awesome drums and writes great lyrics and we don't have to listen to him sing. An intelligent drummer! He gets the credit, Geddy takes the blame. Wink Corky Laing will hold him (NP) up as the example that proves the rule (about growing up or being a drummer.)

Neil Peart's backing band is quite good too...
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I would personally choose Ian Anderson, Pete Sinfield, Peter Hammill and Roger Waters.

Though honorable mentions should go for Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Christian Vander.
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I actually discovered VdGG after reading such positive remarks about Peter Hammil's lyrics on this very thread.  I went and listened to "Man-Erg" and "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers."  Now he's one of my favorites, too!
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Ian Anderson. His lyrics remind me Albert Camus. Tongue
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Damo Suzuki does have his moments, but I can't really consider someone who improvises a lot of his material better than an introspective philosopher like, oh, say, Peter Hammill.

As commonplace as it sounds, I really do think that Gabriel and Hammill are probably the best lyricists, partially because they can incorporate their lyrics into their music really well. Can't say the same for Fish, unfortunately.

Oh, and Eno. He doesn't get enough recognition for writing lyrics. He doesn't do it a lot, but when he does, they are buh-rilliant. 
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Maynard James Keenan, Steven Wilson.. and I am a big fan of Mikael Akerfeldts lyrics. why hasn't he been mentioned?
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Points: 4202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2010 at 17:10
^Steven Wilson is possibly the worst lyricist of our time.

I don't know how great any of the french, italian, german etc... lyrics out there are, so only english suggestions:

Greatest for me, or the ones I enjoy the most are: The Residents, Robert Wyatt, Peter Hammill (but he's really not that strong all the time), Ian Anderson, Chris Cutler and I have a soft spot for High Tide's lyrics.

Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

 
Probably the best lyricist out there is Roy Harper. There is no second when it comes to the amount of poetryhe has written and sung about/with.


Roy Harper is a true poet. McGoohan's Blues No one in rock can match that. No one!

Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen might not be on par with Dylan, but they still interest me more. 




Edited by Rocktopus - June 10 2010 at 17:30
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