Favorite Lyricist

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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...

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Abstrakt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 18 2005 Location: Soundgarden Status: Offline Points: 18292	Posted: November 12 2009 at 11:10
	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...

tamijo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 06 2009 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 4287	Posted: November 12 2009 at 11:33
	To ad a few : Richard Palmer-James Jim Morrison David Byrne Edited by tamijo - November 12 2009 at 11:37
	Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours

The Sleepwalker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 03 2009 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 15141	Posted: November 12 2009 at 12:06
	Peter Hammill Roger Waters Peter Gabriel There are some brilliant others too, but these definitely are my favorite.

mohaveman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 22 2007 Location: Arizona USA Status: Offline Points: 409	Posted: November 12 2009 at 15:42
	Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel

Alberto Muñoz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 26 2006 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 3577	Posted: November 12 2009 at 18:32
	almost all above mentioned and Nick Drake


The Truth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 19 2009 Location: Kansas Status: Offline Points: 21795	Posted: November 12 2009 at 18:35
	Dylan is my favorite lyricist, but my favorite prog lyricists are Roger Waters and Peter Hammill


The Runaway Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 28 2009 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 3144	Posted: November 13 2009 at 05:45
	Neil Young Richard-Palmer James Pete Sinfield Ian Anderson
	Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection.

progkidjoel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: March 02 2009 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 19643	Posted: November 13 2009 at 05:52
	Top 10, in no order: Steve Hogarth Jon Anderson Steven Wilson Tim Bowness Fish Peter Gabriel Ben Gibbard Mike Scott Scott Hutchison Mikael Akerfeldt


nahnite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 24 2008 Status: Offline Points: 159	Posted: November 13 2009 at 21:49
	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

Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65266	Posted: November 13 2009 at 22:38
	I go back and forth between John Lennon and Peter Gabriel

Stooge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 09 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 1003	Posted: November 13 2009 at 23:01
	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)

ExittheLemming Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11415	Posted: November 14 2009 at 00:33
	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) Edited by ExittheLemming - November 14 2009 at 05:01

Silverbeard McStarr Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 05 2009 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 167	Posted: November 14 2009 at 17:06
	1, Roger Waters 2, Ian Anderson

Trianium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: October 03 2009 Location: Moaña - Spain Status: Offline Points: 91	Posted: November 20 2009 at 06:17
	Roger Waters Peter Gabriel Ian Anderson and of course David Bowie.

Dellinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 12732	Posted: November 22 2009 at 22:15
	Roger Waters.

Basíleia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 22 2009 Location: The Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 283	Posted: November 30 2009 at 16:08
	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)

arcane-beautiful Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 04 2009 Location: Newry Status: Offline Points: 310	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

Mr. Maestro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 05 2010 Location: Knowhere, USA Status: Offline Points: 918	Posted: March 24 2010 at 10:38
	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.
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thellama73 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 29 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8368	Posted: March 24 2010 at 11:08
	Off the top of my head... Dylan, Springsteen in his early years, Ian Anderson, Pete Sinfield, Ray Davies and Warren Zevon.


yanch Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 03 2010 Location: Lowell, MA Status: Offline Points: 3247	Posted: March 26 2010 at 06:32
	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