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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #50 on: 13 Dec 2007, 20:49 »
Cohen is the dude that comes to mind. If only his music was as awesome as his lyrics. (Not to say it's terrible, it's just not that good  :-D ).

Generally though I don't mind bad lyrics if the song is good.
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #51 on: 13 Dec 2007, 21:53 »
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #52 on: 14 Dec 2007, 12:54 »
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #53 on: 14 Dec 2007, 19:02 »
I wish that I had noticed this thread a few days earlier so that I could say "woah an English major enjoys Colin Meloys style of lyrics no way" and seem relevant to the flow of conversation.

As it stands though, Robert Forster anyone?

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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #54 on: 14 Dec 2007, 21:28 »
Ooooh, Tim Kasher.
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #55 on: 14 Dec 2007, 23:13 »
Aesop Rock
I concur with DynamiteKid on Nick Cave
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Tomas Haake

Aesop Rock writes amazing stuff, some of it, at least to me, seems nonsensical, but then he writes a song like Holy Smokes.

Nick Cave, for all the aforementioned reasons, I couldnt have said it better than they did.

Åkerfeldt for being Åkerfeldt and doing what he does.

Haake... well, besides being an amazing drummer, he writes good, interesting, weird, stuff.
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #56 on: 22 Dec 2007, 15:44 »
Off the top of my head, Agalloch and Savatage. The way Agalloch reads reminds me of Yeats, which is a good thing, and there is something about the lyrics in songs from Savatage that just sounds right, not sure how to describe it other than that.

I think Iron Maiden also has some good lyrics, though part of that indubitably is Bruce Dickinson's singing.
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #57 on: 22 Dec 2007, 17:11 »
when it comes ot lyrical quality theres no one on my opinion better than that of bob dylan, close behind him is the magical works of woodie guthrie,  chad vangaalen (do'nt be hatin'), leonard cohen, robert plant, john lennon, (sorry beatles fans, no paul mcartney the love song addict) robert johnson, beard guy from iron and wine, lou reed, david bowie, and christina vangar
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #58 on: 22 Dec 2007, 19:40 »
No, you've got it right. John Lennon is a far better writer than Paul McCartney. I never had as much love for Paul as everyone else seems to.
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #59 on: 22 Dec 2007, 20:05 »
McCartney? The motherfucker wrote "Band on the Run" with Wings. That alone should be a bright red indicator that he was never the creative force behind the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team. The guy just played bass and piano really well and had a pretty voice.
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #60 on: 22 Dec 2007, 20:36 »
If I was forced to say who I preferred out of Lennon and McCartney, I'd say George Harrison.
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #61 on: 22 Dec 2007, 20:38 »
Lennon has better social principles, Paul wrote amazing fucking pop songs.
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #62 on: 22 Dec 2007, 21:06 »
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #63 on: 22 Dec 2007, 21:31 »
I like Band on the Run, and Jet.

I thought the major, was a laydehhh suff-a-ra-gette!
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #64 on: 22 Dec 2007, 23:16 »
I love "Jet." It's no "Live And Let Die," though.
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Re: Lyrical Quality
« Reply #65 on: 23 Dec 2007, 01:49 »
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McCartney? The motherfucker wrote "Band on the Run" with Wings. That alone should be a bright red indicator that he was never the creative force behind the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team. The guy just played bass and piano really well and had a pretty voice.


i'm sorry dude, i have al of paul mcartneys stuff (why? i don't know, i should burn some of the albums) and you know he's written some good songs with wings, the only songs that i would even consider on the same page as lennon or the great bob dylan or the others i've indicated would be band on the run and yesterday, two songs hoorah, his new album made me want to shove needles in my arm and shoot up heroin so i couldn't make out the very very very very uncreative lyrics and his old stuff? his old stuff just reminded me how lost he was without john, he was lost without john

of course i should probably shut up, paul mcartney can write songs better than me lol

and besides "band on the run" was CO-WRITTEN by george harrison and linda mcartney, so SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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