whats your most favourite lyricist?

Ani Difranco
Bjork
Natalie Merchant
Tori Amos
Bob Dylan~of course
Maynard James Keenen

 

Mr Frank Zappa..

 

Alanis Morissette, for singing about life and love and ups and downs in a to-the-point, self-reflecting, almost educating and yet entertaining manner. It's pop / rock / singer songwriter or something, I'm not good at genres outside metal really.

Aaron Stainthorpe from My Dying Bride, for writing about love, death, faith (or lack thereof), hope (or lack thereof) and misery, all in slightly mystical ornate way, that really keep stuck in your mind. My Dying Bride plays atmospheric (death-)doom metal.

Dani from Cradle of Filth for writing about dark fantasies, or in other words sex, sex and... sex, all in a mystical, elaborate, baroque way, and quite tongue-in-cheekoesn't get boring at all.

Nergal from Behemoth (since about 1999 - before that it were all standard crappy black metal lyrics) and Krzysztof Azarewicz whom he writes the lyrics together with for writing not-quite-standard-for-death-metal lyrics about self-realisation and achieving strength through ancient rituals and whatnot, together with Vader (both bands are from from Poland) a few of the only Death Metal bands with a positive message.

 

Noel-fuckin-Gallagher! By far the greatest songwriter of the 90's.

Syd Barrett - he was just amazing... I don't think there's ever been a more creative lyricist.

George Harrison - definitely the most talented songwriter of The Beatles.

Bob Dylan - I don't think he needs explanation
Pre-70's Dylan anyway....

Brad Smith - he was the main songwriter for Blind Melon, not Shannon..

I'd put Lou Reed, but I recently read that Morrison and Cale did a lot more of the writing than they are credited for, but gave the songs to Reed to keep peace..

 

I'm not sure who exactly wrote the lyrics to most of Led Zeppelin's songs, but whoever it is, they are my fave. Their songs are just captivating, and are so fantasy like.

 

For me it just has to be Jim Morrison, he truly was a poet and not just a rock god.

 

Jadakiss, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G, Nas and Jay-Z

 

Their earlier stuff included covers like "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You, Baby," both by Willie Dixon, and they arranged some other traditional ones and included parts of other songs (like "The Hunter") in some of their own (like "How Many More Times"), just as you'd expect from a blues-based band.

In their own compositions, they all lent a hand, and even though Robert Plant wasn't credited on their first album, his vocal (and harp) improvisations made it what it was. Although their fourth album is probably best know for "Stairway to Heaven," a feature I especially liked was the guest appearance of (the late) Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention, another excellent band, sharing vocals with Plant in "The Ballad of Evermore."

 

Joni Mitchell...She needs no explanation. Just listen to Blue or Mingus and it's just slapping you in the face how awesome she is...


Also, Frank Zappa of the Mothers of Invention. All of his exteme lack of seriousness really gave way to something much deeper if you looked close enough...and it's just really appealing to silly, complicated minds.

 

i dont feel like explaining them...but these are my favorites:

-Bob Dylan
-Devendra Banhart
-Elliott Smith
-Nick Drake
-John Lennon

 

Haha.

 

Bob Dylan, Jack Johnson, 2pac, Krs-one, maybe eminem's old stuff because he was just so good at puting words together, really it was skill, I like a bit of courtney love too, john lennon and paul mccartney. Thats all for now I htink most of them have been said anyways.

 

Spider John Koerner! Just Listen to his renditions of "Lady Day" and "Duncan & Brady" with all the ad libs.

 

Mines gotta be Dylan, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie and Black Francis. Also, Mike Skinner out of the Streets!

 

bob dylan, jim morrison, and george harrison

 

I totally agree with her. George Harrison's solo stuff is great. It's great how in brainwashed he go's from rock to like spiritual.
Bob Dylan is like reading a great book and listening to a good song at the same time. he's also very unique and nobody can write the way he does.

 

Ani DiFranco
J.J. Cale
Neil Young
Ian Anderson
Ray Davies
Jack Johnson
Jonny Lang
Joe Walsh
Chuck Berry
John Hiatt
Robert Hunter/Jerry Garcia
Bob Dylan
Carly Simon
George Harrison
Joan Baez
Joni Mitchell
Jon Anderson/Steve Howe/Chris Squire
Jimmy Buffett
Neil Peart/Geddy Lee/Alex Lifeson
Robert Cray/Eric Clapton/Doyle Bramhall
Stevie Ray Vaughan/Chris Layton/Tommy Shannon
Muddy Waters
Buddy Guy
Elvis Costello
Jackson Browne
Axl Rose/Izzy Straidlin/Slash
Mark Knopfler
Trey Anastasio/Jon Fishman/Page McConnell/Mike Gordon
Leo Kottke/Mike Gordon
Tom Petty
David Crosby/Graham Nash
John Prine
Nick Drake
Hubert Sumlin
Robert Johnson
John Fogerty
Stephen Stills
Frank Zappa
Doyle Bramhall
Paul Simon/Art Garfunkel
Bruce Springsteen
Phil Ochs
Jeff Buckley
Eric Johnson
Gordon Lightfoot
Dave Matthews
Lennon/McCartney
Brian Wilson
Jim Morrison/Ray Manzarek/Robby Krieger
Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller
Pete Townshend
Mick Jaggar/Keith Richards
Bob Marley
Robert Plant/Jimmy Page/John Paul Jones
James Taylor
David Byrne
Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland

I could always name more...

 

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No fucking way. Oh... wait... if that's not the guy from the Talking Heads I'll feel disappointed/moronic. But if he is.... Yaye.

 

Paul Simon