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Oh, and also anyone who's written lyrics which have become song-poems.
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Johnny Mercer
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Mick Jagger is also very underrated as a lyricist. "girl, when you call my name/i salivate like a Pavlov's dog"...that's some good stuff right there, and you KNOW Keef didn't come up with that.
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Morrissey! Can't believe I forgot Morrissey. Morrissey!
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D.o.S. wrote:95% of all lyrics read like shit. It's all about the delivery and the execution as far as selling it goes.

I can't really think of a single lyricist who's stuff I stand behind 100% when it's just words on paper.

That's one of the things I love about Nick Cave. Loads of his lyrics read really nicely without the music. Then on top of that he delivers them like noone else. I do agree with you in general though, it's an important point/distinction.
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that's something i really admire about Stills' lyrics...the best ones read as well as poems on the page as they work as sung lyrics.
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Boz Scaggs.












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No, not really. I just like typing his name. "Boz Scaggs." Man, that is a great name.
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I know it's twee as hell, but Stuart Murdoch's lyrics on Belle & Sebastian's "If You're Feeling Sinister" were a major obsession for me for a long time.
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Spencer Krug,
Annie Clarke,
Buck 65,
Cedric Bixla-Zavala,
Patti Smith.
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Marc Bolan too.
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Blixa Bargeld. I would just read his stuff. Only lyricist I can think of that could just as well be a poet.
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aw, hell, i should have thought of Stuart. i love Belle and Sebastian. i sometimes think of Stuart as the hetero Morrissey.
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dubkitty wrote:aw, hell, i should have thought of Stuart. i love Belle and Sebastian. i sometimes think of Stuart as the hetero Morrissey.


That's a pretty great comparison imo...
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