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Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:22 am
by Chankgeez
Oh, and also anyone who's written lyrics which have become song-poems.
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:31 am
by dubkitty
Johnny Mercer
Willie Dixon
Chuck Fucking Berry
Stephen Stills
Van Dyke Parks
Neil Young
Brian Eno
Richard Thompson
Morrissey
Damon Albarn
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:40 am
by dubkitty
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.
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:17 am
by O Drones
Morrissey! Can't believe I forgot Morrissey. Morrissey!
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:20 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
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.
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:38 pm
by mutmoo
Isaac Brock
Sean Bonnette
Waka Flocka Flame
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:50 pm
by dubkitty
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.
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:55 pm
by jrmy
Boz Scaggs.
No, not really. I just like typing his name. "Boz Scaggs." Man, that is a great name.
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:58 pm
by jrmy
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.
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:16 pm
by TheOndrakGuy
Spencer Krug,
Annie Clarke,
Buck 65,
Cedric Bixla-Zavala,
Patti Smith.
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:44 pm
by devnulljp
Marc Bolan too.
That stuff is just genius
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:10 pm
by phantasmagorovich
Blixa Bargeld. I would just read his stuff. Only lyricist I can think of that could just as well be a poet.
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:19 pm
by dubkitty
aw, hell, i should have thought of Stuart. i love Belle and Sebastian. i sometimes think of Stuart as the hetero Morrissey.
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:20 pm
by wsas3
Really don't like jim morrison
Re: Favorite Lyricist of All Time
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:24 pm
by jrmy
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...