Who's your favorite lyricist?

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  1. Ignatius

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  2. Mr Mojo Risin

    Mr Mojo Risin “I’ve been falling so long I thought I was flying”

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    Mick Thomas
     
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    Bruce Springsteen
     
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  4. Chris from Chicago

    Chris from Chicago Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes

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    John Prine
    Tom Waits
    Elvis Costello
    Paul Simon
    Robert Zimmerman
     
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    Frank Zappa
    Ian Anderson
    Peter Hammill
    David Bowie
    Don Van Vliet
    Peter Gabriel
    Bryan Ferry
    Roger Waters
    Geezer Butler
    Gerald Casale
     
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  6. milankey

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    Bob Dylan
    Gene Clark
     
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  7. Spear and Magic Helmet

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    Joe Strummer could write some impressive lyrics that were accessible and never pretentious. "The Right Profile" is a great example of a song with a quirky subject that in anyone else's hands would've come across as stupid. "The Card Cheat" could easley have veered into being bombastic and overwrought, but Joe deftly made it a song that most everybody can identify with on some level. The man was a poet as much as Dylan.
     
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  8. DJ LX

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    John Foxx
    Ron Mael
    John Lennon
    Bill Nelson
    Mark Eitzel
     
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  9. jwoverho

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    Dylan
    Cohen
    Joni
    Robert Hunter
     
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  10. Jerquee

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    John Lennon
    Bob Dylan
    Pete Townshend
    Roger Waters
    Matt Berninger
    Neil Young
    Jon Anderson
    Paul Westerberg
    Robert Hunter
    Bon Scott
     
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  11. Brian Lux

    Brian Lux One in the Crowd

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    Paul Westerberg
     
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  12. dance_hall_keeper

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    For me, it's easily Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits.
     
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  13. qm1ceveb

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    So many beautiful lyrcists mentioned...

    Best Dylan lyric: Visions of Johanna
    Best Cohen lyric: Famous blue raincoat
    Best Hammill lyric: La Rossa
    Best Joni lyric: Urge for going
    Best Ray Davies lyric: Autumn Almanac
     
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  14. Chemguy

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    Bob D, Elvis C, Lucinda W
     
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  15. Catch22

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    I would choose many of the ones already listed. But a shout-out to Jason Isbell. He consistently writes great lyrics.
     
    Catch22, Jun 27, 2017
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  16. Jimmy B.

    Jimmy B. Be yourself or don't bother. Anti-fascism.

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    Bob Dylan especially from Freewheelin' through Another Side (at its best, like Chimes Of Freedom).
    I think A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall and then Chimes of Freedom are his best works.
     
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  17. bumbletort

    bumbletort Senior Member

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    Elliott Smith.
     
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  18. George Co-Stanza

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    Neil Peart
    Roger Waters
    Ben Gibbard
    John Lennon
     
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  19. Road Ratt

    Road Ratt Senior Member

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    Tom Waits
    Linda Perry
    David Draiman
    Nahko Bear
    Tom Shear
     
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  20. 905

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    Only choosing one, Bruce Springsteen
     
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  21. DesertChaos

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    Top 3 for me would be:

    Peter Hammill
    Peter Hammill
    Peter Hammill
     
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    Andy Partridge
     
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  23. lesterbangs

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    Conor Oberst
     
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  24. danasgoodstuff

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    Two more, Gerry Goffin & Johnny Mercer
     
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  25. neo123

    neo123 Senior Member

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    Bono is another one I thought of.


    And when it comes to Metal, I think both Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson have written some good lyrics over the years.
     
    neo123, Jun 27, 2017
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