Your top 3 lyricists?

[nitsypee]

Off the top of my head:

Pink Floyd
Divine Comedy
Heaven 17

(Thought that could change if i give it some thought...)

Who are your fave lyricists?

[Godzuki]

Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson

[Eric Mc]

Cole Porter
The Gershwins
Bacharach and David

[robemcdonald]

Stuart Adamson
Eddie Vedder
Matthew bellamy

[fiveoclockhero1]

Paul Weller
Marc Bolan
Neil Young

[Animal]

Tom McRae
Billy Corgan
Joanna Newsom

Edited by Animal on Monday 11th April 08:56

[HAZZAGTR]

Roger Waters
Pete Townshend
Syd Barrett

[Markh]

Noel Coward
Evan Dando
Peter Gabriel

[MrDarkBlack]

In no particular order...

Nick Cave(The Birthday Party, NC and the Bad Seeds, Grinderman)
Steven Patrick Morrissey[well, not as good now as he once was..](The Smiths, solo)
Mark Kozelek(Red House Painters, solo, Sun Kill Moon)
Robert Smith(The Cure)

Special mentions go to Evan Dando(The Lemonheads, solo) and Greg Dulli(The Afghan Whigs, solo, The Gutter Twins, The Twilight Singers), Mark Eitzel(American Music Club, solo), Ian Curtis(Warsaw, Joy Division)




Every time I put a bit of thought into this...I come up with another name..

Edited by MrDarkBlack on Wednesday 13th April 18:41

[PaulHogan]

Lennon/McCartney
Bernie Taupin
Fish

[kiteless]

PaulHogan said:

Fish

So here I am once more. In the playground of the broken hearts. One more experience, one more entry, in a diary self-penned. Just another emotional suicide. Overdosed on sentiment and pride. Too late to say I love you, too late to re-stage the play. Abandoning the relics in my playground of yesterday.

[Eric Mc]

If only I could place the tune.

[Markh]

I raise you

'There's Howard Hughes in blue suede shoes smiling at the Majorette, smoking Winston cigarettes'

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Maynard James Keenen
Trent Reznor
Eddie Vedder

[CRACKIE]

Neil Peart
Roger Waters
Robert Smith

[AdeTuono]

Never been one much for listening to the words, but some of Guy Garvey's lyrics could bring tears to the eyes of a statue, as could Tom Waits. The first time I listened (properly) to Kentucky Avenue from Blue Valentine, I had a lump in my throat.

[Gaspode]

Bruce Springsteen "I remember driving in my brother's car, your body warm and wet down at the reservoir"

Bob Dylan "I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes. Then you'd know what a drag it is to see you"

Maria McKee "Picking at the seams, they tear your soul apart"

[GAjon]

Tilbrook & Difford.

[shirt]

for very different reasons:

bob dylan
holland/dozier/holland
hank wiliams

bob by a mile though. his put downs are great.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Aimee Mann - "Don't you know that I could make a dream that's only half awake come true. I wanted to say. But anything I could have said I felt somehow that you already knew"

Eg White - "I know you're scared but there's nothing you didn't already lose. So just don't stop keep on running. Because when you wake in the morning, yeah she could be holding you,"

Joan Armatrading - "I've found the perfect someone who could take me in their arms and love me"

The Toad knows, baby. The Toad knows.