Best Ever Lyricist

[Peter Parka]

This is a tough one but try to list your top 5 lyricists ever

Me -

1 John Lennon
2 Shane MacGowan
3 Noel Gallagher
4 Kirsty MacColl
5 Freddie Mercury

 

[itsmeJonB]

Tech N9ne
Kutt Calhoun
Eminem
Tupac Shakur
Sykosis

 

[Dana]

tough choices...

Nas
Talib Kweli
Mos Def
Pharoahe Monch
2pac
Biggie
Bahamadia
theres more...

 

[cam elle toe]

in no particular order....and most are pairs.

Lennon/Mccartney

Plant/Page

Bacharach/ Beyer Seger

SImon and Garfunkel

Neil Finn....(gotta include at least ONE aussie who is actually a kiwi)

 

[Dana]

Billy Joel
Springsteen
Hall & Oates :ninja

 

[Tangerine]

John Lennon
Bernie Taupin
Paul Simon
Roger Waters/David Gilmour
Roger Miller

 

[cam elle toe]

Bernie Taupin....good inclusion:thumbup

 

[Tangerine]

Honorable mention to Don Henly and Glenn Frey

 

[jassilem]

Roger Waters
Bob Dylan (can't for shit but he could write)
Paul Simon
Bruce Springsteen
Joni Mitchell
Leonard Cohen
John Lennon
Van Morrison
Pete Townsend

 

[cam elle toe]

oh oh oh how could I forget


Frank Zappa...:thumbup

who else could come up with lines like...

"she looked over at me with a glazed eye and some bovine perspiration on her upper lip area...."

Whaddya reckon Jas?.


and Brian Eno:nod:

 

[jassilem]

oh oh oh how could I forget


Frank Zappa... :thumbup

who else could come up with lines like...

"she looked over at me with a glazed eye and some bovine perspiration on her upper lip area...."

Whaddya reckon Jas?.

and Brian Eno:nod:

I just did a facepalm.... I feel stupid now! LOL

 

[cam elle toe]

I just did a facepalm.... I feel stupid now! LOL

Why? Coz you forgot him?

"watch out where the huskies go"

 

[Peter Parka]

This is why it was so hard, I really wanted Paul Simon in there but I only made it 5, the genious of the man in undeniable and I'm glad others put him in there.:thumbup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-SlaPX1UU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsEjsIbWq88

 

[Dana]

Eric Clapton
Micheal MacDonald LOL

 

[jassilem]

Why? Coz you forgot him?

"watch out where the huskies go"

Yes because I forgot him....

Don't you eat the yellow now

 

[Tangerine]

Peter, not sure if THOSE are the best two Paul Simon songs to hold up as examples, though? Maybe you were joking?

How about The Boxer or Only Living Boy in New York?

 

[cam elle toe]

Hey Pete...

Heres one of yours...singing one of mine:thumbup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIZHzLd0Cak

 

[Peter Parka]

Peter, not sure if THOSE are the best two Paul Simon songs to hold up as examples, though? Maybe you were joking?

How about The Boxer or Only Living Boy in New York?

Everyone is different, they are greats as far as I'm concerned along with every song on the Gracelands album.:thumbup

 

[porterjack]

in addition to those mentioned

notably Lennon and Taupin

Jim Steinman, wrote most if not all of Meatloafs stuff

the lyrics were bang on for the genre