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Old 07-30-2007, 06:05 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Who are your all's favorite 5 favorite lyricists of all time. Here are mine.

Paul Simon
Adam Duritz
Jeff Magnum
Roger Waters
2Pac
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KRS One
Bob Dylan
Van Morrison
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Elliott Smith
Will Sheff
Patrick Wolf
Blake Sennett
Conor Oberst

Honorable mentions: Isaac Brock, Nick Drake, Jeff Mangum, Kevin Barnes, Brian Wilson, Morrissey
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Dax Johnson
Mikael Akerfeldt
Maynard James Keenan
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Elliott Smith
Dallas Green/George
Thomas Erak
Devin Townsend
John Gourley
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Vince Clarke
Dale Thompson
Michael Bloodgood
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Morrissey, hmm.....

"I'm depressed because I want affection but I'm just too shy"

That kind of outlook just pisses me off.

1. Roger Waters
2. John Lennon
3. Neil Young
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ian Anderson
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Morrissey, hmm.....

"I'm depressed because I want affection but I'm just too shy"

That kind of outlook just pisses me off.

1. Roger Waters
2. John Lennon
3. Neil Young
4. Kurt Cobain
5. Ian Anderson
Mmm, Neil Young.
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I do not understand why people think Conor Oberst is a bad lyricist.

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Morrissey, hmm.....

"I'm depressed because I want affection but I'm just too shy"

That kind of outlook just pisses me off.
Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow grave
And I'll lay me down
Over the moor, take me to the moor
Dig a shallow grave
And I'll lay me down
Lesley-Anne, with your pretty white beads
Oh John, you'll never be a man
And you'll never see your home again
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Edward, see those alluring lights ?
Tonight will be your very last night
A woman said "I know my son is dead
I'll never rest my hands on his sacred head"
Hindley wakes and Hindley says
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says
"Oh, wherever he has gone, I have gone"
But fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Fresh lilaced moorland fields
Cannot hide the stolid stench of death
Hindley wakes and says
Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, Hindley wakes, and says :
"Oh, whatever he has done, I have done"
Oh, find me ... find me, nothing more
We are on a sullen misty moor
We may be dead and we may be gone
But we will be, we will be, we will be, right by your side
Until the day you die
This is no easy ride
We will haunt you when you laugh
Yes, you could say we're a team
You might sleep
You might sleep
You might sleep
But you will never dream
Oh, you might sleep
But you will never dream
You might sleep
But you will never dream
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
Oh, find me, find me
Find me
I'll haunt you when you laugh
Oh, I'll haunt you when you laugh
You might sleep
But you will never dream
Oh ...
Over the moors, I'm on the moor
Oh, over the moor
Oh, the child is on the moor


Yep you summed up morrissey as lyricist perfectly.
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