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Old 07-23-2010, 10:23 PM   #81 (permalink)
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EDIT: I thought you said he was overrated, not that you hated him! Elliot Smith is amazing. I hope your hentai blow up doll bites your pecker off!
Heh, I don't hate him. I think he's good, but overrated by a sh*tload without a doubt.

Definitely don't give a f*ck about those ranked below him though.

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Dude I'm not trolling. I seriously think Phil is a good singer and that Cave is bad.

Not a baritone fan I guess.
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I only listen to Santana when I feel like being annoyed.
I only listen to you talk when I want to hear Emo performed acapella.
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Old 07-24-2010, 12:49 AM   #82 (permalink)
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It's because it works. Sometimes people's vomiting of stream of consciousness lyrics ends up becoming great songwriting if the vomit is somewhat truthful and backed up by good music. Same goes for Dylan and a bunch of other famous people who spewed normal words in an interesting way
I get where you're coming from but Dylan told stories. Cobain said himself that he didn't feel like his songs ment anything. Dylan DID take ordinary words and make them interesting, because he told stories and shared ideas.. Cobain usually did not use ordinary words. His lyrics are interesting and backed by good music but when they stand alone, they don't evoke the same emotions as Dylan's. I feel like you don't understand what the song is really about until you hear it and you get most of the emotional impact from the way Cobain sings it.
That being said, I'd rather listen to Nirvana then Dylan but I'd rather listen to a better grunge band like KARP or Mudhoney then Nirvana. Dylan and Kurt are both good mucisians but they arn't my favorites and they're both overrated.
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Cohen is my favourite lyricist. His lyrics are beautiful.
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Old 07-24-2010, 08:01 AM   #84 (permalink)
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Old 07-24-2010, 08:19 AM   #85 (permalink)
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Dude I'm not trolling. I seriously think Phil is a good singer and that Cave is bad.

Not a baritone fan I guess.
Well I disagree, but aside from that this thread is about overrated songwriters not overrated singers and Cave is a way better songwriter than Collins.
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As someone who has a Morrissey lyric permanently on her skin, I can testify that this is indeed false, probably the only tattoo I won't regret. How is he overrated? especially with Smiths era? **** that, even now, Years of Refusal has some absolute lyrical gems IMO
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Old 07-24-2010, 12:07 PM   #87 (permalink)
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Syd Barrett
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If anything Lynne is UNDERRATED.

Peart isn't really a songwriter, just a lyricist. It's Lee and Lifeson who write the actual music most of the time.

Barrett is great but he is indeed overrated, I'm so f*cking sick of everyone bitching about how Floyd were only good with Barrett, suck my d*ck you hipster c*nts. Waters and Gilmour pwn Barrett so much as songwriters it's ridiculous that people even bother comparing.

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As someone who has a Morrissey lyric permanently on her skin, I can testify that this is indeed false, probably the only tattoo I won't regret. How is he overrated? especially with Smiths era? **** that, even now, Years of Refusal has some absolute lyrical gems IMO
Actually I should have just said Morrissey. The Smiths are excellent (but still overrated IMO) but what solo Morrissey I've heard was pretty terribad. So I'm giving Marr most of the credit for The Smiths' success.
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If anything Lynne is UNDERRATED.

Peart isn't really a songwriter, just a lyricist. It's Lee and Lifeson who write the actual music most of the time.
Jeff Lynne is one of the worst things to happen to music after synthesizers and drum machines.

Neil Peart's lyrics is why he is included awful crap most notably "Tom Sawyer"...woof!
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Jeff Lynne is one of the worst things to happen to music after synthesizers and drum machines.
Both of those are the BEST things to ever happen to music.


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