Favorite Lyricists

[salvadordali1]

heres a list of artists whose lyrics i love..who deserves to be added/removed in your opinion

Jarvis Cocker-
Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen
james Yorkston
Andrew Bird
Jeff Magnum
Rush lyrics are often good...
decemberists stuff..
some local stuff ive heard in london like:
kevin melloy
Lewis Garland
Joan coffrey

[atmaster]

Justin Hayward (Moody Blues)
Jon Anderson (Yes)
Paul Simon
Bruce Springsteen
Don McLean
Joni Mitchell

[Jester]

Jim Steinman (Meatloaf's lyricist)
Bernie Taupin (Elton John's Lyricist)
Joe Walsh (Eagles/James Gang)
Don Henley (Eagles)
Glenn Frey (Eagles)
Glen Tilbrook (Squeeze)
Paul Carrack (Squeeze/Mike & The Mechanics)
Robb Flynn (Machine Head)
Stevie Wonder
Lyndsay Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac)
Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
Christine McVie (Fleetwood Mac)

[toadie]

Ron Mael
Morrissey
John Lennon
Beck
Dan Bejar/Carl Newman
Ben Gibbard
Stuart Murdoch


Edit: added Stuart and the correct Mael.

[Bunnymenfan]

Ian McCulloch

[Trends_&_Makebelieve]

Conor Oberst
Elliott Smith

[wastrel]

curt cobain

[Ultimate DJ]

Originally Posted by atmaster

Justin Hayward (Moody Blues)
Jon Anderson (Yes)
Paul Simon

totally agree with those!
but also
Jason Wade - Lifehouse
David Foster



puravida
dj

[rise21]

For me that would be:

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starkey - The Beatles
Ryan Ross - guitarist - Panic at the Disco

[shakinancy]

ok, these people are almost all hip-hop so, here they are:

Shaggy- Angel http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/shaggy/angel_20123691.html
Shakira- Tu (i'll translate if u want) http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/shakira/tu.html

[Nemah]

Ryan Tedder[One Republic]
Rob Thomas[Matchbox20

Thats about it.

[Bunnymenfan]

Originally Posted by shakinancy

Shakira- Tu (i'll translate if u want) http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/shakira/tu.html

I don't mean to be rude but such poor Spanish as Shakira's (about 300 words which she repeats all the time in texts as deep and ellaborated as nursery rhymes) would hardly qualify anyone in any language to be considered the best lyricist.

The link you provided is full of misspellings and there's not a single accent on the words. The person who posted that lyric didn't know Spanish very well nor can he/she spell correctly.

[chiQ]

Till Lindemann
Martin Gore
John Lennon