Favorite Lyricists

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

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

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)

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


Edit: added Stuart and the correct Mael.

Ian McCulloch

Conor Oberst
Elliott Smith

curt cobain

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

For me that would be:

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

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

Ryan Tedder[One Republic]
Rob Thomas[Matchbox20

Thats about it.

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.

Till Lindemann
Martin Gore
John Lennon

Rick Nielsen-Cheap Trick
Jeff Lynne-ELO
Dennis DeYoung and Tommy Shaw-STYX
Alice Cooper-Zipper Catches Skin is Classic!!
Alan Parsons
Neil Young

Johnny Cash

Imogen Heap is really fantastic, among her best lyrics—and songs—are: Aha!, Hide and Seek, Goodnight and Go, and Canvas.

Regina Spektor takes second place(in my odd opinion), simply because her lyrics are so soothing and quirky.

Kurt Cobain

Tom Shear, the artist of Assemblage 23.

Me! haha

Amanda Palmer - The Dresden Dolls, solo
PJ Harvey
Kurt Cobain
Brody Dalle - The Distillers, Spinnerette
Sara Quinn - Tegan & Sara
Courtney Love
Kat Bjelland

Judy Collins
JJ Cale
John Denver
Fher Olvera
Irving Berlin
Jackson Browne
Carly Simon
Carole King
James Taylor
Leonard Cohen
Michael Cross
Phil Keaggy
Stephen Stills
Steven Delopoulos
Charles Wesley
Don Hemley
Glen Frey
John Fogerty
John Sebastian
Cat Stevens
Jim Croce
Chris Rice
Dan Fogelberg
Harry Chapin
Hank Williams, SR
Arlo Guthrie
Brian May
Bob Marley
Eric Clapton
Andrae Crouch
Bob Seger
Brent Hoad
Cole Porter


(I'm showing my age, aren't I?)

The two "authors" with the most citings on my tunes library are Traditional and Public Domain.

;-)