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The Mubla




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  • Posted: 04/11/2011 08:54
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For me:

Bob Dylan
Morrisey
Bruce Springsteen
Eminem
Gerry Goffin
Paul Simon
Leonard Cohen
Ian Dury
Ray Davies
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Mr. Shankly



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I agree with more than a few of those.

Mine:

1. Bob Dylan
2. Morrissey
3. Elvis Costello
4. Ray Davies
5. Paul Westerberg
6. Paul Weller
7. Michael Stipe
8. Jay Farrar
9. Stuart Murdoch
10. Colin Meloy
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SquishypuffDave



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Tom Waits, Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne and Thom Yorke are great. Also, it's early days but I think Robin Pecknold's lyrics in Fleet Foxes are gorgeous. (I'm not sure if he's the sole lyricist? I think he is.)
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Mr. Shankly



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SquishypuffDave wrote:
Tom Waits, Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne and Thom Yorke are great. Also, it's early days but I think Robin Pecknold's lyrics in Fleet Foxes are gorgeous. (I'm not sure if he's the sole lyricist? I think he is.)


Tom Waits is a good one. He should have been on my list. I only have one Sufjan Stevens album, but based on that, he's a very good story telling lyricist.

Oh, my God! I forgot Lou Reed. Replace Jay Farrar or Paul Weller with Lou Reed please. And what about Shane Macgowan? Joe Strummer? This is kind of hard.
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(1) John Lennon
(2) Paul McCartney
(3) Eddie Vedder
(4) Robert Plant
(5) Mick Jagger
(6) All of the members of - Queensryche
(7) Roger Waters
(Cool Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)
(9) Jim Morrison
(10)Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
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On the top of my head, Bill Calahan, Stephen Merrit, David Byrne and PJ Harvey. Also, Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu's lyrics are so bad they are kind of amazing.
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Mr. Shankly



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yepyepyep wrote:
On the top of my head, Bill Calahan, Stephen Merrit, David Byrne and PJ Harvey. Also, Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu's lyrics are so bad they are kind of amazing.


Oh, of course! Stephin Merritt! How could I forget him?
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The Mubla




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I also think Alex Turner is one of the greatest lyricists of this century.
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Robert Smith
Guy Garvey
Peter Gabriel
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Applerill
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Man, this is hard!

I'll put these in order later, but....
Alanis Morissette
Bob Dylan
Kurt Cobain
Roger Waters
Tori Amos
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