Poets by briggs54
So there are lots of great singer-songwriters out there who make great music, but their lyrics rarely work on paper as poetry. Here's a list of the excellent song-smiths whose lyrics work well on the printed page, whose lyrics least require the scaffolding of music to maintain their power.
I'm choosing the album that best represents their poetic talents, not necessarily their best album over-all.
No Bob Dylan or Jim Morrison. Sorry Guys.
- Chart updated: 08/31/2016 03:45
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1930s | 0 | 0% | |
1940s | 0 | 0% | |
1950s | 0 | 0% | |
1960s | 2 | 9% | |
1970s | 2 | 9% | |
1980s | 3 | 13% | |
1990s | 2 | 9% | |
2000s | 12 | 52% | |
2010s | 2 | 9% | |
2020s | 0 | 0% |
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Gillian Welch | 1 | 4% | |
of Montreal | 1 | 4% | |
Leonard Cohen | 1 | 4% | |
Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | 4% | |
Sparklehorse | 1 | 4% | |
Tom Waits | 1 | 4% | |
Sufjan Stevens | 1 | 4% | |
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Poets chart changes
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Up 2 from 4th to 2nd Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits |
Up 1 from 12th to 11th Time (The Revelator) by Gillian Welch |
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Down 5 from 10th to 15th Major Arcana by Speedy Ortiz |
Down 4 from 5th to 9th Pieces Of A Man by Gil Scott-Heron |
Down 4 from 15th to 19th Destroyer's Rubies by Destroyer |
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All Hail West Texas by The Mountain Goats |
Left & Leaving by The Weakerthans |
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco |
It's A Wonderful Life by Sparklehorse |
Leavers |
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The Last Poets by The Last Poets |
Tallahassee by The Mountain Goats |
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Nice concept for a chart.
Yeah I have a book of Dylan's lyrics and I've read them as poetry and analyzed them and all that high school stuff in years past. So I view him as a pretty poetry based writer. I can't say I'm really smart about the intricacies of poetry. I'm not scholarly for sure.
Thanks for commenting Mercury, if this was a greatest lyricists list Dylan would certainly be included, but this list is about poetry. Pretty much all of Dylan's stuff requires the scaffolding of music to work, maybe "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" is an exception? But not really. What's your poetry background?
Some good stuff. Why no Dylan? You no like his lyrics or are you just tired of seeing him mentioned on lists like this every time?
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