Album Rating: 4.5

I Know What I Like is so grandiously whimsical and is one of the many examples of the unity of lyrics and music in early Genesis. I love the atmosphere. Took a while for me to get into it though, had to look into the lyrics etc



Also

"bloody hell gabriel wrote a novel"

So true, but that's one of the reasons I like Epping Forests as much as I do. It's the spiritual successor to Harold the Barrel and Get Em Out by Friday in more than one regard

Album Rating: 4.5

Contrary to what JamieTwort says, I still prefer Gabriel as a lyricist to Ian Anderson... to me, he might just be the best lyricist of 70s prog

Album Rating: 4.5

They're both pretty equal, two of the very best lyricist in rock music ever ... but I think Gabriel is a bit more "out there" which makes him more interesting on the long run imo

Album Rating: 4.5

I will say that Anderson is still among the best for sure. His work is a bit more relatable too, largely coming from his folk roots. As far as more modern prog is concerned, I'd say my favorite lyricist is Mikael Akerfeldt

Album Rating: 5.0

So true, but that's one of the reasons I like Epping Forests as much as I do. It's the spiritual successor to Harold the Barrel and Get Em Out by Friday in more than one regard

Album Rating: 4.5

@SR: Agreed with all of that, including the part about Akerfeldt. It's stunning considering English isn't even his mother tongue and he still goes along and writes things like The Lepper Affinity, it's amazing.

Anderson is more obvious in what he wants to bring across for sure

Album Rating: 5.0

soccer mate you can never stay on track can ya

Album Rating: 5.0

Lyricists in the 70's were the best. except for some band called queen that wrote about a dead cat. I dont hate queen because of the band's talent but because the silly lyrics.

Fat bottomed girls and bicycle race are disgusting.



But hey we have people that says that Jon Anderson's lyrics are stupid. that's the world we live on.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yes lyrics are meant to go with the music phonetically, so they don't really intend to make much sense without the music. It's a whole different take on the medium

Album Rating: 4.5

"soccer mate you can never stay on track can ya"



What do you mean?

Album Rating: 5.0

Still I prefer Jon's mysticism before Freddy writing about pointless topics.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah that's understandable. It wasn't meant as a degradation of Yes' lyrics



As for modern prog, I think Tool and Pain of Salvation (up to Be) are worth mentioning when it comes to lyrics

Album Rating: 4.5

jon anderson's lyrics are too out there for me

Album Rating: 4.5

A bunch of new age hogwash, am I right

Album Rating: 4.5

neil peart's my man

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah, he's great. Both in his more philosophical stuff and his more relatable down-to-earth stuff from the 80s onward

Album Rating: 5.0

I also enjoy the science fiction themes of Phil Collins in Genesis.



I have to read his lyrics in his solo work.

Album Rating: 4.5

The Battle of Epping Forest is like the musical equivalent to Where's Waldo

lol weird coincidence, i literally just made the same type of comment on the crack-up thread

Album Rating: 4.5

Wow yeah, now I see it hahah



That wasn't intentional at all