what band had or has the best lyrics ever

[rocker_of_the_new_generation]

smile empty soul, iron maiden, van halen, metallica, whos lyrics are the best u tell me

[naturally_selected]

smile empty soul, iron maiden, van halen, metallica, whos lyrics are the best u tell me

not guitar related

[joveman]

umm this is the guitar forum man, you need to go to the vocal section.

[eighty d]

what they said, and metallica has some of the worst lyrics ever.

[Ali G]

since they covered that issue...

i will say that i really like what Bob Dylan has to say a lot. among others, of course

[The Black Fist]

Tool/APC. Maynard > You

[Ali G]

Master P

for real, one of the whickedist lyricists ever

[overturned]

Jacksons, can you feel it. greatest. song. ever. period.

i'm partial to coheeds lyrics.

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[americanfootball]

CaP'n Jazz:

Tokyo

this is how it ended in tokyo. buildings rebuilt and billed to anyone dumb enough to be standing there. thanksgiving day. tossing eating wearing pigskin worn thin. torn teethly like the scaredy cat sacred custom goes. sweet chicken little eating lolli pox treats for turkey day. it's salmonella city. where we're worn thin. ordered to work in working order. bashful red shame and bold blue bruising whitey. hiding in houses looking like aching smiling faces. an oh, the comfortable forts we used to build with cushions and blankets. matching a patched up pair like us, apparently it's a given, given culture and all, we will break things just to call them broken. stained by this compulsion to ruin and name it art. (arthur to adults - "when you get caught between the moon and new york city..." (christopher kane?)) architects ache so they build. some subdivisions no matter how much pain or planning. no matter how much it matters. some ugly houses sprout up in rows. look like structures of sad accidents and broken happy plans. we named the clever chimp that picked up the first tool adam. we discovered we are really mostly just water. we pretend about a past to justify right now. we tell countless lies to make it through each day. keep on runnin' little bunny. keep on runnin'. all the duracell sold during the super bowl. and my disease. such an easy disease contagious as a yawn. my why chromosome.

[The Black Fist]

Wait, I can move things, can't I...

[Ali G]

where am i...

[Slrainox]

in some place.

I guess I'd say Tool.

I enjoy Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin also.

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[AfroDrummer16]

taking back sunday/

[OzZnfruitloops]

I really enjoy GlassJAw, Deftones, The Postal Service, The Dismemberment Plan's lyrics. They have alot of influence on me

[Jakrus34]

I agree with Ali G, Bob dylan is one of the greatest righters Ever. but someone i been listing to lately who right really well is Cat Power..

[Blink_Fan315]

Linkin Park, AFI, RHCP,Staind Those bands right some really good stuff

[Blink_Fan315]

write**^

[lulled_clone]

Billy Corgan (A lot of unreleased Zwan songs had good lyrics! I swear!)
John Darnielle (also knows as The Mountain Goats)
Frog Eyes

[HitHardDrums55]

from what im listening to now id say RHCP, Alkaline Trio, No Doubt, Descendants, Misfits...thats probably the top 5 in my cd case of almost 200 cds..no certain order

[BlacklightGuitarist]

Muse - Matt Bellamy is one of the most intelligent guys out there,
Feeder - Now that guy can write good songs,
Smashing Pumpkins,
Radiohead - in Thom's own special way, he's a legend,
Placebo,
Dream Theater,
Bush,
A Perfect Circle/Tool.

[theredwonder]

personally i can't stand feeders lyrics. radiohead have some great ones, and although muse are a great band, i dont love them for their lyrics. i gota say that i love some bright eyes lyrics, **** great. although emo. :thumb:

[factor46]

blindside, chevelle, smile empty soul, brand new, norma jean, project 86, yeah....

[songwritingrocker]

best lyrics...i'd have to say
incubus
taking back sunday
blink-182
alkaline trio
dashboard confessional
something corporate
white stripes
the beatles
the strokes
the casualties
some of the ramones
the used
AFI
joni mitchel
the ataris

yeah, as you can see, i think there's a lot of bands with great lyrics

[swish96]

nirvana, nobody can write lyrics better than kurt cobain, most of it didnt make sence but it went beautifully

[Silentshowers]

definetly nirvana

[rocker_of_the_new_generation]

not a big fan of nirvana but hey i ask yal to tell me not me tell yal lol

[Steerpike]

The three bands who had the biggest songwriting influence on me are Iron Maiden, Blue Oyster Cult, and Blind Guardian.

[HitHardDrums55]

anything full of metaphors and similes and figurative language (3 terms i never use in every day life but they fit the topic) is good...alk3 uses a lot of that...a lot of bands who arent real big but have a lot of fans are like that..like the ones u have to be pretty into music or have friends who are...where im from the cure and alk. 3 are like that and DMB has pretty cool lyrics..so some really big bands have good lyrics too

[Jakrus34]

I wish his wife would relase all of those cassetes they found. (kurt cobain)i read the end of the first page and responed. owell

[Jakrus34]

DAVID BOWIE is also one. Who else can talk about f.ucking aliens and make it cool

[levi_bassist]

Rage Against The Machine

[pixiesfanyo]

At the Drive-in
Cursive
The Mars Volta
Modest Mouse
Alkaline Trio
The Pixies

[hotcod32]

by fav at the moment would proably be, brand new... just very very good

[maggotfelon]

definately not Nirvana...

I'd say Marilyn Manson (especially pre-mechanical animals)... if you know how to read into it without falling for his every disguise

[StepsAscending_]

some good lyrical bands id say would have to be..
tool/ a perfect circle
thursday
ben kweller
iron maiden
dream theatre
coheed and cambria
the mars volta
muse

[CobainsGuitarPlayer]

umm this is the guitar forum man, you need to go to the vocal section.

But, this is the song writing section, its not the Guitar forum :lol:

[hotcod32]

i think its proably been moved from the guitar forum

[Arm_The_Homeless]

Maynard James Kenan - most powerful vioce and lyrics I've ever heard and they go through a whole range of tones, moods and emotions.

Zach de la Rocha - best political writer I've ever heard and one of the only ones I've ever heard that seemed to have a clear, reasonable message (anything anarchy doesnt make any sense, even animals dont live in anarchial socities) and some of the most educated lyrics out there. He also has a great vioce.

Billy Corgan - very poetic with some strong emotions, great guitarist too.

Trent Renzor - shattered hope ... stuits me.

John Davis - I can really realate to the loss/questioning of faith in anything, the supressed hate and the culture of the music.

Serj Tankian - best political writer now that Zach de la Rocha is out of a band but the non-political songs get old fast

James Hetfield - great songs about death, insanity, war, and the beliefs that people have imposed on them.

Slipknot has good lyrics too ... sometimes you just gotta hate stuff.



Everything about Nirvana sucks. The lyrics, the chord that Kurt Cobain knows, the bass lines only suck worse because he follows Kurts chord and basic drum beats are pretty sad as well.