Your Top 10 Albums Lyrically

[ArtistInTheAmbulence]

Heres mine:

1. Brand New-Deja Entendu: What can I say about the way this albums lyrics make me feel. I think my favorite lyric has to be in "Okay, I believe you, But my Tommy Gun don't" ,"Ask Me what its like to have my self so figured out, I wish I knew".

2. Bright Eyes-Lifted or the Story is in the soil, keep your ears to the ground: This CD's lyric are so amazing and catchy that sometimes instead of my hearing the melodies in my head, I simply hear Oberst's amazing phrases. Listen to "Lover I don't have to Love" and "Bowl of Oranges"

3. Cursive-The Ugly Organ: This is a semi-story album, what makes the lyrics good is Tim's albilities to paint complex emotions with his lyrics.

4. Incubus-Morning View: Make Yourself might be their best album ever, but Morning is definitely Brandons highest point.

5. Muse-Showbiz: One of my friends burned me a copy of Absolution, and since then, I've soaked up everything Muse related around me. I have to say they are one of the most amazing live bands Ive ever seen and really down to earth guys. "Muscle Museum" and "Sunburn" are the best songs, mainly how well the lyrics in "Muscle Musuem" fit with the bleek textures.

6. Saves The Day-I'm Sorry I'm Leaving: Saves The Days odd acoustic may be poorly recorded, but the songs are very good. During "Jesse and My Whetstone" Chris mutters "Is it me or is it me, who can't see silver linings", and I am hooked.

7. Thrice-The Illusion of Safety/Artist in the Ambulence: I couldn't decide which CD I liked better. In IOS "Deadbolt" is my fav with "The water is poison, come on and give me my poison". While on AITA I have always had a soft spot for the opener "Cold Cash and Colder Hearts", "DIfferant God, Darker Skin, they are just not a burden that we like to bear".

8. Thursday-Full Collapse: Just a very good CD, nuff said. Geoff is an awesome writer.

9. The Smiths-Anything: Its Morrissey man, M-o-r-r-i-s-s-e-y.

10. Glassjaw-Worship and Tribute: I just got this CD, and its quickly becoming I favorite of mine. I'm gonna go pick the older CD and the Head Automatica CD as soon as I get a chance as well.

[morrisey]

1. misfits- static age
2. simon and garfunkel- bridge over troubled water
3. system of a down- system of a down
4. nirvana- nevermind
5. sex pistols-nevermind the bulloks
6. tiger army- power of moonlight
7. nekromantix- night of the loving dead
8. beatles- sgt. peppers
9. the who- meaty beaty big and bouncy
10. metallica- kill 'em all

[Floydfanatic]

elliot smith-from a basement on the hill
pearl jam-ten
a perfect circle-mer de noms
jimmy eat world-futures
clash-london calling
steely dan-can't buy a thrill
nirvana-in utero

[morrissey]

9. The Smiths-Anything: Its Morrisey man, M-o-r-r-i-s-e-y.
:chug:

I can't come up with 10 different artists, so I'll do a few from the same bands.

10. The Beatles - Abbey Road. This album is often lauded for its musical accomplishments, but it also has some stellar lyrical merits as well. John Lennon is recognized as a deeper, more philosophical writer than Paul McCartney (read: better), but they both have strong points. Two examples of excellent writing:
- Come Together: it makes no sense, seriously. But it sounds really cool anyways.
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please
- The End: this is a McCartney one... it's simple, but it has a point to prove.
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make

9. The Beatles - Let it Be. Any album with the song Let it Be on it has to be mentioned... one of the simplest songs lyrically, but it pours out emotion. Also features another great Lennon song, "Across the Universe".
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Everyone knows these lyrics, and... they are excellent.

8. John Mayer - Room for Squares. I'm not going to pretend that he's a lyrical genius or anything, but he has alot of really interesting lyrics. Simple, but they convey real things. Make fun of me all you want, but I have a soft spot for him.
- "My Stupid Mouth"
We bit our lips
She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess with the salt and pepper shaker
That's just cool.

7. Coldplay - Parachutes. This is another album... I'm not going to pretend that Chris Martin is ... Morrissey or anything (;)), but he has some interesting lyrics.
I never meant to cause you trouble,
And I never meant to do you wrong,
And i, well if I ever caused you trouble,
Oh no, I never meant to do you harm.
Simple, simple writing, but there is so much emotion in the lyrics.

6. Brand New - Deja Entendu. I'm not really into modern music as much as I should be... I like a few bands here and there, but not much. But then I heard this album - and it proved to me that songwriting is not a dead artform. Jesse Lacey has a good lyrical head on his shoulders... he will go far.
and the way you always criticize the Smiths... and Morrissey (not from this album, but I had to include it ;)).
Oh, we're so c-c-c-c-c-controversial.
we are entirely smooth.
we admit to the truth,
we are the best at what we do.
and these are the words you wish you wrote down.
this is the way you wish your voice sounds,
handsome and smart.
oh my tongue's the only muscle on my body
that works harder than my heart.
This stanza reeks of Mozza influence... AND I LIKE IT.

5. Morrissey - You are the Quarry. Ok, the guy is 45 now. You think he could have lost his touch... but he hasn't. He's still the same old witty, miserable mope we have come to know and love.
I'll cite a song title, that should be quite enough: "How Could Anybody Think They Know How I Feel?" - yes, this is Mozza.

4. Morrissey - Viva Hate. I could put any Morrissey album here, but I had to go with this one. It has so many brilliant tracks and lyrics... case in point: "Late Night, Maudlin Street".
Oh, the last bus I missed to Maudlin Street
So he drove me home in the Van
Complaining, "Women only like me for my mind..."...any other lines would do, though.

3. the Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come. Every song on the album (save the dreadful "Death at One's Elbow") is a brilliant song lyrically.
- Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before

I was delayed, I was way-laid
An emergency stop
I smelt the last ten seconds of life
I crashed down on the crossbar
And the pain was enough to make
A shy, bald, buddhist reflect
And plan a mass murder
Who said lied I'd to her ?
Oh, who said I'd lied because I never ? I never !
Who said I'd lied because I never ?
Arrgh that is too freaking good.

2. The Smiths - The Smiths. Wow. Too many lyrics to put here. This was the album which introduced the world to the Smiths... I would quote every song, but I'll leave you with one of my favourite Smiths quotes ever.
- Reel around the Fountain
I dreamt about you last night
And I fell out of bed twice
You can pin and mount me like a butterfly
But "take me to the haven of your bed"
Was something that you never said
Two lumps, please
You're the bee's knees
But so am I
That is just freaking good.

1. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead. Perhaps my favourite album of all time... how could you not include an album with "Frankly, Mr. Shankly", "the Queen is Dead", "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"... and many other brilliant tracks?? This is just superb. I'll leave a few brilliant quotes to end this post.

- The Queen is Dead
She said : I know you, and you cannot sing"
I said : "That's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

- Frankly, Mr. Shankly
Oh, I didn't realise that you wrote poetry
I didn't realise you wrote such bloody awful poetry, Mr. Shankly

- I Know its Over
'Cause tonight is just like any other night
That's why you're on your own tonight
With your triumphs and your charms
While they're in each other's arms..."

- Cemetry Gates
If you must write prose and poems
The word you use should be your own
(if you know anything about Mozza's lyrics, this is hilarious)

- Bigmouth Strikes Again
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
As the flames rose to her roman nose
And her Walkman started to melt
He updated it with 'Ipod' in concert :)

- There is A Light...
And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine
*sigh*


:wave:

[morrissey]

1. misfits- static age
2. simon and garfunkel- bridge over troubled water
3. system of a down- system of a down
4. nirvana- nevermind
5. sex pistols-nevermind the bulloks
6. tiger army- power of moonlight
7. nekromantix- night of the loving dead
8. beatles- sgt. peppers
9. the who- meaty beaty big and bouncy
10. metallica- kill 'em all

not me :)

[I Am Vikingcore]

1. In Flames - Clayman
2. Korn - Issues
3. Opeth - Morningrise
4. In Flames - Reroute To Remain
5. Adema - Unstable
6. Grey Daze - ....No Sun Today
7. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory EP
8. Korn - Untouchables
9. Nirvana - In Utero
10. Beck - Odelay

[RollerQueen]

Not in any particular order...

10.) The Smiths - The Queen is Dead. I grew up listening to The Smiths and The Cure. They still haven't worn off. Moz's rhyming of "gates" and "Yeats" still gets me.

9.) The Postal Service - Give Up. Ben Gibbard can be one of the best songwriters in the indie world when he wants to. It was hard chosing this one-shot deal over his Death Cab for Cutie work but if you listen to this album and his spot on Dntel's "(This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan," you should at least kind of appreciate his craft. Ben can get a bit over-the-top with his romanticism but this album just does it.

8.) Third Eye Blind - S/T. They've gone downhill exponentially since this album but it was a doozey. Anyone who can write a song as catchy as "Semi-Charmed Life" and have most people not be aware of how it's about being a drug addict is good in my book. The last three songs on the album are a musical triptych of lovesick abandonment.

7.) Weezer - The Blue Album. Weezer is Weezer.

6.) Weezer - Pinkerton. Weezer is Weerez.

5.) Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary. Desert island cd. My brother and I have been into this band from the start. The Fire Theft is sort of a disappointment, though.

4.) At The Drive-In - Vaya. Cedric is insane. Absolutely insane

3.) Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica. Isaac's voice is an acquired taste. He has skill as a songwriter despite his yahoo vocal style. Good stuff.

2.) The Wrens - Meadowlands. "She Sends Kisses" is one of the best songs that I've ever heard. Seriously. More people need to listen to this band.

1.) Jimmy Eat World - Clarity. This is a desert island album for me. I've had this cd for years now and I still pop it in when I need some inspiration and the crack isn't doing anything. Adkins seems to have gotten overly simplistic and rhyme-happy lately but this album... More people need to hear it.

Honourable Mentions:
John Mayer's Inside Wants Out on the strength of "Comfortable" alone.
Brand New's Deja Entendu because everyone else likes it and "The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot" and "Play Crack the Sky" are ace.
AFI's Sing the Sorrow because I love their stuff with Jade Puget and while "God Called In Sick Today" isn't on it this is a good, dark album.

[morrissey]

Awesome choices, Roller :thumb:

[RollerQueen]

Gracias. Likewise.

[morrissey]

I don't want to spam up this thread, but I'm glad someone besides me likes John Mayer's lyrics. Comfortable and Covered in Rain are... excellent. :)

[I Am Vikingcore]

I used to love Third Eye Blind when I was in like 4th and 5th grade, then I stopped listening to them because I didn't realize what their songs were about, and I thought they were too upbeat.... stuped me!

But yeah, your list rocks, unlike mine :(.

[I Am Vikingcore]

Doesn't anyone else in S&L like In Flames?

[morrissey]

I've never even heard of them. I'm more into alt/indie stuff :\

[Lowridenn]

No Particular Order:

Thrice - Illusion of Safety
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism / The Photo Album
The Postal Service - Give Up
Elliot - False Cathedrals
Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
Green Day - Nimrod
Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire / From Here to Infirmary / Demo Tapes
Coheed and Cambria - Second Stage Turbine Blade / In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

So it's thirteen..

[rohbit]

Nirvana - in Utero/Nevermind
Soundgarden - Superunknown/Badmotorfinger
Greenday - American Idiot
Metallica - master of Puppets
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Weezer - The Blue Album/Pinkerton
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath/Paranoid

[SubtleDagger]

The Mars Volta - De-loused In The Comatorium
Thrice - Illusion Of Safety
Coheed And Cambria - Second Stage Turbine Blade
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Thursday - Full Collapse
Circle Takes The Square - As The Roots Undo
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Under The Running Board (EP)
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is A Dead Scene (EP)
Dashboard Confessional - Swiss Army Romance
Damien Rice - O

[Pao Ferro]

John Mayer- Room for Squares...I love the way his lyrics can be so conversational and blunt

Sigur Ros- ( )...Let me explain, I think it's incredible the way that 'You sigh alone' can be made to sound so beautiful in so many different ways

Damien Rice- O.....a true example of music being poetry

The Mars Volta- Deloused in the Comatorium.......so strange, but so interesting

Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water....maybe not the most amazing lyrics, but the articulation of certain lyrics in this album just floor me

Ben Harper- Welcome to the Cruel World.....again, a musical poet

Jack Johnson- Brushfire Fairytales........the lyrics in this are so chilled and simplistic

I will edit with more later, when I can think properly.

[upthebracket]

1. The Holy Bible, Manic Street Preachers

Faster
I am an architect, they call me a butcher
I am a pioneer, they call me primitive
I am purity, they call me perverted
Holding you but I only miss these things when they leave

I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer
I spat out Plath and Pinter

She Is Suffering
Beauty she is scarred into man's soul
A flower attracting lust, vice and sin
A vine that can strangle life from a tree
Carrion, surrounding, picking on leaves

Archives of Pain
I want to walk in the snow
And not leave a footprint
I want to walk in the snow
And not soil its purity

It's a bleak album, but a darn good one.

others, in no order....

Up The Bracket, The Libertines
Generation Terrorists, Manic Street Preachers
London Calling, The Clash
Definitely Maybe, Oasis
A Northern Soul, The Verve
The Libertines, The Libertines
Whatever Smiths album had 'Panic' on it, I love those lyrics.
OK Computer, Radiohead

[pixiesfanyo]

1.) The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
2.) The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
3.) Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
4.) Circle Takes the Square - As the Roots Undo
5.) Pink Floyd - Animals
6.) The Dillinger Escape Plan F. Patton - Irony is a Dead Scene
7.) The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
8.) Alkaline Trio - Goddammit!
9.) Cursive - Domestica
10.) Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming

Maybe not the best ten, but the ten that infulence me the most

[HomeCatMickey8]

No order.

Saves the Day- Stay What You Are
Thursday- War All of the Time and Full Collapse
The Get Up Kids- Four Minute Mile and Things To Write Home About
Steel Train- For You My Dear
Straylight Run- Straylight Run
Rx Bandits- Progress
Ziggy Marley- Dragonfly
Everything by Ludacris just because its so clever

Yeah, theres a little something from a lot of different genres.

[ArtistInTheAmbulence]

1.) Jimmy Eat World - Clarity. This is a desert island album for me. I've had this cd for years now and I still pop it in when I need some inspiration and the crack isn't doing anything. Adkins seems to have gotten overly simplistic and rhyme-happy lately but this album... More people need to hear it.


I am glad I have finally found one of the twelve other people who own that CD, it is by far JEW best work.

[Floydfanatic]

I am glad I have finally found one of the twelve other people who own that CD, it is by far JEW best work.
i own it.

[pixiesfanyo]

i own it.

[Foustian]

10.) Bjork - Vespertine
9.) Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
8.) Fugazi - The Argument
7.) Nirvana - Nevermind
6.) Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
5.) The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
4.) The Beatles - Let It Be
3.) Radiohead - The Bends
2.) Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
1.) Radiohead - Kid A

[factor46]

1. Blindside - A Thought Crushed My Mind
- Silver Speak, King of the Closet

2. mewithoutYou - [a-b life]
- Paper Hanger

3. Norma Jean - Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
- Memphis Will Be Laid to Waste, The Human Face, Divine

4. Underoath - Cries of the Past
- Giving Up Hurts the Most

5. Blindside - Blindside
- This Shoulder, Daughter

6. Alexisonfire - Alexisonfire
- Counterparts and Number Them

7. From Autumn to Ashes - Too Bad You're Beautiful
- Autumn's Monologue

8. Project 86 - Songs to Burn Your Bridges By
- Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy, Breakdown in 3/4

9. Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance
- Paper Tigers, Artist in the Ambulance

10. As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse
- Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier, Forever

[espf-250htd06]

in flames is pretty good

my list wouldnt be much off of factor 46 cept lamb of god would be in there some where
i love as i lay dying, underoath is pretty good,blindside is alright, and project 86 has got some awesome lyrics i dont think alot of the people in this forum listen to our kinda music

thats why they dont have any of our kinda bands lol

[Society Sellout]

In no order:

The Used s/t(Poetic Tragedy, On my Own, Blue and Yellow)
Thursday - War All of the Time(Steps Ascending, This Song brought to you by a Falling bomb)
Project 86 - Truthless Heros (Salem Suburb, Another Boredom Movement
Project 86 - Songs to Burn your Bridges by (Wow all of them just get the ablum it's awesome)
The Spill Canvas - Sunsets and Car crashes (Aim, Snap, Fall, The Tide, Your Evil Soul, All hail the Heartbreaker, Bracelets, Black Dresses)
Brand New - Deja Entendu (Just about the whole album)

[TheIinLive]

In no order:

Thursday - War All of the Time(Steps Ascending, This Song brought to you by a Falling bomb)


Note: This Song lyrics not by Geoff. I think they are some of the most basic/worst lyrics (not to say they're bad) but compared to some of the other stuff on that album? **** man! What about Signals Over the Air, or Tomorrow I'll Be You? Even For the Workforce...

but that's just my imo.

both albums have the best lyrics...EVER! (that i've read at least)

[A_Perfect_Sonnet]

no real order here, just giving a few examples per cd too

Bright Eyes - Fevers And Mirrors

Padriac My Prince
Padriac my prince,
I've all but died from the sheer weight of my shame,
You cried but no one came,
And the water filled your tiny lungs.
Appear my dear and cry for me six years ago today,
When I layed you in your grave.
Your sweet young skin was shining then too.

Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon

The Shower Scene
Its time for you to choose,
The bullet or the chapstick,
But you are far too cute,
Or whatever he said.

Seventy Times 7
Have another drink and drive yourself home,
I hope there's ice on all the roads.
And you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt,
And again when your head goes through the windshield.

Sparta - Porcelain

End Moraine
This is your history.
You made what you will be.
Facts are of no concern,
They upset your story.
The past is what we learn,
It upholds your glory,
Revisionist history.

Atreyu - Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses

Aint Love Grand
You would rather bleed than be without her,
Gone are those tender whipsers dancing in your ear.
Replaced with lackluster memories you cry,
Your screams play in your empty room.

Tulips Are Better
Let me be captivated, by your beauty.
Then let me fall from your grace, unto my broken knees.
Close my eyes so tightly, the tears are welling up.
You aren't worth the waste, of the salt or the water.

Dialated
If you blink you could miss so much,
Please don't ever close your eyes.

[CofDdrums12]

10. Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary
09. Green Day - American Idiot
08. Blink 182 - Blink 182
07. Smile Empty Soul - Smile Empty Soul
06. Eminem - Slim Shady LP
05. Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
04. Korn - Life Is Peachy
03. 311 - Transistor
02. Korn - Korn
01. Dream Warriors - Now The Legacy Begins

Hm, I find it odd that 3 of those CD's were self-titled albums. Crazy.
I only picked CD's I actually own and know. I don't own a whole lot, but yeah.
You get the idea.
:D
Later for you.

[pixiesfanyo]

^ You should be banned now.

[mshort813]

The threadstarter had a great list but I will say:(in addition to artistintheambulences list(and some repeated cds(that need to be mentioned twice to get the full effect(Cursive, Brand new, Thursday, Bright Eyes(and some repeats of others lists(Sparta, etc))))))
- The Mars Volta - Deloused
- ATDI - RoC
- SayAnthing (Songwriter Max Bemis was so emotionally drained after he wrote Say Anything Is a Real Boy that he was admitted into a emotional care hospital. That's ****ing awesome.)
- Any Thursday CD. (Rickly is one of the greatest metaphorical writers in music today)
- Bright Eyes - Fevers And Mirrors (Oberst is so much better on FaM than he is on Lifted...
Brand New - Both CDs. (Lacey = sweet)
Sparta - Porcelain
Funeralfora Friend - Seven Ways....
Dillinger Escape Plan - anything.
Cursive - The Ugly Organ (Kasher is ****ing amazing, his lyrics arent metaphorical but just kind of tell a story)
The Postal Service, Death Cab... - Ben Gibbard is amazing.
Planes Mistaken For Stars - s/t
Queen - Anything Queen. (Mercury was a genious.)
Brazil - A hostage and the meaning of life (awesome)
Coheed - IKSOSE3 (Sanchez is genious pulling off the whole comic book thing)
Desaperecidos - Read Music. Speak English (of course, it's oberst again)
The Faint - (Oberst started this band, but I forget who writes for them now)
Klaatu - Hope (they deserve a mention just becasue they are great writers/musicians)
Mewithoutyou - (Such good lyrics...Look on the Songwriting and Lyrics 101 thread. I think Metaliq posted one of their songs)
Taking Back Sunday - Tell All your Friends (Lazarra is awesome)
Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute/Everything you need to know about silence.
Hidden in Plain View - s/t. (everything about this band is awesome)
The Early November - The Room's too Cold (Enders is an amazing songwriter...and for that matter, check out I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business(Enders' solo project))
Trophy Scars - Hospital Music for the anesthetics of language. (used to be a local band in my area and now they are big and they are just awesoem writers)


Yeah, that is my list. I figured that was enough.

[mshort813]

^ You should be banned now.

I second that.

[CofDdrums12]

If it's me you're talking about...
Why?

[mshort813]

10. Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary
09. Green Day - American Idiot
08. Blink 182 - Blink 182
07. Smile Empty Soul - Smile Empty Soul
06. Eminem - Slim Shady LP
05. Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
04. Korn - Life Is Peachy
03. 311 - Transistor
02. Korn - Korn
01. Dream Warriors - Now The Legacy Begins

Hm, I find it odd that 3 of those CD's were self-titled albums. Crazy.
I only picked CD's I actually own and know. I don't own a whole lot, but yeah.
You get the idea.
:D
Later for you.

...

[CofDdrums12]

That tells me nothing.
Really, it doesn't.

[espf-250htd06]

i third that

lol sorry dude but u gota listen to more music fast too

[CofDdrums12]

I'm (more than) assuming you disliked my choices...
But like I said, I don't own too many CD's, therefore don't have much to choose from.
Either way - I'm misunderstanding the whole "you should be banned" deal.
Please explain.

[CofDdrums12]

And furthermore, music is 100% opinionated anyways, am I right?
"Yes"

So, whatever. I don't really care.
I know far worse than what I put up.

[morrissey]

Don't worry about it. It is just that lyrically, those aren't very impressive albums.

[A_Perfect_Sonnet]

musically they arent very impressive either

[morrissey]

I was going to add it, but... yeah, you're right.

[CofDdrums12]

Musically?
Hm...

I think Korn and A.I.C. are sweet musically.
And I still hold that Korn has good lyrics.
The #1 CD I had up... I doubt any of you know.
A few of those... I'll agree they're not great, but I like 'em nonetheless.
Just b/c it isn't chockful of metaphors and all that other poetic stuff.
Who cares?
Maybe you, but not me.

[mshort813]

I'm pretty sweet.

[A_Perfect_Sonnet]

obviously you must think im some sort of genious kid or something

i dont listen to stuff chock full of metaphors... i listen to things that have well put together songs with meanings that dont come to the surface right away (unlike RAH I HATE YOU RAH)

also i find music that is sometimes soothing to be good too, although i listen to tons of stuff, not just straight heavy/emo/melodic

[A_Perfect_Sonnet]

I'm pretty sweet.

my fortune cookie said "It tastes sweet."

wanna come over later?

[CofDdrums12]

Um... none of those CD's have "RAH I HATE YOU RAH" but uh, thanks anyways.

And I'm also rather diverse in my music too.
Whatever.
I'm tired, so I'm gonna go listen to my sh!tty music...
lol.

[A_Perfect_Sonnet]

im gonna christmatize your avatar cofd

[JDMorrisonisGOD]

pink floyd- wish you were here
beatles- abbey road
red hot chili peppers- californication
radiohead- kid A
frank zappa- overnight sensation
bob marley- legend
bowie- changes
coldplay- rush of blood to the head
beatles- sgt peppers
any zeppelin album

[A_Perfect_Sonnet]

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/5627/p0gcofdgif.gif

use it

[El_Shiznit]

Great Thread.

1.) AFI - The Art of Drowning
Davey for me paints the most detailed picture with his lyrics.
2.) From Autumn To Ashes - Too Bad You're Beautiful
The dynamics of the two singers further the lyrical value.
3.) AFI - Sing The Sorrow
See other AFI.
4.) Subhumans - The Day The Country Died
Best political band period in my opinion.
5.) Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust Inc.
Kings of satirical lyrics.
6.) AFI - Black Sails In The Sunset
See first AFI.
7.) Green Day - American Idiot
Face it, the lyrics are maturing quite a lot for this band.
8.) Social Distortion - S/T
Story of My Life, trying not to sound cliche, speaks to me. Other songs on there are genious too.
9.) Bad Brains - S/T
Never before has singing positively about religion been so cool.
10.) Circle Jerks - Group Sex
Select lyrics are the funniest I've heard. Good for a laugh.

[Nightvision]

10. Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary/Goddammit - Matt Skiba is such a brilliant writer - dark, twisted and bloody funny in places.

9. Green Day - Nimrod - I'll stand by this, if needs be. This was Billie Joe's finest moment - he's a better writer than he gets credit for...

8. Weezer - Pinkerton - 'nuff said.

7. Funeral For a Friend - Casually Dressed and Deep In Conversation - Very good emo band, even if they are Welsh.

6. The Ataris - So Long, Astoria - Tough to pick any one album out from these, but this is probably the most mature, so gets the nod.

5. Brand New - Deja Entendu - Jesse Lacey is the best thing to happen to emo for a while.

4. Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails - Not quite as good as Clarity, but a bloody strong album, IMHO.

3. Something Corporate - Songs for Silent Movies - Why? Konstantine.

2. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead - Bitter, funny and just plain bloody good.

1. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity - If there's a better album lyrically than this, I don't want to know about it. Adkins is a god in my eyes.

[mshort813]

my fortune cookie said "It tastes sweet."

wanna come over later?
:naughty: :D

[mshort813]

http://img99.exs.cx/img99/5627/p0gcofdgif.gif

use it

use it NOW, CofD...you need some christmas spirit. Oh and your list made me go like this :lol:, but then i realized you were like this :upset:, so then I was like this :(

[morrissey]

holy crap mshort, you got 100 posts quick!

[mshort813]

Really...when did I have 566?

Iwas :evil: for a minute. #666

[morrissey]

... oh maybe you were only 10 away... I thought you said you were 100 away... nevermind, you post slowly :).

[mshort813]

... oh maybe you were only 10 away... I thought you said you were 100 away... nevermind, you post slowly :).

True...but I am almost up to 3 ppd!

[morrissey]

:upset:... I averaged 112/day in November :upset:

EDIT: K, I don't want to spam up this thread :)

[ArtistInTheAmbulence]

Taking Back Sunday - Tell All your Friends (Lazarra is awesome)
You had a good list there was just one thing I had to add. The first TBS album If I remember correctly (this may be incorrect) was actually almost all written by John Nolan (Former TBS guitarest, now of straylight run), Jesse Laceys BF.

[morrissey]

^^^
I believe you are correct... at least the good lyrics ;)

[mshort813]

You had a good list there was just one thing I had to add. The first TBS album If I remember correctly (this may be incorrect) was actually almost all written by John Nolan (Former TBS guitarest, now of straylight run), Jesse Laceys BF.

Yes I think you are correct. Ah, I still get Lazarra and Nolan mixed up. thanks.

[HomeCatMickey8]

I forgot about Taking Back Sunday.

Even if Lazarra didn't write it, he makes up for it in the vocals.

[severed_heaven]

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness/Siamese Dream
To be honest i could have put all Pumpkins albums down, BC is god, can't wait for his solo album.

Nirvana - Nevermind/In Utero
Whatever anyone says about Kurt not being able to sing, his lyrics were still flawless, being brutal and poetic at the same time.

Weezer - Maladriot
Ok i'm probably gonna get flamed for picking this album over any other Weezer album, but i just prefer this to the rest, a pure pop-rock masterpiece.

Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)
Apart from being the defining album of it's era, there's not much more to say.

Radiohead - The Bends/OK Computer
The lyrical genius that is Thom Yorke, produced what are possibly the two of the best alternative albums ever.

The Pixies - Doolittle/Surfer Rosa
Again possibly two of the best alternative albums ever.

The Used - The Used

The Mars Volta - De-loused In The Comatourium

Thrice - The Artist In The Ambulance.

[mshort813]

I forgot about Taking Back Sunday.

Even if Lazarra didn't write it, he makes up for it in the vocals.

THey were such an amazing duo...no straylight run or new tbs album can compare to tell all your friends.

[UnderDawg]

Man, I would expect better choices in the songwriting and lyrics forum... but ok, for right now I will post a few bands, then come back and give certain albums.

Tool and APC (same writer)
Death
Rush
The Doors
The Berzerker (yes, the lyrics talk about how there's nothing wrong with cannabalism and about the proces of embalming, but they are amazing nonetheless)
Cradle of Filth

[severed_heaven]

Im a big Tool fan but i didn't put them down seeing as they have the same writer, but looking back now Tool lyrics are probably better.
And im not the biggest CoF fan but i listen to them now and again and Dani is a very good lyricist, but maybe they get overlooked because they can be hard to hear on the majority of songs.

[sexycakes]

Staind-break the cycle: the lyrics arent the best but for some reason i heart them so much
"you're all programmed to feel this way, to live another day, within a world, that loves to suffer" suffer

linkin park-hybrid theory: ok, way before the overplayed days, these guys wrote some good stuff
"then with the eyes shut
lookin through the rust
and rotten dust, a small spot of light floods the floor
and pours over the rusted world of pretend
and the eyes ease open and its dark again" forgotton

tenacious D-tenacious D: this album is a favorite of mine just because of how silly it is. and sexycakes likes silly
"i love you baby,
but all i can think about is
kielbasa sausage
your buttcheeks is warm" kielbasa

The cure-Disinigration: Awsome lyrics ruined by hour long intros.
"and i feel like ive been eaten by a thousand million shivering holes" lullaby

Franz Ferdinand-s/t: some great lyrics in this one. come on home is the BEST
"i kinda find a like a life this lonely
it rips and peirces me
in places i cant see
i love the rip of nerves
the rip that wakes me" come on home

Slipknot-vol. 3 the subliminal verses: totally owns anything they've ever done
"She seemed dressed in all of me
streched across my shame
all the torment and the pain
leeked through and covered me" vermillion pt 2

cold-year of the spider: wasted years is a ****ing masterpeice
"was it life i betrayed
for the shape that im in?
its not hard to fail
its not easy to win
did i drink too much?
could i dissapear?
and there's nothing thats left
but wasted years" wasted years

no particular order, for kudos, guess who my favorite is

[CrashingDown213]

Nirvana - in Utero/Nevermind
Soundgarden - Superunknown/Badmotorfinger
Greenday - American Idiot
Metallica - master of Puppets
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Weezer - The Blue Album/Pinkerton
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath/Paranoid

I know I'm going back a few pages in the thread, but American Idiot, good lyrics, you're joking, right?
I mean, sure there are a few very good lyrical songs on this album, but the song it's titled after is just a catchy melody with random, stupid lyrics, such as:
"Well maybe I'm the f@ggot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia."
Although from a different standpoint, there are other songs with very well written lyrics, such as:
"She's an Extraordinary girl
In an ordinary world
And she cant seem to get away
He lacks the courage in his mind
Like a child left behind
Like a pet left in the rain
She's all alone again
Wiping the tears from her eyes
Some days he feels like dying
She gets so sick of crying."
Although there are a few good lyrical songs on this album, overall, it's just more of a catchy album in my opinion. If you're looking for a good lyrical Green Day album I'd say either Nimrod or Insomniac.

[theredwonder]

god this is difficult... let me think -

the smiths - the queen is dead (almost a king)

bright eyes - fevers and mirrors (come on, this man is my joint favourite lyricist :see above: )

bright eyes - LIFTED or, the story is in the soil, keep your ear to the ground (...)

the beatles - rubber soul

dashboard confessional - the places you have come to fear the most (if not just for 'again i go unnoticed' - that song is one of my all time favourites)

death cab for cutie - Transatlanticism (i fed on this album for months. its sweet)

interpol - turn on the bright lights (i love this album in pretty much every way possible)

coldplay - parachutes (chris martin CAN be a brilliant, sometimes)

the libertines - up the bracket (some of this is genius)

radiohead - OK Computer (my god i almost forgot that, im ashamed of myself :smash: )

anyway, no particular order, and i probably missed things out, but thats it. :smokes contently:

[HomeCatMickey8]

I can't beleive i forgot Ben Folds "Rockin the Suburbs"...

[jurialmunkey]

Hmmm.... I don't know if I'm completely happy with the order but yeah...

01. Deftones - Around The Fur / Deftones / Crenshaw
02. Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
03. The Cure - Pornography / Disintergration / The Cure
04. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
05. Nirvana - In Utero
06. At The Drive In - In Casino Out / Vaya
07. Fugazi - The Argument / Red Medicine / Repeater
08. Radiohead - The Bends
09. Dillenger Escape Plan - Mike Patton EP / Calculating Infinity
10. AFI - Sing the Sorrow

Honerable Mention :
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Beatles - Any Album... all genius.
The Locust - The Locust
Tomahawk - Mit Gas

[barclay]

Well, I don't know about my top ten but my favorite album for power lyrics is definately ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL by METALLICA. In my opinion, this is Metallica's darkest album, but I find James' lyrics to be very deep. Especially that of Blackened and One.

[RollerQueen]

Hmmm.... I don't know if I'm completely happy with the order but yeah...

01. Deftones - Around The Fur / Deftones / Crenshaw
02. Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
03. The Cure - Pornography / Disintergration / The Cure
04. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
05. Nirvana - In Utero
06. At The Drive In - In Casino Out / Vaya
07. Fugazi - The Argument / Red Medicine / Repeater
08. Radiohead - The Bends
09. Dillenger Escape Plan - Mike Patton EP / Calculating Infinity
10. AFI - Sing the Sorrow

Honerable Mention :
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Beatles - Any Album... all genius.
The Locust - The Locust
Tomahawk - Mit Gas

Have I told you lately that I love you?

[H to the ickle]

Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever, Amen
If you aren't too Metal or Emo to check out one of the greatest songwriters of our time, I suggest you listen to this album.

Weezer - Pinkerton
Just great stuff, great lyrics both funny and meaningfull

The Beatles - Abbey Road
Duh

The Who - Tommy
Another Duh

Radiohead - OK Computer
Thom Yorke rocks hardcore

I can't think of anymore at the moment.

[hotcod32]

its almost a shame that Your Favorite Weapon by brand new get overlooked by people in favor of Deja Entendu, don't get me wrong Deja Entendu dose have better lryics on the whole... but Your Favorite Weapon is masterclass in poppunkyemo song writeing... and in fact its the album i lission to the most out of the tow of them

[morrissey]

I agree that lyrically YFW is impressive, but I don't listen to it as much as Deja because it doesn't appeal to me as much musically. But definitely an impressive debut album, but I think you can see immense progression in Jesse's lyrics on the second album.

[hotcod32]

ya, well i'm a grate big poppunk kid and i just love YFW its just almost the perfect poppunk record... i'm not sure what it is that means i don't lission to deja as much as i should since i do actaly love it... one of those strange thing i gusse

but the first time i heard his lyrics i felt like going in to a room and shoting my self, becuse i will be lucky to hit his level of song writeing in just one song, let alone a whole freeking ablum... and then an even better 2nd one... its depresing

[jurialmunkey]

Have I told you lately that I love you?

Mmmm :) *blushes*...

..

:)

[Wadey]

i cant think of ten albums but all three biffy clyro albums are pretty high up there on the list.

[IOWNU200]

I'm just going to put a few:

Counting Crows- August and Everything After & This Desert Life(It seems no one ever talks about the counting crows at all on this forum...anyone with an opinion on it?)

Ben Folds Five- Wherever Whenever Amen
TBS- Tell All Your Friends
Ben Folds- Rockin the Suburbs

[juggalotricksta]

in no particular order:

Green Day - American Idiot
Elliot Smith - Elliot Smith
Weezer - The Blue Album
Stephen Lynch - A Little Bit Special
ICP - The Wraith: Shangri-La
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Presidents - II
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
U2 - The Joshua Tree

[morrissey]

...and which Lennon cd has Imagine on it?

drumroll please... "imagine"... imagine that? hardy har.

:thumb:

[sexycakes]

drumroll please... "imagine"... imagine that? hardy har.

:thumb:

wow, that was CLEVER! did it take u all day to think that up? or just the better part of 3 hours

keep up ur dry cutting wit :rolleyes:

[morrissey]

Closer to 2 hours... I know, I'm a regular.. Moz. ;)

/please don't make me spam dude.

[sexycakes]

but spam=fun for the whole family. like leperocy, and racism

[jurialmunkey]

leprosy is only fun when its interracial leper sex.

[A_Perfect_Sonnet]

wants to point out he mentioned Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon

[mshort813]

^^^I second that. :)

[hotcod32]

hmmm msut remeber to not just skimread these things... sorry :P

[sexycakes]

leprosy is only fun when its interracial leper sex.

and then if u discriminate against asians, ur being a leper AND a racist. so its like ur covering all fun w/ one act of sexual conduct :naughty:

[HomeCatMickey8]

in no particular order:

Green Day - American Idiot
Elliot Smith - Elliot Smith
Weezer - The Blue Album
Stephen Lynch - A Little Bit Special
ICP - The Wraith: Shangri-La
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Presidents - II
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
U2 - The Joshua Tree

Eminem and ICP in the same list. Your gonna get shot by some crazy stupid *** clown.

[potato_bucket]

But, seriously, I'm just poking fun at everybody who says that. if ye be a-wonderin' what "that" be, look at the title, arr... My top ten are:

Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction I mean, c'mon, who doesn't love Appetite?
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 'cause them crazy english bastards rock. :thumb:
Aerosmith - Dream On Because it was their first raw, unbridled success
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Again, 'cause those english bastards rock. :thumb: :thumb:
Ok, so I only have four, leave me alone