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| Best Lyricists
I nominate Aaron Gregory of Giant Squid for his great stories. Here are four rfrom The Ichthyologist. What are yours? | | 1 |  | Giant Squid
The Ichthyologist
In "Dead Man Slough", Gregory plays a man who has found found letters written to
his wife by her lover, and reads them aloud as he kills him. Meanwhile, his wife
waits patiently "out past the muck and brine" for her lover, lamenting that "he's
never been late before". | | 2 | | Giant Squid
The Ichthyologist
"Sevengill" is told from the point of view of sharks gathering beneath a bridge as
they wait for a man to jump to his death. The man's wife shows up and pleads for
him not to go, but he says he's "held under by chiton-like lies; your bite marks
riddled my soul, it got so damn cold with all those holes" and throws himself to the
rocky shores below. | | 3 | | Giant Squid
The Ichthyologist
"Throwing A Donner Party at Sea" recounts the true story of the Essex, a whaling
ship stove in by a gigantic sperm whale. When the life-rafts run out of food, the
survivors debate who will be killed first: "With the brine up to our knees, all I can
think is how you'll be first to be eaten!" | | 4 | | Giant Squid
The Ichthyologist
In "Emerald Bay", an old man sees his late wife sitting on his boat's bow, telling him
it's time to "give into the waves, ending my suffering". He debates whether he
should pour the last of his bottle overboard and go, or stubbornly refuse and
continue drinking and sailing along. | |
pedro70512
12.26.12 | Aaron Turner, John Haughm, and Mikael Akerfeldt also have some great ones. | Chortles
12.26.12 | david byrne | TwoMonthsInTheCold
12.26.12 | Jesse Lacey and Jesse Jones from Trophy Scars | keyokeyo
12.26.12 | Bemis, Lacey, Mangum, Rosenstock | Cygnatti
12.26.12 | Chris Conley | dammets
12.26.12 | Richey Edwards | FadedSun
12.26.12 | Jacob Bannon has some excellent lyrics when you sit down and read them. | AGuyIsWatchingYou
12.26.12 | Joanna Newsom, Leonard Cohen, Anne Clark, Jeff Mangum, idk | Veldin
12.26.12 | Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Jerry Jones (Trophy Scars), Aaron Weiss (MewithoutYou). | JamieTwort
12.26.12 | Ian Anderson | jefflebowski
12.26.12 | ANDY FALKOUS
Tim Kasher has some great lyrics, especially on Album of the Year and The Ugly Organ.
Alex Turner
Matt Berninger
| MiniatureHorse
12.26.12 | How can a giant squid write songs? Wait a minute...I'm a horse. Okay, this list seems logical now. | Aids
12.26.12 | John Samson and John Darnielle. no one else even matters compared to them. | MiniatureHorse
12.26.12 | Well, I've always loved Bjork's lyrical style. Jacob Bannon, Mikael Akerfeldt and Roger Waters are also pretty amazing. | MasBarHigeuoris21
12.26.12 | Scott Kelly and Aaron Tuner. Fuck Jacob Bannon by the way. | FadedSun
12.26.12 | Ha, why fuck Bannon? He's a good lyricist. Why you mad? Also, Jason Byron(maudlin of the Well, Kayo Dot) | AGuyIsWatchingYou
12.26.12 | "Why you mad?"
You sound far more upset than the guy you're addressing. | FadedSun
12.26.12 | Yes, I'm so upset. Soooo upset. Yep. | Funeralopolis
12.26.12 | mewithoutyou and every time i die | bach
12.26.12 | Isaac Brock | Winrar
12.26.12 | Not really much of a creative pick but i really like Jerry Jones | AGuyIsWatchingYou
12.27.12 | "Yes, I'm so upset. Soooo upset. Yep."
Well you are acting like a teenage girl who feels the need to get the last, irrelevant word in...
| FadedSun
12.27.12 | What the heck? Dude, I was never mad. I said one thing. The guy seemed pissed because he was swearing about hating Jacob Bannon. I only asked him why he was mad about it. |
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