Bright Eyes... Conor Oberst is a fu[size=2]c[/size]king amazing lyricist.

other great lyricists include:

Jesse Lacey (Brand New)
Adam Lazarra (TBS)
Geoff Rickley (Thursday)
Andrew I-cant-spell-his-last-name(something Corporate)
Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio)
Dustin I-also-cant-spell-his (Thrice)

Those are just a few...

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and Incubus, and i'm the first person to say these guys, but i absolutely LOVE Red Hot Chili Peppers lyrics. Keidis is really poetic[/QUOTE]
I love RHCP as well and Kiedis is very poetic, but a bunch of RHCP's lyrics dont make sense. :upset:

Late Beatles
Nirvana
HIM
Led Zeppelin
Death Cab for Cutie
The Cure
The Vines ( alittle psycadelic, but that's what makes them good).
Modest Mouse ( can't go wrong with Satin in a Coffin)

chili peppers havta be onea the best( i dont meen ther crazy funk songs but songs like californication or fortune faded)then comes incubis, then audioslave, then of course led zepplin(robert plant is prolly the greatest lyrical riter of all time, didnt go first jest cuz ther not together anymor) and paul simon is also onea the best

Even though I said Iron Maiden earlier, i must admit that in actual fact Bob Dylan, is without a doubt, the greatest lyrical writer of all time!

elvis costello, listen to 'shipbuilding'. dont know if anyone listen to eels here, but E has some of the best lyrics i've ever heard..ever. i listen to bob dylan, and i agree that he had a way with words that no one has...but E is better, thats my opinion at least.

the guy from bright eyes and desaparecidos is a poet.. so's that one guy from dashboard confessional.. i like they guys' lyrics from at the drive-in better than mars volta. the guys from rage against the machine are good.. the guy from hum too...
i needa start learning some names...

^:thumb:

Conor Oberst is fu[size=2]c[/size]king amazing

Well, depends on what I'm looking for in the lyrics...The Used i can relate to, Brand New is very clevor, and AFI has amazing lyrics that are very poetic.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Blind Guardian
Blue Oyster Cult
Iced Earth
Alice Cooper
Iron Maiden
Rush

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Rush is up there. Along with Pink Floyd.

velvet revolver its kinda cool because in one song it sounds like their making fun of kady lane or whatever her name is but they say ladylayHAHAHa

:rolleyes:
no.

I think Jim Morrison is by far the best song writer...well atleast of his time period :thumb:But TOOL...just kickass :amaze:

i'm surprised that more people haven't said tool or apc or even nin for that matter...... emo's taking over the world :(

[QUOTE=Heaven's Cataract]i'm surprised that more people haven't said tool or apc or even nin for that matter...... emo's taking over the world :([/QUOTE]
I wont let that **** take over...we can't. :angry:

Nirvana
Dashboard Conf.

John Frusciante is one of the most creative people on the planet

first track on the will to death LISTEN

Im going to have to say
Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw), Geoff Rickely (Thursday), Jesse Lacey (Brand New), Chris Carabba (Dashboard Confessional), Death Cab for cutie, and the postal service, and conor oberst Bright Eyes and Adam Lazarra (Taking Back Sunday.) And also Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain.
ohh AFI AFI AFI. Havoc is amazing.

and Bob Dylan

and the greatest writer is Freddie Mercury

manic street preachers
the libertines
the smiths
the verve / richard ashcroft

my faves

Can't forget Flogging Molly. Just great.

[QUOTE=feedthegods666]Alanis Morisette is also quite poetic. The song Unsent was amazing off of Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie[/QUOTE]

I agree, Alanis Morisette was quite poetic, her newer stuff just sounds sucky though

Have to mention Roger Waters

Only a few people have mentioned the most amazing lyric writer in the world. He would happen to be Davey Havoc from AFI. His lyrics and poems and the end of sing the sorrow"" are mind blowing. the poems are i suppose a hidden track at the end of "but home is nowhere"in case you were wondering.

the cure, Metallica (some of the old stuff), Silverchair,and Thin Lizzy of course.

i'm a sucker for poetry.. so i'll have to say

chris cornell - audioslave/soundgarden/temple of the dog
brandon boyd - incubus (both cornell and boyd use imagery A LOT, and i like it :D )
alanis morrisette ( i'd kill for her vocabulary)
and kurt cobain ( his lyrics were always simple but that's the best kind of song)

oooooo, and if anyone here is familiar with rufus wainwright, he has some truly unique stuff.

My Picks:

- Smashing Pumpkins (billy corgan is the best)
- Third Eye Blind (awesome lyrics to most any of their songs)
- Thrice
- Brand New
- Staind
- Incubus

Zao, Norma Jean, Bestiary, Darkest Hour, mewithoutyou, Still Remains, As I Lay Dying, the old UnderOATH(and some new stuff), Josiah, Symphony in Peril, Officer Negative........whoa i think i named too many :amaze: ....oh well theyre all great :thumb:

I would say fifteen lyrics are my favorite. Jeff writes about his personal esperiences of living on the street and political issues such as rascism and enviormental destruction. His lyrics really motivate you to do something about the world you live in

Best Lyrics
 

Out of the various bands I listen to I'd have to say;

Nightwish
Tristania
and Dargaard.

But Nightwish - well aren't they just the absolute perfect all rounders.

I say Brand New, the ones on "Deja Entendu" has amazing lyrics

I have to go with four way tie: Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails), Davey Havok (AFI, hey, at least *I* like his lyrics.), Maynard James Keenan (Tool and A Perfect Circle) and Geoff Rickley (Thursday.) I just love them all. Reznor's lyrics, while sung with such emotion, are interesting to look at, and sometimes beautiful (I cannot get over the overall beauty of The Great Below.) Davey was the guy who got me into writing lyrics again, not to mention how much I love his style (which goes for all of them.) He and Rickly, especially, seem a little cryptic, with some rather bizarre phrases.

Keenan is just awesome. That's really all I can say.

Although, out of all those, Trent Reznor is my all time favorite. His lyric style is varied (short angry songs [All of "Broken"], long, pensive songs with few lyrics ["The Day the World Went Away"], et cetera.)

Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio, Davey Havok of AFI, and I also love the lyircs in a lot of Coheed and Cambria songs. And there are too many other great writers to mention. I just chose the ones that popped into my head.

EDIT: Can't forget Adam Lazarra of Taking Back Sunday.

the vines man

taking back sunday
bob marley
incubus
jonh mayer, kind of
and jimi hendrix, he has some pretty crazy lyrics, man

1. Bob Dylan
2. Bob Marley
3. Incubus
4. Queens of the Stone Age - I give them a 10/10
5. Jimi Hendrix

and frick i forgot about lennon/mccartney
"here come ol' flat top, he come, grrooovin up slowly"

and jaggar/richards
George Harrison
Jim Morrison
Jerry Garcia/Bob Wier
Bradley Nowell - "when we returned to the pad to unload everything, it dawned on me that i needed new home furnishing, so once again we filled the van until it was full, since that day my living room's been much more comfortable." CMON NOW, IT DONT GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT!!!

Howlin' Pelle Almquvist is not bad from The Hives
Zach De La Rocha
Cedric and Omar fo'sho
Jay - Z - the man doesnt even write his lyrics down, he just spits them
Nas
RZA, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Meth, Ghostface Killah, the entire wu-tang clan
Notorious BIG
2Pac
Cypress Hill

Against Me!

reinventing axl rose
8 full hours of sleep
jordan's first choice, the list goes on, great stuff

i do enjoy a good taking back sunday song, their lyrics are very well put into the songs, especially using two singers and harmony... it really helps convey the lyrics

who can forget other good ones
1. Led Zepellin (stairway to heaven has amazing lyrics)
2. Brand New
3. From Autumn to Ashes
4. some Dashboard Confessional <--not a big fan
5. I also like Connor Oberst's of Bright Eyes lyrics, so good.

[QUOTE=Jonace22]
Jay - Z - the man doesnt even write his lyrics down, he just spits them
[/QUOTE]
.......... so that they all rhyme with izzle..... its just easier that way :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=Tony Flow]John Frusciante is one of the most creative people on the planet

first track on the will to death LISTEN[/QUOTE]
John Frusciante is a fu[SIZE=1]c[/SIZE]king musical genious

and

[B][SIZE=2]Tragically hip anyone?[/SIZE][/B]

[I]Silver jet[/I]


[I]There's a still in the night
a tuneless moonlight
just the I-need-you-and-here's-whys of
snoring Gords and Cheryls
there's a heron outside
in violet light
there's an urge to go, a shadow
a heightened air of peril
your heart jumps to
and my heart jumps too
I think, to myself "I don't really know my heart"
and as you whisper 'me too'
a silver jet roars overhead
rocks the nocturne all everglade
and grey sheers
silver jet, so far off already
fought the hot spurs off all the way
to Cape Spear

it's quiet again
when a car like Big Ben
the radio dopplerin'
'...'for all you Gregory Peck fans...
-Let Us Now Praise Famous Men-
to take some pressure off all the wonderous
to fight' and
your heart jumps to
and my heart jumps too
as if the Wolves of Northhumberland themselves
were rumoured to be en route
silver jet, way overhead
you're an archipelago, a satellite,
a green star
silver jet, so far off already
with your I-need-you-and-here's-why
flying to the next part

Your heart jumps to
and my heart jumps too
I'm thinking, to myself, 'packing,is a secret heart'
and as you whisper, 'me too'
siler jet roars overhead
silver jet flying to the next part
silver jet so far off already
silver jet, a satellite, a green star
silver jet way overhead
silver jet evergladed grey sheers
silver jet, so far off already
silver jet Clayqout sound to Cape Spear[/I]

Thats not even their best.