i dont even like screamo but taking back sundays lyrics are in my opinion amazing. the 2 vocalists blending makes it great

blink has some pretty good lyrics

i think nirvana had great lyrics

the police were geniouses. amazing songs and lyrics

and my friend peter lol

it would definitely have to be Tool, Mudvayne and Coheed and Cambria

[QUOTE=skapunker1234]i dont even like screamo but taking back sundays lyrics are in my opinion amazing. the 2 vocalists blending makes it great

blink has some pretty good lyrics

i think nirvana had great lyrics

the police were geniouses. amazing songs and lyrics[/QUOTE]


taking back sunday = emo
thrice = screamo

any questions now? are we all clear?

I'd say Something Corporate (Konstantine has amazing lyrics, as do nearly all their other songs). Rage Against The Machine and Nine Inch Nails also have some really good lyrics (Personal fave has to be NIN's "Something I Can Never Have", those lyrics give me goosebumps).
Phil (ex-pantera dude, now in superjoint ritual) had some pretty powerful lyrics (Primal Concrete Sledge, Hollow, Cemetary Gates), but you couldn't make half of them out when you listened to the music. Shame.

Lou Reed
Jim Morrison
The Clash
Iggy Pop
The Specials

Three bands come to mind, each representing a different area.

Smashing Pumpkins for artistic lyrics
Stratovarius for Global issues
and Reel Big Fish (a personal favorite of mine) for the not so sad side of teen angst.

You'll probably be shocked but i would say nirvana! i mean for me personally Kurt Cobains lyrics were so meaningful, he based them all on depression and hate that is true in the world! i know the riffs wern't the hardest and the solos wern't the most thrilling but they flow. Like on school of rock that solo at the start it's totally of the beat of the rest of the band but Kurt's riffs fit together with Krist and Dave so well.
If i write a song i just listen to some nirvana and the lyrics just flow out and then the riffs follow. I'm a hippie at heart and then a grunger at soul. All rounder ROCK ON!:chug:

well thats easy mudvayne of couse kud is a genisus idc what any of u say the words he puts on paper is unbeleiveable, there so fitting with today and dark and beatifull.

7mary3
matchbox20

they have great lyrics that easily allow a variety of listens to relate to on some level

has anyone said James Hetfield of Metallica, if not, wow! he is IMO the greatest lyric writer in a heavy metal/thrash/hard rock band, he can write meaningful and deep lyrics(Nothing Else Matters, One, Fade to Black, Low Man's Lyric) and he can write thrashy lyrics that also put across a meaningful point(Disposable Heroes, Leper Messiah)

I woudl have to say ummm Maynard Keenan From Tool and APC
always tohught the were

ohhh ans Smile Empty Soul thosae lyrics are really imagey (s?) and that's it

oh ya and Kurt Cobain I'v eloved his lyrics sinc ei wa sjust a weee lad

DEFINTELY NIRVANA!Some others are:Taking Back Sunday,AFI,Linkin Park,Dashboard Cofessional,Blink 182,and Story of The Year.

id have to say Tool, because when you just look at the lyrics, it doesnt make sense at first but then when you really look into them, all the songs have deep deep meanings behind them. HIM lyrics are also amazing, even if they are all about the same theme pretty much (love). Then you got your Pearl Jam, and Iron Maiden, both of those bands have brilliant lyricists (Vedder and Harris). And finally in my list would have to be good ol Billy Corgan.

For me, the most meaningful lyrics come from Senses Fail, Rage Against the Machine and P.O.D.... Alexisonfire and the Get Up Kids have some good stuff too.

Omar Rodgriguez-Lopez/Cedric Bixler
Bob Dylan
John Lennon on Acid
Thom Yorke
Elliott Smith
the boys from Cannibal Ox
Joe Strummer

lyrics threads suck....(IMO)

[QUOTE=VoodooMagik]For me, the most meaningful lyrics come from Senses Fail, Rage Against the Machine and P.O.D.... Alexisonfire and the Get Up Kids have some good stuff too.[/QUOTE]


sorry saying POD in any post about songwriting or lyrics just makes me giggle... due to the fact they suck and are just like a rap band... except worse

For me Brand New- Jesse

[QUOTE=Littlejohn]Iron Maiden
Dream Theater (Mostly Metropolis 2000)
Thrice
Tool
Chronic Future
[B]The theme song to friends[/B]
Shania Twain
Hillary Duff
and
...
...
...
[SIZE=6][B]BRAK[/B][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

are you ****ing kidding me? The Rembrandts?

[QUOTE=VoodooMagik]For me, the most meaningful lyrics come from Senses Fail, Rage Against the Machine and P.O.D.... Alexisonfire and the Get Up Kids have some good stuff too.[/QUOTE]

POD is terrible. Senses Fail, RATM and Alexisonfire are good though.

soad
ratm
a perfect circle

lamb of god, shadows fall, breaking benjamin, nightwish, killswith engage, smile empty soul idk thats the main ones cant pick a best or the greatest one ever

[QUOTE=mshort813]are you ****ing kidding me? The Rembrandts?[/QUOTE]

I kind of like that song and the lyrics!
The chorus is nice...

what's wrong with it?
I bet your in to metal...

Blue oyster cult, though im not sure they make sense

simple plan... ? ^^

Iron Maiden, no comparison.

waters and gilmour
marley
plant
lennon

Jim Morrison

Linkin Park

Smashing Pumpkins
Pixies

[QUOTE=Chucky]I kind of like that song and the lyrics!
The chorus is nice...

what's wrong with it?
I bet your in to metal...[/QUOTE]

Way to stereotype, asswipe.

I bet your in to metal...too!
Only messing... jeez...

[QUOTE=Chucky]I kind of like that song and the lyrics!
The chorus is nice...

what's wrong with it?
I bet your in to metal...[/QUOTE]

i hate metal...

"I'll be there for you,
When the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you,
Like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you,
'Cause you're there for me too."

Motley Crue ... hell of some lyrics

[QUOTE=mshort813]i hate metal...

"I'll be there for you,
When the rain starts to pour.
I'll be there for you,
Like I've been there before.
I'll be there for you,
'Cause you're there for me too."[/QUOTE]

I suppose...
But it fits well with the music and the message is clear....
maybe it's because i like FRIENDS so much...
(btw i think it is "when the rain starts to fall.. just tellin... i know you don't care but)

my m8 likes: blink182, green day, linkin park, metallica
,brand new, less than jake, slipknot, lostprophets, the offspring, rancid ,A7X, marilyn manson, anti-flag
i like: Anti-flag, bad religon, against me, AFI(older stuff), the offspring, the liars, the YYYs, less than jake, reel big fish, black flag, the bronx, madness, the clash, sexpistols (glen matlock era).

"hate metal..."
thank god some one else who hates metal!

The Goo Goo Dolls have such good lyrics. Johnny Rzeznik is an amazing lyricist.

And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
Cause all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Got tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Get lost or thrown away

And now we're grown up orphans
That never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame
But if you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name

And I won't tell em your name

Scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there
Did you get to be a star
And don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are

You grew up way too fast
And now there's nothing to believe
And reruns all become our history
A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell em your name

I think about you all the time
But I don't need the same
It's lonely where you are come back down
And I won't tell em your name

[QUOTE=Nightmare7568993]Blue oyster cult, though im not sure they make sense[/QUOTE]
Check out Martin Popoff's book 'Blue Oyster Cult: Secrets revealed'. That explains a lot of the lyrics.
And yeah, I gotta agree, the lyrics are great.

'It's the nexus of the crisis, and the origin of the storms.' That is lyrical gold.

alright.. alot of you guys forget to mention mad caddies..they say it liek ti is...well maybe thats jsut me cause i think i love smoking pot just as much as them..so maybe thats why i lik ethere lyrics soo much... but green dya has some good lyrics...there new cd is jsut like one big story in all the songs..its nice.. also thursdya, brand new have good lyrics