^---force fed music

[QUOTE=A_Perfect_Sonnet]noobs getting worked up is laughable.[/QUOTE]
I'd say newbs in general are laughable...:p

underoath, coheed and cambria and atreyu all have great lyrics. u can feel the intensity of their words when they sing.their live shows also prove that they have good lyrics because everyone knows them and it can relater to their lives. I recently went to an underoath show and they blew me away.

Bush is not force-fed music. Bush was barely mainstream, with the exceptions of "Comedown" and "Glycerine" (which are both good songs). I agree with whoever said that they have good lyrics, because they're just abstract enough for everyone to get something different from them.

no one mentioned Tim Kasher from Cursive. He's an amazing writer.

[QUOTE=Pirate Satellite]I don't really like her music, but I agree with him here. Some pretty expressive lyrics and poems.

I'll go with Bob Dylan, I guess.

Runners-up:
Bob Marley
Jimmy Cliff
Brand New
Joe Strummer
Bright Eyes
Ben Folds
Jesse Michaels
Johnny Cash
Ben Gibbard
Tim Armstrong
Tre Anastacio
The dude from Against Me![/QUOTE]
Amen! , you seem like the only guy who knows anything about lyrics... Elvis , Blink 182 ? what are you little kids?

[QUOTE] ^---force fed music [/QUOTE]

just cuz theyre all popular bands/ artists doesnt mean their havent got good lyrics, they r popular for a reason, i agree jessie of brand new writes pretty good lyrics- saw them open for incubus last summer

Korn.
That is meaningful songwriting.
Plus Jon Davis is such a good lyricist, he has entire sentences and lines that rhyme.

ben folds- seeing him live in less than two weeks! hehehehe!
tori amos- am always astounded at this woman
ben kweller- such cute lyrics!
chris martin
elliott smith
thom yorke
gary lightbody(snow patrol)
late beatles
roger waters

[QUOTE=phatredge]id say bad religion or dead kennedys, their often intellectual, yet catchy[/QUOTE]

Most deffinately :thumb:

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]Korn.
That is meaningful songwriting.
Plus Jon Davis is such a good lyricist, he has entire sentences and lines that rhyme.[/QUOTE]

sarcasm?

No sarcasm... I'm entitled to my opinions.

I think he was wondering if that was sarcasm because of that last sentence. Songs generally do have a rhyme scheme, so...

well...getting back on topic :)
I love everything Pete Doherty writes, well, the older stuff...Libertines and Babyshambles

the libertines have some great lyrics as do the who, the clash, bob dylan, the white stripes and many more that are too much effort to type. you get the point though.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]I think he was wondering if that was sarcasm because of that last sentence. Songs generally do have a rhyme scheme, so...[/QUOTE]

I mean that he rhymes every word in the line:

Rolling and going controlling everything that goes this far
Hoping and choking revolting all this [B]s[/B]hit that's who you are

[QUOTE=Eleventeen]I mean that he rhymes every word in the line:

Rolling and going controlling everything that goes this far
Hoping and choking revolting all this [B]s[/B]hit that's who you are[/QUOTE]

It's not like that's anything new. Plenty of lyricists can do that. Dio is the first one that comes to mind, for me. Check out Rainbow in the Dark.

alkaline trio?

The thread starter me... started a new thread... the worst lyrics ... go check it out...

I can't remember if anyone ever said this in the thread, but how about Warren Zevon? That man wrote some great lyrics in his time.

"Don Qixote had his windmills
Ponce de Leon too his cruise
Took Sindbad 7 voyages
To see that it was all a ruse"
-from Looking for the Next Best Thing

"I had the **** 'till it all got smoked
I kept the promise 'till the vow got broke
I had to drink from the lovin' cup
I stood on the banks 'till the river rose up

I saw the bride in her wedding gown
I was in the house when the house burned down"
-from I Was in the House When the House Burned Down

"They say love conquers all
You can't start it like a car
You can't stop it with a gun"
-from Searching for a Heart

And of course all of the lyrics from Werewolves of London and Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner are brilliant.

Amazing Steerpike..... truly amazing.

Dead Kennedys

either anything with MIKE PATTON, or anything written by the MELVINS.

you proabably wouldn't understand it though..

[QUOTE=son of sam]just cuz theyre all popular bands/ artists doesnt mean their havent got good lyrics, they r popular for a reason, i agree jessie of brand new writes pretty good lyrics- saw them open for incubus last summer[/QUOTE]

remember, 99.9% of mainstream listeners are total morons. i am correct. period.

the reason they are popular is because people like a good song to shake their "groove-thang" to, NOT becuase they are brilliant, wich they are definately NOT.

[QUOTE=deejuks2]remember, 99.9% of mainstream listeners are total morons. i am correct. period.

the reason they are popular is because people like a good song to shake their "groove-thang" to, NOT becuase they are brilliant, wich they are definately NOT.[/QUOTE]

Attention everyone, this would be known as egoism and opinion.

Thank you

Dont forget Chris Cornell

[QUOTE=amp7325]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]

I love this song. Thanks for reminding me. I havent listened to it in a while.

deejuks theres a difference between mainstream and mtv, keep that in mind.

For the time being here's my list:

Bob Dylan
Thursday
Rage
Mars Volta/ATDI
Brand New
Alkaline Trio
Cursive
Glassjaw
Coheed
Pumpkins
Jethro Tull
Beatles
Jackson Brown
Neil Young
Public Enemy
Tupac
Zeevon
Bob Marley
Cobain (redefined songwriting at the time and no one can argue agaisnt his impact on music)
Pearl Jam
Johnny Cash
Pink Floyd
...I'm sure there are other great ones that I've forgotten.

[QUOTE=Arm_The_Homeless]deejuks theres a difference between mainstream and mtv, keep that in mind.[/QUOTE]
MTV is mainstream, mainstream isn't always MTV.