uberspuck: I Would Read Poetry Written By These Lyricists

sifFlammable 01.26.11	thought thrice was a christian band
uberspuck 01.26.11	they are (at this point), but the most forgivably (and intelligently) Christian i've ever encountered
couldwinarabbit 01.26.11	If Leonard Cohen wrote poetry I would read it.
acorncheese 01.26.11	Agreed on 5. Outside of his dick-loving marching band fanatical fans, he's kinda underrated as a lyricist.
Masochist 01.26.11	The band and the lyrics they write are influenced by Christianity, much like (as I recently found out myself on this very site) mewithoutYou...but neither one are strictly "Christian." The difference, as I see it, is that a Christian band does what they do in the name of God and/or for His glory, whether by exalting Him directly in their lyrics (praise, teachings, "Christian Experience", etc.) or by giving other Christians a conduit through which they can reach Him on their own. Thrice, mewithoutYou, etc. use Bible lyrics and such in their songs perhaps as personal testimony, but I think it's more for rhetoric than it is for religious experience, and so I don't "technically" consider them "Christian bands" (keep reading, though). That's just how I see it, though, and I didn't explain it well enough to really express it thoroughly. In truth, if you see them as a Christian Band, and you listen to their songs/read their lyrics with that in your mind, and if you use them to get closer to God, then fuck it, they're Christian Bands (which is exactly how I see mewithoutYou).
Bitchfork 01.26.11	um stephin merrit duh
Masochist 01.26.11	Oooh...also, speaking of mewithoutYou, I'd read that guy's lyrics as poetry. AMAZING lyricist, Aaron Weiss is.
keyboardxmosh 01.26.11	As Cities Burn is another band of Christians that writes excellent non-Christian lyrics.
Bitchfork 01.26.11	meanwhile, back in communist russia and the magnetic fields and joanna newsom i win
Satellite 01.26.11	lol 3
KotoFtw 01.26.11	Yeah, Aaron Weiss is terrific. As is Dustin Kensrue and Cody Bonnette.
Satellite 01.26.11	craig finn ftw
sifFlammable 01.26.11	I actually wrote an English literature commentary for Godspeed You! Black Emperor's "The Dead Flag Blues" as practice for the actual IB English poetry section. The lyrics were 100% poetry by anyone's standards (though it was more a monologue than song lyrics really).
qwe3 01.26.11	"If Leonard Cohen wrote poetry I would read it." uh leonard cohen was a poet
couldwinarabbit 01.26.11	I was joking. Death of a ladies man is my favourite book of poetry.
qwe3 01.26.11	sorry, "is" a poet keep thinking hes dead for some reason
Satellite 01.26.11	he's still alive btw
qwe3 01.26.11	HAH beat you to it sat
Satellite 01.26.11	:/
couldwinarabbit 01.26.11	he had stroke on stage in spain a while ago. But he is alive and possibly still touring, or having plans too.
Kiran 01.26.11	nice call on #2
BigTuna 01.26.11	John Darnielle John K Samson
Knott- 01.26.11	Kensrue? Really? I mean, he's a great lyricist, but I don't think I would call him a poet. Just immensely effective. Maybe that's just me, though. 'Beggars' is an incredible song.
BigTuna 01.26.11	I agree Mr. Knott
robertsona 01.26.11	yes to 2!
deepintheorchard 01.26.11	1,2,3 and 5
Blackbelt54 01.27.11	agree with 1 and 5