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Bands/Musicians with the best lyrics?

Mo0o

Mo0o

Lifer
I vote for Death Cab For Cutie and related to it, Postal Service

"I will follow you into the dark" is simply chilling
 
Originally posted by: Mo0o
I vote for Death Cab For Cutie and related to it, Postal Service

"I will follow you into the dark" is simply chilling
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DCFC? Really? :laugh: ...all of their songs are very whiny (I should know I have all of their albums).

My vote goes to Sunset Rubdown.

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I really like The Mars Volta's lyrics for being very original and fresh, albeit rather abstract.

I also really like Maynard James Keenan's lyrics, both with Tool and A Perfect Circle.
 
DCFC is OK, but not in my top 10. Here are a few of my favorite singer-songwriters with some semi-random songs.

Tori Amos - "Josephine"
Elvis Costello - "All the Rage"
Danny Elfman (Oingo Boingo) - "Stay"
Neil Finn - "Sinner"
Peter Himmelman - "Solitude"
Aimee Mann - "It's Not Safe"
Heather Nova - "Paper Cup"
Michael Penn - "Long Way Down"
Grant-Lee Phillips (Grant Lee Buffalo) - "Sing Along"
Richard Thompson - "Reckless Kind"
 
Bob Dylan, Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, The Hold Steady, Andrew Bird, Leonard Cohen, The Mountain Goats, Okkervil River, Ryan Adams, Sufjan Stevens, The Thermals
 
RageAgainst the machine ..... you said lyrics .. and they are politial.

Or go to archive.org and download some antibalas (those from the right beware)
 
And what about Dylan? Old bands that couldn't say crack, but had to use symbolism when discussing drugs.... Lucy in the sky with diamonds *wink*
 
If I could stick a knife in my heart
Suicide right on stage
Would it be enough for your teenage lust
Would it help to ease the pain? Ease your brain?
 
Porcupine Tree

"Jupiter Island is full of mountains
Ruby rivers and sapphire fountains
Chessboard lawns bible black and white
The pink and blue trees are incredibly bright
An orange sunset painted on the sky
Take my hand and we'll fly"
 
adam duritz
david usher
jerry cantrell
neil peart
jeff martin
jon anderson
brandon boyd
buckingham/nicks
eminem
matthew good
bernie taupin
gord downie
 
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