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Top 100 Lyricits According To..uhh...someone

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tt_deeb

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Newly Added: Top 100 vocalists:
http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?p=341330#post341330

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http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_lyricists.html

1. Bob Dylan
2. John Lennon (The Beatles)
3. Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
4. Jim Morrison (The Doors)
5. Pete Townshend (The Who)
6. Neil Young
7. Ray Davies (The Kinks)
8. Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
9. Bruce Springsteen
10. Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
11. Bob Marley
12. Maynard James Keenan (Tool, Perfect Circle)
13. Elvis Costello
14. Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones)
15. Morrissey (The Smiths)
16. Joni Mitchell
17. Brian Wilson (Beach Boys)
18. Joe Strummer (The Clash)
19. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
20. Robbie Robertson (The Band)
21. Don Henley (The Eagles)
22. John Fogerty (CCR)
23. Frank Zappa
24. Tom Waits
25. Neil Peart (Rush)
26. Harry Nilsson
27. George Harrison (The Beatles)
28. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
29. David Bowie
30. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave)
31. Warren Zevon
32. Jackson Browne
33. Tom Petty
34. Paul Weller (The Jam)
35. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
36. Van Morrison
37. Jeff Buckley
38. Nick Drake
39. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
40. Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
41. Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)
42. Don Mclean
43. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
44. Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)
45. Robert Smith (The Cure)
46. Willie Dixon
47. Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)
48. Cat Stevens
49. Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
50. James Taylor
51. Jimi Hendrix
52. Robert Hunter
53. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
54. Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
55. Michael Stipe (REM)
56. Bruce Cockburn
57. Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
58. Chris Difford (Squeeze)
59. Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd)
60. John Hiatt
61. Ben Harper
62. Arthur Lee (Love)
63. Pete Brown
64. Keith Richards (Rolling Stones)
65. Leonard Cohen
66. Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
67. Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
68. Art Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel)
69. Ronnie Van Zant (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
70. Marc Cohn
71. Zack De La Rocha (Rage Against The Machine)
72. Nick Cave
73. David Crosby
74. Noel Gallagher (Oasis)
75. Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)
76. John Mellencamp
77. Nick Lowe
78. Patti Smith
79. Brad Nowell (Sublime)
80. Ani Difranco
81. Lowell George (Little Feat)
82. Carole King
83. Bono (U2)
84. Beck
85. Stephen Stills
86. Eric Clapton (Cream)
87. Bernie Taupin (Elton John)
88. Willie Nelson
89. Tori Amos
90. Peter Gabriel (Genesis)
91. Jesse Winchester
92. David Byrne (Talking Heads)
93. Eric Anderson
94. Donald Fagan (Steely Dan)
95. Jim Croce
96. Harry Chapin
97. Jimmy Buffett
98. Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)
99. Dave Matthews
100. Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)
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Lefotvers

101. Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
102. Randy Newman
103. Adam Duritz (Counting Crows)
104. Phil Ochs
105. Dan Fogelberg
106. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
107. Alice Cooper
108. Debora Iyall (Romeo Void)
109. Izzy Straidlin (Guns N Roses)
110. Billy Joel
111. Sheryl Crow
112. Graham Nash
113. Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
114. Sting (The Police)
115. Chuck Berry
116. Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
117. Elliot Smith
118. Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
119. Chris Robinson (Black Crowes)
120. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
121. Mike Patton (Faith No More)
122. Justin Hayward (Moody Blues)
123. Jeff Lynne (ELO)
124. Josh Joplin
125. Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
126. Steve Earle
127. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
128. Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
129. Shawn Colvin
130. Roy Orbison
131. James Hetfield (Metallica)
132. Patty Griffin
133. Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols)
134. Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
135. Glenn Danzig (Danzig, Misfits)
136. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
137. Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
138. Lenny Kravitz
139. John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
140. Al Jourghensen (Ministry)
141. Courtney Taylor-Taylor (Dandy Warhols)
142. Iggy Pop
143. Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies)
144. Les Claypool (Primus)
145. Corey Taylor (Slipknot)
146. John Ondrasik (Five For Fighting)
147. Johnny Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls)
148. Dave Wyndorf (Monster Magnet)
149. Dar Williams
150. Liz Phair
151. Marilyn Manson
152. Jack Johnson
153. Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees)
154. Derrek "Fish" Dick (Marillion)
155. Andy Partridge (XTC)
156. David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
157. Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)
158. Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf)
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LMAO @ Corey Taylor, Petrucci and a few others. Otherwise a good list, some good names on there but not exactly in right order. Better then anything VH1 or MTV would release.
 
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SD-Ness

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This is mainly just rock?

Talib Kweli and A Tribe Called Quest are very good lyricists also -- despite being rappers.

Also, should Reznor be that low? Ehhhh.
 
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Ignatz Mouse

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I'd bump Elvis Costello way up, probably to the top three. And quite a few of those in the leftovers would rank in my top 100.
 
B

bishoptl

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*Ctrl-F*

*find what "Chuck D"*

*search comes up empty*

*Tim shits on this list*

The presence of Chris Cornell at 30 (!??!!!!! that's it!?) doesn't salvage this POS.
 
Blackace

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
6. Neil Young
7. Ray Davies (The Kinks)
8. Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
9. Bruce Springsteen
10. Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)
11. Bob Marley

Ok Bob being behind these fools should be punishable by death from a dull spoon stabbing..

Lenny at 138 is also sad, sad, sad...
 
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Ferd

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52. Robert Hunter - BS that he is that low.
126. Steve Earle - yet more bullshit.

Where the fuck is Townes Van Zandt?
 
K

Kefkaff

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25. Neil Peart (Rush)
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wrong. He should be #1.

Edit: Where the FUCK is Jon Anderson of Yes?

Also, why is Petrucci a 'leftover' and credited as the lyricist of Dream Theater? Portnoy usually writes the better lyrics :p (Change of Seasons, nuff said)
 
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Dilbert

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That list is shit, below #1.

I mean, Randy Newman at #102? Leonard Cohen at #65, below such "poets" as Trent Reznor, Bob Marley, and Maynard James Keenan? Hell, half of the first 100 people are barely literate.
 
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Bat

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There's no way Roger Waters is not #1. Comparing his lyrics (especially the later ones) to John Lennon's is borderling laughable IMO.
 
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WasabiKing

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Eddie Vedder is so incoherent that he shouldn't be on the list... Sorry, NinjaScooter, but to make it up, 2 Live Crew being excluded is a travesty!
 
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Semjaza Azazel

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I'm a huge Manson fan as some here know, but I honestly think he deserves to be higher despite how biased it sounds. Some people may not like the subject matter or the themes of his lyrics, but they are incredibly well written, especially after Portrait.
 
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BuddyC

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Bat said:
There's no way Roger Waters is not #1.
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Dilbert

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I am SOOOOO tempted to abuse my ban power to get rid of anyone who says another bad word about Bob Dylan...but I will try to hold myself back.

bobporch62.jpg
 
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Lemurnator

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Robert Plant does not belong on this list.

When the majority of your songs are adressed to Babe, you do not deserve any honors for lyric writing.

...

And Bob Dylan can't sing. Good song writer though.
 
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Eminem

goddamit, Griese!
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I mean, Randy Newman at #102? Leonard Cohen at #65, below such "poets" as Trent Reznor, Bob Marley, and Maynard James Keenan? Hell, half of the first 100 people are barely literate.
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If you're saying Maynard can't write, or that he's any kind of stupid, your ignorance knows no bounds. Shit, even people who don't like Tool admit Maynard is a helluva writer, as well as being a very intelligent person. He did go to West Point, you know.
 
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BlackMage

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-jinx- said:
I am SOOOOO tempted to abuse my ban power to get rid of anyone who says another bad word about Bob Dylan...but I will try to hold myself back.

bobporch62.jpg
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"Go ahead, punk... make my day."
 
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BuddyC

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Eminem said:
If you're saying Maynard can't write, or that he's any kind of stupid, your ignorance knows no bounds. Shit, even people who don't like Tool admit Maynard is a helluva writer, as well as being a very intelligent person. He did go to West Point, you know.
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ShadowRed

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WasabiKing said:
Eddie Vedder is so incoherent that he shouldn't be on the list... Sorry, NinjaScooter, but to make it up, 2 Live Crew being excluded is a travesty!
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WTF do you mean "incoherent?" Do you even know what incoherent means? Obviously not you incoherent fool. You obviously haven't listened to a Pearl Jam cd ever.
 
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BlackMage

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ShadowRed said:
WTF do you mean "incoherent?" Do you even know what incoherent means? Obviously not you incoherent fool. You obviously haven't listened to a Pearl Jam cd ever.
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he didn't use incoherent wrong. incoherent means a lot of things and one of them includes lacking harmony. Also it can be used if say, his lyrics make no sense.
 
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Dilbert

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Eminem said:
If you're saying Maynard can't write, or that he's any kind of stupid, your ignorance knows no bounds. Shit, even people who don't like Tool admit Maynard is a helluva writer, as well as being a very intelligent person. He did go to West Point, you know.
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I like Tool, and I DON'T think he's a "helluva writer" -- especially when compared to many people on that list.

Also, being intelligent doesn't automatically make someone a good writer.
 
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Eminem

goddamit, Griese!
-jinx- said:
Also, being intelligent doesn't automatically make someone a good writer.
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well no shit. i agree with that. i only stated his intelligence because of your comment: "Hell, half of the first 100 people are barely literate."
 
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Dilbert

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Eminem said:
well no shit. i agree with that. i only stated his intelligence because of your comment: "Hell, half of the first 100 people are barely literate."
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That comment wasn't aimed at Maynard. He may be a lot of things, but dumb isn't one of them.

Clearly "half of the list" is hyperbole, but some of those people are NOT even close to being artful with their lyrics: Bon Scott? Bob Marley? Robert Plant? Trent Reznor? Jimi Hendrix? Mick Jagger? Art Garfunkel? Dave Matthews? Noel Gallagher???
 
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etiolate

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Michaep Stipe should be ahead of Thom Yorke, Ian Curtis needs to be higher and I think a lot of girl writers deserve more respect. Ani Difranco and Tori Amos are pretty low on the list.
 
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Tim

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9. Bruce Springsteen
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Azih

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Where the hell is Fatboy Slim on that list?

Right about now
The Funk Soul Brother

Check it out now
The Funk Soul Brother
 
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