Great lyricists

luka

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Inspired by Crowley slagging off bowies lyrics. No rappers allowed.

Paul Simon
Hal david
Smokey Robinson
Joni mitchell
Lemmy
 

luka

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Also inspired by being in a charity shop today they were playing dionne Warwick running thru the bacharach songbook
 

mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
Kurt Cobain and Richey Manic for writing plausibly good cut-ups and managing to sometimes fit them well into songs.

I loved Amy Winehouse's lyrics. Loved them. " And life is like a pipe/And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside". Brilliant.
 

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
I like these lyrics, courtesy of Mack Gordon:

You make me feel so young.
You make me feel as though spring has sprung.
And every time I see you grin,
I'm such a happy individual.

The moment that you speak,
I want to go and play hide and seek.
I wanna go and bounce the moon,
Just like a toy balloon.

You and I
Are just like a couple of tots,
Running across a meadow
Pickin' up lots of forget-me-nots.

You make me feel so young.
You make me feel there are songs to be sung,
Bells to be rung,
And a wonderful fling to be flung.

And even when I'm old and gray,
I'm going to feel the way I do today
Because you make me feel so young.
 

rubberdingyrapids

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though in fairness, most song lyrics are bad.

in greater fairness, chuck d was good. and underrated as a lyricist. most people just talk about PE for the message and the noise, but chuck was regularly a brilliant writer too.

other good lyricists (who arent hal david, winehouse, or joni mitchell) -
holland dozier holland
björn ulvaeus and benny andersson
james brown
gil scot heron
kool keith
morissey
alex turner
jarvis cocker
cole porter
ira gershwin
chuck berry
fela kuti
erykah badu
a lot of blues and country artists
iggy pop
lil wayne
abel meeropol
trim
saafir is the alltime best rap lyricist though, hands down, no one is better

lyrics are one of the most overrated aspects of music though
 
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rubberdingyrapids

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its luka's rule, not mine.

i said most song lyrics are crap.

this song is a great example of how to not be a great lyricist -
 
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CrowleyHead

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Are we talking about wordplay or songwriting here? Because obviously Saafir couldn't write a song to save his life but he's good at wordplay (I guess?), so I don't know if both can be used with the same regard.
 

luka

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Ugh don't have a debate about fucking saafir of all people, here, ON MY THREAD lol
 

luka

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Said no rappers very specifically to avoid having a debate about saafir fux sake
 

rubberdingyrapids

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Forgot to put el-p in my list before.
Can't decide between him and big juss.
Both are better than George and ira, Paul and John, lieber and stoller.
 
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