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Greatest Rock Poet Lyricist?
Posted on 5/19/17 at 10:42 pm
Posted on 5/19/17 at 10:42 pm
Nominees:
Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
John Lennon
Jim Morrison
Bruce Springsteen
Pete Townshend
Robert Hunter ((Grateful Dead)
My choice: Tie between Townshend and Hunter
Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
John Lennon
Jim Morrison
Bruce Springsteen
Pete Townshend
Robert Hunter ((Grateful Dead)
My choice: Tie between Townshend and Hunter
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 10:44 pm
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Posted on 5/19/17 at 10:46 pm to lammo
Dylan easily
Posted on 5/19/17 at 10:48 pm to lammo
Dylan couldn't sing for shite, but he could write the frick out of some lyrics.
This post was edited on 5/19/17 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 5/19/17 at 11:51 pm to gulfcoasttiger5
quote:
Dylan couldn't sing for shite, but he could write the frick out of some lyrics.
It's not always about having a pretty voice. Dylan had the perfect voice for what he was singing.
Can I add some nominees: Roger Waters, Tom Waits, etc. I'm sure I'll have more.
Posted on 5/19/17 at 11:54 pm to kingston
I agree with you, but still, a voice helps no? 
Posted on 5/20/17 at 12:09 am to gulfcoasttiger5
Posted on 5/20/17 at 1:41 am to gulfcoasttiger5
quote:
I agree with you, but still, a voice helps no?
But the struggle in his voice makes it art.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 2:38 am to kingston
I have to go Dylan
Some others
Neil Young
Van Morrison
Randy Newman
Warren Zevon
Some others
Neil Young
Van Morrison
Randy Newman
Warren Zevon
Posted on 5/20/17 at 5:57 am to lammo
Imma let Dylan finish, but Freddie Mercury was the best lyricist all time.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 9:13 am to lammo
quote:
Bob Dylan
Best lyricist. They certainly leaned toward poetry, but all do.
quote:
Jim Morrison
Most poetic I feel in that he rambled. VERY interprative. First person I "heard" (wasn't alive yet) doing sort of a spoken word thing live.
If John Prine has not been mentioned, I will throw him in there. Country Dylan essentially. Just as good as Dylan in a handful of songs. "Naked as the eyes of a clown." Just a throw away line in a silly/serious song, "The Way the World Goes Around".
Having heard Prine in interviews on youtube, he really approached songwriting as stories. Sort of like a novelist would tell it, or a short story writer. Uses terms "story" and "characters".
Posted on 5/20/17 at 1:19 pm to lammo
No Neil Young?
Posted on 5/20/17 at 2:24 pm to lammo
Townes Van Zant
Posted on 5/20/17 at 3:00 pm to RockAndRollDetective
Townes is the greatest lyricist I know of but I wouldn't put him in the rock category. Prine gets my vote for #2 lyricist but again, isn't really rock. Dylan is more Folk.
Lets be honest, rock lyrics are usually pretty terrible.
Zevon's been mentioned - he's usually interesting. Neil Young has written some great lyrics (and some real duds too). Pete Townsend - I love his work with the Who but his lyrics really aren't that great, they just don't suck like most rock lyrics do. Robert Hunter was a good mention - Franklin's Tower is about as interesting as it gets for lyrics.
Lets be honest, rock lyrics are usually pretty terrible.
Zevon's been mentioned - he's usually interesting. Neil Young has written some great lyrics (and some real duds too). Pete Townsend - I love his work with the Who but his lyrics really aren't that great, they just don't suck like most rock lyrics do. Robert Hunter was a good mention - Franklin's Tower is about as interesting as it gets for lyrics.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 3:22 pm to lammo
quote:
Townes Van Zant
This right here
Posted on 5/20/17 at 3:23 pm to lammo
Dylan
Posted on 5/20/17 at 7:50 pm to lammo
1. Bob Dylan
2. Leonard Cohen
3. Paul Simon
You could argue Cohen was better than Dylan from a pure poetry standpoint, but Dylan's overall output is more impressive.
2. Leonard Cohen
3. Paul Simon
You could argue Cohen was better than Dylan from a pure poetry standpoint, but Dylan's overall output is more impressive.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 9:53 pm to lammo
You didn't Nominate Getty Lee, Roger Waters, or Freddy Mercury.
Leaving out Roger Waters is criminal. As much of a complete and total piece of shite as he is, Some of his lyrics are among the greatest ever written.
Leaving out Roger Waters is criminal. As much of a complete and total piece of shite as he is, Some of his lyrics are among the greatest ever written.
This post was edited on 5/20/17 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 5/20/17 at 10:08 pm to lammo
Paul Westerberg
Posted on 5/20/17 at 10:42 pm to HaveMercy
David Lee Roth
Posted on 5/21/17 at 12:34 am to lammo
Jon Anderson wrote the prettiest words in rock.
quote:
A man conceived a moment's answers to the dream
Staying the flowers daily, sensing all the themes
As a foundation left to create the spiral aim
A movement regained and regarded both the same
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you
Changed only for a sight, the sound, the space agreed
Between the picture of time behind the face of need
Coming quickly to terms of all expression laid
Emotions revealed as the ocean maid
All complete in the sight of seeds of life with you
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