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Greatest lyricists of all time
Posted on 3/21/24 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 3/21/24 at 5:26 pm
Watched this Rick Beato video today and it really made me realize how far we’ve come from the great lyricist’s of the past. Songs today make me cringe because they’re either extremely cliché, make absolutely no sense, or add no flavor to the song. Then you go back and listen to Robert Plants lyrics in 10 years gone, Kashmir or even black dog. You really start to realize how far we’ve fallen from poetry in music, and also how society doesn’t care about poetic lines anymore. It’s all about a catchy chorus. So who do y’all consider to be great lyricist?
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Posted on 3/21/24 at 5:31 pm to TRmadhatter
Check out someone I’d wager most of the folks on this forum probably have never heard of, he started out as a Contemporary Christian artist but fought to get out of that niche, died at age 40 but the lyrics on his last three albums are as good as it gets: Mark Heard.
Of more familiar people, I am going to go outside rock and vote for Tom T. Hall before he dried up after “Old Dogs and Children … .”
Of more familiar people, I am going to go outside rock and vote for Tom T. Hall before he dried up after “Old Dogs and Children … .”
Posted on 3/21/24 at 6:08 pm to TRmadhatter
I think I'm goin' back
To the things I learned so well in my youth,
I think I'm returning to
The days when I was young enough to know the truth
Now there are no games
To only pass the time
No more coloring books,
No Christmas bells to chime
But thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can play the game of life to win
I can recall a time,
When I wasn't afraid to reach out to a friend
And now I think I've got
A lot more than a skipping rope to lend
Now there's more to do
Than watch my sailboat glide
Then everyday can be a magic carpet ride
And I can play hide and seek with my fears,
And live my days instead of counting my years
Let everyone debate the true reality,
I'd rather see the world the way it used to be
A little bit of freedom's all we lack
So catch me if you can
I'm goin' back
- Gerry Goffin
To the things I learned so well in my youth,
I think I'm returning to
The days when I was young enough to know the truth
Now there are no games
To only pass the time
No more coloring books,
No Christmas bells to chime
But thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can play the game of life to win
I can recall a time,
When I wasn't afraid to reach out to a friend
And now I think I've got
A lot more than a skipping rope to lend
Now there's more to do
Than watch my sailboat glide
Then everyday can be a magic carpet ride
And I can play hide and seek with my fears,
And live my days instead of counting my years
Let everyone debate the true reality,
I'd rather see the world the way it used to be
A little bit of freedom's all we lack
So catch me if you can
I'm goin' back
- Gerry Goffin
Posted on 3/21/24 at 6:12 pm to Kafka
When the world and I were young
Just yesterday
Life was such a simple game
A child could play
It was easy then to tell right from wrong
Easy then to tell weak from strong
When a man should stand and fight
Or just go along
But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light
Today there is no black or white
Only shades of gray
I remember when the answers seemed so clear
We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear
It was easy then to tell truth from lies
Selling out from compromise
Who to love and who to hate
The foolish from the wise
But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light
Today there is no black or white
Only shades of gray
It was easy then to know what was fair
When to keep and when to share
How much to protect your heart
And how much to care
But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light
Today there is no black or white
Only shades of gray
Only shades of gray
- Cynthia Weil
Just yesterday
Life was such a simple game
A child could play
It was easy then to tell right from wrong
Easy then to tell weak from strong
When a man should stand and fight
Or just go along
But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light
Today there is no black or white
Only shades of gray
I remember when the answers seemed so clear
We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear
It was easy then to tell truth from lies
Selling out from compromise
Who to love and who to hate
The foolish from the wise
But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light
Today there is no black or white
Only shades of gray
It was easy then to know what was fair
When to keep and when to share
How much to protect your heart
And how much to care
But today there is no day or night
Today there is no dark or light
Today there is no black or white
Only shades of gray
Only shades of gray
- Cynthia Weil
Posted on 3/21/24 at 6:16 pm to Kafka
My favorite of the many tears = raindrops songs:
I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting me
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain
If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from heaven
Could never wash away my misery
But since we're not together
I look for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see
Someday when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool but till then darling
You'll never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
- Howard Greenfield
I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurting me
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain
I'll do my crying in the rain
If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain
Raindrops falling from heaven
Could never wash away my misery
But since we're not together
I look for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see
Someday when my crying's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool but till then darling
You'll never see me complain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
I'll do my crying in the rain
- Howard Greenfield
Posted on 3/21/24 at 6:22 pm to Kafka
Forever
doesn't mean forever anymore
I said forever
But it doesn't look like I'm gonna be around much anymore
When the heat gets sub-tropical
And the talk gets sub-topical
Riot act, you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
Why do you talk such stupid nonsense?
When my mind could rest much easier
Instead of all this dumb-dumb insolence
I would be happier with amnesia
They say forget her
Now it looks like you're either gonna be before me or against me
I got your letter
Now they say I don't care for the color that it paints me
Trying to be so bad is bad enough
Don't make me laugh by talking tough
Don't put your heart out on your sleeve
When your remarks are off the cuff
Riot act, you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
Riot act, you can read me the riot act...
- Elvis Costello
doesn't mean forever anymore
I said forever
But it doesn't look like I'm gonna be around much anymore
When the heat gets sub-tropical
And the talk gets sub-topical
Riot act, you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
Why do you talk such stupid nonsense?
When my mind could rest much easier
Instead of all this dumb-dumb insolence
I would be happier with amnesia
They say forget her
Now it looks like you're either gonna be before me or against me
I got your letter
Now they say I don't care for the color that it paints me
Trying to be so bad is bad enough
Don't make me laugh by talking tough
Don't put your heart out on your sleeve
When your remarks are off the cuff
Riot act, you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian
Riot act, you can read me the riot act...
- Elvis Costello
Posted on 3/21/24 at 6:33 pm to InkStainedWretch
quote:"Hey man, nobody said we were as good as Johnny Mercer" - Bob Dylan, 1980s
I am going to go outside rock
LINK
Posted on 3/21/24 at 7:26 pm to TRmadhatter
Alan Lerner
Oscar Hammerstein
W. S. Gilbert
Willie Nelson
Laura Nyro
Jimmy Buffett
Paul Simon
Cynthia Weil
Oscar Hammerstein
W. S. Gilbert
Willie Nelson
Laura Nyro
Jimmy Buffett
Paul Simon
Cynthia Weil
Posted on 3/21/24 at 7:41 pm to TRmadhatter
How has no one mentioned Bernie Taupin yet???
Posted on 3/21/24 at 7:49 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:only to say he deserves life in front of the firing squad for "candle in the wind"
has no one mentioned Bernie Taupin yet?
"It sucks no matter what trashy blonde its about" - Keith Richards
Posted on 3/21/24 at 7:58 pm to Kafka
Kafka, you lost me. What’s wrong with “Candle in the Wind?”
Posted on 3/21/24 at 8:07 pm to SaintlyTiger88
It's nauseatingly maudlin drivel no matter who it's about
Posted on 3/21/24 at 9:49 pm to TRmadhatter
Posted on 3/21/24 at 9:56 pm to TRmadhatter
Bob Dylan
I hate the Internet phrase “and it’s not even close” and I still almost used it here.
I hate the Internet phrase “and it’s not even close” and I still almost used it here.
Posted on 3/21/24 at 10:01 pm to TRmadhatter
HARVEST OF MY HEART
I stretch my bones at dawn and pull my brogans on
After coffee oh I head out for the fields
I slave away all day behind the mule and plow
And I pray that he don't break my wheel (will?)
I let my Saviour know at the end of every row
I'm thankful for a good and loving wife
And the children that she bore will be flowers evermore
Precious jewels from this man's work of life
Oh Mary you can rest assured I love you, yes
Honey I have known from the start
And everything I do, I do in love for you
'Cause you've always been the harvest of my heart
You've always been the harvest of my heart
When the ev'ning rolls around I cross that broken ground
Embrace my precious children by the gate
Standing by the door is the woman I adore
How I yearn to press my lips against her face
Around the table fare we'll bow our heads in prayer
Over supper-yes, we'll talk about the day
And when the kids are tucked in bed and all the rest is said
I'll pull my lady close and softly say
Oh Mary you can rest assured I love you, yes
Honey I have known from the start
And everything I do, I do in love for you
'Cause you've always been the harvest of my heart
You've always been the harvest of my heart
Oh Mary you can rest assured I love you, yes
Honey I have known from the start
And everything I do I do in love for you
'Cause you've always been the harvest of my heart
You've always been the harvest of my heart
I stretch my bones at dawn and pull my brogans on
After coffee oh I head out for the fields
I slave away all day behind the mule and plow
And I pray that he don't break my wheel (will?)
I let my Saviour know at the end of every row
I'm thankful for a good and loving wife
And the children that she bore will be flowers evermore
Precious jewels from this man's work of life
Oh Mary you can rest assured I love you, yes
Honey I have known from the start
And everything I do, I do in love for you
'Cause you've always been the harvest of my heart
You've always been the harvest of my heart
When the ev'ning rolls around I cross that broken ground
Embrace my precious children by the gate
Standing by the door is the woman I adore
How I yearn to press my lips against her face
Around the table fare we'll bow our heads in prayer
Over supper-yes, we'll talk about the day
And when the kids are tucked in bed and all the rest is said
I'll pull my lady close and softly say
Oh Mary you can rest assured I love you, yes
Honey I have known from the start
And everything I do, I do in love for you
'Cause you've always been the harvest of my heart
You've always been the harvest of my heart
Oh Mary you can rest assured I love you, yes
Honey I have known from the start
And everything I do I do in love for you
'Cause you've always been the harvest of my heart
You've always been the harvest of my heart
Posted on 3/21/24 at 10:12 pm to Hooligan's Ghost
this one makes me cry
REDBONE HOUND
Rodney Dillard
Fogeye, Piefoot, Redbone, Dragalong,
Cool, fall night you can still hear his song.
Runnin' with the moon on a black-faced riverbank,
Flatfoot and Fickly with a coon on the run.
Redbone hound, come and get your belly up,
Lyin' on your tail all day long.
The mist is a-risin' in the Cripple Creek Holler.
Gonna run till the dew on the grass meets the sun.
Old Fogeye been rackin' through the bean patch,
Diggin' up the corn seed, he can't do more.
Uncle Jack says he's goin' for his shotgun.
Gonna nail his hide on the chicken-house door!
Redbone hound, come and get your belly up,
Lyin' on your tail all day long.
The mist is a-risin' in the Cripple Creek Holler.
Gonna run till the dew on the grass meets the sun.
Fogeye, Piefoot, Redbone, Dragalong,
Cool, fall night you can still hear his song.
Runnin' with the moon on a black-faced riverbank,
Flatfoot and Fickly with a coon on the run.
Redbone hound, come and get your belly up,
Lyin' on your tail all day long.
The mist is a-risin' in the Cripple Creek Holler.
Gonna run till the dew on the grass meets the sun.
REDBONE HOUND
Rodney Dillard
Fogeye, Piefoot, Redbone, Dragalong,
Cool, fall night you can still hear his song.
Runnin' with the moon on a black-faced riverbank,
Flatfoot and Fickly with a coon on the run.
Redbone hound, come and get your belly up,
Lyin' on your tail all day long.
The mist is a-risin' in the Cripple Creek Holler.
Gonna run till the dew on the grass meets the sun.
Old Fogeye been rackin' through the bean patch,
Diggin' up the corn seed, he can't do more.
Uncle Jack says he's goin' for his shotgun.
Gonna nail his hide on the chicken-house door!
Redbone hound, come and get your belly up,
Lyin' on your tail all day long.
The mist is a-risin' in the Cripple Creek Holler.
Gonna run till the dew on the grass meets the sun.
Fogeye, Piefoot, Redbone, Dragalong,
Cool, fall night you can still hear his song.
Runnin' with the moon on a black-faced riverbank,
Flatfoot and Fickly with a coon on the run.
Redbone hound, come and get your belly up,
Lyin' on your tail all day long.
The mist is a-risin' in the Cripple Creek Holler.
Gonna run till the dew on the grass meets the sun.
This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 3/21/24 at 11:09 pm to The Seaward
quote:
Bob Dylan
A lone soldier on the hill, watches falling raindrops pour
Wouldn't know it to look at him, with the final shot he won the war....after losing every battle...
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