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Best Lyricist? Besides Prince...who is the best? | |
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Metalbabe699 said: Besides Prince...who is the best?
Hmmm some who get me are: Stevie Wonder Eminem Nas Meshell Ndgochello D'Angelo Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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Roger Waters from Pink Floyd
i also think Bono writes some pretty good shit  | |
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Metalbabe699 asked:"Besides Prince...who is the best lyricist?"
 Joni? Dylan? Costello? Robinson? Mozza? Rather depends on ur perspective, sensitivity, taste, sense of humour & even ability 2 appreciate effective & inspired use of language. | |
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I love these different answers.
SO many different people, so many different tastes. | |
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Costello indeed. | |
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Metalbabe699 said: Besides Prince...who is the best?
Don't forget about Sananda Maitreya / Terence Trent D'Arby, he's a true poet! With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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Sananda Maitreya/TTD´s lyrics really make you think. I think he´s really great at it. --------------------------------------------------
Her face was my favourite magazine Her body was my favourite book to read -------------------------------------------------- | |
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bob dylan
elvis costello steve earle willie dixon  Mr. Ellis Dee-licious, the Official NPGigolo 
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Kate Bush
David Bowie Bjork John Lennon | |
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Costello and Bowie and Young (that would be a good supergroup...kind of) | |
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Ryan Adams, Adam Duritz | |
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Bob Dylan is the greatest lyricist ever. Hands down!! | |
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uh...Eminem is good...but he had Dre write a lot of his better stuff... | |
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Metalbabe699 said: uh...Eminem is good...but he had Dre write a lot of his better stuff...
Dre can't write for shit, who told you that lie. Snoop wrote most of his first lp, and Jay Z wrote a lot of shit on the chronic 2001. But anyways here are my fav... Prince (of course) Stevie Wonder Joni Mitchell 2pac | |
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Smokey RObinson,Curits Mayfield,Gil Scott Heron,Bernie Tauplin,Burt Bacharach,Stevie WOnder,Sly Stone,Maurice White,&about 88 more. mistermaxxx | |
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Prince
The Doors (Jim Morisson) Eminem/Dre Tom Petty -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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mistermaxxx said: Smokey RObinson,Curits Mayfield,Gil Scott Heron,Bernie Tauplin,Burt Bacharach,Stevie WOnder,Sly Stone,Maurice White,&about 88 more. gotta say Michael jackson,Prince,Rick James,Jimi Hendrix,Bob Dylan,Carol King,Joni Mitchell,the Beatles,George Michael,Lionel Richie,mistermaxxx | |
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--Definitely The Beatles -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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mistermaxxx said: Smokey RObinson,Curits Mayfield,Gil Scott Heron,Bernie Tauplin,Burt Bacharach,Stevie WOnder,Sly Stone,Maurice White,&about 88 more.
Errr, don't u mean Hal David ? | |
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DorianGray said: mistermaxxx said: Smokey RObinson,Curits Mayfield,Gil Scott Heron,Bernie Tauplin,Burt Bacharach,Stevie WOnder,Sly Stone,Maurice White,&about 88 more.
Errr, don't u mean Hal David ?mistermaxxx | |
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Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen are tops in my book.
Although I like him Lenny Kravitz is probably the worst lyricist in music history. BTW for the people who are choosing Prince have you not listened to his music? Just listen to the NPS album or the Rave album and try tell me he is the best lyricist of all time  Very often Prince's lyrics either don't make sense or are just stupid. Don't get me wrong he has written some GREAT songs such as NC2U, IIWYG, but he also tends to write lyrics like:
"I know you got a young man You don't care about Me darker than quicksand and taller than a tree" What?... Darker than quicksand 
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Leonard Cohen [This message was edited Sun Dec 1 9:15:19 PST 2002 by Marmelstein] | |
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Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Michael R. Gira, basically anyone who writes happy lyrics. Tori Amos too. Cute redhead with a brain. Gotta like that!  | |
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Cool thread!
Prince Stevie Wonder Lauryn Hill(I relate 2 her words in the scariest ways) Rod Temperton Rick James I.Simpson(The main writer from India Arie's "Voyage 2 India" the one who wrote the amazing "Complicated melody") Maya Angelou(Spelling?) Nicole Renee Mariah Carey(She's very anderrated writer-check out the non-released songs) Tweet Static of Playa | |
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lovemachine said: BTW for the people who are choosing Prince have you not listened to his music? Just listen to the NPS album or the Rave album and try tell me he is the best lyricist of all time Very often Prince's lyrics either don't make sense or are just stupid. Don't get me wrong he has written some GREAT songs such as NC2U, IIWYG, but he also tends to write lyrics like:
"I know you got a young man You don't care about Me darker than quicksand and taller than a tree" What?... Darker than quicksand
. [This message was edited Sat Nov 30 12:54:16 PST 2002 by lovemachine] That same thing could be said of any number of artists who have recorded a boatload of songs over a 25 year period. I think some of Dylan's lyrics don't make sense either but he's supposed to be the world's greatest lyricist. | |
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Bladerunner said: lovemachine said: BTW for the people who are choosing Prince have you not listened to his music? Just listen to the NPS album or the Rave album and try tell me he is the best lyricist of all time Very often Prince's lyrics either don't make sense or are just stupid. Don't get me wrong he has written some GREAT songs such as NC2U, IIWYG, but he also tends to write lyrics like:
"I know you got a young man You don't care about Me darker than quicksand and taller than a tree" What?... Darker than quicksand
. [This message was edited Sat Nov 30 12:54:16 PST 2002 by lovemachine] That same thing could be said of any number of artists who have recorded a boatload of songs over a 25 year period. I think some of Dylan's lyrics don't make sense either but he's supposed to be the world's greatest lyricist. But out of the thousands of songs that Prince has written how many could be considered truly great from a lyrical standpoint? I would say the answer is maybe 15-20 (if he is lucky). This is why Prince would never be mentioned in a question like this anywhere else but on Prince.org | |
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lovemachine said: Bladerunner said: lovemachine said: BTW for the people who are choosing Prince have you not listened to his music? Just listen to the NPS album or the Rave album and try tell me he is the best lyricist of all time Very often Prince's lyrics either don't make sense or are just stupid. Don't get me wrong he has written some GREAT songs such as NC2U, IIWYG, but he also tends to write lyrics like:
"I know you got a young man You don't care about Me darker than quicksand and taller than a tree" What?... Darker than quicksand
. [This message was edited Sat Nov 30 12:54:16 PST 2002 by lovemachine] That same thing could be said of any number of artists who have recorded a boatload of songs over a 25 year period. I think some of Dylan's lyrics don't make sense either but he's supposed to be the world's greatest lyricist. But out of the thousands of songs that Prince has written how many could be considered truly great from a lyrical standpoint? I would say the answer is maybe 15-20 (if he is lucky). This is why Prince would never be mentioned in a question like this anywhere else but on Prince.org That's my point. With as many songs as he has written you're going to find some not so great ones and that's the case with anyone who writes as many. As far as the number of 'truly great' songs, it's not something I've sat down and thought about or looked into to come up with a number. And apparently he's thought of as good enough for many other artists to cover his songs over the years. | |
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Bladerunner said: lovemachine said: Bladerunner said: lovemachine said: BTW for the people who are choosing Prince have you not listened to his music? Just listen to the NPS album or the Rave album and try tell me he is the best lyricist of all time Very often Prince's lyrics either don't make sense or are just stupid. Don't get me wrong he has written some GREAT songs such as NC2U, IIWYG, but he also tends to write lyrics like:
"I know you got a young man You don't care about Me darker than quicksand and taller than a tree" What?... Darker than quicksand
. [This message was edited Sat Nov 30 12:54:16 PST 2002 by lovemachine] That same thing could be said of any number of artists who have recorded a boatload of songs over a 25 year period. I think some of Dylan's lyrics don't make sense either but he's supposed to be the world's greatest lyricist. But out of the thousands of songs that Prince has written how many could be considered truly great from a lyrical standpoint? I would say the answer is maybe 15-20 (if he is lucky). This is why Prince would never be mentioned in a question like this anywhere else but on Prince.org That's my point. With as many songs as he has written you're going to find some not so great ones and that's the case with anyone who writes as many. As far as the number of 'truly great' songs, it's not something I've sat down and thought about or looked into to come up with a number. And apparently he's thought of as good enough for many other artists to cover his songs over the years. But this thread isn't about great songs, it's about great lyrics and lyrics are probably/typically the weakest park of Prince's music. | |
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lovemachine said: Bladerunner said: lovemachine said: Bladerunner said: lovemachine said: BTW for the people who are choosing Prince have you not listened to his music? Just listen to the NPS album or the Rave album and try tell me he is the best lyricist of all time Very often Prince's lyrics either don't make sense or are just stupid. Don't get me wrong he has written some GREAT songs such as NC2U, IIWYG, but he also tends to write lyrics like:
"I know you got a young man You don't care about Me darker than quicksand and taller than a tree" What?... Darker than quicksand
. [This message was edited Sat Nov 30 12:54:16 PST 2002 by lovemachine] That same thing could be said of any number of artists who have recorded a boatload of songs over a 25 year period. I think some of Dylan's lyrics don't make sense either but he's supposed to be the world's greatest lyricist. But out of the thousands of songs that Prince has written how many could be considered truly great from a lyrical standpoint? I would say the answer is maybe 15-20 (if he is lucky). This is why Prince would never be mentioned in a question like this anywhere else but on Prince.org That's my point. With as many songs as he has written you're going to find some not so great ones and that's the case with anyone who writes as many. As far as the number of 'truly great' songs, it's not something I've sat down and thought about or looked into to come up with a number. And apparently he's thought of as good enough for many other artists to cover his songs over the years. But this thread isn't about great songs, it's about great lyrics and lyrics are probably/typically the weakest park of Prince's music. Well now you're nitpicking. If a song doesn't have great lyrics its not considered a great song. | |
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