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 Post subject: Rank Your 10 Favorite Lyricists
PostPosted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:26 pm 
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10. Ben Gibbard
9. David Bazan
8. Hoyt Axton
7. Miles Kurosky
6. Neil Young
5. Mark Kozelek
4. Elvis Costello
3. John Vanderslice
2. Donald Fagen
1. Chuck Cleaver

np: Arc Angels - "Good Time"

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these arent ranked, mainly because it would be impossible to do so.
richard ashcroft
bob dylan
ray davies
chuck d
ian curtis
richey edwards
nicky wire
lou reed
neil young
thom yorke


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Not necessarily in order (because that would be too hard):
Nick Cave
Morrissey
Ray Davies
Bob Dylan
Joe Strummer
Shane MacGowan
Jay Farrar
Stuart Murdoch
Jarvis Cocker
Jeff Mangum

EDIT: To replace Albarn with Mangum. And I have to give a nod to Bob Pollard, if only for "Smothered In Hugs" -- fucking brilliant.

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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(Before all that Are we there yet? nonsense, he was spot-on.)
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10. [reserved for some obvious omission on my part]
9. Luke Haines
8. Elvis Costello
7. Morrissey
6. Caetano Veloso
5. Leonard Cohen
4. Lee Hazlewood
3. Curtis Mayfield
2. Townes Van Zandt
1. Bob Dylan
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billy g Wrote:
6. Caetano Veloso
5. Leonard Cohen
4. Lee Hazlewood


That is an unf---withable run, there.

Also, if you're Milwaukee or the midwest in the next few months, and you get word of a show by a gal billed as Puff-Puff, take a flyer on it. I just saw her appearance at a jazz spot on Water -- she was playing with my cousin (her boyfriend), she on vox and xylophone, he on guitar and sequencer -- and it was quite good. Best of all, during the second mini-mission she did a great one-take on "Suzanne", on guitar and vox.
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I refuse to rank. I will give the first 10 that pop into my head

Warren Zevon
Townes Van Zandt
Billy Bragg
Randy Newman
Steve Poltz
Paul Westerberg
Wally Pleasant
Shane MacGowan
Ice Cube
--- 9 is fine ---

I like Springsteen, but he tends to pull the same tricks out of his hat. I like Dylan more as I get older, but he does throw some bullshit in there. To me, Neil Young is more of an overall package than individual pieces (took my fiddle and broke it down the middle?).

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 Post subject: Re: Rank Your 10 Favorite Lyricists
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7. Miles Kurosky


Yes. Fuckin' a, right.

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3. Curtis Mayfield


Great call, beeg!

np: Call & Response - "Map"

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I also really like Kurosky and Cleaver.

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By the way, you non-rankers are pussies. (Please don't lock thread, Haq, k?)

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By the way, you non-rankers are pussies. (Please don't lock thread, Haq, k?)


Or lazy.

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OH FUCK. I left out Kris Kristofferson.

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OH FUCK. I left out Kris Kristofferson.


I originally had him on mine, but replaced him with Hoyt Axton, because freedom's just another word for this is my fucking list and I can put on it whoever I want.

np: Rogue Wave - "Perfect"

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Fu Wrote:
OH FUCK. I left out Kris Kristofferson.


That's why you were smart like me and only committed to an initial nine. I'm debating whether 10 is Kristofferson, Westerberg, Strummer or Davies or someone else someone will come up with.
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FT Wrote:
By the way, you non-rankers are pussies. (Please don't lock thread, Haq, k?)


Or lazy.


I'm probably both really.

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By the way, you non-rankers are pussies. (Please don't lock thread, Haq, k?)


I am what I eat.

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my list pwn3z!

Isaac Brock
Spencer Moody
Rick Froberg
John K Samson
Todd Congelliere
Steve Albini
Wayne Coyne
Craig Finn
Chris Besinger
Ian Mackaye

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catswilleatyou: good call on john samson, the first two weakerthans albums had fantastic lyrics.

no order:

john samson
mf doom
elvis costello
ghostface
joe strummer
the gza
(old) bob dylan
guru
tom waits

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catswilleatyou: good call on john samson, the first two weakerthans albums had fantastic lyrics.


i liked all three
i hope they do another one eventually

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1) Richard W. Palmer-James
2) Peter Sinfield

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druucifer Wrote:
no order:

john samson
mf doom
elvis costello
ghostface
joe strummer
the gza
(old) bob dylan
guru
tom waits


nice.

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Paul Westerberg
Jarvis Cocker
Craig Finn
Springsteen
Tom Waits
Billy Bragg
Ron Sexsmith
Raekwon (If I'm picking one rapper, it's gotta be him)
Pete Townsend
Warren Zevon

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bob pollard
robert smith
elvis costello
bob dylan
peter gabriel
john darnielle
john lennon
E (from the eels)
ryan adams
the genius gza

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