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Who are your favorite lyricists and why?

For me in no particular order it would be...

Reese Roper - Bands: Five Iron Frenzy, BraveSaintSaturn, Roper: From extremely funny to extremely sad and poignant to convicting, Reese can write it all and make it work extremely well.

Josh Dies - Showbread, Dies: Man, does this dude know how to craft lyrics, always insightful, many times witty, ton's o' fun, and always rad.

Darin Kiem - Staple: Some of the most truthful and convicting lyrics, always makes you think, "wow that's just like me."

Aaron Weiss - meWithoutYou: I honestly think that this guy is the best lyricist of all time, I've listened to songs countless times and still got something new from the lyrics. This dude is a great poet.

Steve Camp - Steve Camp: Pretty much extremely convicting lyrics that are really well crafted.

Aaron Weiss - meWithoutYou: I honestly think that this guy is the best lyricist of all time, I've listened to songs countless times and still got something new from the lyrics. This dude is a great poet.

this x100.

the singer from my epic, he also has astounding lyrics. They are deep and poetic, and make you think.

anathallo also has a great lyricist.
"the synapses still fire and direct my thoughts
They just seem tired of hunting for homes
And I'm not brave enough to say that I'm not afraid
Should I return to confused bits of blindness"

(Its hard to find all their lyrics online, but this is one of the really good songs.)

hmm who elseeee...
I like john foreman. He's good.

the singer from as cities burn is also greaaat.

thrice
psalters
the chariot, they are all good. although the psalters is more like.. liturgical sometimes. but i like it. :]

Jon Foreman and Dustin Kensrue were also ones that I forgot to add.

Uh...uh...Stephen Sondheim!

He writes lyrics for musical theater.

Definitely John Fogerty. He wrote some of the greatest songs ever recorded such as "Proud Mary", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" and "Who'll Stop the Rain?".

And you can't forget the philosophical lyrical genius, Jim Morrison.
Especially "Moonlight Drive". One of the first songs he's written, and it's still a big hit even after his passing.
Did you know Jim Morrison's writing his greatly inspired by a childhood incident where him and his family were driving through the desert and a truck filled with Native Americans was splattered over the road, all dead and or dying?

It's true.

Another one that I should add to my list is...

Glen Hansard - The Frames, The Swell Season, Once OST: All his lyrics are deep and moving, I challenge anyone to listen to them and not be moved by the lyrics.

at the gates:realy dark stuff that makes you think about the world

dragonforce:overly posotive

Maya for LM.C - his sense of irony and his ability to completely flip the mood of a song in a single line make for lots of fun

Tatsurou for MUCC - the lyrics for "Libra" won me over in an instant

Ryuutaro for Plastic Tree - abstract but beautiful imagery and often a little melancholy--and yet with the occasional ridiculously cracked-out song

Haha, I'm surprised no one posted me yet.
Me and my psychedelic words of wonder.

I got two new songs written - "Octane Drive" and "Damien (Risen)" - so I shall post them, which both go together basically.

Hands down:

Steve Taylor

Mithrandir (post: 1294043) wrote:Hands down:

Steve Taylor

Beat me to it. Seriously, what Christian has done a better job skewering Christianity (all for the benefit of Christianity, of course)?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxETLTcv5BM

Adam Agee! (lead singer of stellar kart!) He is not afraid to sing about Jesus

I'm going to put Jesse Ribordy from Falling Up on the list. All his newer stuff is extremely enigmatic, yet interesting and cool.

Most of my favorites have already been posted, but to say again:

Aaron Weiss of mewithoutYou
Josh Dies of Showbread
Dustin Kensrue of Thrice
Sufjan Stevens
Reese Roper of FIF/Roper
My Epic's lead singer whose name I forget
Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra

And yes. They are all amazing.

Oh. Jesse Lacey from Brand New is also greeeatt. XD

Thomas Youngblood and Roy Khan both in the band Kamelot.

Whoever writes the lyrics for Theocracy...

Yeah that dude who writes the lyrics for Theocracy is definitely extremely good.

Akeboshi All The Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmmmm.....

Leeland Mooring-Leeland: I love the songs he writes! They're positive, moving and he's not afraid to write and sing about Jesus!

Jesse Ribordy is really good as well. I liked some of the songs from Crashings, haven't yet listened to some of the newer stuff though.

Whoever wrote "For the moments I feel faint" from Relient K. I love that song.

Adam Agee is good too.

Whoever wrote "Dandelions" from Five Iron Frenzy.

That's it for right now, I'll probably post more laters.

Dr. Greg Graffin, Trent Reznor, Ken Andrews.

Bob Dylan. OK, I admit he's not the greatest singer in the world, but his lyrics are good. I love "Blowing in the Wind". BTW, is there a Christian version of that song? It seems compatible with Christianity.

rocklobster (post: 1303136) wrote:Bob Dylan. OK, I admit he's not the greatest singer in the world, but his lyrics are good. I love "Blowing in the Wind". BTW, is there a Christian version of that song? It seems compatible with Christianity.

I don't know at what point he wrote that song, but now he professes Christianity.

Usually, I'm more interested in the music being played rather than what's being said......but, I would say......

Reese Roper - Really good lyricist.....can write hilarious senseless songs and songs that really make you think about your faith

Weird Al Yankovic - His lyrics are just too funny

W.S. Gilbert - Someone mentioned Sondheim and theatre, so I'm gonna mention my favorite literary genius here. His songs from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas aren't just funny, but they're catchy and just full of rhyme. Really fun songs if you get into them.

My favorite Lyrics come from Showbread, Dead Poetic, and Oh, Sleeper.

I'm going to have to add Casey Crescenzo of "The Receiving End Of Sirens" and "The Dear Hunter."