"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" is a great song from that album. It's also featured on the Heavy Metal soundtrack.
Which band is your favorite for their lyrics?
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"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" is a great song from that album. It's also featured on the Heavy Metal soundtrack.
Full of good songs. "After Dark" "Vengeance" etc
I'll join the masses that say Rush, there's just no denying that.
Sting. I always thought that his lyrics were great, especially on the last album by The Police, "Synchronicity". His solo work has some great lyrical content as well.
Steve Kilbey-The Church. Their album, "Starfish" is about the only album that did ok in the States since it had "Under the Milky Way" on it. But they have a vast catalog full of great Lyrics.
Sting. I always thought that his lyrics were great, especially on the last album by The Police, "Synchronicity". His solo work has some great lyrical content as well.
Steve Kilbey-The Church. Their album, "Starfish" is about the only album that did ok in the States since it had "Under the Milky Way" on it. But they have a vast catalog full of great Lyrics.
2 Live crew.... 
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Eagles, Billy Joel, Toby Keith, Zack Brown Band, Meatloaf, Jimmy Buffet, Blake Shelton....hell all my on Pandora which includes many listed from others above with a definite heavy country and older rock weighting.
I loved it a long time before but after my dad passed, even more. Harry Chapin - Cat's in the cradle. Makes me tear up but I can't shut it off. I see him>me>my son for all of it. Same thing for the many of the John Denver songs he listened to. American soldier-TK, My Old Man-ZBB, (Sittin' on) The dock of the bay
.Eagles, Billy Joel, Toby Keith, Zack Brown Band, Meatloaf, Jimmy Buffet, Blake Shelton....hell all my
on Pandora which includes many listed from others above with a definite heavy country and older rock weighting.I loved it a long time before but after my dad passed, even more. Harry Chapin - Cat's in the cradle. Makes me tear up but I can't shut it off. I see him>me>my son for all of it. Same thing for the many of the John Denver songs he listened to. American soldier-TK, My Old Man-ZBB, (Sittin' on) The dock of the bay
More cowbell
Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane ( White Rabbit), Guns N Roses
Lots of my favorites are probably more "singer-songwriters" than bands. Does that count?
John Prine
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings
James McMurtry
Steve Earle
Springsteen
John Hiatt
Leonard Cohen
John Prine
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings
James McMurtry
Steve Earle
Springsteen
John Hiatt
Leonard Cohen
My first pick in my head when I read the title of this post was Rush. Masterful stories told within the lyrics, both Getty Lee and Neil get the credit. Neil is a legend… RIP professor.
I don't know any 2 Live lyrics.2 Live crew....
But more to the point, Eminem is insane about what and how he writes about things.
Even though he's trash as a human, the way Kanye writes, the stories he tells, and how he tell them is a clinic. There are a few websites that dive into this and it's fascinating.
Junior Brown has some good fun lyrics plus great guitar work. Rush, Pink Floyd and BOC definitely rank high on the list.
He was the best .. my favorite of all time.
How could I forget Tom Waits?
Lyrics AND cowbell:
And these character sketches:
Lyrics AND cowbell:
And these character sketches:
Peter Gabriel
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Nightwish, Metallica, Evanescence, Linkin Park (lots of pain in those lyrics), Rammstein, Rush, Stan Rogers, Type O Negative.
Iron Maiden can spin some yarns....
Pretty much anything Rise Against, Re-Education (Through Labor) is my all time favorite though.
Elvis Costello. Mark Knopfler.
So when it comes to lyrics, what do you guys like best?
1. Straightforward lyrics?
2. Lyrics that are open to interpretation/lyrics that involve thought?
Some songs are straight to the point, while others are not.
For example, take "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. That song was played at a lot of weddings back in the day, but it wasn't an appropriate wedding song. Sting has said as much.
Another example by The Police, is Synchronicity ll". Knowing what synchronicity is, you piece the song together to realize that the main character in the song has a monster awaking in him. What happens at the end of the song is left open, what does he do? The monster has come to the surface and is at the door.
1. Straightforward lyrics?
2. Lyrics that are open to interpretation/lyrics that involve thought?
Some songs are straight to the point, while others are not.
For example, take "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. That song was played at a lot of weddings back in the day, but it wasn't an appropriate wedding song. Sting has said as much.
Another example by The Police, is Synchronicity ll". Knowing what synchronicity is, you piece the song together to realize that the main character in the song has a monster awaking in him. What happens at the end of the song is left open, what does he do? The monster has come to the surface and is at the door.
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