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By *ce Winger OP Man
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

For me, 10cc were about top of the pile, they were quite diverse in their heyday

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over a year ago

"For me, 10cc were about top of the pile, they were quite diverse in their heyday

Bros you just cant fault "I Owe you Nothing"

joking aside if we can have solo artists it would have to be Prince for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Linkin Park or Muse for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Linkin Park or Muse for me

Good choices .... But is have to add Radio Head too (well their early stuff)

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Steve Winwood was only 18 when he recorded this. Amazing voice.

Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POCUgBSVENQ

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By *ce Winger OP Man
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"For me, 10cc were about top of the pile, they were quite diverse in their heyday

Bros you just cant fault "I Owe you Nothing"

joking aside if we can have solo artists it would have to be Prince for me "

Yeah, he wrote some pretty damned fine and moving stuff too, and also wrote for loads of other artists

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

one direction

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

"one direction "

Hang your head in shame

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Trio

Da da da...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Royal blood do some very clever lyrics

Black crowes.

Beth Hart.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pink Floyd

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By *r Stagger LeeMan
over a year ago

torquay

frank zappa

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Pogues.

Shane MacGowan is a poetical genius.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Linkin Park or Muse for me

Good choices .... But is have to add Radio Head too (well their early stuff) "

Oh yes! Another favourite of mine. Love Pablo Honey and Ok Computer... Great albums

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By *ancscleanguyMan
over a year ago

Preston

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't forget the Macc Lads

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

....all the early material from marilion-scrip from a jesters tear,missplaced childhood-pure musical poetry.the later stuff after fish left wasnt the same class.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

One of my favourite musicians and a fantastic song writer

Foy Vance - Gabriel and the Vagabond

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEiocRuw30c

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

...and this thread shouldn't go any further without mentioning The Smiths.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dolly Parton is a fabulous song writer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGEubdH8m0s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hate to say it but.

The Arctic monkeys.

Shame he is such a twat

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By *ancscleanguyMan
over a year ago

Preston

Frank Zappa's Dinah Moe Humm,

It's brilliantly filthy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"...and this thread shouldn't go any further without mentioning The Smiths.

I should be gagged,bound and punished for not mentioning them myself.

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By *rKinkedKuntMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

Alex Turner is probably one of the best lyricists we have alive today.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depeche Mode

Marillion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Supernaturals lyrics are just brilliant stuff!

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By *r Stagger LeeMan
over a year ago

torquay

always like pete Doherty for his lyrics, shame he let him self down in some of the performances.

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By *rKinkedKuntMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

"Hate to say it but.

The Arctic monkeys.

Shame he is such a twat "

Same goes for Morrissey! Biggest arsehole on face of the planet but can write a line

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By *ce Winger OP Man
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"frank zappa"

Why does it hurt when I pee

I caught it from the toilet seat, it jumped up and grabbed my meat

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vmPwZT-9zY

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By *ancscleanguyMan
over a year ago

Preston

"...and this thread shouldn't go any further without mentioning The Smiths.

I was happy in the haze of a d*unken hour, heaven knows I'm miserable now,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Green Day have some great lyrics and are back on tour, one of the best bands I've seen live and well worth checking out.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

*coffs politely*

Queen - Killer Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weller but in his Jam & Style Council days, not a fan of his solo shite

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

John Lennon - Imagine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVg2EJvvlF8

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By *ancscleanguyMan
over a year ago

Preston

Joy Division-Disorder

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Nirvana - Come As You Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o

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By *GHertsCouple
over a year ago

North Herts

A few from my "era" (as Ms G often teminds me!!). Weller's lyrics in The Jam days were second to none. Much as they're written off by some as a band with no substance Madness are also very lyrically clever once you look beyond the wacky videos and catchy singles. Lord Upminster himself Mr Ian Dury was also much underrated. Paul Heaton/Housemartins/Beautiful South always had a good lyric, ditto Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout.

Mr G

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Blowin in The Wind - Bob Dylan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l4nVByCL44

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

The Kinks - Lola

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LemG0cvc4oU

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By *ce Winger OP Man
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Depeche Mode

Marillion"

Ya gotta love a bit of Fish!

Marillion - Punch and Judy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUZ5xOlXpu8

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nirvana - Come As You Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o"

Love Heart shaped box too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This guy writes beautiful, haunting songs.

Joshua James - Ribbon Bows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAgznlso_-8

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By *ormalguy71Man
over a year ago

Tunbridge Wells

Manic street preachers early stuff

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

The Beatles - A Day In The Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Roger Waters

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By *ce Winger OP Man
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"The Beatles - A Day In The Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM"

Trust you Joe!

Went upstairs and had a smoke

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Some rap artists are lyrically brilliant

One Nation under God

Has turned into

One Nation under the influence

Of one drug

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T. V., it satellite links

Our United States of unconciousness

Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive

The methadone metronome pumping out

A 150 channels 24 hours a day

You can flip through all of them

And still there's nothing worth watching

T. V. Is the reason why less than ten percent of our

Nation reads books daily

Why most people think Central America

Means Kansas

Socialism means unamerican

And Apartheid is a new headache remedy

Absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us

It shapes our minds the most

Maybe the mother of our Nation

Should remind us

That we're sitting to close to. ..

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T. V. Is

The stomping ground for political candidates

Where bears in the woods

Are chased by Grecian Formula'd

Bald eagles

T. V. Is mechanized politic's

Remote control over the masses

Co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases

Watch for the pbs special

It's the perpetuation of the two party system

Where image takes precedence over wisdom

Where sound bite politics are served to

The fastfood culture

Where straight teeth in your mouth

Are more important than the words

That come out of it

Race baiting is the way to get selected

Willie Horton or

Will he not get elected on. ..

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T. V. Is it the reflector or the director?

Does it imitate us or do we imitate it

Because a child watches 1500 murders before he's

Twelve years old and we wonder how we've created

A Jason generation that learns to laugh

Rather than abhor the horror

T. V. Is the place where

Armchair generals and quarterbacks can

Experience first hand

The excitement of video warfare

As the theme song is sung in the background

Sugar sweet sitcoms

That leave us with a bad actor taste while

Pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars

You saw the video

You heard the soundtrack

Well now go buy the soft drink

Well, the only cola that I support

Would be a union C. O. L. A. (Cost of Living Allowance)

On Television.

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

Back again, "New and Improved",

We return to our irregularly programmed schedule

Hidden cleverly between heavy breasted

Beer and car commericals

Cnn espn abc tnt but mostly B. S.

Where oxymoronic language like

"virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"

"light yet filling" and "military intelligence"

Have become standard

T. V. Is the place where phrases are redefined

Like "recession" to "necessary downturn"

"crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"

"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"

And being killed by your own Army

Is now called "friendly fire"

T. V. Is the place where the pursuit

Of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia

Where toothpaste and cars have become s** objects

Where imagination is sucked out of children

By a cathode ray nipple

T. V. Is the only wet nurse

That would create a cripple

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

On Television. ..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Maximo park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szSTJXcVals

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dolly Parton is a fabulous song writer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGEubdH8m0s"
yes and nice tits too by all accounts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nirvana - Come As You Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o

Love Heart shaped box too. "

Every Nirvana fan's fave track and quite rightly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Maximo park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szSTJXcVals"

Very good call Geezer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This guy writes beautiful, haunting songs.

Joshua James - Ribbon Bows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAgznlso_-8"

awesome stuff

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Manic street preachers early stuff "

some later stuff has richey's lyrics still

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't forget the Macc Lads

As a Macclesfield gent; no!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have a listen to the Virginmarys.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The kings of the mixed metaphor

Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cold

https://youtu.be/iCPQOl4pMMw

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Dolly Parton is a fabulous song writer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGEubdH8m0s"

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

BEST opening to ANY album EVER!!!

Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

One of the best opening lyrics... delicious...

Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8OipmKFDeM

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Careless. Almost forgot Talking Heads. Not a famous one but apropos for Fab.

Talking Heads - Creatures of Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BMY7gG47fI

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"One of the best opening lyrics... delicious...

Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8OipmKFDeM"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For me, 10cc were about top of the pile, they were quite diverse in their heyday

The Smiths

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Velvet Underground - I´m Waiting For The Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hugY9CwhfzE

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Some rap artists are lyrically brilliant

One Nation under God

Has turned into

One Nation under the influence

Of one drug

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T. V., it satellite links

Our United States of unconciousness

Apathetic therapeutic and extremely addictive

The methadone metronome pumping out

A 150 channels 24 hours a day

You can flip through all of them

And still there's nothing worth watching

T. V. Is the reason why less than ten percent of our

Nation reads books daily

Why most people think Central America

Means Kansas

Socialism means unamerican

And Apartheid is a new headache remedy

Absorbed in it's world it's so hard to find us

It shapes our minds the most

Maybe the mother of our Nation

Should remind us

That we're sitting to close to. ..

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T. V. Is

The stomping ground for political candidates

Where bears in the woods

Are chased by Grecian Formula'd

Bald eagles

T. V. Is mechanized politic's

Remote control over the masses

Co-sponsered by environmentally safe gases

Watch for the pbs special

It's the perpetuation of the two party system

Where image takes precedence over wisdom

Where sound bite politics are served to

The fastfood culture

Where straight teeth in your mouth

Are more important than the words

That come out of it

Race baiting is the way to get selected

Willie Horton or

Will he not get elected on. ..

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

T. V. Is it the reflector or the director?

Does it imitate us or do we imitate it

Because a child watches 1500 murders before he's

Twelve years old and we wonder how we've created

A Jason generation that learns to laugh

Rather than abhor the horror

T. V. Is the place where

Armchair generals and quarterbacks can

Experience first hand

The excitement of video warfare

As the theme song is sung in the background

Sugar sweet sitcoms

That leave us with a bad actor taste while

Pop stars metamorphosize into soda pop stars

You saw the video

You heard the soundtrack

Well now go buy the soft drink

Well, the only cola that I support

Would be a union C. O. L. A. (Cost of Living Allowance)

On Television.

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

Back again, "New and Improved",

We return to our irregularly programmed schedule

Hidden cleverly between heavy breasted

Beer and car commericals

Cnn espn abc tnt but mostly B. S.

Where oxymoronic language like

"virtually spotless" "fresh frozen"

"light yet filling" and "military intelligence"

Have become standard

T. V. Is the place where phrases are redefined

Like "recession" to "necessary downturn"

"crude oil" on a beach to "mousse"

"Civilian death" to "collateral damages"

And being killed by your own Army

Is now called "friendly fire"

T. V. Is the place where the pursuit

Of happiness has become the pursuit of trivia

Where toothpaste and cars have become s** objects

Where imagination is sucked out of children

By a cathode ray nipple

T. V. Is the only wet nurse

That would create a cripple

Television, the drug of the Nation

Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation

On Television. ..

Agreed. Loved the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy. Weirdly difficult to find that track on YouTube or other sources.

Michael Franti has really gone downhill though. Some of his latest generic acoustic love songs are awful.

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

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By *r Stagger LeeMan
over a year ago

torquay

ian brown has to be up there as one of my favourite lyricist, both for the stuff with the stone roses and his solo work

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5h0qHwNrHk

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By *ce Winger OP Man
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"BEST opening to ANY album EVER!!!

Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg"

Off Fuck rearrange

Back In Black - AC/DC

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAgnJDJN4VA

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By *ogerNesszonesMan
over a year ago

Northern England

Tom Waits. Nobody even comes close in my humble opinion. He wrote this amazing song when he was just 23!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDcco9rGOlE

and this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXXHT8v52I

If these songs don't move you, then I suggest you search for your soul.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nine inch nails or Johnny Cash , Hurt

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBfjU3_XOaA

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pete Doherty. He might be a wee junkie theiving cunt but he writes some amazing music

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over a year ago

Stereophonics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Pete Doherty. He might be a wee junkie theiving cunt but he writes some amazing music "

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Tom Waits. Nobody even comes close in my humble opinion. He wrote this amazing song when he was just 23!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDcco9rGOlE

and this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXXHT8v52I

If these songs don't move you, then I suggest you search for your soul.

OMG!!!

Genius!

"...and a solitary sailor spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers..."

Tom Waits - The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5poYkQnOr0

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over a year ago

"Tom Waits. Nobody even comes close in my humble opinion. He wrote this amazing song when he was just 23!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDcco9rGOlE

and this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXXHT8v52I

If these songs don't move you, then I suggest you search for your soul.

Abso-fuckin-lutely

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By *ELLONS AND CREAMWoman
over a year ago

stourbridge area

Genesis .... when peter Gabriel was the front man ...

Fleetwood mac .... peter green days ..... and present ... though stevie nicks has gone quite strange now .... but she can still twirl them scarves .... lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bright Eyes

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By *ogerNesszonesMan
over a year ago

Northern England

"Tom Waits. Nobody even comes close in my humble opinion. He wrote this amazing song when he was just 23!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDcco9rGOlE

and this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXXHT8v52I

If these songs don't move you, then I suggest you search for your soul.

OMG!!!

Genius!

"...and a solitary sailor spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers..."

Tom Waits - The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5poYkQnOr0"

PMG Indeed. They'll play this one at my funeral - just before the party starts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1MNGbhlxcw

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bright Eyes, just because

Bright Eyes - Land Locked Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me85PztkYP0

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By *ce Winger OP Man
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Genesis .... when peter Gabriel was the front man ...

Fleetwood mac .... peter green days ..... and present ... though stevie nicks has gone quite strange now .... but she can still twirl them scarves .... lol "

Ha ha, check this one out

www.youtube.com/watch?v=umjYHLt56kg

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bright Eyes"

Snap

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bright Eyes, just because

Bright Eyes - Land Locked Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me85PztkYP0"

Basically the whole of the Lifted album too, so many people are missing out on some of the greatest 21st poetry around

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

"Tom Waits. Nobody even comes close in my humble opinion. He wrote this amazing song when he was just 23!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDcco9rGOlE

and this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXXHT8v52I

If these songs don't move you, then I suggest you search for your soul.

OMG!!!

Genius!

"...and a solitary sailor spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers..."

Tom Waits - The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5poYkQnOr0

PMG Indeed. They'll play this one at my funeral - just before the party starts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1MNGbhlxcw"

That's fitting but I want this at my funeral, not because I think it's fitting but because I love it

Talking Heads - Nothing But Flowers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=068AFYvd58E

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Genesis... Ripples. My favourite song growing up

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By *atcherwankerMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

On a contemporary note, I'd like to propose Every Time I Die for consideration. Keith Buckley really does enjoy playing around with language, it borders on a string of puns on occasion.

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over a year ago

The Smiths and Arctic Monkeys

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By *icklybitMan
over a year ago

Ayrshire

Half Man Half Biscuit, four lads that shook the Wirral.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Duran Duran...

Say no more!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bright Eyes, just because

Bright Eyes - Land Locked Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me85PztkYP0

Basically the whole of the Lifted album too, so many people are missing out on some of the greatest 21st poetry around"

I'm wide awake, it's morning is one of my favourite albums, it's haunting, it's beautiful. Such a good song writer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"ian brown has to be up there as one of my favourite lyricist, both for the stuff with the stone roses and his solo work"

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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago

Hereford

Given that most of the lyricists I thought of have already been mentioned,

I'll leave you with "Rage Against The Machine"

and

"Immortal Technique"

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By *ogerNesszonesMan
over a year ago

Northern England

"Tom Waits. Nobody even comes close in my humble opinion. He wrote this amazing song when he was just 23!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDcco9rGOlE

and this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DXXHT8v52I

If these songs don't move you, then I suggest you search for your soul.

OMG!!!

Genius!

"...and a solitary sailor spends the facts of his life like small change on strangers..."

Tom Waits - The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5poYkQnOr0

PMG Indeed. They'll play this one at my funeral - just before the party starts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1MNGbhlxcw

That's fitting but I want this at my funeral, not because I think it's fitting but because I love it

Talking Heads - Nothing But Flowers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=068AFYvd58E"

YAY. They'd be calypso-ing round your coffin mate!

No offence ha ha

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over a year ago

I'm wide awake, it's morning is one of my favourite albums, it's haunting, it's beautiful. Such a good song writer. "

Agreed. Shame The Peoples Key wasn't the best note to bow out on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Half man half biscuit...joy division oven gloves!!

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over a year ago

Maximo parks 1st album, a certain trigger is in my opinion lyrically amazing.

I know it's not quite morrissy or any other of the great song writers mentioned in this thread but I fucking love them !

Also such a unique sounding band.

Check out 'going missing'

My favourite track from them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

did anyone mention Crowded House yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag8XcMG1EX4

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

Prince

Bowie

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By *unnynbugsCouple
over a year ago

Neath

Paradise Lost for me. Also love Metallica especially One. Iron Maiden also have some stonking lyrics

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By *ogerNesszonesMan
over a year ago

Northern England

"Royal blood do some very clever lyrics

Black crowes.

Beth Hart. "

Love the Black Crowes. She Talks to Angels is an amazing song. I love Chris Robinson's voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6w2NSELe0A

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Akala

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Akala

Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart Again, if you know the Ian Curtis story they are prophetic and moving lyrics, great tune as well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Akala

Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart Again, if you know the Ian Curtis story they are prophetic and moving lyrics, great tune as well

Akala as in the british rapper..

Not so sure about joy division (not my musical bag at all) and not sure who ian curtis is sorry..

Showing my ignorance there.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Divine Comedy, or Neil Hammond..genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3NVPOedkEk

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By *ogerNesszonesMan
over a year ago

Northern England

"The Divine Comedy, or Neil Hammond..genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3NVPOedkEk

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over a year ago

Led Zeppelin.

To this day I'm not sure what a "bustle in your hedgerow/spring clean for the May queen" truly means.

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By *GHertsCouple
over a year ago

North Herts

"Akala

Joy Division, Love Will Tear Us Apart Again, if you know the Ian Curtis story they are prophetic and moving lyrics, great tune as well

Akala as in the british rapper..

Not so sure about joy division (not my musical bag at all) and not sure who ian curtis is sorry..

Showing my ignorance there."

Ian Curtis was the lead singer/lyricist with Joy Division who tragically committed suicide leaving the others to become New Order.

Mr G

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Agree with many already posted lyricists. But I'm also partial to the poetic writing of Joni Mitchell.

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By *ynecplCouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

Pulp or Blur had some pretty good lyrics.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Steven Wilson - on his own or with Porcupine Tree is a genius

Danny Cavanagh of Anathema is pretty good too

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By *ce Winger OP Man
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Led Zeppelin.

To this day I'm not sure what a "bustle in your hedgerow/spring clean for the May queen" truly means. "

Try sussing out Bohemian Rhapsody then, even Freddie admitted he hadn't got a frigging clue what the fuck it was about

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral

"Steve Winwood was only 18 when he recorded this. Amazing voice.

Spencer Davis Group - I'm a Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POCUgBSVENQ"
brilliant

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By *udistnorthantsMan
over a year ago

Desborough

Neil Peart from Rush has come out with some fabulous lyrics over the years.

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over a year ago

The love of my life

Regina Spektor - Human of the Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVHV2nL5JZ0

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Divine Comedy, or Neil Hammond..genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3NVPOedkEk

...and The Duckworth Lewis Method. Crickety genius.

Also, the best album title puns go to Ministry:

The Dark Side of the Spoon

A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste.

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By *ildbillkidMan
over a year ago

where the road goes on forever

https://youtu.be/V123YdGe_bY its not supposed to be that way, willie

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By *L79Man
over a year ago

Home

The Smiths obviously

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Linkin Park or Muse for me

Yep muse and if you care to listen to midnight oil their lyrics are very good but....very political

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Early marillion used to play with lyrics rather well

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