The best lyrics-writers

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Cyrano1959
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The best lyrics-writers

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Whose lyrics do you like the most? Give the top 3 ;)
my favourites:Kamelot The Expedition - Expedition
Dark Sanctuary-Les Mémoires Blessées- D'une Mère A Sa Fille
Ambrosia-Ambrosia- Nice, Nice, Very Nice
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Mourir d'aimer by Charles Aznavour
Love for Sale by Cole Porter
Anachreon's Grab (poem by Heine, music by Hugo Wolf)

Well? You didn't mention dates :P

uh... Shouldn't this be in another category? Like Off Topic?
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Liquid Len
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Wrong forum

Post by Liquid Len »

This needs to be moved to "Off Topic"

Best 3 ? Hmm, off the top of my head :

Steely Dan (Fagen/Becker) - Throw Back the Little Ones
Moody Blues (Ray Thomas) - Eternity Road
Gerry Rafferty - Whatever's Written In Your Heart


Honourable mention - Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Suite
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Elvis Costello has witten the odd good word or two.
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Those of Luis Alberto Spinnetta, but unfortunately they are in Spanish language.
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Nat King Cole. Just love the way you can listen to his music, and also listen to the words at the same time, and they work togther very well. Oh, wait, that's fundamentally what singin's all about isn't it.. I love the old slow bigband swing tunes...
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Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa,..Men Have Balled You....
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Smooth :D
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Post by Astral Fridge Magnet »

A guy called Don Walker from an "old" Australian band called Cold Chisel. I think he wrote some great stuff!!!
Bob Dylan wrote some truly inspiring stuff too, though I didn't always like the music.
Well, actually, there are loads of great lyric writers. The above two are the first that come to my mind.
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Post by Counterparts »

Whose lyrics, eh?

(off the) top-of-my-head:

Leonard Cohen
Captain Beefheart
Neil Peart

I really like the lyrics these guys come up with. Honorary mention to Kate Bush too :-)
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The best for me and for a great part of this part of the world...
Joan Manuel Serrat (in the world of spanish and catalan singing)
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