Who are some of your favorite lyricists?
Here are mine:
Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Bono (U2)
George Clarke (Deafheaven)
Jacob Bannon (Converge)
Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu)
Kendrick Lamar
Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)
Maynard James Keenan (A Perfect Circle, Tool)
MC Ride (Death Grips)
MF DOOM
Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
Neil Young
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)
Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)
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Joni Mitchell
Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)
Bob Dylan
Ray Davies (The Kinks)
Stuart Murdoch (Belle and Sebastian)
Ray Davies is such an excellent lyricist, so underrated!
Kiedis, really? One of the worst, especially relative to the level of success the band had.
Well it might be because I’m autistic, but I personally like his weird and goofy wordplay. That could just be me tho 🤷🏽
Even RHCP being one of my favourite and the most important band for me, i have to agree, he is not that good
It's such a crime the RHCP got as big as they did. They're so bad it's almost comedic.
Aesop Rock. Dude is the only reason genius.com exists imo.
No that would be Lupe
I love Lupe but in terms of sheer vocab, he's middle of the pack
It’s not just about vocabulary.
When it comes to lyricism I totally agree, but my point was toward genius annotations. It's one thing to write smart bars. It's another to write bars you need degrees in things like psychology and anthropology to even understand.
Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell
Thom Yorke, Adrianne Lenker, Molly Rankin, Mitski, Ezra Koenig, Old Kanye, Kendrick
richey edwards
jamie stewart
Aesop Rock
Tom Waits
Joanna Newsom
Jason Molina
Leonard Cohen
David Berman is my favorite lyricist/poet ever
kurt, specifically on in utero
Milk It is a firestorm!
Sufjan Stevens
Avey Tare
Ezra Koenig
Morrissey. That’s it, that’s the list.
Will Toledo of car seat headrest, of course.