What lyricists do you like and why?

[Zombie Queen]

Adam Green, Daniel Johnston, Captain Beefheart, Lou Reed. Not sure why, maybe because English is abstract language for me.
I'm somewhat allergic for pompous lyrics, many songs, widely considered great, just irritate me.

[bibz1st]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTKORcr1jhY

posted for jan

Haha, good one d'ya know I was going to post about Graham Fellows.
Some of his lyrics whether they are the comedic ones aka John Shuttleworth/ Jilted John or more serious, are very clever and he can also tell a story well.

[GaryG]

I like Grant Harts (formerly of Husker Du) lyrics a lot.
...we had to keep the stove on all night long so the mice wouldn't freeze"
-2541

I love this one as sung by Marshall Crenshaw :

...

twenty-five forty-one, big windows to lay in the sun

I thought it was 'let in the sun'? (maybe i've been singing it wrong for nearly thirty years... )

Maybe just how Crenshaw sings it, doesn't matter obviously, songs are there to be interpreted. Never heard that version though so will track it down, thanks! The GoBetweens Robert Forster does a good version if you're interested.

[bibz1st]

(maybe i've been singing it wrong for nearly thirty years... )

That could be a whole new topic by itself

[Aloysius]

Dr. Dre - I kick plenty of ass, so call me an astronaut.

[jancivil]

ok, with all of this heartbreak the insertion of this one is just about inevitable


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8B5FiVg5HA

[incubus]

Dr. Dre - I kick plenty of ass, so call me an astronaut.

[AnX]

https://youtu.be/RQciegmLPAo

[rp314]

Herman Poole Blount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsU99weyY8Y