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What songs feature the best lyrics?
Posted: 18 Apr 2009, 21:25
by Kosmex5
Do you have any songs or bands you love for their lyrics?
I think Fleetwood Mac songs have great lyrics (Stevie Nicks is a great writer.) Joy Divisions "Love will tear us apart" is one of my favorites too.
lol
Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 21:20
by DreamWeaver121
I think some of the greatest lyrics ever are
Poison (every rose has its thorn and something to beleive in)
Aerosmith (Dream on and Nobodys fault)
Steve miller band (the joker)
Sublime (What i got and Caress me down)
Robbie williams (angels and let me entertain you and king of the bongo)
Lenny Krevitz (Fly away and black velveteen)
Billy joel (Vienna)
aaarrrrghhh their are so many good ones its so hard to pick lol this is just the beginning......
Posted: 27 May 2009, 13:55
by atrixa
The songs which imo have the greatest lyrics are also my favourite songs, so in no particular order:
Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie
Hallelujah- Rufus Wainwright
Jesus Christ- Brand New
Across the Universe - Fiona Apple
and various songs by My Chemical Romance. Some of their lyrics are really inspirational and moving.
good song lyrics
Posted: 05 Jun 2009, 05:16
by giorgia
Death Cab for Cutie have a song, about the death of Ben Gibbard's dad, which are intriguing. It's called Styrofoam Plates:
You're a disgrace to the concept of family
The priest won't divulge that fact in his homily and i'll stand up and scream
If the mourning remain quiet, you can deck out a lie in a suit but i won't buy it.
I won't join in the procession that's speaking their peace, using five dollar words while praising his integrity. and just cause he's gone it doesn't change the fact... he was a bastard in life thus a bastard in death.
Posted: 20 Jul 2009, 21:05
by Loops
I love LifeHouse for their lyrics.
Posted: 21 Jul 2009, 00:40
by shanshaukat
i love shah rukh s songs lyrics
Posted: 21 Jul 2009, 00:42
by shanshaukat
i also agree with loops
Posted: 21 Jul 2009, 10:40
by prettyvicky
for me it's "somewhere only we know" by keane. makes me cry everytime i hear it.

Posted: 24 Jul 2009, 15:37
by starpollux99
Check out this band called The Mountain Goats, he has some really great lyrics, here is a sample from a song called "quetzalcoatl eats plums", simple and beautiful.
i meant to leave the house this morning
and begin making my way toward where you are
i meant to leave the house this morning
i made it halfway across the front yard
but the plum tree hung heavy in my head
and the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
and the plum tree hung heavy over me
so i tore off to the phone
to call you and tell you something, but i couldn't remember what
because through the clean, clean windows
saw the plum tree's leaves, as red as fresh blood
and the plum tree hung heavy in my head
and the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
and the plum tree hung heavy over me
Posted: 25 Jul 2009, 12:39
by archanadevi
I like gajini songs lyrics
Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 12:59
by iselin
octavo dia by shakira, a deeply meaningful song..
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Posted: 28 Jul 2009, 13:06
by humble
^^I honestly doubt Shakira can make a deeply meaningful song. Well, it can have a certain meaning, but aesthetically it's s**t.
Since this is an english speaking forum, my favourites in english are:
Aesop Rock
Subtle
Slug of Atmosphere
Sage Francis
Sole
Buck 65
Posted: 29 Jul 2009, 13:34
by shanshaukat
tery bina tery bina lagta nhi mera jia tery siva tery siva chaln mery sasany na ry na
Posted: 30 Jul 2009, 02:37
by pmaterial4
atrixa wrote:The songs which imo have the greatest lyrics are also my favourite songs, so in no particular order:
Across the Universe - Fiona Apple
That's actually written by The Beatles if we're talking about great lyrics.
Posted: 30 Jul 2009, 02:38
by pmaterial4
Last Flowers - Radiohead
Videotape - Radiohead
Sleepy California - Herspace Holiday
songs that make me tear up