The CRF's Greatest Lyricists Voting Thread

[JerseyGirl]

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. John Lennon
3. Elvis Costello
4. Neil Young
5. Bob Dylan
6. Van Morrison
7. Stevie Nicks
8. Cat Stevens
9. Paul McCartney
10. Tom Petty
11. John Mellencamp
12. Chrissie Hynde
13. Billy Joel
14. Jackson Browne
15. Jeff Lynne

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

I think Jagger/Richards should be counted as 1 vote, since both wrote the lyrics, for the Rolling Stones. Making voters separate them, and count as two, is waste of a extra vote....hopefully other Stones fans will agree.

Just curious, Cosmic Harmony - is Mick Jagger or Keith Richards going to be in your top 15?

Sorry, I take this stuff serious.

Well all four members of Queen wrote the lyrics for the band and I won't be counting them as a whole either so I'm not just picking on the Stones, who (to answer your question), won't be any near my top 15. Though, I'm not even sure if I'll put anyone from Queen in my top 15 either. We'll have to see once I put it together.

 

[Groovy Man]

^ Fair enough...

10. Tom Petty

I knew I forgot somebody!

 

[JerseyGirl]

^ Fair enough...





I knew I forgot somebody!

It's hard to narrow it down and even harder to put them in order.

 

[Phil B.]

Gonna have to mull this one over...

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

1. Tom Waits
2. Jarvis Cocker
3. Eugene Hütz
4. Paul Simon
5. Ian Hunter
6. Bernie Taupin
7. Amanda Palmer
8. Ben Folds
9. David Bowie
10. Bob Dylan
11. Steven Tyler
12. Roger Waters
13. Michael Stipe
14. Patti Smith
15. Carole King



Also I'd like to give some honorable mentions for Tom Gabel (Against Me!) and Greg Graffin (Bad Religion). Both are tremendous lyricists but I know they won't get any votes so there isn't sense in putting them on my lists.....though it's not like Eugene, Amanda, Jarvis, and others on my list probably will either but whatever.

 

[WetWilly]

1.Kris Kristofferson
2.Bob Dylan
3.Paul McCartney
4.John Lennon
5.Robbie Robertson
6.Mick Jagger
7.John Mellencamp
8.Keith Richards
9.Don Henley
10.Pete Townsend
11.Tom Petty
12.Roger Waters
13.Ronnie Van Zant
14.Bruce Springsteen
15.Roky Erickson

 

[Syd]

1.- Bob Dylan
2.- Paul McCartney
3.- Alex Turner
4.- Lou Reed
5.- John Lennon
6.- Syd Barrett
7.- Jim Morrison
8.- Julian Casablancas
9.- Kanye West
10.- Joe Strummer
11.- George Harrison
12.- Chris Martin
13.- Freddie Mercury
14.- Ray Davies
15.- Neil Young

This is my list for now. Will probably change it in some time.

 

[atticusfinch]

Here are my top 15 lyricists in no particular order:

Paul McCartney
Paul Simon
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Costello
Cat Stevens
George Harrison
Pete Townshend
Prince
Johnny Cash
Kate Bush
John Lennon
Billy Joel
Nick Drake

 

[Lynch]

Here's my list of 16 for now...

in no particular order...

Hope that means in not particular order "for now", since the order is important in this vote.