2007-11-13 16:25:47 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Bob Dylan is great. SO too is Eminem....totally diferent genre I know. But he has said some oh so true stuff and has definately started many a controversy.
2007-11-13 16:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
You can´t say who was (is) the best lyricist of all time, that´s a matter of opinion, of course, but:
Lennon/McCartney
Leonard Cohen
Simon&Garfunkel
and then some folk songs, lyricists unknown:
Auld Lang Syne
You raised me up
(Both Irish, I´m sure!)
(Those two I mentioned above, are so heartbreaking, the lyrics as well as the music, that they just make me cry, unbelievably touching lyrics and music!)
2007-11-14 17:51:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bob Dylan
2007-11-14 00:33:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My favorite is John Lennon. He was very poetic, and his songs said so much. They seemed all straight from his heart. (Beautiful Boy comes to mind especially. Such a sweet ballad to his son!) Imagine is an amazing song that so many people know the lyrics to and love, as well as analyze. He wrote so many ones for the Beatles. In my opinion, they were much more sincere and deep than McCartney's.
John Lennon, hands down.
2007-11-14 23:38:25 · answer #4 · answered by Leafy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cormega -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoc34ZNghqo
the saga remix.
The saga begins
I'm a reflection of the drama within
the ghetto I live in, ****** Moms on crack, Pops just disappeared
the first time you get locked up who really cares?
I see a little snotty nosed with his sneakers on backwards
sleepin' on a mattress when I go to make a sale
at times I wonder, are we goin' straight to Hell?
or does God realize we're tryin' to make it as well
my sleep is interrupted by food on the stove
not gun shots, we're immune to those
some of my friends first bids are two to fours
others are on the run with huge rewards
Mothers watch Son's walk through the door
for the last time 'till they go view at the morgue
life is deep, we all just tryin' to eat
rap's a mental narcotic, I supply the streets
[Chorus]
Look at my life, you see white coke and black roses
and tears shed for passed soldiers
we all walkin' the path chosen
from the cradle 'till the casket's lowered
I still got the black ski mask to throw on
but I can get richer off the tracks I flow on
I'd be lyin' if I said I wasn't hustlin' no more
look at my life..
[Verse 2]
Life ain't fair, shorty pregnant with nowhere to live
sleepin' in a crackhouse 'cause she don't got no relatives
her friends wanna drink brew and beef about who's sale it is
now she's gettin' hungry, she smells the marijuana scent
I paint a picture vividly
as if Picasso's spirit entered me
starin' at the Heavens, secluded in a tinted jeep
I'm sick of hearin' eulogies
I realize my ***** Blue is - a reminder of my past like Greek ruins
yet his seek keeps bloomin'
uneffected by police intrusions
or street illusions we were consumed wit'
I've even grown away from people I grew wit'
I mean we cool, but I don't need to bullsh*t
my mood could switch easily from smooth to ruthless
we ain't built the same so mind games are useless
times change, like the climate I change
check the forecast, I reign
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Live ****** I rep for, deceased, I pour Moet for
those incarcerated, my heart is wit' y'all
I know at times it gets hard behind penetentiary bars
then once free you realize you're mentally scarred
if not physically, if subjected to correctional facilities
prepare for your future to the best of your ability prosper, otherwise
you've been conquered
blowin' up her mobile phone so she can send you a box
Son, I sit inside my residence
and thank God I'm blessed with this poetical gift evident in every
ghetto like graffiti and crack sales
and cabs that won't stop for Black Males
undercovers givin' younger Brothers bad stares
Fours clap, Dogs crap in the grass here
you love to hear the story Son, the saga began here
MC are fictitious yet there's actual facts here
like the Bible said, Jesus had napped hair
[Chorus]
2007-11-14 03:21:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
John Lennon!
2007-11-14 19:22:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Although I'm not a big fan of his singing voice, I have to admit that Bob Dylan has written some of the greatest lyrics of all-time. JMO
2007-11-14 00:30:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The first that came to my mind was Bobby Zimmerman, but as I thought about what lyrics have really made me think, I started thinking along the lines of female artists. I guess one of the things that always gets me is that the females can write about negatives without angst entering into the story they're telling. Artists that come to mind:
Janis Ian
Alanis Morrisette
Tracy Chapman
While I wouldn't consider these in the "Greatest of All Time" category, I wanted (obviously) to shed some light on the girls.
2007-11-14 09:03:13 · answer #8 · answered by the buffster 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Bob Dylan and Neal Peart
2007-11-14 11:27:30 · answer #9 · answered by Titus Pullo 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Since this is the Rock & Pop category, the obvious answer is Bob Dylan.
2007-11-14 00:30:14 · answer #10 · answered by melville22000 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋