Top 7 Lyricist of All Time
 

I'll name the top 7 off my head without examining my CD collection to get a true list with those I initially overlooked. Why 7? It is a cool number, and I'm buzzin' and don't feel like making it to a cooler number, 13....

1. Trent Reznor - he could make the happiest person in the world sad
2. Kurt Cobain - most of his are personal and have to know about him to get the songs
3. Jim Morrison - poet
4. Eddie Vedder - VERY underrated
5. James Hetfield - the black album is his Sgt. Peppers even if his hardcore bitches won't admit it
6. John Lennon - Imagine, enough said
7. Eminem - he cracks me up and his lyrics are very smart when you take apart most of his songs

This really depends on way too many factors for me to give a list.

crooked I

no order:

Paul Simon
Shannon Hoon
Bob Geldof
Peter Gabriel
Pete Townsend
John Lennon
Harry Chapin

Trent Reznor...That's enough:)

john lennon

You're missing 12 between you

In no particular order:

Eminem
Tupac
Chuck D.
Tori Amos
Fiona Apple
Dee Snider (Even though many do not view him as such)
Van Morrison

eminem

why can hardly any of you count?

fuck 7 crooked i takes all seven spots

whoever the hell Crooked I is, it's only one person

Aimee Mann. No doubt about that.

7: It stands for seven, a number greater than one. Example:
* * * * * * * That's 7 (seven) stars.
1: It stands for one. It's less than seven. * That's 1 (one) star.

Notice the difference? Now, let's re-read the title of the thread: "Top 7 Lyricist of All Time" Notice how it's 7 (seven) and not 1 (one). Understand now?

aimee mann is awesome. i rember when she sang w/ til tuesday. i have a song of theres on my one 80's cd. i like her music

Trent Reznor
Brad Nowell
Gavin Rossdale
Eminem
Dr Dre

come on, two more, you can do it

Ding ding! Genius alert!

Let’s all thank Sam the Egg for compiling a complete list of seven hackneyed run-of-the-mill dipshits (excluding a couple). Congratulations Mr. Eggspert: you can count!

Yes I understand that the thread title asks for seven of them – a Cocker Spaniel with a sucking chest wound could have devised as much. I also understand that the author of the thread failed to use the plural form of the word lyricist when requesting that we indicate seven of them. Furthermore, we are asked to list seven of the “top” lyricists. The problem here is that “top” is not a quantitative word – that is to say, someone or something that occupies the position of top does not do so in varying degrees. By this “list seven of the top” logic it would be reasonable to conclude that anybody who is not the worst could be considered one of the “top” lyricists of all time, and I don’t go for that shit. If someone is the best, they cannot be “one of the best,” they are, quite simply, THE best.

And so it is not the case that anyone has failed to understand the objective of the original question, but that the question itself is, in fact, a flawed one, and so I have chosen to answer it in a reasonable manner.

Next time spare us the pointless attempt at self-important clarification. Nobody cares.

You're still not answering the question. The question asks for seven. If you're not going to answer it right, then don't bother answering it at all. Giving one, or five, when they ask for seven makes you look like an idiot who can't count

In no particular order...



Tupac Shakur
Bob Dylan
Kut Cobain (Nirvana)
Brad Nowell (Sublime)
Todd Lewis (Toadies, Burden Brothers)
Eminem
John Lennon (The Beatles)

Top: 1. The uppermost part, point, surface, or end.

2. The highest degree, pitch, or point; the peak, acme, or zenith.

Notice that the definition uses the exclusive terms "highest" and "uppermost" rather than a vague one such as "high" or "upper." “Highest” (and "top" for that matter) refers to a single position that lies above all others and is without an equal, whereas "high" merely refers to a generally upward position, slightly greater than mediocre, and in the company of many others.

I have answered the question. I have done so correctly.

This does not suggest that I am an idiot who can't count, but rather quite the opposite and if you continue to disagree with this, you are asserting that you are a jackass who can't read.

As for that obnoxious asterisk business… Cut that shit out. Nobody’s that stupid.

They asked for seven, list seven. If you can't think of seven, or don't want to list seven, then find one of the other 800 "top whatever" or "favorite whatever" lists people have made.


Oh, many people on this board alone are that stupid

Keep this up and you just might convince me.

I'm feeling good today. Tell you what: I've taken it upon myself to go ahead and compile a list in compliance with the mickey mouse regulations that the initial poster had requested. At the top of the list is the best lyricist, and listed below her are six other lyricists that are good but none of which are as good as the best. Why six? Because it's arbitrary, of course.

This took me a while because I was hard pressed to find six more good lyricists -- but nonetheless, and after much contemplation, I have come up with, get this... seven of them. Enjoy.


1. Aimee Mann

2. (Insert generic artist here.)
3. (Insert generic artist here.)
4. (Insert generic artist here.)
5. (Insert generic artist here.)
6. (Insert generic artist here.)
7. (Insert generic artist here.)


:eek:

hey, 2-7 are the same! That's only 2

Fine 2 more:

Tupac
Cat Stevens

Thank you. See? Some people can add more people to their list and be civil about it

EDIT: Screw it. I don't feel like arguing with a moron like Soul Eater.

Dr.dre is my favorite rappers but he doesnt write his own lyrics jay-z wrote for his last album

Moron.........moron.........moron.........moron

Someone just ruined my day.

Are you reluctant to argue because you feel as though I'm too stubborn to consider your viewpoint or are you afraid of what you might demonstrate with another limp-wristed attempt at insulting me? I'll tell you one thing for sure; wiping your ass with your keyboard would likely produce a more effective insult than that last turd you threw at me. All for the defense of an egg whose only excuse is ignorance -- a shell not even Hercules could break... or are you simply confused as well? As humorous as this thread really is, I'm not the one that should be cracking up; the yolk's on you buddy. <---- I'm sorry, I just had to.

*flip*

Sam and I have had our words and this discussion should have run its course, but if you wish for our skulls to collide, you know what it takes. If you'de rather not prolong this debacle then that's fine... just don't fart on your way out next time.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by SoulEater
[B]Moron.........moron.........moron.........moron

Someone just ruined my day.

Are you reluctant to argue because you feel as though I'm too stubborn to consider your viewpoint or are you afraid of what you might demonstrate with another limp-wristed attempt at insulting me? I'll tell you one thing for sure; wiping your ass with your keyboard would likely produce a more effective insult than that last turd you threw at me. All for the defense of an egg whose only excuse is ignorance -- a shell not even Hercules could bre

LMAO!!! OK, I just HAVE to do this:

Sam =

LOL, while this flame war is becomeing pretty humorous. Im gonna have to mod it if it goes on to far. Just a warning. But i will sit around and wait for sams response, i think its only fair that we wait for sams response tho.

LOL Oh, the beef between Sam and Souleater has been sqwaushed for some time. Just thought I would be naughty and post that to see what Sam's reaction would be. hehe

LOL that IS naughty of you.

"Moron.........moron.........moron.........mor on

Someone just ruined my day."

I'm sure. Go eat a donut, fucker.

"Are you reluctant to argue because you feel as though I'm too stubborn to consider your viewpoint or are you afraid of what you might demonstrate with another limp-wristed attempt at insulting me?"

I'm reluctant to argue with you because you have the IQ of sponge collecting piss.

"I'll tell you one thing for sure; wiping your ass with your keyboard would likely produce a more effective insult than that last turd you threw at me.

Considering it was there for a couple days without your reply, I'm assuming you are lying or you were so consumed with looking up certain words in the dictionary you took over 5 days to respond, pussy.

"All for the defense of an egg whose only excuse is ignorance -- a shell not even Hercules could break... or are you simply confused as well? As humorous as this thread really is, I'm not the one that should be cracking up; the yolk's on you buddy. <---- I'm sorry, I just had to."

Sam is a moron; however, compared to you, he's a genius.

"*flip*"

Is that what your BF does every night when deciding which end you he should suck?

"Sam and I have had our words and this discussion should have run its course, but if you wish for our skulls to collide, you know what it takes. If you'de rather not prolong this debacle then that's fine... just don't fart on your way out next time."

Bitch, you have posted the majority of your shit since I quit posting. I'd have you and Sam spinning in your tracks if I gave a fuck about either of you. I only come to this site for upcoming movie news. I read the majority of you losers' posts to get a laugh.

P.S. Spell check, fucker! It is you'Re, you fucker. It is not you'De! For someone that corrects a post, it would seen someone with half a brain would have caught that!


Arioch,

I hope what lititle you've read of me would show you where I stand. None of this matters. If I'm banned I won't give a shit. If anyone wants at it and I bother to come check up, bring it. Personally, I have legal (lawyer, not criminal) and musical issues to worry about in my life. I don't give a fuck about this site one way or the other.

Have at it....

I'll post this before some posters don't realize a couple of the jokes. I've left some words incorrect in their usage with others grammatically, and I've left some completely out. I await to laugh at some of the fools like "Souleater" that will try to complete them and be incorrect. That is why they are there....

Not sure if you're a dipshit? In just a few quick steps you can render that fact indisputable:

1. Drop the 'F-bomb.'

- No sooner than seven words into your reply... Bam! Just when a donut was starting to sound appetizing, you go and smear shit all over your own credibility. (Don't blabber about the fact that I said shit and that shit will just as quickly shatter my merit. Nobody cares. Fucker. (see "irony")

2. Mention more important things that you could be doing.

- I found it particularly endearing when you brought up the little bit about having legal matters to which you should attend. I suspect that, from this little assertion, I'm supposed to consider myself both lucky and vulnerable to be tangling with such a prestigious and magnificent lawyer in training. None of that matters. Should I take the time to mention the fact that I need to slouch in my seat while driving because my balls are so huge? No. Nobody cares about that, and certainly nobody cares about your stupid law hobby so long as you continue to come here and parade your imbecility.

I have an idea! When you get that certificate that beamingly states your having endured a decade of bullshit ‘education’ in law, despite the tragedy of your failing to learn anything relevant to anything, do yourself a favor and stuff it in your mouth so that it might serve a practical purpose by stemming the raging flow of nonsense spilling from it. Since you are a law student, I pray to goodness that you are able to defend others better than you have yourself -- and G-d forbid you ever have to do that in a serious environment. Shit flows upstream… do they have a ‘law’ for that in your department? Oh wait, I’m equivocating. We’d better stop before this gets over our heads.

3. Pull out the ‘dictionary’ comment.

- Yeah, just last night I pulled out the dictionary and scoured it for words containing more than three syllables so that I could use them against you. Dictionaries don’t teach context and if you feel threatened by the use of such words, then it’s your own damn fault for not understanding their application -- and I'm sure you do understand them so we need not go on about that. The ‘dictionary’ accusation should be reserved for dilettantes in the academic arena that are trying to pass themselves off as something they are not.

4. Point out grammatical and/or spelling errors.

And someone with half a brain did catch it... You! Congratulations tool.

- When all else fails, throw peanuts. If you were to ask a monkey what the difference between a diminished seventh chord and its counterpart in the relative minor key is, you might be answered by an assortment of grunting noises, chest pounding, or projectile feces. You are guilty on this account, and you won’t hear any of this noise from me because it's exactly what unoriginal morons do when they can't muster anything relevant to say in their own defense. Thank goodness that something so simple as spellchecker can cover my ass from now on. Unfortunately for you, spellchecker doesn’t cure lackluster.

5. Level charges of homosexuality.

- Yet again demonstrating your inability to address the real issue, you make another pitiably flaccid attempt at humor. With this statement you have declared that you find homosexuality to be comically amusing, and further, that you believe others would be similarly amused by your cleverness. Please excuse me while I make an announcement… Corral the dip-shits, NirvanaNole is telling fag jokes! Quick, close your mouth before a rampant cock missile finds its way in because there are all sorts of queers out there just waiting to get you. Stupidity is excusable and forgivable, but you’d do well to hide your overt homophobia… if only for the sake of maintaining the illusion of intelligence.

-

Judging by the fact that you tried to squirt some humor into your own post, I'm assuming that you got a few of the jokes in my last offering. Good, except that our posts vary on a fundamentally different level: mine make sense and are funny, while yours are ambiguous and stupid. And don’t pull any of that ‘you don’t get it’ shit with me; I do, but just because something has a joke does not mean that the joke is a good one. Oo, you left out a word or two so that their respective sentences have no real meaning -- what a riot! In fact, the only joke here that actually made me laugh was your sorry attempt to pass off your mistakes as a conscious effort at humor. Or maybe you honestly were trying to be funny -- which would be the sadder circumstance by far. Either way you’re still fucked. Now that’s comedy.

Not sure if I’m right yet? Print this discussion out and let someone you respect read it. If they can do so with a straight face then we’re both losers, but if they do laugh, ask them what it is that they are laughing at.

The cutest part of your reply was when you asked me to ‘bring it.’ As if to simultaneously assert that you are well equipped and eager to deflect any sort of verbal onslaught that I might lead. Which is another reason that you would do well to hide behind your stupid law degree so that you can enjoy the immaculate status of being regarded (by stupid people) as moderately intelligent without ever having to prove it. Clearly I have brought it, and before you ask for more, take a look at the incoherent, juvenile drivel that you’ve coughed up. We’ve heard enough about you, so if you see a problem with the way that I conduct myself, illustrate as much with rational explanation. Show, don’t tell. I do not doubt the fact that you are able to bring it; it’s what you’ve been able to bring that makes me chuckle. – And so, by asking me to ‘bring it’, I can only be conclude that you are pleading with me to stoop down to your troglodyte level of banter in order to achieve a level playing field – and that is ridiculous. All of these problems are on your side of the table, and there is little that I can do to change the fact that you’ve brought a pillow to a knife fight -- dog shit to the King’s buffet, and before the end of this, I will see to it that you eat your words.

Yes, Sam is a moron but I wouldn’t go so far as to say that you make him shine any brighter; there are many different breeds of stupidity out there and all of them are precious in their own way; unique… beautiful. You are your own rainbow and don’t forget that!

I also enjoyed your little disclaimer at the end. As though you’re trying again to show that, as true as any of my comments are, you don’t really care about this, and regardless of what is shown by your lack of profundity and abundance of profanity, you will continue to ignore any sort of constructive criticism that might be afforded you. Would you get banned for that? If anything that you’ve said is even believed to be true, then you, the every-day bozo, carve a miserable figure indeed; you are a man who really cannot count to four, and who, precisely on account of your own stupidity, does not deserved to be punished so harshly as your suspicions would suggest. – Of course that wouldn’t happen; hell, if we were to do that for all guilty parties, this forum would be a lonely place now wouldn’t it? A nice little traffic jam at the gallows with you conducting traffic in Speedos.

Please don’t ban me. * rolls eyes *

Thanks for that.

wow... an argument that has been going on for over a month... i'm amazed

If only it were an argument...

SoulEater should be crowned- - - -


That's my opinion, and if you don't like it, well then you don't like it.