just another music meme
Jun. 16th, 2004 06:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockList your top 10 favorite lyricists, in order if order is possible. Who are the artists or bands whose words get to you and leave you breathless with their brilliance. This is not the same as favorite music or favorite band-- this is the favorite lyrics. Bonus: provide a link to the lyrics of a song that demonstrates their mad poetic skillz.
1. Paul Simon ("I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued")
2. The Smashing Pumpkins ("Forever lost inside ourselves / The night has come to hold us young") and ("With turpentine kisses and mistaken blows")
3. Elton John ("Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand")
4. The Counting Crows ("I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower")
5. Janis Ian ("Greeting one by one every life runs / Flashing before those dashing eyes / Will you dance, will you dance?")
6. U2 ("See the stone set in your eyes")
7. Sarah McLachlan ("into the sea of waking dreams / I follow without pride")
8. Third Eye Blind ("The sun is always in my eyes / It crashes through the windows")
9. The Eagles ("You can spend all your time making money / You can spend all your love making time")
10. Tool ("Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers' souls in motion")
I'm a girl that likes lyrics with big words. Anyone that can rhyme "misconstrued" and do so well gets an applause. This is probably reflective in my choice of artists and bands...like Paul Simon, Janis Ian, Tool. I also tend to like abstract imagery, like Elton John, Third Eye Blind, U2, and Counting Crows.n There were several other bands and artists I would have liked to have named, likeThe Beatles, and Nine Inch Nails, and Tori Amos, and Linda Rondstat. But I stuck with my tip-top favorite lyricists.
1. Paul Simon ("I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued")
2. The Smashing Pumpkins ("Forever lost inside ourselves / The night has come to hold us young") and ("With turpentine kisses and mistaken blows")
3. Elton John ("Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand")
4. The Counting Crows ("I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower")
5. Janis Ian ("Greeting one by one every life runs / Flashing before those dashing eyes / Will you dance, will you dance?")
6. U2 ("See the stone set in your eyes")
7. Sarah McLachlan ("into the sea of waking dreams / I follow without pride")
8. Third Eye Blind ("The sun is always in my eyes / It crashes through the windows")
9. The Eagles ("You can spend all your time making money / You can spend all your love making time")
10. Tool ("Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers' souls in motion")
I'm a girl that likes lyrics with big words. Anyone that can rhyme "misconstrued" and do so well gets an applause. This is probably reflective in my choice of artists and bands...like Paul Simon, Janis Ian, Tool. I also tend to like abstract imagery, like Elton John, Third Eye Blind, U2, and Counting Crows.n There were several other bands and artists I would have liked to have named, likeThe Beatles, and Nine Inch Nails, and Tori Amos, and Linda Rondstat. But I stuck with my tip-top favorite lyricists.
