Why are there no good lyricists anymore?
Why are there no good lyricists anymore?
Josiah Collins
Caleb Mitchell
rap
Parker Gomez
Joanna Newsom is arguably the best of all time. Kozelek was top 10 during early RHP.
Austin Johnson
Bob Dylan isn't even good, dont' care what retarded Swedish academics have to say
Benjamin Powell
There hasn't been a good lyricist since Hofmannsthal
Eli Green
Were either of them good?
Nathan Scott
what this guy says, even if a bit hyperbolic both Joanna and Koz are great
people suck him up like crazy, but he's fairly deserving of that imho.
Austin Peterson
This
Zachary Watson
Leonard Cohen is OK, but only OK. He's probably the only passable popular music lyricist
Jaxon Gomez
what the fuck are you talking about?
Colton Hernandez
JOanna Newsom is almost as good as Leonard Cohen but still not actually good
Asher Gray
There aren't any good rap lyricists. Some are sporadically amusing though
Sebastian Long
i agree although Koz pulled no punches on April and had some of the best lyrics of his career
>see: Tonight the Sky
Luke Wilson
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what is this then
Brayden Smith
>tooooniiiight
>the skieees
>will open for you
>mountains aaaaand
>and big clouds
>divide us in two
John Davis
No one reads anymore. If they do it is Harry Potter and freeverse garbage.
Angel Adams
Nice. Thought me, an user in a sharethread a few months ago and an Austrian cripple were the only people who knew Listener on Sup Forums.
That's my favorite song by them as well.
Easton Sanders
lyricism har become solipsistic and humorless
Michael Fisher
>I met my fallen Angel one last time
>I promised always through me she would shine
>I held her hands, I sunk into her heart
>Till powers unrelenting, pulled us apart
I never had a album/song pull my to tears till i heard April.
Jaxson Ross
Because they're all in Americana and Sup Forums don't fuck with Country.
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Christian Reed
>Joanna Newsom is arguably the best of all time
Sup Forums gets worse and worse every day.
Eli Mitchell
No, they are overrated, and purely because they are Jewish and the media is Jewish
A Jew loves to give praise to another
Thomas Butler
She sometimes has unique metaphors/wordplay and doesn't descend into cliches too often. WHich sadly puts her above 99.99999999999999999% of lyricsts today
Justin Gutierrez
Yes, they're both among the greats. I'm honestly not sure who the contrarians in this thread think is so much better than them.
She probably doesn't have enough output to be reasonably considered best of all time but she's a master lyricist.
Hunter Phillips
I found it through a sharethread on Sup Forums in july-august 2016, basically the only time I found a band that I liked alot through those, through listener i also got into ramshackle glory
Camden Anderson
I judge all popular music lyricists against German Romantic poets
Michael Campbell
Sufjan Stevens is the best though
Isaac Morris
hes not even the best stevens
Gavin Cooper
Dylan is considered so good that he was awarded the "Nobel Prize in Literature" in 2016.
to my knowledge the first and only lyricist to be recognized with so high an honor.
Jaxson Stewart
I dunno, I've heard Hallelujah, and I guess I see why it's a classic. I've also heard Suzanne and it was top cringe.
Dylan Bell
They're all moving to rap since it's the best way to express lyrical creativity. Even metal/rock vocalist are doing it.
Christopher Perez
Cohen should have won though
Adrian Anderson
Rabindranath Tagore wrote songs
Brandon Reed
I might've been the one sharing it, ha. Was it the guy asking people to tell him jokes for an album? I also shared some of Pat's stuff, including Ramshackle Glory.
I love Sufjan's music, and he can write one hell of a moving song, but I'd not call him a *master* lyricist.
How about pic related?
Logan Parker
Was he even nominated or considered by the Swedish Academy?
Charles Thomas
We'll find out in like 50 years
Justin Lopez
No idea, but Cohen is a better lyricist so he should have won
Owen Martin
mewithoutYou is the best out there.
Lucas Ramirez
You can't win if you are not nominated.
Nathan Evans
Greatest lyricist of all time
Grayson Peterson
Phil might be the best lyricist out right now.
He is a master of memetics in his lyrics and music for sure
Anthony Brown
>I've heard a lyricist's two most popular songs, I am qualified to give my opinion on his ability
Dylan Wilson
Dylan didn't win the prize because his lyrics are worthy of literature (they're not). You should read up on the politics of that prize.
Jose Ross
...
Ian Allen
>Angel Olsen
>Sarah Midori
>Frank Ocean
Cooper Peterson
>Sufjan "Motherfucking" Stevens
>John Darnielle
Jayden Gonzalez
Are you telling me he fucked his mother?
Lucas Sanchez
...
John Roberts
>>John Darnielle
wana know how i know you're an angsty nu-male teen?
Mason Lee
It would explain a lot.
Landon Torres
...
Ethan Bell
Why does Sup Forums always have to use the least creative insults possible
Charles Green
>Not appreciating the Mountain Goats
I feel sorry for you, sweetheart.
Thomas Martin
>he hasn't browsed /jp/ or /qa/
Ryder Johnson
Aaron Weiss
Elijah Myers
So what is your conclusion as to why he won?