Best Lyric Writers of the last 50 Years

[blueshortshorts]

Alex Turner.

Funnily enough I was listening to some of the early Arctic Monkeys stuff last night, and when you consider he was only approx 17 when he wrote those lyrics, it's pretty impressive.

Still think he's a bit of a tw*t but fair play to him...he's written some top tunes

 

[Carstairs]

Robbie Williams

 

[TangerineSteve17]

Billy Corgan
Nigel Blackwell

 

[union city blue]

Billy Corgan
Nigel Blackwell

Good call on Nigel Blackwell

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Marshall Mathers lll

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Shaun Ryder
Morrisey

Ryders "son I'm 30, I only went with your mother cause she's dirty" is a lyric which will be difficult to ever beat.

 

[shackattack]

Roddy frame
Mick head
Ron sexsmith
Glenn tillbrook/chris difford
Elvis costello
Ian dury
Ian curtis
Bob dylan
Roger waters
Arthur lee

 

[DelToro]

Derek W Dick

Peter Nicholls

Oh and Andy Partridge and Warren Zevon too.

 

[wantinittodropitdoes]

paul simon
jagger/richards
lennon/mccartney
paul heaton
paul weller
the brothers Gibb
jeff lynn

 

[Davs 19]

Difford & Tilbrook
Weller
Ian Curtis
New Order
Costello
Morrisey & Marr
Pete Shelley
Mark E Smith