Best Lyric Writers of the last 50 Years

[DTKOAG]

Neil Diamond

 

[Davs 19]

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

How did I forget Roddy Frame ? My bad.

 

[rushts]

Olly Murs.

 

[dronefromsector7g]

Heitham al-Sayed
Jerry Cantrell
Phil Collins

 

[abu13]

Bob Dylan
Lennon / McCartney

 

[DTKOAG]

Stock Aitken & Waterman.

 

[chaddblue]

Shaun Ryder

 

[Barcon]

Neil Young
Gord Downie

 

[dan_bo]

Staying parochial, and in no particular order,

Roy harper
Shaun ryder
Morrisey
Mark e smith

EDIT :

And the Bèe Gees.

 

[Bill Walker]

Bob Dylan
Lennon / McCartney
Leonard Cohen
Neil Young
Neil Diamond
Roger Waters
Arthur Lee
Bernie Taupin

missed off Syd Barret & Peter Green

 

[dan_bo]

Bob Dylan
Lennon / McCartney
Leonard Cohen
Neil Young
Neil Diamond
Roger Waters
Arthur Lee
Bernie Taupin

You missed off billy joel

 

[Innsbruckblue]

Jarvis Cocker

 

[glyncity]

Roger Waters
Ian Anderson
Bruce Springsteen
John Lennon
Paul Mccartney
Bob Dylan
Joe Strummer
Ian Curtis

 

[Martinblueboy]

The late, great Bob Calvert of Hawkwind. Have a listen to the Capt. Lockheed and the Starfighters album. Brilliance from beginning to end. Capt. Lockheed is technically a solo album, but most of the musicians were Hawkwind.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Elvis Costello before he disappeared up his own bottom
The great Nigel Blackwell
Ray Davies
John Lennon
Alex Turner
Roddy 'faces of Strummer they fell from the wall' Frame

 

[aguero93:20]

James Dean Bradfield.

 

[bondster]

Neil Finn

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Zappa

Lou Reed

 

[unicorn]

Maria McKee
Liz Morris of Allo Darlin
Tim Smith ex Midlake

 

[Bill Walker]

Neil Innes

Donovan

the guy out of Van Der Graaf Generator