What song has your favorite lyrics of all time
For me it has to be (White man) In Hammersmith Palais by the Clash

Lets see if i can get a thread out with some actual responses to my question

I`ll actually throw a few more out there, one seems too few.

All Apologies-Nirvana
All along the Watchtower-Bob Dylan
Won`t Get Fooled again-The Who

Tom Sawyer- Rush
Jeremy- Pearl Jam
Outshined- Soundgarden
The Unforgiven- Metallica
Stairway To Heaven- Led Zeppelin
Down In A Hole- Alice In Chains
Californication- Red Hot Chili Peppers
November Rain- Guns N` Roses
Eyes Of A Stranger- Queensryche
Cemetery Gates- Pantera





Interstate Love Song- Stone Temple Pilots
Light My Fire- The Doors
Killing In The Name Of- Rage Against The Machine
Epic- Faith No More
Jane Says- Jane's Addiction
Blinded By Rainbows- Rolling Stones
I Want It All- Queen
Schism- Tool

Top 10 Favorite Rock Songwriters

1. Neil Peart (Rush)
2. Robert Plant & Jimmy Paige (Led Zeppelin)
3. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
4. Lars Ulrich & James Hetfield (Metallica)
5. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
6. Jerry Cantrell & Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)
7. Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
8. Pete Townshend (The Who)
9. Mike Patton (Faith No More)
10. David Lee Roth & Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)



Edited by Forum Admin at 03:01 on Thursday, February 16, 2006
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Any Nirvana song
Clash City rockers- the clash
Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin
Last Caress - Metallica
5 to 1 - The Doors
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

I got another one to add, I don`t like the band all that much, but I really love this song.

I am Mine-Pearl Jam

anything by pearl jam, most songs by the cure & radiohead.

my personal favorites are townshend and dylan.
by townshend, i think his greatest accomplishments lyrically are pure and easy, behind blue eyes, my generation, and substitute. by dylan, like a rolling stone, the times they are a-changin, positively 4th street and tangled up in blue.

The Hendrix version of like a rolling stone is pretty cool.

"Question" Moody Blues
"Trees"-Rush
"Across the Universe"-Beatles
"Grand Illusion"-Styx

gotta be Time by Pink Floyd or Mr Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan

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my fave song writers are

1: Bob Dylan
2: Jimi Hendrix
3: Keith Richards and Mick Jagger
4: Roger Waters and David Gilmour
5: George Harrison
6: John Lennon and Paul Mcartney
7: Jerry Garcia
8: Jim Morrison
9: Pete Townshend
10: Don Henley

My favorite modern song writers would have to be: My Chemical Romance, Panic! At The Disco. My favorite older song writers would have to be: Green Day's (older stuff) and I'll probably stick with The Misfits.

lemon song by led zeppelin. 'squeeze my lemon baby till the juice runs down my leg'. you gotta love that line

anything bayside.

I'd say that one of the best lyric writers that many people don't consider is Johnny Cash. "Sunday Morning Comin Down" "A Boy Named Sue" and "Folsom Prison Blues" are all well written. But if we are talking about the best of the best then there are only 2 words left to say...... Bob Dylan

Yeah Johnny Cash is a great song writer. My favorite lyrical song is Strawberry Fields Forever though by John Lennon