Niceman
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I can respect that. I was just speaking lyrically, meaning lyrics on their own, on a seperate piece of paper, without musical accompaniment...to me it seems like a no-brainer that Morrissey is a better writer.
But that's also why i signalled out those select lyrics from Bono which i think are among his best. Running to stand still, so cruel, until the end of the world...take those lyrics on their own and they're excellent. They can exist without the music. They hold up. They tell a story. It's a complete thought. Bad's lyrics aren't bad, mind you, but i think it's mainly Bono's voice which is the star of that song. He could be singing the phone book on that number. The power comes from his voice, they way he belts out certain words. And again, this is why i think U2 are better song writers and melody makers than The Smiths.
But read those lyrics again; Bad does pretty well on its own too!
Whereas HSIN, if you found it in a poetry book, without the singing, without the vocal, I think it looks kinda plain, kinda too simple on a page.... if that's what you wanted to compare..... Look at the opening lines;
I am the son
and the heir
of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
of nothing in particular
WITHOUT the inflection, without the pronunciation, just as lines....... kinda ho hum.......for me at least. Until Moz shows us and adds his personality and voice to them....