$ting voted worst lyricist!

[lazarus]

Haw haw haw haw haw!

Noel Gallagher appropriately makes the Top 5.

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0845096420071008

Looking for the whole list but can't find it.

 

[SeattleVertigo]

Well, that's just silly.

 

[DaveC]

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I hope Bono's ok...

 

[DaveC]

Seriously, they put Robert Plant and Neal Peart on the list??

Apparently Blender hasn't turned a radio on in the last 30 years...

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

I hope Bono's ok...

 

[U2isthebest]

I hope Bono's ok...

I don't think he is.


He's in New York.

 

[Canadiens1131]

 

[GibsonGirl]

I don't think he is.


He's in New York.

An Interference classic.

 

[U2isthebest]

An Interference classic.

I aim to please.

 

[phillyfan26]

While I love the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis is a much worse lyricist than any of these guys.

 

[U2isthebest]

While I love the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis is a much worse lyricist than any of these guys.

QFT

 

[GibsonGirl]

I aim to please.

Oh man. You know those cheesy highlight reel things they do on sitcoms when the writers run out of anything even remotely interesting to say? If Interference were a sitcom, that moment would be like one of the very first moments referenced. Second only to Fake Edge.

But anyway, I heard Bono definitely wasn't on a plane when he was in New York, so back to how lame that list is. Sting isn't the best lyric writer on earth, no, but he surely isn't the worst. I mean, come on:

What you gonna do with all that junk, all that junk inside your jeans?
I'm gonna make make make you scream, make you scream, make you scream

Yeah. I'd take "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" over that tripe any day.

 

[U2isthebest]

Oh man. You know those cheesy highlight reel things they do on sitcoms when the writers run out of anything even remotely interesting to say? If Interference were a sitcom, that moment would be like one of the very first moments referenced. Second only to Fake Edge.

But anyway, I heard Bono definitely wasn't on a plane when he was in New York, so back to how lame that list is. Sting isn't the best lyric writer on earth, no, but he surely isn't the worst. I mean, come on:

What you gonna do with all that junk, all that junk inside your jeans?
I'm gonna make make make you scream, make you scream, make you scream

Yeah. I'd take "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" over that tripe any day.

I know what you mean. Interference randomness is probably the greatest thing....EVER. As for this list...it's bullshit. Sting is a great lyricist, not the best as you said, but he's definitely talented. This whole thing makes me think some 16 year old stoner kid who can't think deeper than "I'm hot 'cause I'm fly, you ain't 'cause you not" compiled this list.

 

[LemonMelon]

Anthony Kiedis is a much worse lyricist than any of these guys.

And, honestly, if Chris Martin isn't on this list, it's worth nothing.

You cut me down a tree
And brought it back to me
And that's what made me see
Where I was going wrong

You put me on a shelf
And kept me for yourself
I can only blame myself
You can only blame me

And I could write a song
A hundred miles long
Well that's where I belong
And you belong with me

 

[UberBeaver]

I think the guy from Nickelback is worse than Sting...and everyone else ever, probably. I never really thought Sting was that bad. He did like Philosophy and Chaucer a bit too much for a rock star, in my opinion, but I never thought he was horrible.

 

[LMP]

Brandon Flowers?

 

[xaviMF22]

Brandon Flowers?

he's not that bad

 

[LMP]

Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential

 

[xaviMF22]

Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential

thats just one song bitch

I say Chris Martin is worse

 

[LMP]

I can't quote every song.

Yeah, Martin's up there.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

here's the offiicial list:

01 • STING
02 • Neil Peart
03 • Scott Stapp
04 • Noel Gallagher
05 • Dan Fogelberg
06 • Tom Marshall
07 • Paul Stanley
08 • Diane Warren
09 • Donovan
10 • Jim Morrison
11 • Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar
12 • David Crosby
13 • Pete Gabriel, Mike Ruthefod, Tony Banks, Steve Hackett and Phil Collins
14 • Will.I.Am
15 • Bernie Taupin
16 • Ben Gibbard
17 • Jon Anderson
18 • Ian Anderson
19 • Queensÿche
20 • Ryan Ross
21 • Alanis Morissette
22 • Jon Bon Jovi
23 • Robert Plant
24 • Fred Durst
25 • KRS-One
26 • Simon Le Bon
27 • Will Jennings
28 • Greg Graffin
29 • Timbaland
30 • Kevin Federline
31 • Carly Simon
32 • Matisyahu
33 • Diddy
34 • Henry Rollins
35 • Dashboard Confessional
36 • Common
37 • Bryan Adams
38 • Paul McCartney
39 • Billy Corgan
40 • Anthony Kiedis

With "witty" comments:

http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2882

 

[xaviMF22]

here's the offiicial list:



With "witty" comments:

http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2882

Thom Yorke didn't make the list

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Thom Yorke didn't make the list

Neither did Bono!

Or Chris Martin for that matter

 

[xaviMF22]

Neither did Bono!

Or Chris Martin for that matter

well Bono should be there

for that freedom line in Miracle Drug

 

[lazarus]

Most of the people on the list are tools, and while many aren't untalented or "the worst", they're often pompous and self-important, like Sting, and are easy targets for ridicule. Or those who were talented and became caricatures of themselves, like Jim Morrison. Or those who are only held up as genius by a small minority of hardcore fans, like Neil Peart.

Honestly, the only name on this list I'd really take issue with is Robert Plant, who shouldn't be on here just because of a few Lord of the Rings-themed lyrics (it is hard to sit through Ramble On now without cringing though).

Oh yeah, Bernie Taupin has written his share of cliched lines, but I think he's brilliant and doesn't belong on here either.

 

[cdisantis83]

I would certainly object to Peter Gabriel and Jim Morrison as well. "You know the day destroys the night, night divides the day."
Despite my love for Elton John, I believe that Taupin certainly deserves his place, even if only for Levon. "Jesus, he wants to go to Venus, leave Levon far behind." The brilliance of Elton has much to do with how well he mitigates Taupin's frequently inane lyrics.

 

[Zoots]

Blender sucks.

 

[waynetravis]

And, honestly, if Chris Martin isn't on this list, it's worth nothing.

You cut me down a tree
And brought it back to me
And that's what made me see
Where I was going wrong

You put me on a shelf
And kept me for yourself
I can only blame myself
You can only blame me

And I could write a song
A hundred miles long
Well that's where I belong
And you belong with me

That's a song?

 

[LemonMelon]

That's a song?

Coldplay - Swallowed In The Sea

It's a hundred miles long.