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Poll Question: Who do you consider the best prog-rock lyricist
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I offer you five here. Five is all you get. I did not offer an "other" category, because if you say Jon Anderson or Neil Peart, I'll have to punch you in the nose. Sorry, but I am trying to have a serious poll here. LOL
 
 
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

I offer you five here. Five is all you get. I did not offer an "other" category, because if you say Jon Anderson or Neil Peart, I'll have to punch you in the nose. Sorry, but I am trying to have a serious poll here. LOL 
 
A serious poll? In that case: where's Geoff Mann? Wink
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

I offer you five here. Five is all you get. I did not offer an "other" category, because if you say Jon Anderson or Neil Peart, I'll have to punch you in the nose. Sorry, but I am trying to have a serious poll here. LOL 
 
A serious poll? In that case: where's Geoff Mann? Wink
I had to actually look up the Geoff Mann reference to figure out who the hell you were talking about. LOL
 
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

I offer you five here. Five is all you get. I did not offer an "other" category, because if you say Jon Anderson or Neil Peart, I'll have to punch you in the nose. Sorry, but I am trying to have a serious poll here. LOL
 
 

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The only one i like is Hammill. 
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

I offer you five here. Five is all you get. I did not offer an "other" category, because if you say Jon Anderson or Neil Peart, I'll have to punch you in the nose. Sorry, but I am trying to have a serious poll here. LOL 
 
A serious poll? In that case: where's Geoff Mann? Wink
I had to actually look up the Geoff Mann reference to figure out who the hell you were talking about. LOL
 
 
You know how this works. Sometimes the best ones are the obscure ones. Wink
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Of these choices, I voted for Ian Anderson for his 70s-80s output alone. I also quite like his solo album Rupi's Dance.
 
Gabriel's never really impressed me as a lyricist.
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Of these, Sinfield, Hammill right behind.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Of these choices, I voted for Ian Anderson for his 70s-80s output alone. I also quite like his solo album Rupi's Dance.
 
Gabriel's never really impressed me as a lyricist.
Yes,  I'm a big Ian fan myself. The lyrics of Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play are irreverent and clever, and I do love it when he resorts to skating along the thin ice of obscenity, like in "Pig-me and the Whore" and "Hunting Girl". But it is his descriptive ability, of painting a scene with words, such as on "Velvet Green", "Heavy Horses" or "Flying Dutchman", where he really excels.
 
 
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

The only one i like is Hammill. 

The only one I DON'T like is Hamill.

I'm going for Gabriel by a smidgeon over Anderson.
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I'd risk a punch in the nose by stating that Peart is lacking in this list of talented lyricists, just like Fish. Jon Anderson is another story: some of his lyrics remind my of a Christmas letter written by my aunt who lives in California, back in 2001. This letter was full of misspellings, and the worst thing was the appearance of unintended other words that made no sense at all in the context of that message. It took me three days to decipher this letter ConfusedOuchWacko. I regard most of Jon Anderson's lyrics as poppycock.
 
Of the ones mentioned, I vote for Peter Hammill, but this is a close call.


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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

The only one i like is Hammill. 

The only one I DON'T like is Hamill.

I'm going for Gabriel by a smidgeon over Anderson.

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Yep, HAMMILL 4 evva !!
Both Anderson's and Gabriel are brilliant too.
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Glad to see Hammill getting the votes he deserves.
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Hammill or Waters.
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I'm still playing catch up with VDGG and Hammill so I'm not going to vote for him ( maybe in 5 years Smile)
 
I voted for Gabriel for Carpet Crawlers and Solsbury Hill if nothing else. Waters is close and has also written some memorable lyrics. Anderson I like but I think the substance of his lyrics is better than the form.
 
Sinfield is more a poet than a lyricist to me although perhaps there is not a massive difference in prog.
 
 
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Peter Hammill is the greatest poet of 70s prog.
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