Axl Rose #95 in Top 100 Greatest Lyricists of all Time

[C0ma]

I love when someones opinion doesn't pass muster on this board..........
Don't you all think that there is an identical discussion going on at the Rage Against the Machine Message board..........

poster1: did you see the top 200 lyricists list?
dave_RATM_2k5: no, where is Zack? #2?
poster1: no he's #99
dave_RATM_2k5: wtf? these people are ignorant of Zack's mind blowing talent.
                             Bulls on Parade is one of the most inspiring songs ever
poster1: Get this B.S., Axl Rose was #95
dave_RATM_2k5: this is ludacris, #3 would still be too low.......and behind Axel?? what has he done in the past 10 years....whats he got, like 3 albums worth of material...I hear that Izzy guy write most of it anyway


Who has the more correct opinion???

[axl_rose_700]

Could anyone tell me if Ian Brown from the Stone Roses was in the list?

I'm bracing myself for a piss take if he's ahead of Axl.

[Buddha_Master]

I love when someones opinion doesn't pass muster on this board..........
Don't you all think that there is an identical discussion going on at the Rage Against the Machine Message board..........

poster1: did you see the top 200 lyricists list?
dave_RATM_2k5: no, where is Zack? #2?
poster1: no he's #99
dave_RATM_2k5: wtf? these people are ignorant of Zack's mind blowing talent.
                             Bulls on Parade is one of the most inspiring songs ever
poster1: Get this B.S., Axl Rose was #95
dave_RATM_2k5: this is ludacris, #3 would still be too low.......and behind Axel?? what has he done in the past 10 years....whats he got, like 3 albums worth of material...I hear that Izzy guy write most of it anyway


Who has the more correct opinion???

So very true. Shit, I think Zack was an awesome lyricist (im a big RATM). I loved the real in your face truths on politics and the Government. Shit, if they were still around they could have a real case agaisnst Velvet Revolver for ripping them off on the track called "Big Machine."

Anyway, opinions are like assholes. But I agree with the general consensus that Axl Rose belongs more in the top 20 than #95. That is just reallly wrong all things considering. Shit Jim Morrison, love him or hate him, was a poet in the truest sense of the word, and ? strongly believe he should be in the top 5.

But as much as its bullshit how far back Axl is, Bob Dylan is the great lyricist of all time. That really cant be disputed, unless you are just an ignorant dolt. And John Lennon is certaintly where he should be at #2. The man just wrote some of the beautiful lyrics. Both of these I wholeheartedly agree with. So its not all bullshit, just to put some things in perspective.

[MadmanDan]

Why would anyone care about these lists? They're all bullshit

[Dizzy]

Axl definites writes better than a lot of those people, but most of them have much more material on which to judge.  Axl only has four albums out there on which people can judge his great lyrics.

Good to see Ozzy on there too, even though he was cited for Black Sabbath, and he only wrote 10% of Sabbath's lyrics.  Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler wrote the rest.  Though Ozzy deserves credit for his solo career along with writing partner Bob Daisley.

Good to see Stevie Nicks on there, though her Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie definitely should've been on there too.