What are some of the most poetic rock bands? Doesn't have to be super deep or anything, just ones with good writing.
What are some of the most poetic rock bands? Doesn't have to be super deep or anything, just ones with good writing
god i wish that was me
Soundgarden
And Also The Trees
sun kil moon - ghosts of great highway and admiral fell promises have very simple yet poetic lyrics
Van der Graaf Generator
Jethro Tull
Patto
The Kinks
The Doors
Patti Smith Group
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Jethro Tull? Really?
is that the woman who spelled God with an undercase G down in Southern Brazil and was immediately turned into a tree?
The Lucksmiths have some clever lines. Don't let the barstools get you down
roxy music
absolutely
Marilyn Manson
The Wrens have the best lyrics I've ever seen.
How did no one say The Smiths yet
The Pogues
I don't rightly know
Hotel books
Listener
MewithoutYou
Throwing muses
Modest mouse
The Airborne Toxic event
Kellermensch
Mew
Maybe even
The connells
The sugarcubes
Anal Cunt
Carnivore
Third Eye Blind- Slow Motion(demo)
John Doe and Exene from X literally met at a poetry workshop.
iunno, Jane's Addiction has its moments
extra life
Nobody mentioning Grateful Dead? Even just Garcia's work with Robert Hunter alone is incredible.
some more:
maudlin of the well/kayo dot/some of toby’s solo work
ween
bill wurtz (not rock but whatever)
discordance axis/gridlink
orgone (tech death)
harvey milk
the jam
sorry.. bill wurtz? the history of the world dude? that's fucking hilarious
yes, that guy. he’s a phenomenal songwriter
youtu.be
i love Harriet Wheeler, i love The Sundays
wood
Manic Street Preachers, Pulp, and Suede, the UK had some great lyricists in the 90s
Chino Moreno. A lot of idiots with no clue will say otherwise just because they're associated with nu metal, but his lyrics are often beautiful and poetic.
I never would have guessed this.
van der graaf generator
I CLIMB
THROUGH THE EVENING
ALIVE
AND BELIEVING
IN TIME
WE SHALL AAAAALL KNOW OUR GOOOOALS
AND SO FINALLY HOOOOOME
FOR NOW
ALL IS SECREEEET
THOUGH HOW
COULD I SPEAK IT
ALLOW ME THE DREAM IN MY EYE
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SUCH A LONG TIIIIME
JUST TO SEE IT AT LAST
ALL OF THE HANDS TIGHTLY CLASPED
ALL OF US
PILGRIMS!
CMX
FRIGHTENED INTO
SIIIIILLEEEEEENCE
FRIGHTENED, BUT
THIIIIIIINKIIING VEEERYYYYY HAAAAARD
thx anon, blasting Still Life at 10am and singing along for my neighbors to hear
Onyx, but generally just the lines that Sticky writes.
really don't mind if I check this one out
autechre