Favorite cd, lyrically?

[Yes. And?]

Thursday's War All The Time is probably mine.

[love_american_style]

most of them

[kickinthemouth]

i would like to put a brand new album but i'll leave it for some one else to do the honors.

i think i'll go with Plans by Death Cab,

or possibly Fantastic Planet by Failure.





or maybe even The Lonesome Crowded West by MM.

this was tougher than i though.

[love_american_style]

i'm gonna be cliche and say Deja Entendu.

[ThisIsNotDan]

pelican - city of echoes

[james77]

jawbreaker- dear you
"at least i don't fit in"

the steal- the steal
"from your first cigarette to your last breath. adverts, adverts are all thats left"

refused- the shape of punk to come
"i've got a bone to pick with capitalism. and a few to break"

+44- when your hearts stops beating
"please take me far away before i melt into the ground"

less than jake- in with the out crowd
"landmines, landslides. no matter how i try, i'm destined for disaster, a failure by design"

mxpx- slowly going the way of the buffalo
"i've dug down far too deep now. i've dug down deep, i'm losing sleep"

blink 182- dude ranch
"well i guess this is growing up"

gallows- orchestra of wolves
"black knuckles and broken teeth. grey days and grey streets"

[FeynmanWannabe]

Hmmm, Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle comes to mind.

[TheOtherAndrew]

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, its Morning
Most Dead Kennedys albums, particularly early ones
Against Me! - Searching For A Former Clarity

[HangsLikeHeaven]

dear hunter's act I & act II

[kickinthemouth]

Brand New - I'm Wide Awake, its Morning


typo?

[TheOtherAndrew]

typo?
yes.

fuck.

fixed. I got the "br" right.

[love_american_style]

anal.

[funkel]

Brand New - Deja Entendu

Thursday - War All The Time

The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site

Death Cab for Cutie - Translanticism/Plans

[m_rue]

Kevin Devine - Make the Clocks Move

[love_american_style]

Everytime I Die - HOT DAMN!

[zooyorker182]

The Devil and God are raging inside me- brand new

When your heart stops beating- +44

[XAsTheSkyBleeds]

every time i die - Hot Damn

definetley one of the top 2 albums i own lyrically.

[Cheshire_Buddha]

Glassjaw Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence

[IWasaCamera]

Bright Eyes- Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground

[Goodbye Forever]

The Weakerthans - Left And Leaving

[funkel]

Bright Eyes- Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
nice choice.

[Branevember31]

i'm gonna be cliche and say Deja Entendu.


that, and maybe Saves The Day- Can't Slow Down

[ashesofapril234]

Bob Dylan: The Times They Are A changin', elliott smith: anything really.

[Dr. Acula]

Cursive-The Ugly Organ
Thrice-Vheissu
Thursday-War All The Time
Bright Eyes-Im Wide Awake It's Morning
Weezer-Pinkerton
Saves The Day-Stay What You Are
AFI-Sing The Sorrow
Brand New-The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Jawbreaker-Dear You
Death Cab For Cutie-Transatlanticism
The Postal Service-Give Up

[yoyoninjagirl]

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, its Morning
Most Dead Kennedys albums, particularly early ones
Against Me! - Searching For A Former Clarity
I agree

[youcomebeforeyo]

mewithoutYou - A-B Life

Though the lyrics are more mature on the next two albums the way Aaron words his emotions in A-B Life just smacks me in the face with "that's how I feel".

[capnhook54]

The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold - Ben Folds Five
Sha Sha - Ben Kweller
Give Up - The Postal Service
A Grand Don't Come for Free - The Streets

[fenderkid212]

FOB- Takes This To Your Grave

[TakeLotsWithAlcohol]

Cursive-The Ugly Organ
Thrice-Vheissu
Thursday-War All The Time
Bright Eyes-Im Wide Awake It's Morning
Weezer-Pinkerton
Saves The Day-Stay What You Are
AFI-Sing The Sorrow
Brand New-The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Jawbreaker-Dear You
Death Cab For Cutie-Transatlanticism
The Postal Service-Give Up


=win

[Of Dust and Nations]

motion city soundtrack - commit this to memory
third eye blind - blue
say anything - ...is a real boy

[eraserhead]

Not all-time favorite, but I'm Wide Awake It's Morning is close.

[squared82]

mewithoutYou - A-B Life

Though the lyrics are more mature on the next two albums the way Aaron words his emotions in A-B Life just smacks me in the face with "that's how I feel".

I'm glad someone put mewithoutYou. Though I do prefer Catch for Us the Foxes and Brother, Sister to A->B Life lyrically. Probably Brother, Sister the best.

[funkel]

motion city soundtrack - commit this to memory
third eye blind - blue
say anything - ...is a real boy
Can't believe I forgot that one.

[IWasaCamera]

nice choice.
Thank you.

[*crying stars*]

Say Anything-...Is A Real Boy
Saves The Day-Stay What You Are
Brand New-Deja Entendu
Death Cab For Cutie-Transatlanticism

[funkel]

Say Anything-...Is A Real Boy
Saves The Day-Stay What You Are
Brand New-Deja Entendu
Death Cab For Cutie-Transatlanticism
Excellent choices.

But your user titles takes the cake! [haha, no pun intended]

[SteveLikesMusic]

Saves The Day - Can't Slow Down

[bnana=godexists]

Most thrice has great lyrics. Alkaline trio also.

[daftknight]

I'd say anything by Bloc Party, Mae, and Anberlin. All of those bands have great lyrics.

Also, although it's been said, Motion City Soundtrack's lyrics are always great. "Everything is alright" is hilarious in its descriptions.

Edit: Dashboard's Dusk and Summer has some great lyrics. Carabba's talk of leaving in "So Long, So Long" is downright gorgeous.

[eraserhead]

holy shit yes mewithoutYou. Catch For Us the Foxes definitely has some of my most favorite lyrics ever.

[notamachine182]

R. Kelly- Trapped In The Closet.

[3eb23]

I agree with people who said War All The Time, Deja Entendu, Blue, and TDAGARIM. I also like Relient K's Mmhmm and Third Eye Blind's Self Titled. Also, As Cities Burn's Son I Loved You At Your Darkest has great lyrics.

[feigningapology]

Thrice-The Illusion of Safety
TGUK-Something To Write Home About
Cursive-The Ugly Organ

[Brokenhill]

Stutterfly - And We Are Bled Of Color

Brand New - Deja Entendu

Circa Survive - Juturna

A Fire Inside - Sing The Sorrow

The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse

[alexcreate]

mewithoutyou - [a-->b] life
mae - destination: beautiful, the everglow
misery signals - of malice and the magnum heart

can't think of anything else

[Gumbyjag]

In no particular order:

Anberlin- Cities

Motion City Soundtrack- Commit This To Memory

The Blood Brothers- Crimes

Brand New- The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Built To Spill- You In Reverse

Cold War Kids- Robbers & Cowards

Coldplay- X & Y

Days Away- Mapping An Invisible World

Fall Out Boy- Take This To Your Grave
From Under The Cork Tree

Jimmy Eat World- Futures

The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute

Moneen- The Red Tree

Saosin- Saosin

The Starting Line- Based On A True Story

Taking Back Sunday- Tell All Your Friends

The Used- In Love And Death (sue me)

[duhpunk]

Bloodhound Gang- Hefty Fine



think about it. it's damn clever.

[Yes. And?]

Three Cheers and Bullets are favorites, too.

[Gumbyjag]

I'm throwing in the Pizza EP by HORSE The Band.

[Chromefox]

Deja Entendu and The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.

To be frank, they really kind of ruined most other lyrics for me. XD

[O*B Soul]

Busdriver - Temporary Forever
Beck - Odelay (becktionary lol)
Dead Kennedys - ....pretty much all of them.

[Wobbie]

Lyrically, it'd have to be one of these albums...

http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/96923.jpg
Kid Dynamite - Shorter, Louder, Faster
"You've had a lifetime to find yourself, lose yourself and find yourself again. Paint yourself an excuse and take it for an end. Rate it. Frame it in consistency. Bottomed bottles make jaded fragmented eyes look justified. When you cut your hangups down, be careful you don't dull the knife. You may want to slit the knot of what you're not, sever ties and all you've got".

http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/111342.jpg
Bear vs. Shark - 'Terrorhawk'
"These problems I'm having all
Of structure and dreaming of
Of humans and animals and beautiful people
The grass that we nurtured all
When thoughts equal dreams and still
These conflicts directed to the conquering people
To be in a garden with a skyline perverted by
You were my first day, my first day of silence
We're marching a rat race all through the day
Our hands on the home, head for home
The science of driveways to captives"

http://www.interpunk.com/itemimages2/1689.jpg
The Promise Ring - 'Nothing Feels Good'
"Your young English eyes on the highways, climbs and dives, climbs and dives like its alive, And the black in Indiana is leaving for Atlanta. I wonder if shell ever go anywhere, anywhere with me. From the corner of coffee and fever, hazel and curry and your long walking worry. You say it's easier to sleep when the engine beats. And you think I'm not eating. "yeah, what have you been reading?" We talked over Ida and Arkansas like the country whispers to nothing near at all. And they put out the lights and I lit up the crickets. They knew I was taking you out"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/Shmap1.jpg/200px-Shmap1.jpg
Cap'n Jazz - 'Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards In The Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On and Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over'
"Dictioncanary can swear she's barely aware of her apparently paralyzing stares. Let me let go. Let me let go. Angel, i've never seen you. Grapevine twine and loose news noose. Sitting on your driveway. Twisting baited lines to drive me away. Let me let go. You're like a likeable bully. Our favorite, late night desparate phone calls. Sugar, even odd smiles are in this season".

[Nevuk]

Portraits of Past - 01010101
For gems like these:
"there are a few truths, and here's just one: i'm as fucked up about as much as you're fucked up. but beyond that there are only grasped straws and our own private perceived flaws. where's that gun? we should both use it. doomed from the start. committed to failure. simply mirrors all? rejected selves live to fall. " - Bang Yer Head

"And so my superiority and privilege lies dashed to pieces on the cold, stone floor, mixed with the horrific runoff from what is no longer my freedom my violence my laziness my fucked freedom mine. That freedom which so many love. The freedom I choose to pursue no more. And I see how perverse that freedom is. The fists and blood money stay in my hip pockets. And I show that my hands aren’t inherently violent. And I realize how beautiful these Chinese handcuffs are."- The Control Freak

Plunger's S/T is also a personal favorite.
"We have the sight, insight
Our discerning emotion
Let live your honest intentions
They are not meant to be ignored.
Though, you've been told the lies of another
What good are the arms of your
definition man
When your soul is fading and weak
And though today they smile...
These coercion will surely drain
the peace from your eyes
Look no longer at these they've shown,
These methods and their malfunctions.
We have the sight, insight. "

[xjustinx]

Any Sage Francis album.
XReign Of TerrorX - There's A Last Time For Everything
Ceremony - Violence Violence
xRepresentx - True At All Costs

[xJangsterrx]

The Ataris - End Is Forever
'I.O.U. One Galaxy' says it all

Brand New - Deja Entendu
"And if it makes you less sad, I'll take your pictures all down. Every picture you paint, I will paint myself out"

Allister - Last Stop Suburbia
"We made our start from scratch, It's now or never but we can't look back. I need you with me for another day, you're so far away."

Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends
"And all I need to know, is that I'm something you'll be missing. Maybe I should hate you for this, never really did ever quite get that far. Maybe I should hate you for this, never really did ever quite get that far."

[myplasticyou]

every time i die - Hot Damn

definetley one of the top 2 albums i own lyrically.


yuuuuuup.

[Chancetobe]

I think a lot of the lyrics on Copeland's In Motion are brilliant.

[Daveyhavok832]

Thursday's War All the Time and Full Collapse
Sage Francis' A Healthy Distrust and Personal Journals
Brand New's Deja Entendu

[james77]

i forgot kid dynamite. "death and taxes" is amzing lyrically...

alarm clock rings, i crawl out of bed. i'm not looking forward to what lies ahead. all day i'm like a zombie, the working dead. today's gonna be a boring day. i know it. i'm not interested in what i'm doing. i show it. i wish that i could walk away. you know? we're all the same. would happiness be worth the wait? would all the mondays be worth the pain? some say they'll see. i don't agree.

[ilovejamesblunt]

mewithoutYou - Catch For Us the Foxes

[namembal]

Thrice - The Artist In The Ambulance

[xxemo_kittyxx]

if i say anything im gonna get bashed so i'll keep my mouth shut :)

[alexcreate]

someone brought up copeland which reminds me that Beneath The Medicine Tree is another one of my favorites

[Thegreatdenial]

I'm throwing in the Pizza EP by HORSE The Band.

HELL YES!

and Fear Before "The Always Open Mouth" has incredible lyrics..

also anything by Thursday, Thrice, or Against Me!

[xJangsterrx]

Interventions and Lullabies - The Format

[BigMouthStrikes]

Brand New - Deja Entendu
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most
Saves The Day - Through Being Cool
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism

[xsxarexsoxscene]

Dave Melillo - Talk is Cheap EP

I love his candid style. Not to mention is amazing vocals.

[funkel]

Interventions and Lullabies - The Format
Another great one.

[xJangsterrx]

Another great one.

Haha, i just noticed your avatar, lol. I feel dumb now, but i like it (your avatar)!

[OveriseFan]

Dave Melillo - Talk is Cheap EP

I love his candid style. Not to mention is amazing vocals.

Vocals =\= Lyrics.

Plus, while he's all right and all, his lyrics are nothing to rave about.

[xsxarexsoxscene]

Vocals =\= Lyrics.

Plus, while he's all right and all, his lyrics are nothing to rave about.

well i know you are into figurative lyrics... i'm more into straight-forward lyrics.

I like how he takes normal situations and makes them sound beautiful. He has great diction.

[drewhilty]

Absolution- muse
Anything by mewithoutyou

[funkel]

Haha, i just noticed your avatar, lol. I feel dumb now, but i like it (your avatar)!
The Format ftmfw.

[Logan95]

Metallica-Master of Puppets
Streetlight Manifesto-Everything Goes Numb
Mighty Mighty Bosstones-Question the Answers
Sponge-Wax Ecstatic

[concernedparent]

Battles-Mirrored

[funkel]

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Brand New - Deja Entendu/The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Thursday - Full Collapse/WATT/ACBTLD]
Circle Takes the Square - As the Roots Undo
Again, i forgot one of my favorites.

That album is perfect... :nod:

[funkel]

What's your favorite song lyrically on it?

I think I'm partial to "Oh Comely".

[concernedparent]

Battles-Mirrored
Atlas really touches that spot for me. Deep lyrical matter.

[Brokenhill]

Can't believe I didn't post:

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

[Intertwined]

Barney & Friends

[hienz429]

every Brand New album
every Fall Out Boy album
every Smiths album

[KatieKutthroat.]

Anything Else But The Truth - The Honorary Title
In An Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel.

[Yes. And?]

Can't believe I didn't post:

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Stay the hell out of my threads.
:nono:

[Brokenhill]

Screw you.

[rendetta ved]

Brand New's albums, in reverse.

[makeasound]

Autopilot Off - Make a Sound
Something Corporate - North
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

...I'll have to think more about it for a longer response.

[Jumpoff]

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Iron and Wine - Shepherd's Dog
mewithoutYou - Brother and Sister
At the Drive In - Relationship Of Command / In Casino Out
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen (though I used to love this album.. for whatever reason i dont enjoy it near as much anymore.)

Yeah. Couldn't limit it to one.

[TheVsed]

Thursday's War All The Time is probably mine.

yeah that is some good stuff right there. stay what you are from saves the day and deja

[alkalinetreeoug]

bayside - the walking wounded

[Shiny_Boots]

A Love Supreme (yes, there are lyrics)

[Jumpoff]

A Love Supreme (yes, there are lyrics)

But, how is it amazing in a lyrical sense? Its obviously amazing instrumentally since it is Coltrane... but lyrically?

[Shiny_Boots]

"A love supreme, a love supreme", its in the middle somewhere

also, i was being sarcastic

i think IBYMBYBMYL is very good lyrically

[Yes. And?]

I agree. Especially Cubicles. That song really does it for me.

[immorehxcthanu]

britney spears- blackout she's a lyrical genius!:thumbup:

[myantiyou]

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/160181.jpg

[IWasaCamera]

A toss-up between Pink Moon, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, A River Ain't Too Much To Love, and essentially every Iron & Wine album.

[Starbursting]

I like all of Ed Butcher's work.
He's very creative.

[ArmoredSleep]

Smile Empty Soul-Vultures
Saosin-Saosin
Circa Survive-Both Albums

[Shiny_Boots]

Smile Empty Soul-Vultures
Saosin-Saosin
Circa Survive-Both Albums


you're one of the like 12 people who have heard Vultures

[wtfmates]

Sage Francis - Personal Journals
Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors
Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside of Me
Thursday - A City by the Light Divided
Anberlin - Cities
El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead

[IWasaCamera]

Puzzling, some of the albums people consider strong lyrically.

[tearupthetape]

no order

brand new - deja entendu
brand new - the devil and god are raging inside me
iron & wine - our endless numbered days
iron & wine - the creek drank the cradle
modest mouse - the lonesome crowded west
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
bright eyes - fevers and mirrors
bright eyes - digital ash in a digital urn
manchester orchestra - i'm like a virgin losing a child

[Wyatt!!!]

So you're big on beating up women yeah?

A bit haha.

[SanePsychotic]

If I had to pick one, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. I haven't listened to Dear You enough to say that it's my favorite lyrical album, but it is close.

[SanePsychotic]

Puzzling, some of the albums people consider strong lyrically.
Agreed, but to each his own, I suppose.

[fcbucks1]

Northstar - Pollyanna

Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child

Cassino - Sounds of Salvation

All mewithoutYou

[Yes. And?]

So you're big on beating up women yeah?
I like the lyrics too.:shrug:

[Alex Djaferis]

thrice - the illusion of safety

hot water music - caution

[funkel]

I'm sure Ben said it in here already, but for me, nothing can compare to Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.

[hailthewarrior]

As Cities Burn - Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest

or

As Cities Burn - Come Now Sleep

[White Noise]

Lyrically it has absolutely no rivals. Even modern lyrical geniuses like Sam Beam and Conor Oberst are totally bowled over imo by that record.

There is just nothing out there that I've heard that is so harrowing and sorrow filled yet beautiful and majestic at the same time. The whole thing is so cryptic and captivating and there is just so much going on in those lyrics that people will probably never get every referenced to everything. For example the "White Roses in her eyes" bit is a reference to Sophie Scholl a Nazi resister and there's just so much going on everywhere that pretty much no other record I've ever heard has touched.

I can tell that just thinking about it gets you excited. It really is one of of the most beautiful albums ever recorded.

[White Noise]

I am such a massive drooling fan boy over that record.

I don't blame you at all. Its just so good.

[White Noise]

I tried to review it recently for another site but I just couldn't do it without getting ridiculously over fanboyish and going on and on about how amazing and deep it is lyrically.

haha, ya most of those references go right over my head. But the ones i do understand just boggle my mind.

[PeaceFrecks]

I'd definitely agree with whoever said Anberlin.
I've been listening to them since Blueprints, and they never cease to amaze me with their lyrics.
You can tell they've really grown as a band over the past few years, especially when you listen to Blueprints then Cities.
All of their lyrics are relevant and so so so amazing.
Not to mention Stephen's voice is haunting.

[Starbursting]

I'd definitely agree with whoever said Anberlin.
I've been listening to them since Blueprints, and they never cease to amaze me with their lyrics.
You can tell they've really grown as a band over the past few years, especially when you listen to Blueprints then Cities.
All of their lyrics are relevant and so so so amazing.
Not to mention Stephen's voice is haunting.

I never had an interest in Anberlin.

[duhpunk]

the overall cliche answers in this thread make me laugh.

Brand New
Iron and Wine
Bright Eyes
Manchester Orchestra

hahaha. way to be original

[PeaceFrecks]

I never had an interest in Anberlin.

That's unfortunate.
But they've had a lot of mixed reviews, so you're not alone.

[wtfmates]

As Cities Burn - Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest

or

As Cities Burn - Come Now Sleep

I must say I love your avatar. I'm one of those losers who has been following the progress of that movie since the teaser and keeps up to date on all the viral websites.

[wtfmates]

I'd definitely agree with whoever said Anberlin.
I've been listening to them since Blueprints, and they never cease to amaze me with their lyrics.
You can tell they've really grown as a band over the past few years, especially when you listen to Blueprints then Cities.
All of their lyrics are relevant and so so so amazing.
Not to mention Stephen's voice is haunting.

I said anberlin. Kudos to me.

And, yeah, you can definately see how much they've grown as a band when you do that. It's so hard to believe that a band that released songs like "foriegn languages" can release "*fin"

[PeaceFrecks]

I said anberlin. Kudos to me.

And, yeah, you can definately see how much they've grown as a band when you do that. It's so hard to believe that a band that released songs like "foriegn languages" can release "*fin"

Exactly. Even though I love all of their work, their newer stuff really blows me away.

[wtfmates]

So you're big on beating up women yeah?

Exactly.

No, it's just that there's something so sincere in his violent lyrics. He doesn't hold anything back and lets all of his anger flow into the song. It's something that isn't found in music often.

[theguy77]

thursday - war all the time is indeed great.

but my faves are split down the middle between brand new's TDAG and say anything's IARB.

[LissyL]

Brand New
Thrice
+44
The Academy Is... (My only original contribution to this thread)

[Spewk]

the overall cliche answers in this thread make me laugh.

Brand New
Iron and Wine
Bright Eyes
Manchester Orchestra

hahaha. way to be original
Well, they are good...

[vinyljunkie]

any kind of like spitting album

[lilRIPsta]

Thrice- Vheissu
Glassjaw- EYEWTKAS/W&T
Thursday- WATT
Say ANything- ...Is A Real Boy
Cursive- The Ugly Organ
Bright Eyes- Lifted...
Saves the Day- Stay What You Are
Every Time I Die- Hot Damn
Kaddisfly- Buy Our Intention
I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business

[thetrueblood]

any kind of like spitting album

pretty much. ben writes my life.

[xBITCHxPLEASEx]

Lifted.

[noisefloor1989]

deja entendu.
fevers and mirrors.
im wide awake.

[SprungMonkey]

I'm a fan of Box Car Racer's album...

[funkel]

Lyrically it has absolutely no rivals. Even modern lyrical geniuses like Sam Beam and Conor Oberst are totally bowled over imo by that record.

There is just nothing out there that I've heard that is so harrowing and sorrow filled yet beautiful and majestic at the same time. The whole thing is so cryptic and captivating and there is just so much going on in those lyrics that people will probably never get every referenced to everything. For example the "White Roses in her eyes" bit is a reference to Sophie Scholl a Nazi resister and there's just so much going on everywhere that pretty much no other record I've ever heard has touched.
You put it much more eloquently that I could.
Best lyrics on the record?

[TylerTimeBomb]

the get up kids - Something to write home about
jimmy eat world - clarity
the format - dog problems

[Dan CiTi]

Botch - AN or WatR
The Clash - London Calling
Lifetime - Mostly any album mostly Hello Bastards and JBD
Saves the Day - Through Being Cool
Motion City Soundtrack - I Am The Movie
Daggermouth - Turf Wars
Circle Takes The Square - As The Roots Undo
Converge - a bunch of stuff from multiple albums. Mostly Jane Doe and WFCC.
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
TREOS - Between The Heart And The Synapse
Say Anything - ...Is a Real Boy
Scholastic Deth - Shackle Me Not!
Set Your Goals - anything they do has great lyrics
Thursday - Full Collapse
The Wonder Years - Get Stoked On It!

[Starbursting]

Don't remember if I posted this yet.
But any of Ed Butcher's cd's, whether it's The Hunt For IDA Wave, Eternal Lord, or I Killed the Prom Queen, it's all amazing to me.
He's just got a creative mind.

Although, THFIW's lyrics are never going to be revealed.

[mogizzle]

My god!! 10 Pages and nobody mentioned Mineral? For Shame

Anyways, Chris Simpson may write some of the most beautiful lyrics

listen to
Mineral-The power of Failing
Mineral- endserenading
The Gloria Record- A Lull in Traffic EP

[Maria*Rockstar*]

this is hard.

is a real boy
almost here
the weaks end, maybe...
the used, selft titled
tell all your friends

[stollbrink]

dog problems
anything else but the truth
oliver under the moon
put your ghost to rest

[Starbursting]

this is hard.

is a real boy
almost here
the weaks end, maybe...
the used, selft titled
tell all your friends

:thumbup:

[SamKW]

The Academy Is... - Almost Here
I just realized a several days ago, that's my absolutely most favoritest (made up word) album.

[acatalano]

*****kaddisfly - "set sail the prairie"*****
bright eyes - "lifted..."
.moneen. - "are we really happy with who we are right now?"
gym class heroes - "papercut chronicles"
straylight run - "the needles the space"
spill canvas - "sunsets and car crashes/one fell swoop"
iron and wine - "our endless numbered days"

[CellarGhosts]

the Lawrence Arms' Greatest Story Ever Told.

"I am written on the subway walls, I am bitter when I fall...
Shout me in the streets and parks, scrape your voices on the stars,
I am man with guitar I am Three's Company,
It's the end of the world, sit and watch with me"

just one example from an album full of great lyrics.

[parkerjamison]

Any Brand New cd
Thursday
any mewithoutYou

[Dr. Acula]

AFI "Sing The Sorrow"
Thursday "War All The Time"
Bruce Springsteen "Nebraska"
The Lawrence Arms "Greatest Story Ever Told"
Thrice "Vheissu"
Bright Eyes "Lifted.."
Cursive "The Ugly Organ"
Death Cab For Cutie "Transatlanticism"
Elliot Smith "Either/Or"
The Format "Dog Problems"
Jawbreaker "24 Hr Revenge Therapy" and "Dear You"
Motion City Soundtrack "Commit This To Memory"
The Cure "Disentegration"
The Postal Service "Give Up"
Saves The Day "Stay What You Are"
The Smiths "The Queen is Dead"
Weezer "Pinkerton"
Radiohead "Ok Computer"
Iron and Wine "The Shepherd's Dog"

[Judge'sDaughter]

Tell All Your Friends by Taking Back Sunday.

/thread.

[SubrosaSeductiv]

Everytime I Die- The Big Dirty, its ridiculous, probably one of my recent favorites. It might make it into my all time.

[a speedo model]

The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Chauchat - Chauchat

[Dre Okorley]

Born Against - The Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure
Nina Simone - everything I've heard
Haha, Ink and Dagger - Drive This Seven Inch Wooden Stake Through My Philadelphia Heart
Talib Kweli's stuff <3<3

[nbaontcty]

Fall Out Boy-Take This To Your Grave
Fall Out Boy-Evening Out With Your Girlfriend
Paramore-Riot!
and...of course,
AFI-Sing The Sorrow

[boykosaurus]

can't say of all time...

currently...anything by Blackstar

[CrazyRockGirl]

Sound the alarm-saves the day

bleed american-jimmy eat world

americana-the offspring

american idiot-green day

[theguy77]

oh shit yeah, the iron & wine album, i almost forgot.

and then there's pretty much any kevin devine album...

[nkalldayyy]

bright eyes - lifted & cassadega
brand new - TDAG
underoath - they're only chasing safety
atdi - relationship of command
mewithoutYou - brother, sister

: )

[collystrings]

i'm going for the cliche deja entendu as well
or i'm like a virgin losing a child by manchester orchestra

[loveisdead]

Deja Entendu, Lifted and Tell All Your Friends.

[IWasaCamera]

Tell All Your Friends by Taking Back Sunday.

/thread.
hahahaha

[theguy77]

Tell All Your Friends by Taking Back Sunday.

/thread.

its great as far as witty/ironic/cheeky pop-punk goes, this is the album that got me started on adding style to my lyrics. admittedly i still write this way for about half of my lyrics as my band is a pop-punk band.

however the four i listed in this thread completely own this album.

[Pat k]

The Lawrence Arms - The Greatest Story Ever Told
Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit
Joy Division - Closer
American Nightmare - Background Music
Suicide File - Twilight
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The National - Boxer
The Broadways - Broken Star

I think Deja Entendu is Brand New's weakest album, lyrically. But it's still ok.

Those are all pretty much my favorite records

[knaffer]

Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake Its Morning
Saves the Day - Through Being Cool

[Drown_The_City]

brand new - deja entendu
Bayside - The Walking Wounded

[shameless]

clarity - jimmy eat world
beneath medicine tree - copeland
lifted - bright eyes

[CrazyRockGirl]

it seems like saves the day wins the award for best lyrcis...and I couldn't agree more

[ImAwakeNow]

Linkin Park- Hybrid TheoryLinkin Park- Meteora

[emericagal182]

motion city soundtrack-even if it kills me and commit this to memory

[IWasaCamera]

Saves The Day's lyrics being considered the best music has to offer would be a sad day.

[romanceisdead]

mewithoutYou- A to B: Life
Copeland- Beneath Medicine Tree
As Tall As Lions- As Tall As Lions

[TAYF152]

Beneath Medicine Tree fo sho.
Also, Third Eye Blind S/T
Modest Mouse The Moon and Antarctica
The Starting Line Based on a True Story
Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends
and................ Anberlin Cities

[funkel]

I think Deja Entendu is Brand New's weakest album, lyrically. But it's still ok.

You think Deja has work lyrics than YFW?

:feint:

[IWasaCamera]

You think Deja has work lyrics than YFW?

:feint:
They're both rather mediocre. :shrug:

[theguy77]

They're both rather mediocre. :shrug:

only to someone who just appreciates deep, metaphorical lyrics. i have a real appreciation for those styles but they're not always fitting in the catchiest music, its usually best left to alternative. as far as more catchy lyrics you're looking for something that's witty, sharp, blunt, bitter, ironic etc. in general the lyrics arent necessarily deep but they posess eloquence. albums like deja entendu and tell all your friends have this quality and regardless whether its your own personal preference it's still easily more well written than like, your typical nursery rhyme non-artistic pop lyrics.

[theguy77]

YFW is pretty bad lyrically. See Magazines.

haha agreed. there's a few sweet lines here and there in that album but the inconsistency reveals them (back then) as a bunch of inexperienced teenagers trying a bit too hard.

[notoaststereo]

Third Eye Blind - Self Titled/Blue
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans/Transatlanticism
The Good Life - Album of the Year
Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy
Braid - Frame and Canvas
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Kevin Devine - Split The Country, Split the Street
Thrice - The Illusion of Safety
Glassjaw - Worshup and Tribute

[theguy77]

haha, exactly.

i used to write songs like magazines when i was 14. hahaha

granted of course my current stuff isnt the most mature or unique but it is professional.

[IWasaCamera]

only to someone who just appreciates deep, metaphorical lyrics. i have a real appreciation for those styles but they're not always fitting in the catchiest music, its usually best left to alternative. as far as more catchy lyrics you're looking for something that's witty, sharp, blunt, bitter, ironic etc. in general the lyrics arent necessarily deep but they posess eloquence. albums like deja entendu and tell all your friends have this quality and regardless whether its your own personal preference it's still easily more well written than like, your typical nursery rhyme non-artistic pop lyrics.
Mediocre was never meant to suggest some dreadfully low caliber of lyricism. I agree that Brand New outwrites nearly everyone in the "scene" but those posting about how Deja changed their lives really ought to look elsewhere for lyrically powerful albums. Personally, the contrived, witty one-liners Deja is littered with did absolutely nothing for me. You have admittedly stated that they simply pen catchy, occasionally bitter songs that do not carry much depth. Not what I'm looking for in music but that may just be me.

As for the last portion of your comment, it isn't the most arduous task to surpass the writing found in vapid pop music.

[theguy77]

Mediocre was never meant to suggest some dreadfully low caliber of lyricism. I agree that Brand New outwrites nearly everyone in the "scene" but those posting about how Deja changed their lives really ought to look elsewhere for lyrically powerful albums. Personally, the contrived, witty one-liners Deja is littered with did absolutely nothing for me. You have admittedly stated that they simply pen catchy, occasionally bitter songs that do not carry much depth. Not what I'm looking for in music but that may just be me.

As for the last portion of your comment, it isn't the most arduous task to surpass the writing found in vapid pop music.

yep and as i said its a matter of personal preference.

i dont see how any album's lyrics could change someone's life though. deja did have a big impact on my tastes in general musically, and as mature, seasoned, deeper pop-punk it served as the transition through which i started to like alternative/indie (keep in mind this album came around when i was 13 and listened only to skater punk and the most energetic pop-punk). but apart from my real appreciation for the lyrics they didn't have any huge impact on my life or anything.

[xZiggyStardustx]

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars - David Bowie

[every everytime]

In no particular order:

Anberlin- Cities

Motion City Soundtrack- Commit This To Memory

The Blood Brothers- Crimes

Brand New- The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Built To Spill- You In Reverse

Cold War Kids- Robbers & Cowards

Coldplay- X & Y

Days Away- Mapping An Invisible World

Fall Out Boy- Take This To Your Grave
From Under The Cork Tree

Jimmy Eat World- Futures

The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute

Moneen- The Red Tree

Saosin- Saosin

The Starting Line- Based On A True Story

Taking Back Sunday- Tell All Your Friends

The Used- In Love And Death (sue me)


^ Jimmy Eat World- futures > i lovveee that cd.
Coldplay- X & Y > amazing. their lyrics just comfort me somehow

[B-Bones]

Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me // Limousine lyrics? awesome
Saves The Day - At Your Funeral

[funkel]

They're both rather mediocre. :shrug:
Even if you think that, Deja is 100 times better than YFW.

I'm not saying Deja is the greatest lyrical masterpiece ever, but I really enjoy most of the lyrics on it.

As previously stated, Jeff Magnum > all else I've come across.

[IWasaCamera]

yep and as i said its a matter of personal preference.

i dont see how any album's lyrics could change someone's life though. deja did have a big impact on my tastes in general musically, and as mature, seasoned, deeper pop-punk it served as the transition through which i started to like alternative/indie (keep in mind this album came around when i was 13 and listened only to skater punk and the most energetic pop-punk). but apart from my real appreciation for the lyrics they didn't have any huge impact on my life or anything.
I'd have to agree. "Life-changing" seems to be thrown around far too often when describing albums. Deja marking a shift in one's taste as you alluded to is perfectly understandable but to think that it is lyrically spectacular is a bit of a stretch.
Even if you think that, Deja is 100 times better than YFW.

I'm not saying Deja is the greatest lyrical masterpiece ever, but I really enjoy most of the lyrics on it.

As previously stated, Jeff Magnum > all else I've come across.
As I claimed earlier, Deja did not do a thing for me. Granted, it is obviously better than Your Favorite Weapon.

Mangum is indeed a remarkable lyricist.

[HangsLikeHeaven]

Kevin Devine - Split The Country, Split the Street
Bright Eyes - Lifted

[speakhandsforme]

1. The Receiving End of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
2. The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse
3. Tell All Your Friends
4. Stay What You Are

[ArmoredSleep]

you're one of the like 12 people who have heard Vultures

there one band that really deserves success. Ive got all their albums and have loved them for a good few years now lol.

[rerelease_]

modest mouse - the moon&antarctica

[supersonic182]

at the moment and overall the albums with some of my favorite lyrics are:

last winter ;; under the silver of machines
the cure ;; galore
blink-182;; untitled -- or as speculated their self titled album and last new-material release. and i don't like it just because it's so cliche of a thing to place on here. i've been able to savor and appreciate every single song on the album, not just their singles like on TOYPAJ or Dude Ranch.
the used ;; in love and death
+44 ;; when your heart stops beating
midtown ;; forget what you know -- to me it's a pop-punk classic.
evanescence ;; the open door -- the overall album is just beautiful, and each song is intricate in it's own meaning even if it had been years since their last full length release it was worth the wait.
mayday parade ;; a lesson in romantics -- definitely not bad for their first release. i'm anxious to hear more from this sure upcoming and rising band.
green day ;; warning -- to me, this has to be their most versatile record, and every song i can play on my i-pod and be relaxed to. 'jackass,' and 'misery,' are a couple of my personal favorites.
green day ;; american idiot -- this is sure to be a classic
anberlin ;; never take friendship personal
something corporate ;; leaving out the window

[funkel]

at the moment and overall the albums with some of my favorite lyrics are:

last winter ;; under the silver of machines
the cure ;; galore
blink-182;; untitled -- or as speculated their self titled album and last new-material release. and i don't like it just because it's so cliche of a thing to place on here. i've been able to savor and appreciate every single song on the album, not just their singles like on TOYPAJ or Dude Ranch.
the used ;; in love and death
+44 ;; when your heart stops beating
midtown ;; forget what you know -- to me it's a pop-punk classic.
evanescence ;; the open door -- the overall album is just beautiful, and each song is intricate in it's own meaning even if it had been years since their last full length release it was worth the wait.
mayday parade ;; a lesson in romantics -- definitely not bad for their first release. i'm anxious to hear more from this sure upcoming and rising band.
green day ;; warning -- to me, this has to be their most versatile record, and every song i can play on my i-pod and be relaxed to. 'jackass,' and 'misery,' are a couple of my personal favorites.
green day ;; american idiot -- this is sure to be a classic
anberlin ;; never take friendship personal
something corporate ;; leaving out the window
Wow.

And, A Lesson In Romantics is not Mayday Parade's first release.

[supersonic182]

I take that as an attempt for thinking of my naivety.
I am aware of such.
But you can't propose that that wasn't their first full length CD release.
And that's what I was referring to.
Notice all of my mentionings are indefinitely full length cds.
I do realize they have an EP, 'Tales Told by Dead Friends,' I own it.

[funkel]

I take that as an attempt for thinking of my naivety.
I am aware of such.
But you can't propose that that wasn't their first full length CD release.
And that's what I was referring to.
Notice all of my mentionings are indefinitely full length cds.
I do realize they have an EP, 'Tales Told by Dead Friends,' I own it.
This could have been expressed with avoiding confusion by saying "full-length debut" instead of "first release."

[supersonic182]

It could have been, and I apologize.

[funkel]

No harm done, just advice for the future.

[zooyorker182]

+44 ;; when your heart stops beating
brand new ;; the devil and god are raging inside me

there are deffinately more but i can't think of them right now

[theguy77]

+44 ;; when your heart stops beating
brand new ;; the devil and god are raging inside me

there are deffinately more but i can't think of them right now

not attacking you or anything, i just dont see how you could put the two on the same list.

[funkel]

not attacking you or anything, i just dont see how you could put the two on the same list.
Ryan, you can't say anything, because you dropped out of school in third grade, remember, you stupid ignorant monogloid.

[theguy77]

oh yeah i forgot i just got confused, i got lost on the way from myspace to livejournal and ended up stranded here

[zooyorker182]

why not put them on the same list? i found the lyrics on both albums to be awesome. sure, maybe brand new's were better but still...

[funkel]

Yeah and you forgot about spending hours on Shikira's website, oggling her and listening to her beautiful jams (are those two words allowed to be together?).

Why does the name Ryan have a monopoly on the names of lead singers of pop-punk bands?

[BrooklynStars]

The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree

[theguy77]

Yeah and you forgot about spending hours on Shikira's website, oggling her and listening to her beautiful jams (are those two words allowed to be together?).

Why does the name Ryan have a monopoly on the names of lead singers of pop-punk bands?

oh please. im easily the coolest one. i AM the monopoly, i monopolize the frontman capabilities of people named ryan.

haha and im far more likely to be ogling stacy dupree.

[funkel]

oh please. im easily the coolest one. i AM the monopoly, i monopolize the frontman capabilities of people named ryan.

haha and im far more likely to be ogling stacy dupree.
Whose that?

[theguy77]

(sorry HIPV, yellowcard, etc.)

[theguy77]

Whose that?

lead singer and piano player of eisley.

[funkel]

Ahh, yeah, she's a pretty bird.

And has gorgeous vocals.


But Regina Spektor stole my heart. Until Pam Beasely did.

[theguy77]

abs3l00tly

[checkered.stars]

anything by bright eyes

[HangsLikeHeaven]

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

[Starbursting]

Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning


Mike, did that thread get deleted already?

[HangsLikeHeaven]

Hahahah, yup. What a tool.

[Starbursting]

Hahahah, yup. What a tool.

Haha, I didn't get to see what you said in response to my question. :-/