what modern pop (in the broad sense) musician has the best lyrics?
>inb4 bob dylan
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What modern pop (in the broad sense) musician has the best lyrics?
Henry Johnson
Jose Davis
ima say bill callahan, dude knows how to write a song
Jaxon Wilson
Morrissey, I'd say, but he was only good in his early years.
Julia Holter also has good lyrics sometimes.
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Joshua Gomez
i'd say morrissey too, but you look over his lyrics and he had maybe a great line or two in a song with the rest being pretty much filler
Adam Lee
Nick Cave
Liam Morales
>muuuuuuh cattle
>tsk-tsk
Samuel Lewis
well most singers don't even come close to this level
Connor Roberts
yeah you're right
James Walker
obviously
Robert Powell
>will oldham
>gregory alan isakov
>iron & wine
>iggy azalea
Anthony Morales
why did u do this
Eli Kelly
Black on black lies is worse than black on black crime
The Jews share their truth on how to make a dime
Most black men couldn't balance a checkbook
But buy a new car, talkin' 'bout "how my neck look?"
James Howard
Ariel Pink
Cooper Hughes
listen to this and tell me it doesn't perfectly encapsulate the energies and ideologies of Modernity pushed to the nth degree
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she may not intentionally do it, but Iggy A is writing at the peak of what modern lyricism can amount to and expresses better than any other the irate excess of our age
I will defend the importance of her lyrics to the death
Brandon Harris
Are you a woman
Nathaniel Cooper
I could be for you
Jaxson Taylor
Tupac, Kurt Cobain, David Byrne, Deltron 3030, Pink Floyd, others.
Jayden Turner
Joanna Newsom
Jordan Thompson
NWA too
Michael Hall
george fisher
Joshua Jenkins
matt berninger
Chase Moore
Del's lyrics are terrible though. Also I wouldn't call any of those artists modern.
Adrian Martinez
mon frere
Julian Ramirez
None modern pop is dogshit. Maybe this new Janelle Monae will be good but I'm not holding out for it.
Modern R&B has some gems but mostly you're looking for a needle in a "I'm just a young black man trying to get my dick wet" stack.
Austin Carter
Will Oldham and David Berman (of the Silver Jews). Oldham is my favorite singer/songwriter and has an impressive, diverse discography. Berman is not as soulful, but he is a really clever lyricist with some great lines.
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Never was a huge fan of Smog, what do you recommend? I've only heard "Knock, Knock" and found it enjoyable, but not compulsively so.
Benjamin Rogers
Pop music in the broad sense is any music really. Not just top 40 pop but rock, hip hop, indie can all be considered "pop"
Jacob Baker
MF DOOM first and foremost, that's my number one. X-RAY/King Caesar is good in his group. Metabolics/pimp daddy shrimp, Saba ain't bad, Tyler the creator ain't bad. Brockhampton is real good. I normally only listen to the older 90s type rap like Big L and tribe called quest type shit.
Jason Carter
Robert Hunter
Probably an american standard writer like rogers and hammerstein