Ed the Lyrical Genius

bk159954
bk159954 Posts: 166
edited October 2013 in The Porch
He is so fucking talented. A modern day poet. Can anyone name a single music artist that has put words to music better than him over the last 20+ years? I think not.

Let's put a list together of our favorite Ed lyrics. Try to keep it to short one liners. The more obscure the better. I'll start it. You top it. And as you remember more, post it.

"It's like his thoughts are too big for his size"
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  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    bk159954 wrote:
    He is so fucking talented. A modern day poet. Can anyone name a single music artist that has put words to music better than him?

    Kanye.
  • bk159954
    bk159954 Posts: 166
    october22 wrote:
    bk159954 wrote:
    He is so fucking talented. A modern day poet. Can anyone name a single music artist that has put words to music better than him?

    Kanye.

    hmmmm
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    Haha, please do not take me seriously there for one second.

    Yeah, man. I'm absolutely with you on Ed's status. It's one of those things where there are so many examples, I literaly can't think of one right now...gonna need a minute to think of some of my favorites
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    "Daily taste the salt of her tears, but...a chance blamed fate..."

    There are literally hundreds...god, I feel so badly for people who've not discovered this band..
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    "I never knew soap made you taller"

    I've always loved that line. I was a media major in college and this line always struck a chord with me. Advertising fucking bullshit.
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    "And there is no god with a plan"

    Truth right there. I wish more people could accept that and move on.

    I think I'm the only one playing, by the way, haha
  • bk159954
    bk159954 Posts: 166
    "He who forgets will be destined to remember"
  • bk159954
    bk159954 Posts: 166
    Paint Ed Big......Turn Ed into.......one of his enemies
  • NewJPage
    NewJPage Posts: 3,324
    october22 wrote:
    "I never knew soap made you taller"

    I've always loved that line. I was a media major in college and this line always struck a chord with me. Advertising fucking bullshit.

    Jeff lyric
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  • bk159954
    bk159954 Posts: 166
    NewJPage wrote:
    october22 wrote:
    "I never knew soap made you taller"

    I've always loved that line. I was a media major in college and this line always struck a chord with me. Advertising fucking bullshit.

    Jeff lyric

    Wow. Never knew that.
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Maynard......Ed's one of the best but there have been some pretty cringeworthy moments on the last couple albums.
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    NewJPage wrote:
    october22 wrote:
    "I never knew soap made you taller"

    I've always loved that line. I was a media major in college and this line always struck a chord with me. Advertising fucking bullshit.

    Jeff lyric

    You know, I always thought that but I just checked and it says composers Ament/Vedder so I just assumed the credit went to Ed on that. Maybe the lyrics are Jeff's though. Jeff is the fucking man regardless.
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    DewieCox wrote:
    Maynard......Ed's one of the best but there have been some pretty cringeworthy moments on the last couple albums.

    Maynard is without a doubt extremely solid. Save for some stuff on Opiate but that doesn't really count. I would also argue Thom Yorke.


    For Ole and Johnny Guitar Ed gets taken down a peg but his highs are still higher than both the guys I've mentioned above.
  • bk159954
    bk159954 Posts: 166
    DewieCox wrote:
    Maynard......Ed's one of the best but there have been some pretty cringeworthy moments on the last couple albums.

    Really? What makes you cringe?
  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    Thom Yorke
    Isaac Brock
    Kristian Matsson
    Conor Oberst

    I realize that some of them haven't been writing for as long as Eddie, but their lyrics are just as good.
  • bicyclejoe
    bicyclejoe USA Posts: 1,203
    edited October 2013
    :fp:
    Jack White
    Bono
    Bob Dylan
    Jim James
    Prince
    Springsteen
    Fiona Apple
    Thom Yorke
    Michael Stipe
    Neko Case
    Jeff Tweedy
    Win Butler (Arcade Fire)
    Kanye West
    Conor Oberst
    Jay-Z
    Neil Young
    Lauryn Hill
    PJ Harvey
    Leonard Cohen
    Ryan Adams
    Matt Berringer (The National)
    The list goes on ...
    What a ludicrous comment
    Post edited by bicyclejoe on
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  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    bk159954 wrote:
    DewieCox wrote:
    Maynard......Ed's one of the best but there have been some pretty cringeworthy moments on the last couple albums.

    Really? What makes you cringe?

    Besides the two songs I wrote above, I could also include Unthought Known. Almost that whole record, actually. It's like he just gave up for a minute there. He even so much as admits it in the PJ20 movie.
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    bicyclejoe wrote:
    :fp:
    Jack White
    Bono
    Bob Dylan
    Jim James
    Prince
    Springsteen
    Fiona Apple
    Thom Yorke
    Neko Case
    Eminem
    Conor Oberst
    Jay-Z
    Neil Young
    Lauryn Hill
    PJ Harvey
    Leonard Cohen
    Ryan Adams
    Matt Berringer (The National)
    The list goes on ...
    What a ludicrous comment

    Fine. Though I would disagree with 3 or 4, I would also add Tom Waits and Zack de la Rocha in there.
  • bigbadbill
    bigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    I always thought the Guru from Gangstarr was the lyrical genius. R.I.P. Guru
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  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    Ghostface.

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