Poll gives us the top 20 greatest lyrics written of all time.

[Drudge]

http://www.gigwise.com/contents.asp?contentid=15934&p=2

Gigwise polls 13,000 and they come up with "top lyrics written of all time".


U2's 'One' Tops Nation's Favourite Song Lyric Poll
Ahead of The Smiths...
 
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by Scott Colothan on 4/17/2006
 
 
 
 
 



1. U2 - One
"One Life, With Each Other Sisters, Brothers"

2. The Smiths - How soon is Now
"So You Go, And You Stand On Your Own, And You Leave On Your Own, And You Go Home, And You Cry, And You Want To Die"

3. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
"I Feel Stupid And Contagious, Here We Are Now, Entertain Us"

4. Bob Marley - Redemption Song
"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds, Have no fear for atomic energy, Cause none of them can stop the time"

5. Coldplay - Yellow
"look At The Stars, Look How They Shine For You"

6. Eminem - Lose Yourself
"Look, If You Had One Shot Or One Opportunity, To Seize Everything You Ever Wanted, One Moment, Would You Capture It Or Just Let It Slip?"

7. Robbie Williams - Angels
"And Through It All She Offers Me Protection, A Lot Of Love And Affection, Whether I'm Right Or Wrong"

8. The Who - My Generation
"Hope I Die Before I Get Old"

9. Radiohead - Creep
"I'm A Creep, I'm A Weirdo, What The Hell Am I Doing Here? I Don't Belong Here"

10. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
"Father, Father, We Don't Need To Escalate, You See, War Is Not The Answer, For Only Love Can Conquer Hate"

11. U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name
"I Want To Run, I Want To Hide, I Want To Tear Down The Walls, That Hold Me Inside"

12. Abba - The Winner Takes It All
"The Winner Takes It All, The Loser Standing Small, Beside The Victory, That's Her Destiny"

13. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
"Every Day I Look At The World From My Window, But Chilly, Chilly Is Evening Time. Waterloo Sunset's Fine"

14. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
"We Don't Need No Education, We Don't Need No Thought Control. No Dark Sarcasm In The Classroom, Teachers, Leave Them Kids Alone."

15. Tupac ft Snoop - California Love
"Now Let Me Welcome Everybody To The Wild, Wild West, A State That's Untouchable Like Elliot Ness"

16. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
"Is This The Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy? Caught In A Landslide, No Escape From Reality"

17. Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
"Johnny's In The Basement Mixing Up The Medicine. I'm On The Pavement Thinking About The Government"

18. Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
"Watching The People Get Lairy, Is Not Very Pretty I Tell Thee, Walking Through Town Is Quite Scary, And Not Very Sensible Either"

19. David Bowie - Heroes
"We Can Be Heroes, Just For One Day"

20. The Police - Every Breath You Take
"Every Single Day, Every Word You Say, Every Game You Play, Every Night You Stay, I'll Be Watching You"

What's missin? how about Stairway to Heaven, (Rolling stones, you can't always get whatcha want), Lynyrd Skynyrd freebird, Eminems... Stan, Tupac's 'changes' Eagles, Desperado, Commodores Three times a lady, Michael Jackson 'Man in the mirror', Pink Floyd wish you were here, and the beatles Eleanor Rigby.

 

[Mac 10 †]

15. Tupac ft Snoop - California Love
"Now Let Me Welcome Everybody To The Wild, Wild West, A State That's Untouchable Like Elliot Ness"


so much attention to detail...

[Throwback]

laughing my fucking ass off.

[QuietTruth]

9. Radiohead - Creep
"I'm A Creep, I'm A Weirdo, What The Hell Am I Doing Here? I Don't Belong Here"

Yeah becuz that's a great lyric..

['EclipZe]

wow, like 80% of those 13k who voted must be heavy retarded.

[Machiavelli]

lmao

[Okka]

15. Tupac ft Snoop - California Love
"Now Let Me Welcome Everybody To The Wild, Wild West, A State That's Untouchable Like Elliot Ness"

Those are Dre's lyrics

[Don Breezio]

9. Radiohead - Creep
"I'm A Creep, I'm A Weirdo, What The Hell Am I Doing Here? I Don't Belong Here"

Yeah becuz that's a great lyric..

Lmao...that lyric alone blows away your favorite eazy e song 

i'm not even a big radio head fan...most of their shit sounds like the same song over and over...but that song is fuckin incredible...that list is shit though

[Citizen-Y]

9. Radiohead - Creep
"I'm A Creep, I'm A Weirdo, What The Hell Am I Doing Here? I Don't Belong Here"

Yeah becuz that's a great lyric..

Lmao...that lyric alone blows away your favorite eazy e song 

No it doesn't.  That song has a great guitar rift, that's it.

[Mac 10 †]

15. Tupac ft Snoop - California Love
"Now Let Me Welcome Everybody To The Wild, Wild West, A State That's Untouchable Like Elliot Ness"

Those are Dre's lyrics

not a chance!  it's tha snoop d-o-double gizzle!!



^^^^^^ that's snoop right??