We can look back and laugh at 70s Rock Lyrics - lots of Demons ,wizards ,fire- gods and 'the Legend of the Rent '( for those that have seen School of Rock)
......But the modern trend of chart -Indie rock Lyrics has become so Urbane and dire that it is starting to really bug me.
They go something like this.....
Waiting for the 83 at the Bus Stop.....with my friends
Your trainers had the laces undone
The bus driver was in a bad mood
I hate rainy thursday mornings and the journey to work
The coffee had gone cold by the time I made it to the office
photocopy machine broken again and Deidre moaning about it
etc ..etc
ED SHEERAN type dross .........just dreadful
They don't write 'em like they used to....
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I'd much rather listen to Ronnie James Dio (may he rest in peace) sing about dragons.
They say that life's a carousel
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of Kings and Queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
It's Heaven and Hell, oh well
And they'll tell you black is really white
The moon is just the sun at night
And when you walk in golden halls
You get to keep the gold that falls
It's Heaven and Hell, oh no!
Feel like makin' love! (X3)
Doo-doo-doo! Doo-doo-doo! Doo-doo-doo!
Feel like makin' love to you!
(c) Paul Rodgers.
I hear Chaucer's shitting himself.
The OP even mentioned there was plenty of terrible old lyrics. But having not read the first post properly you're just arguing against a point already covered.
Which has reminded me why I never bother with "Off Topic". Thought it wa sa thead in "Music".
In in terms of modern (last decade or so) I like some modern lyrics that follow the everyday life observations thing. Arctic Monkeys' "Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured" springs to mind:
Ask if we can have six in
You're coming up our end aren't you
I'll get one with you
He wouldn't let us have six in
Especially not with the food
He could have just told us no though
He didn't have to be rude
See her with the green dress
How come it's already two pound fifty?
We've only gone about a yard
Couldn't you see she were gorgeous
She were beyond belief
There was this lad at her side drinking his Smirnoff Ice
Can I buy you a tropical reef?
I agree there's dross about, but wasn't it always the case that you had to filter out the painting-by-numbers tripe in commercial music?
(Girl Band - Pears for Lunch)
don't confuse modern for old -there's loads of great modern lyrics
It's the dreadful Ed Sheeran type stuff that gets me .......like his latest rubbish
.......Same guitar chord plays for about 14 bars..and then something like ...
I broke my leg when I was 6 years old
I think it was my brothers fault
or,one of his friends
we all went down to the Fish and chip shop
I didn't get a pickled onion
I got a pickled egg instead
I was going to get a steak slice but I changed my mind.......
...........well something like that anyway !.......equally terrible
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Two albums of last year that really stand out for lyrics are 'The Skeleton Tree' by Nick Cave and 'You want it Darker' by Leonard Cohen but I suppose you could argue that both artists have been going for decades.
More modern artists with good lyrics? Arctic Monkeys (as mentioned), Lana Del Rey, Amy Winehouse, The Darkness (Open fire is a belter of a song) and I'll even throw in Public Service Broadcasting even if it is cheating - it's not as though they write any of their 'lyrics'.