GRUTZ@UNTVAX.BITNET (crawl into another head) (03/01/90)
Drummer person, Lots of people write songs before they have a high school diploma. I had a friend who could write lyrics when he was only in 7th grade. (and they were social lyrics about the world, no "girlfriend left me" bullcrud) True, grouping Gibson, Tiffany, my friend, and P*art into the same category because they wrote lyrics without a high school diploma is correct, but of course, that is a very one-sided view and whomever made that view doesn't take into concideration the content of each lyricist. I have this vision of Drummer sitting at a terminal, laughing his head off... dunno, just a vision. Hey, while we're all talking about lyricists - does anyone know if such great lyricists as Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Edie Brickel, et al graduated from a "big named lyric" college or wrote lyrics in High school? I'm sure Edie Brickel wrote lyrics in High School, so this means she's also in the same group as Tiffany... okay... I see your point... nothing left to do but :-) :-) :-) grutz
GWO101@URIACC.BITNET (Michael Lehnertz (Drummer)) (03/01/90)
Yup, you got it. I sit here and laugh and laugh. I am sitting in front
of my Macintosh at 1200 baud though. 2400 baud modems are down.
- Drummer -ST402711@BROWNVM.BITNET (Tim Johnson) (03/01/90)
> Great Lyricists? I know a few, at least. Roger Waters, without question. >Sting is excellent, too. Bono and the U2 Gang. Micheal Stipe and REM. John >Lennon. Sinead O'Connor. Peter Gabrial. Ian Anderson -Tim
97393689@WSUVM1.BITNET (Ken Bogle) (03/01/90)
Whose to say Tiffany, etc. don't have somebody else writing for them? It is an all too prevalent trend in music today, with most of the work/"genius" comi ng from a hired lyricist. To me, I can't respect an artist that doesn't write their own material, just as I can't respect a president or politician that does not write their own speeches. It is not THEM communicating. Great Lyricists? I know a few, at least. Roger Waters, without question. Sting is excellent, too. Bono and the U2 Gang. Micheal Stipe and REM. John L ennon. Sinead O'Connor. Peter Gabrial. Ken Bogle 97393689@WSUVM1.BITNET