RP- who in your opinion is the best lyric writers?

Geezer Butler & Tony Iommi. For Black Sabbath.

Some great songs they wrote: "Black Sabbath", "War Pigs", "Paranoid"

I agree, there is no one that writes lyrics like Pink Floyd. Whether it's Syd Barrett's space rock lyrics that almost sound like they were written by Lewis Carroll(Alice In Wonderland), or Roger Waters' melancholic lyrics about all the ills in the world, or David Gilmour's attempts to carry the torch after Waters left the band. How many bands can change their main song writer TWICE and still create such amazing music and lyrics? After Floyd I would pick John Lennon with such amazing songs as I Am The Walrus and Across The Universe with such a poetic and fun array of lyrics. Then there were songs like Working Class Hero and Imagine where the lyrics were so incredibly powerful. My third choice would be Bob Dylan. Powerful lyrics like those in Blowin' In The Wind and The Times They Are A-Changin'. And amazing mixes of words and phrases in songs like Highway 66 and Subterranean Homesick Blues.

Bob Dylan, Barrett, Richey Edwards, Peter Doherty, Kurt Cobain, Michael Stipe

David Gilmour / Roger Waters / Syd Barrett

Jim Morrison

Angus & Malcolm Young

Bob Dylan

Dylan , Daniel Johnston , Syd Barrett , Kurt Cobain , Billy Corgan , Jim Morrison

My personal favorite is Morrissey when he was still with The Smiths. He wrote some of the funniest, saddest, and most inspiring lyrics.

Tis either Boob Dylan or Roger Waters/Syd Barret.

Bob Dylan comes to mind first. He certainly didn't

become a legend just for vocal ability or guitar playing.

Tough choice but I'll go with Neil Pert- Rush

Angus and Malcolm Young and their older brother George.