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Rock N' Roll's Worst Lyricists

Heavy-handed metaphors, Hallmark sentimentality and pompous mysticism about in these 40 icons of rotten rhymes

By Sophie Goldstein,  Newser User

Posted Oct 25, 2007 11:57 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Just because you can play a guitar doesn't mean you know how to string a sentence together. Blender looks back at rock's cringe-worthy lyricists:

  1. Sting
  2. Neal Peart, Rush
  3. Scott Stapp, Creed

  1. Noel Gallagher, Oasis
  2. Dan Fogelberg
  3. Tom Marshall, Phish
  4. Paul Stanley, Kiss
  5. Diane Warren
  6. Donovan
  7. Jim Morrison, The Doors
For the full list, follow the link below.

British musician Sting, of the rock band The Police, gestures as he is awarded membership of the order of Art and Letter by French Culture Minister Christine Albanel at the Culture Ministry in Paris, Monday, Oct. 1, 2007. Sting has recently been declared among rock's worst lyricists by Blender Magazine....
British musician Sting, of the rock band The Police, gestures as he is awarded membership of the order of Art and Letter by French Culture Minister Christine Albanel at the Culture Ministry in Paris,...   (Associated Press)
The late Jim Morrison of the rock group The Doors is shown in this undated photo. Jim Morrison rounds out the top 10 in a tongue-in-cheek article documenting The 40 Worst Lyricists In Rock.
The late Jim Morrison of the rock group "The Doors" is shown in this undated photo. Jim Morrison rounds out the top 10 in a tongue-in-cheek article documenting "The 40 Worst Lyricists In Rock."   (Associated Press)
Former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp is photographed in Burbank, Calif. in this Nov. 25, 2005 file photo. Stapp, possibly one of the worst lyricists in rock, penned the lines %u201CWhen you are with me I%u2019m free/I%u2019m careless, I believe/Above all the others we%u2019ll fly/This brings tears to my eyes/%u2019Cause...
Former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp is photographed in Burbank, Calif. in this Nov. 25, 2005 file photo. Stapp, possibly one of the worst lyricists in rock, penned the lines %u201CWhen you are with me...   (Associated Press)
Rush drummer Neil Peart might be the greatest living rock drummer, but is very nearly the worst lyricist in rock, according to a recent article by Blender Magazine.
Rush drummer Neil Peart might be the greatest living rock drummer, but is very nearly the worst lyricist in rock, according to a recent article by Blender Magazine.   (Getty Images)
Maybe you haven't been listening closely enough, but Sting is rock's worst lyricist, writes Blender magazine.
Maybe you haven't been listening closely enough, but Sting is rock's worst lyricist, writes Blender magazine.   (Getty Images)
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list • singers • Kiss • Sting • worst lyricists • Neal Peart • Rush • Scott Stapp • Creed • Tom Marshall • Phish • Paul Stanley • Diane Warren • Donovan • Jim Morrison • The Doors

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