Is Alex Turner the best lyricist...



RichardW said:
Here’s your answer, in my opinion:

“Thank you for the days,
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me.
I'm thinking of the days,
I won't forget a single day, believe me.
I bless the light,
I bless the light that lights on you believe me.
And though you're gone,
You're with me every single day, believe me.
Days I'll remember all my life,
Days when you can't see wrong from right.
You took my life,
But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me,
But it's all right,
Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me.
I wish today could be tomorrow,
The night is dark,
It just brings sorrow anyway.
Thank you for the days,
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me.
I'm thinking of the days,
I won't forget a single day, believe me.
Days I'll remember all my life,”
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Ray Davies? Not the same generation marra though if they were Alex turner would be far behind the stars of the 60s
 
Latka Gravas said:
In your opinion. The courteeners aren’t and never will be as good as the Arctic monkeys, in fact I’d go as far to say they’re not as good as Kasabian.
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Kasabian are fun, at least.

As for the OP, are the two lads from Flight of the Conchords counted as the same generation as Alex Turner?

Edit: Answering myself, probably not as they're 43 and 41.
 
Latka Gravas said:
Only bad song on the album.
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It's their Little James.

Liked it at the time, hasn't dated well as a record and now seems somewhat childish IMO.

ChampionChimper said:
Riot van written when he was about 17 compared to 40 odd year old Willy Gallagher writing everyone's in yoga :oops:
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He didn't write it.

It's spot on, everyone is too self obsessed to see what's really happening, even touching on Brexit.

Hats off to the writer, great social commentary.
 
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Arkle said:
Kasabian are fun, at least.

As for the OP, are the two lads from Flight of the Conchords counted as the same generation as Alex Turner?

Edit: Answering myself, probably not as they're 43 and 41.
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We’re both in love with a sexy lady with the eye that’s lazy, the girl that’s fly with the wonky eye, she’s smoking, with the eye that’s broken, I think it’s hot the way she looks left a lot yeah
 
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RichardW said:
Here’s your answer, in my opinion:

“Thank you for the days,
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me.
I'm thinking of the days,
I won't forget a single day, believe me.
I bless the light,
I bless the light that lights on you believe me.
And though you're gone,
You're with me every single day, believe me.
Days I'll remember all my life,
Days when you can't see wrong from right.
You took my life,
But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me,
But it's all right,
Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me.
I wish today could be tomorrow,
The night is dark,
It just brings sorrow anyway.
Thank you for the days,
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me.
I'm thinking of the days,
I won't forget a single day, believe me.
Days I'll remember all my life,”
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His dads age though ,Turner talks about different times
 
"The best lyricist of his generation" is probably some poetic fucker in an unknown band somewhere.

In the spirit of the thread though, I'll nominate George Watsky...

All I wanna do is get my mind right
If I'm looking at tomorrow check my eyesight
All I'm gonna focus on is this fine night
Cause all I know is that this life is finite
Never Neverland isn't more than a legend
And so I gotta be digging the present session and getting this
Wedging myself up into the wettest crevices, effortless
Grabbing a piece of the flesh, if you love it then why fight
Some people slower than a nineties modem
Wanna see the nips, it's a while to load 'em
If life is a woman she's got some epic titties
And I wanna get up in it and live it and motorboat 'em.

 
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