Lyrics or poetry?

[rubis]

Been having a youtube day today and catching up on some things I don't normally listen to in the car, when it (re)occurred to me just how beautiful the lyrics of Joni Mitchell's songs are. This is one of my favourites of hers [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAb6Jgb41mo[/media] "Like the hexagram of the heavens, like the strings of this guitar" .................what a line ! This whole song really moves me So, who else could write such poetry ?

[rubis]

[sup][size=4][size=6]By the way sorry about the shoddy state of this post, I've been getting a new keyboard and the return key doesn't seem to function properly...........it couldn't be user error, of course![/size][/size][/sup]

[bobbass4k]

I've always thought the lyrics to this read more like a poem, with the rhyming and everything:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYAF_MgV0JA[/media]

The section with singing starts at about 5:02, but you should listen to the whole thing because it's one of the best songs ever written.

[xilddx]

Fiona Apple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-DbWyLAQ2w

[xgsjx]

Marillion always had some amazing poetic lyrics & quality basslines...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbr9F_asKeQ

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Conjure phantom lovers from the tattered shreds of dawn[/font][/color][/size]

[Fionn]

Never before, nor never again, shall a song be touched by such sublime, profound, and artful poetry. All other vocal gestures fail, like the grunting of apes, in comparison. Aye, here is [i]the[/i] bench-mark of poetic lyricism. Aspire! ... futile as it may be...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ[/url]

[rubis]

Absolutely

[BetaFunk]

When i am unable to find any of my e.e.cummings books i always turn to this........................

http://youtu.be/fKwCZBaDu74

It's poetry folks!

[neepheid]

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