Giuseppe Zangara

I'll add Elvis Costello to the above, though he's often guilty of overly precious wordplay and forcing certain turns of phrase.

Eh. I can think of other songwriters whose lyrics surpass the Beatles in terms of poetry, like Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Lou Reed (mainly thinking the VU-era, here, though his solo stuff has some gems)...there are some others, but those are the most immediately recognizable names. Still, the Beatles, more often than not, got the job done.

I don't get that post at all.

Shut up, you fucking racist.

I agree. Hey, here's a bad lyric from a good song: "He who fucks nuns will later join the church." Wow.

I like it, if only for the crudeness of the bone.

I wouldn't say all—or even most—of their lyrics were crap. Most of it was acceptable, which is all you can ask out of rock lyrics, really. Something approaching genuine poetry is rare.

Look, we can go through their entire post-Rubber Soul discography if you want—I'm sure there's many examples of childish sentiments to be found. I happened to highlight the most egregious example. Speaking of Rubber Soul, I'm listening to it right now. "Nowhere Man" always bugged me.

How dare you.

O CRUEL FORTUNA

Growing - The Sky's Run Into the Sea The Gories - I Know You Fine, but How You Doin' The Beatles - Rubber Soul

Shit, am I a troll?

The best show. To think I could've fallen in love with it four years ago!

IDRM, Kotzenjunge and I are gonna go on a road trip to Los Angeles for Banky's wedding. What do you suppose life will be like for the happy couple?

And I wouldn't cry if HungryJack were assassinated.

It was fine before you showed up, ya doosh.

Kevin Williamson? You're an idiot. Go to the TV folder with the rest of the birth defects and stay there.

D00DZ NEIL PEART HAS LIKE 50 DIFFERENT PIECES TO HIS KIT GOD HE'S THE BEST

Best beer and it's nowhere to be found in this miserable fucking city.

Stupid scenester shits, shut the fuck up with your fucking trendy drugs.

I can't sit idly by and watch him derail a perfectly good McDonalds thread, so here is a thread for him to vent. I think he's dying or something, so let him have his peace in here.

Important.

80 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. I feel like I'm going to die.

And horrible, I imagine. Life is horrible in Indiana.