Giuseppe Zangara

Winter is about the only time I love living in Florida.

I haven't been high since Agent smoked me out a few weeks back, but then I haven't been looking.

Amazing that Ed McMahon outlived him.

I didn't realize you were as old as you are.

It's somewhere in the high 50s right now.

This was the part I really liked.

I laughed, anyway.

It was a few months back, I think.

I once pre-emptively blocked Nice Guy Adam and Nevermortal, though I've never talked to either on AIM ever.

I wasn't being serious, you ass.

I like "Dear Prudence" in spite of its awful lyrics. Which was the point of this thread.

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.

WOOF Fortunately, quality lyrics are rarely integral to a good song.

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?