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What are some of the most poetic rock bands? Doesn't have to be super deep or anything, just ones with good writing.
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>>124473653
god i wish that was me
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Soundgarden
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>>124473653
And Also The Trees
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>>124473653
sun kil moon - ghosts of great highway and admiral fell promises have very simple yet poetic lyrics
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>>124473653
Van der Graaf Generator
Jethro Tull
Patto
The Kinks
The Doors
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Patti Smith Group
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
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>>124474466
Jethro Tull? Really?
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>>124473653
is that the woman who spelled God with an undercase G down in Southern Brazil and was immediately turned into a tree?
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>>124473653
The Lucksmiths have some clever lines. Don't let the barstools get you down
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roxy music
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>>124476187
absolutely
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>>124473653
Marilyn Manson
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The Wrens have the best lyrics I've ever seen.
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How did no one say The Smiths yet
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The Pogues
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I don't rightly know
>Hotel books
>Listener
>MewithoutYou
>Throwing muses
>Modest mouse
>The Airborne Toxic event
>Kellermensch
>Mew
Maybe even
>The connells
>The sugarcubes
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>>124473653
Anal Cunt
Carnivore
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Third Eye Blind- Slow Motion(demo)
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John Doe and Exene from X literally met at a poetry workshop.

iunno, Jane's Addiction has its moments
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>>124473653
extra life
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Nobody mentioning Grateful Dead? Even just Garcia's work with Robert Hunter alone is incredible.
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>>124479461
some more:
maudlin of the well/kayo dot/some of toby’s solo work
ween
bill wurtz (not rock but whatever)
discordance axis/gridlink
orgone (tech death)
harvey milk
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>>124473653
the jam
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>>124479607
sorry.. bill wurtz? the history of the world dude? that's fucking hilarious
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>>124479910
yes, that guy. he’s a phenomenal songwriter
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https://youtu.be/fdqNbt5gyWE
i love Harriet Wheeler, i love The Sundays
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>>124473653
wood
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>>124473653
Manic Street Preachers, Pulp, and Suede, the UK had some great lyricists in the 90s
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Chino Moreno. A lot of idiots with no clue will say otherwise just because they're associated with nu metal, but his lyrics are often beautiful and poetic.
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>>124477331
I never would have guessed this.
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>>124473653
van der graaf generator
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>>124485304
I CLIMB
THROUGH THE EVENING
ALIVE
AND BELIEVING
IN TIME
WE SHALL AAAAALL KNOW OUR GOOOOALS
AND SO FINALLY HOOOOOME
FOR NOW
ALL IS SECREEEET
THOUGH HOW
COULD I SPEAK IT
ALLOW ME THE DREAM IN MY EYE
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SUCH A LONG TIIIIME
JUST TO SEE IT AT LAST
ALL OF THE HANDS TIGHTLY CLASPED
ALL OF US
PILGRIMS!
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>>124473653
CMX
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>>124485346
FRIGHTENED INTO
SIIIIILLEEEEEENCE
FRIGHTENED, BUT
THIIIIIIINKIIING VEEERYYYYY HAAAAARD
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>>124485478
thx anon, blasting Still Life at 10am and singing along for my neighbors to hear
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>>124473653
https://youtu.be/gQDJ45qJHBQ
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>>124473653
Onyx, but generally just the lines that Sticky writes.
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>>124477331
really don't mind if I check this one out
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autechre
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>>124485435
Aren't all of their songs in Finnish
Most people here can't understand them
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>>124476231
no this is her
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>>124473938
ok
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>>124473653
Blue Öyster Cult
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>>124473653
The Fall



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