THEIR MUSIC
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| Not always, but a lot of the time, I judge how good a song is by its lyrics. Music obviously plays a huge role in a song, but in this case, you are going to see below some songs and poems that I think are lyrically ingenious. They are not necessarily favourite songs, but ultimately I like their lyrics. |
- 1979 - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- 2112: Discovery - (Rush)
- 38 Years Old - (The Tragically Hip)
- 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) - (Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band)
- 7th Avenue - (Big Rude Jake)
- A Beautiful Thing - (The Tragically Hip)
- A Shot In The Arm - (Wilco)
- After The Goldrush - (Neil Young)
- Against The Wind - (Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band)
- Ahead By A Century - (The Tragically Hip)
- Airborne - (Grand Theft Bus)
- Another Midnight - (The Tragically Hip)
- Any Road - (George Harrison)
- Apartment Song - (The Tragically Hip)
- Appels + Oranjes - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Atlantic City - (Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band)
- Ava Adore - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Back Home - (The Mahones)
- Beauty And The Beast - (Nightwish)
- Behold! The Night Mare - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Big Balls - (AC/DC)
- Bleed To Love Her - (Fleetwood Mac)
- Bobcaygeon - (The Tragically Hip)
- By Starlight - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Canada Geese - (Gordon Downie)
- Cape Canaveral - (Astronaut Wife)
- Champagne And Reefer - (Muddy Waters)
- Chancellor - (Gordon Downie)
- Chili Bean's Final Carouse - (Big Rude Jake)
- Companion (Lay Me Down) - (Wide Mouth Mason)
- Cortez The Killer - (Neil Young)
- Crime In The City - (Neil Young)
- Crossing A Canyon - (54-40)
- Cupid De Locke - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Dave The Moon Man - (Looper)
- Don't Change Your Plans - (Ben Folds Five)
- Drive By - (Jimmy Swift Band)
- Enya - (The Age Of Electric)
- Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man - (The Tragically Hip)
- Every Irrelevence - (Gordon Downie)
- Fair - (Ben Folds Five)
- Fear Of Pop (In Love) - (Ben Folds Five & William Shatner)
- Fiddler's Green - (The Tragically Hip)
- Fireworks - (The Tragically Hip)
- Forgotten Hopes - (Anathema)
- Freak Turbulence - (The Tragically Hip)
- Front St. Belvedere - (Big Rude Jake)
- Galapagos - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Gift Advice - (Gordon Downie)
- Green Carpet - (The Golden Caramels)
- Hard Deep Junction Blues - (Big Rude Jake)
- Harvest Moon - (Neil Young)
- Helpless - (Neil Young)
- Horse Called Music - (Randy Travis)
- Hurricane - (Bob Dylan)
- I Of The Mourning - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- I Stand Before The Songwriter's Cabal - (Gordon Downie)
- I'm Gonna Miss Her - (Brad Paisley)
- I'm Not Sure What Kind Of Squalor You're Living In - (Gordon Downie)
- In The Arms Of Sleep - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Innevitability Of Death - (The Tragically Hip)
- Insomniacs Of The World, Goodnight - (Gordon Downie)
- Insane Protagonist - (Bumblepuppy)
- Kate - (Ben Folds Five)
- Keep On Rockin' In The Free World - (Neil Young)
- Lake Fever - (The Tragically Hip)
- Last Of A Dying Breed - (Neil Young)
- Let's Roll - (Neil Young)
- Like A Rock - (Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band)
- Lily (My One And Only) - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Listen With Your Heart - (Natalia Nazarova)
- Lofty Pines (NYC) - (Gordon Downie)
- Lodestar - (Sarah Harmer)
- Long May You Run - (Neil Young)
- Love Is Psychedelic - (Fantastic Plastic Machine)
- Lose Yourself - (Eminem)
- Lucas With The Lid Off - (Lucas)
- Luna - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Magic - (Ben Folds Five)
- Marquee And The Moon - (Sloan)
- Memory Motel - (Rolling Stones)
- Metroland - (Mark Knopfler)
- Mountain - (Chris Brown & Kate Fenner)
- Muzzle - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- My Music At Work - (The Tragically Hip)
- Mystery - (Gordon Downie)
- Nautical Disaster - (The Tragically Hip)
- Never-Ending Present - (Gordon Downie)
- New Orleans - (Gordon Downie)
- On Every Street - (Dire Straits)
- On Your Own - (Blur)
- Parisian Adams And Eves - (Pleine Lune)
- Perfect - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Philosophy - (Ben Folds Five)
- Pisces Fish - (George Harrison)
- Pictures In The Dark - (Mike Oldfield)
- Pocahontas - (Neil Young)
- Poorboy Blues - (Warsaw Pack)
- Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Powderfinger - (Neil Young)
- Put It Off - (The Tragically Hip)
- Rained Out Parade - (Wide Mouth Mason)
- Romeo And Juliet - (Dire Straits)
- Run The Barrens - (Gordon Downie)
- Sailboat - (Gordon Downie)
- SF Song (San Francisco/The Phoenix Hotel) - (Gordon Downie)
- Shape Of My Heart - (Backstreet Boys)
- She's A Jones - (54-40)
- Sherpa - (The Tragically Hip)
- Sketches From Paris (Part One) - (Michael Shaw)
- Sketches From Paris (Part Two) - (Michael Shaw)
- Sleeping Sun - (Nightwish)
- Smoke - (Ben Folds Five)
- Somedays The World Can Be The Greatest Place On Earth - (Gordon Downie)
- Something On - (The Tragically Hip)
- Space And Time - (The Orange Alabaster Mushroom)
- Springtime Again - (Ekoostic Hookah)
- Springtime In Vienna - (The Tragically Hip)
- Stargazers - (Nightwish)
- Starpainters - (Gordon Downie)
- Stonecutters Arms - (Tom Cochrane)
- Streets Of Philadelphia - (Bruce Springsteen)
- Summer Of '69 - (Bryan Adams)
- Summer On - (Gordon Downie)
- Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) - (Incubus)
- Sunken Treasure - (Wilco)
- The Completists - (The Tragically Hip)
- The Dance - (Garth Brooks)
- The Dire Wolf - (The Tragically Hip)
- The Gambler - (Kenny Rogers)
- The Goalie Who Lives Across The Street - (Gordon Downie)
- The Good Stuff - (Kenny Chesney)
- The Hitchhiker - (Neil Young)
- The House Where Nobody Lives - (Tom Waits)
- The Jack - (AC/DC)
- The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side - (Magnetic Fields)
- The Night Pat Murphy Died - (Great Big Sea)
- The Other Man - (Sloan)
- The Secret Is To Know When To Stop - (Tom Cochrane)
- The Trees - (Rush)
- The Weight - (The Band)
- The Wind Cries Mary - (Jimi Hendrix)
- The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - (Gordon Lightfoot)
- Thirty-Three - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Thrasher - (Neil Young)
- Throwing Off Glass - (The Tragically Hip)
- Time Marches On - (Tracy Lawrence)
- Time Off For Good Behaviour - (Neil Young)
- Titanic Terrarium - (The Tragically Hip)
- To Sheila - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel - (Barenaked Ladies)
- Tonight, Tonight - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Train Overnight - (The Tragically Hip)
- Tuba - (Gordon Downie)
- Tunnel Of Love - (Dire Straits)
- Upon The Rainbow's Edge - ("Lizette")
- Vancouver Divorce - (Gordon Downie)
- Waiting For Slow Songs - (Sloan)
- Walking In The Air - (Nightwish)
- Waves - (Hooverphonic)
- We Never Danced - (Neil Young)
- We've Got Tonight - (Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band)
- Wheat Kings - (The Tragically Hip)
- White Rabbit - (Jefferson Airplane)
- Wishlist - (Pearl Jam)
- With Every Light - (Smashing Pumpkins)
- Without You - (Silverchair)
- Wonderboy - (Tenacious D)
- Woodstock - (Joni Mitchell)
- Yesterdays - (Guns N' Roses)
- Ziggy Stardust - (David Bowie)