Independent (UK) - The 40 best song lyrics of all time, from Leonard Cohen to Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush (2022)

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Re: Independent (UK) - The 40 best song lyrics of all time, from Leonard Cohen to Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush (2022)

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Very good list:

Nirvana – All Apologies
Nine Inch Nails – "Hurt"
Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Arcade Fire – "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"
Beyonce – "Formation"
Laura Marling – “Ghosts”
LCD Soundsystem – "Losing My Edge"
Leonard Cohen – "So Long, Marianne"
The Libertines – "Can't Stand Me Now"
Kate Bush – "Cloudbusting"
Nick Cave – "Into my Arms"
Sisters of Mercy – "This Corrosion"
Sultans of Ping FC – "Where's Me Jumper?"
The Smiths – "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"
Bruce Springsteen – "I'm on Fire"
Tori Amos – "Father Lucifer"
Public Enemy – "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"
Kendrick Lamar –" Swimming Pool (Drank)"
Prince – "Sign O' the Times"
Rolling Stones – "Gimme Shelter"
David Bowie – "Station to Station"
Oasis – "Supersonic"
Underworld – "Born Slippy"
Fleetwood Mac – "Landslide"
Paul Simon – "Graceland"
Lou Reed – "Walk on the Wild Side"
Sharon Van Etten – "Every Time the Sun Comes Up"
Patti Smith – “Gloria”
The Eagles – "Hotel California"
Thin Lizzy – "The Boys are Back in Town"
Nina Simone – "Four Women"
St Vincent – "Digital Witness"
Frank Ocean – "Pink + White"
Rufus Wainwright – "Dinner at Eight"
Bob Dylan – "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"
ABBA – "The Winner Takes it All"
Nas – "The World is Yours"
The Stone Roses – "I Wanna Be Adored"
The Beatles – "When I'm Sixty Four"
Beck – "Loser"
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Re: Independent (UK) - The 40 best song lyrics of all time, from Leonard Cohen to Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush (2022)

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In case anyone else is vigorously shaking their heads in disbelief at some of these, it should be noted that these picks are for specific lines that are quoted at the top of each song's entry, not necessarily for the entire lyric set. It's a very subjective list, as anything like this would be, with head-scratching rationales for some of the choices (e.g., the lyric they quote from "Supersonic" is here precisely because it's so gloriously dumb).
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Re: Independent (UK) - The 40 best song lyrics of all time, from Leonard Cohen to Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush (2022)

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Not eligible, since it’s not about the songs overall quality.
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