«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato

Will there ever be another Leonard Cohen?

Cosmo Sheldrake album is a good start...

Nobody can replace Dylan or Cohen...

But someone else different may come...

This album i posted above of Cosmo Sheldrake is as good poetry than these 2 giants first album...

Wait 30 years and we will see what Cosmo Sheldrake could do...

There is many others i dont know...

My point is popular music nowadays is atrocious not by lack of geniuses in music but by the way the industry manufacture the public itself...and format any talent under his thumb...I will not give name because i dont want to hurt or provoke useless debate...

It is called mind programmation and control...

It is a science...

If someone is not conscious of that he cannot understand anything around him...

@mahgister your mention of Léo Ferré suggests an appreciation for French

DJ Solaar and Serge Gainsbourg both penned some serious wordsmithing in that language and, of course, legend Jacques Brel

My three favorite more powerful song ever written Are :

Jacques Brel : "Ne me quitte pas"

Léo Ferré :    "Avec le temps"

Bob Dylan :   "Murder most Foul"

Some qualifiers are needed.  While there are great lyrics in some modern songs, the change I notice is in lyrics of the popular / radio play / awarded music when comparing songs from the 60's and 70's to today's music.  Lyrics are not given importance today, and honestly, the youth don't seem to care.  My son says (and it is the position of his peers) that lyrics don't matter as much as the beat or the overall feel of the song.  Worse, some of the lyrics of the music are disgusting.  Music, like everything, goes through cycles.   Perhaps one day, pop/popular songs will be lyrics-centric again.  

@frogman 

"That’s actually pretty funny.  Well done. 😊"

Thank you.