Spanish Bombs is the only good song The Clash ever came up with? Well, then it's pretty obvious that the only songs you've heard from The Clash are Spanish Bombs, Should I Stay or Should I Go, and Rock the Casbah. They do have a few other songs besides those three. But hey, to each his own.
I'd like to nominate Radiohead and System of a Down, out of the bands that I listen to regularly. Radiohead is more of an obvious and well known choice though. So I will shine the spotlight on System of a Down. For example SOAD's latest double album has some great lyrical songs. Like "Dreaming", "Tentative", "Holy Mountains", "Soldier Side", "Sad Statue", "B.Y.O.B.", and so many others. Almost all of their songs and lyrics are in the political realm.
Back in the days of old (but well after knights were bold) there was a band called 'Ass Ponys' and they had really good lyrics. [Quote="Some Kind of Fun" lyrics]The quiet one, the one named Steven Listens to the voice of reason They miss him at the kitchen Where he's given daily bread Another one, the one named Harry Vegetable or visionary Said he had a dream with Steven Flying overhead He watched him until he lost him in the sun He must be having some kind of fun A thousand miles, a world away A woman starts another day She drinks her mud and draws a tub And waits for it to fill A box arrives with nothing in it Setting off her head a spinnin' It goes round and round and round Until it all begins to spill Before she knows it another day is done She must be having some kind of fun [/quote] [Quote="It's Summer Here" lyrics]There are thirteen headless turtles Hanging on a line Their severed heads would snap a stick And break your finger pretty quick The blood is draining from their necks And out into the grass The flies are buzzing all around A hatchet sticking in the ground And it's summer here The river looks like chocolate milk It's foaming at the banks The snakes come out to sun themselves You think you've died and gone to hell I found one in the yard So I gave it to the dog She barked and got it by the head And flung it 'round till it was dead And it's summer here Out behind the barber shop The barber's burning hair He lights it laughing to himself He knows you can't escape the smell The smoke is rising from the pile And out into the town It stings your eyes and burns your nose And makes it's way all through your clothes And it's summer here [/quote] The music is very good as well. During the brief A&R douchebag feeding frenzy in the 90s over "alt-country" bands, Ass Ponys got a recording contract and put out an excellent album - "The Known Universe." But people (apparently) didn't really want any "alt-country" and the Ass Ponys were one of the few bands whose sound could lay genuine claim to a label like that. So, go find it in the bargain bin, or at half.com, or somewhere. It really is a great album that pretty much everyone missed. [quote="God Tells Me To" Lyrics] I'm gonna walk around the yard Until I find a hill of ants Take a magnifying glass Heat 'em up and watch 'em dance And I only hurt because I think of you And I only kill because God tells me to I drove by your house today But I didn't dare to stop And I felt just like an ant As I rode around the block[/quote]
You forgot to mention the amazingly deep song Kill Rock and Roll about how a pair of pet rabbits were run over.
