If Kristofferson has a spot than John Prine and Neil Young as well. For the record I hate Coldplay.

You aren't alone.

Elliott Smith,Steven Morrissey,Thom Yorke,Geoff Rickly, and Neil Young are my favorites.

Far from it...

can't stand coldplay either. or dave matthews for that matter.

here's my sampling, and I say sampling cos I know I'll leave some good ones out:

robert smith
dylan
danzig
j. morrison
lou reed

a lot of my favorite songs happen to also be instrumentals...

Dave Mustaine
Sting
Ginger from the Wildhearts
Tom Waits

Myself. Enough Said!:p

I really like Danzig's lyrics at the moment cause I've been listening to a lot of Misfits, Samhain and Danzig albums. He's kinda got the old school (Johnny Cash and various bluesmen) meets the new (Iggy, ect). Nick Cave does this well too especially in his early albums like From Her To Eternity and The First Born Is Dead. Good to see those two guys mentioned aswell as Tom Waits he has some crazy beat poetry style lyrics aswell as the down and out drunk Bukowski ones aswell.

Im gonna come back to this one..... and rave some more crap and bore you guys :)

Well, you are all free to hate coldplay as much as you want, but I can't stand most metal and death music, and this is the complete opposite IMO. I don't understand what's bad about them?

What I dislike about Coldplay is their blandness. They seem like an Adult-Contemporary, Top 40 version of Radiohead. The singer's voice just kinda irritates me too.