Me too! That list is dumb. You can legitimately criticize lyrics for being stupid, vapid, or ridiculously over-the-top, and every lyricist is going to be guilty of those over the course of many, many songs and albums. A better way to go about it would be to highlight the repeat offenders and list their songs.
Scott Stap definitely belongs there... almost every Creed song is laden with a fake and generic spirituality that made them a Christia-rock cross over. Dream Theater, a band that I'm really fond of as you well know, is capable of some remarkably awful (and sometimes whiney) lyrics. For every "Don't Stand so Close to Me" there's a "Synchonicity," and Peart's hit-to-miss ratio is incredibly high, says I.
Oo, random thought. There should be a Terminator Musical, with music by Rush and lyrics by Peart. In fact, there's already quite a few Rush songs you could use in it! Better yet, construct the plot of a Terminator Musical around pre-existing Rush songs. I'm a genius!
