Jon did make the list though, at #22. I have to say I agree about the "horrendous Captain Crash"
22 • Jon Bon Jovi
Emphatically not a cowboy.
Many rockers see themselves as modern-day outlaws, but Bon Jovi stretched the analogy to the breaking point with “Wanted Dead or Alive,” wherein he roams around on a “steel horse” toting a “loaded six-string” and claims that one can determine what day it is “by the bottle that you drink.” At least that showed some imagination, as elsewhere he contents himself with reheating Bruce Springsteen or—on 2000’s horrendous “Captain Crash and the Beauty Queen From Mars”—Elton John.
Worst Lyric: “My heart is like an open highway/Like Frankie said, ‘I did it my way’” (“It’s My Life”)
And here's the rest of the list. Kind of makes me wonder who they think is a GOOD lyricist.
11 - Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar
12 - David Crosby
13 - Pete Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Steve Hackett and Phil Collins
14 - Will.I.Am
15 - Bernie Taupin
16 - Ben Gibbard
17 - Jon Anderson
18 - Ian Anderson
19 - Queensr˙che
20 - Ryan Ross
21 - Alanis Morrissette
22 - Jon Bon Jovi
23 - Robert Plant
24 - Fred Durst
25 - KRS-One
26 - Simon LeBon
27 - Will Jennings
28 - Greg Graffin
29 - Timbaland
30 - Kevin Federline
31 - Carly Simon
32 - Matisyahu
33 - Diddy
34 - Henry Rollins
35 - Dashboard Confessional
36 - Common
37 - Bryan Adams
38 - Paul McCartney
39 - Billy Corgan
40 - Anthony Kiedis
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