This about sums up my thoughts on the subject.

Bill Bailey’s fantastic.

And for the less jaded out there, here’s ‘Love Letter’ from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, from their And No More Shall We Part album. Nick Cave appeals to my over-dramatic side. He’s a really creative writer, and his songs are usually fairly intense and contain a lot of interesting imagery. His solo stuff seems to dip into a weirder zone that I really like, so it’s worth checking out if you haven’t heard any of it. It has an almost Tom Waits-ish vibe. Not that anyone can really be like Waits, but he has a similar uncompromised vision in his work.