For me it was Bad Religion lyrics. 13 year old me would sit down in front of the CD player, booklet in one hand, dictionary in the other. Greg Graffin uses an obscene amount of vocabulary that I haven't encountered anywhere else.

One example:

The masses are obsequious, contented in their sleep. The vortex of their minds ensconced within the murky deep

[–] connaisseur@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, insane. And he sings those lines so easily like it was just basic stuff.

[–] SolarNialamide@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Lmfao I literally made this meme years ago. I can't deny they've expanded my vocabulary greatly.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I bet you would like Aesop Rock

https://pudding.cool/projects/vocabulary/index.html

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'm a native speaker and even I learned words from reading that

[–] draughtcyclist@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I'm a native English speaker, and Greg Graffin did more for my vocabulary than public schools ever did.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Garfunkel and Oates are great for it too

[–] illectrility@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Try The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's pretty cool and has some very complex sentences