Bestest Songwriters EVER!

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  • Hirgy03
    Hirgy03 Posts: 332 Member
    James Taylor
    Dan Fogelberg
    Billy Joel
  • __RANDY__
    __RANDY__ Posts: 1,036 Member
    Damien Rice, lyrical genius.

    So you listened to 9 crimes on repeat for a month and this constitutes a lyrical genius pfft.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    Johnny Cash
    Gordon Lightfoot
    Dan Fogelberg
    Jimmy Buffett

    Edit to add: Jim Croce
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    Jim Croce. Brian Wilson. Bob Dylan. Paul Simon. Davide Bowie. Johnny Cash. John Denver. Gordon Lightfoot. Van Morrison.

    http://www.songwritershalloffame.org

    You know what's funny. "Rocky Mountain High" just came on pandora.. and I thought "this is terrible, he could never go in my thread"
    hahaha

    confession: if i weren't from WV, i probably would not like "Country Roads."
  • BoatReadyBody
    BoatReadyBody Posts: 376
    Etta James
    Keb-mo
    Johnny LANG.. ALL TIME FAV.
  • perfekta
    perfekta Posts: 331 Member
    Damien Rice, lyrical genius.
    Agree
  • perfekta
    perfekta Posts: 331 Member
    James Taylor
    Dan Fogelberg
    Billy Joel

    Nothing gets me teased quite as much as my love for James Taylor.
  • Miss_dannii
    Miss_dannii Posts: 1,351 Member
    Damien Rice, lyrical genius.

    So you listened to 9 crimes on repeat for a month and this constitutes a lyrical genius pfft.

    That's really rude of you. No, I've been a huge fan of his since his Juniper days and I never missed any of his gigs here in Ireland. My favourite songs of his are NOT on 9 or O. So STFU.
  • TheViperMan
    TheViperMan Posts: 235 Member
    I'm thinkin' you folks... ...are old.

    Rob Thomas
    Josh Ramsay

    (You might need to Google those...)

    On the same token, if anyone adds Justin Bieber I'm going to crawl through these computer screens and rip your ears off.
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    Stevie Nicks - for Landslide, my favorite song ever. I sing it to my daughter at night.


    Also:
    Carol King
    Bruce Springsteen
    Elton John

    thank you. I was reading this thread about to panic,

    no one had mentioned CAROL KING yet????

    omg, guys, Tapestry? It's, like, one of the most covered albums EVER. Every note she wrote is pure gold.
  • mamax5
    mamax5 Posts: 414 Member
    I'm sticking with Paul McCartney and Elton John....but then I think about Billy Joel.....as for singing I am addicted to Eric Burdon right now.
  • wwk10
    wwk10 Posts: 244 Member
    Kris Kristofferson
    John Prine
    Billy Joe Shaver
    Cole Porter
    George and Ira Gerschwin
    Irving Berlin
    Hoagey Carmichael
    Willie Nelson
    John and Paul
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Neil Young, John Lennon, (early) Billy Corgan, Eddie Vedder, Layne Staley, Jeff Buckley, Robert Smith, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Tori Amos, P. J Harvey, Matthew Bellamy before he disappeared up his own *kitten*
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
    Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, John Prine, Dylan, Bowie, Cash, Lennon/McCartney, Brian Wilson, Plant/Paige

    I'd like to add James Taylor and Jeff Buckley to this list.

    Oh absolutely agree, don't know how I could have left them out to be honest but even if I hours to think about it I'd leave people out!
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
    I'm thinkin' you folks... ...are old.

    Rob Thomas
    Josh Ramsay

    (You might need to Google those...)

    On the same token, if anyone adds Justin Bieber I'm going to crawl through these computer screens and rip your ears off.

    This is a joke though, right?! I suppose this is entirely subjective!
  • perfekta
    perfekta Posts: 331 Member
    Oh and Kate Nash
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Oooh, ooh... Mike Doughty.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Taylor Swift...absolutely


    :laugh: :laugh: ok, sorry, I can't keep it up!

    I'm getting on the Lennon/McCartney band wagon here too, but I'm also a fan of the Don Henley/Glenn Frey stuff too
  • bmqbonnie
    bmqbonnie Posts: 836 Member
    Fiona Apple, IMO
  • SquidgySquidge
    SquidgySquidge Posts: 239 Member
    How the hell have we got through 2 pages without even a whisper of

    CONOR OBERST????
  • stephdeeable
    stephdeeable Posts: 1,407 Member
    How the hell have we got through 2 pages without even a whisper of

    CONOR OBERST????

    I said Conor Oberst. Maybe I'm on ignore? Please love me.
  • stephdeeable
    stephdeeable Posts: 1,407 Member
    Fiona Apple, IMO

    Yes! How did I forget her!?
  • SquidgySquidge
    SquidgySquidge Posts: 239 Member
    How the hell have we got through 2 pages without even a whisper of

    CONOR OBERST????

    I said Conor Oberst. Maybe I'm on ignore? Please love me.

    I love you, I love you! Sorry I missed that lol.
    I'm going to see him next week, 2 nights in a row - woohoo!
  • ekalexm
    ekalexm Posts: 73
    For me, best ever:

    Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Lieber & Stoller, Bacharach & David, Jagger/Richards, Daltrey/Townsend, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Carole King, Rodgers/Edwards, Morrissey/Marr, Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Plant/Page, Lucinda Williams, Gram Parsons, Pink Floyd, Fagen/Becker, Leonard Cohen.

    Not the best ever but really bloody good:

    Kate Bush, Shawn Colvin, Neil Finn, Vedder/Pearl Jam, Suzanne Vega, Patty Griffin, Mark Hollis, Peter Gabriel, Blue Nile, Adam Duritz/Counting Crows, Kurt Cobain, John/Taupin, Mark Knopfler, Jeff Tweedy/Wilco, Brian Wilson, Emmylou Harris, Mark Lanegan, Mark E Everett, Stipe/Buck/Berry/Mills, Eric Clapton, Richard Thompson, Robert Cray, BB King, Stummer/Jones, David Sylvian, The Band, Ryan Adams, James Grant. AIC. Grant-Lee Phillips, Matt Johnson. Bob Mould, Pixies, Warren Zevon, Kristin Hersh, Neil Peart/Rush.

    OK, I'm getting carried away now. No doubt I'll have missed a few important ones. I know The Beatles, U2, etc. aren't there, just my opinion.
  • digitalbill
    digitalbill Posts: 1,410 Member
    I thought we were doing song WRITERS.
    I am seeing a lot of artists but only a few actual writers.

    For me however, it would have to be Jack Johnson and, believe it or not, Eminem.

    Jack because his songs tell a soothing story and Eminem because most of his stuff really does demand a lot of talent.
  • jakki_brown
    jakki_brown Posts: 142 Member
    Damien Rice, lyrical genius.

    So you listened to 9 crimes on repeat for a month and this constitutes a lyrical genius pfft.

    That's really rude of you. No, I've been a huge fan of his since his Juniper days and I never missed any of his gigs here in Ireland. My favourite songs of his are NOT on 9 or O. So STFU.


    1. Damien Rice is a musical/lyrical genius. I've only been lucky to see him once in the US.
    2. Dude is an *kitten*.
  • ekalexm
    ekalexm Posts: 73
    Given my post is directly above, thought I should reply. Everyone on my list is a writer, where the band have collectively written I have used the band name.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Taylor Swift!



    Oh wait! You said the Bestest... not the Worstest. :tongue:
  • stephanie40403
    stephanie40403 Posts: 98 Member
    Richard Marx (if you aren't aware of songs he has written, not just for himself, google it. ) He even won a grammy for writing a song with Luther Vandross. I bet he has written more songs that you love than you realize! :)
  • stephanie40403
    stephanie40403 Posts: 98 Member
    Angie Aparo, Rob Thomas

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