Members Wes_Powell Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 Russ Freeman! Well, unless instrumental stuff isn't a "song". Then, it'd probably be Paul McCartney. -wp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hood Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 Walter hyattchamp hooddavid ballsteve runkleand many more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sam Therapy Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 Bowie - when he can be botheredTom WaitsElvis CostelloDavid Byrne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Welladjusted Posted June 10, 2002 Author Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 seems like I have good taste. lots of Billy Corgan votes here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brikus Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 PAUL SIMON HANDS DOWN ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b alen Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 Leonard Cohen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nza Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 Wow, I see lots of votes for Tom Waits, one of the best and most underappreciated songwriters ever. I, too, vote for him. After all he's "big in Japan" The rest of my votes go to: Beck Hanson (aka Beck) the songwriting team of Trey Spruance, Trevor Dunn, and Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle) Fela Kuti Sylvester Stewart (aka Sly Stone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zendog54 Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 John LennonSteve EarleVan MorrisonLucinda WilliamsJohn FogertyLowell GeorgeJeff TweedyElvis CostelloTom PettyBruce SpringsteenRyan Adams ....to name a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nza Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 This vote is freakily populated with whiteys, so I'm gonna drop some more awesome songwriters of other melatonin levels: again, Sly StoneJames Brown (how could nobody have said James Brown?)again, Fela KutiIsaac HayesD'Angelo (the second most underrated besides Tom Waits)Robert JohnsonGeorge Clinton ....and, if songs without words count: Miles DavisJohn ColtraneRahsaan Roland Kirk (Note: I specifically discluded all hip-hop artists, as most people on this message board don't consider hip-hop music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fused progression Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 hhhhmmmmmmm some strange ones there.what about PAUL WELLERSTEVE MARRIOTPETE TOWNSHENDJOHN ENTWISTLEDAVE GILMORESTEVIE NICKSLYNDSY BUCKINGHAMJIM MORISONPETER GABRIALNEIL YOUNGCHRIS DIFFORDJIMMY PAGERICHARD ASHCROFT I CANT BELIVE THAT NONE OF THESE HAVE COME UP BEFORE I POSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nza Posted June 10, 2002 Members Share Posted June 10, 2002 I don't know if it would be appropriate to call Jim Morrison a songwriter, as he only wrote the lyrics. I think nobody said David Gilmore cause his songs suck (IMO). Of course, so do Roger Waters' songs (again, IMO). The only Floyd really worth listening to is the old school Syd Barrett variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Marshall Posted June 11, 2002 Members Share Posted June 11, 2002 Robert smith of the cure Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metallymetalguy Posted June 11, 2002 Members Share Posted June 11, 2002 ScottWMF: First thing I see is Billy Corgan... fun stuff, since I was gonna post him. Lyrically, he's the best friend I've never met. Musically, he's just... well, Thru the Eyes of Ruby. Thats all I got to say. Here is No Why, Dross, Cupid de Locke + Gallapagos (spelling?), etc etc etc. And *so* many songs out there... I guess I'm 5thing him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Davetastic Posted June 11, 2002 Members Share Posted June 11, 2002 Jim MorrisonPete TownshendBob DylanNeil YoungPaul McCartneyJimi HendrixPaul SimonRobby KriegerStevie Wonder Jim is a songwriter because not only did he write great words,but he usually made up the melody of the song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brikus Posted June 11, 2002 Members Share Posted June 11, 2002 Originally posted by Nza This vote is freakily populated with whiteys, so I'm gonna drop some more awesome songwriters of other melatonin levels:again, Sly StoneJames Brown (how could nobody have said James Brown?)again, Fela KutiIsaac HayesD'Angelo (the second most underrated besides Tom Waits)Robert JohnsonGeorge Clinton....and, if songs without words count:Miles DavisJohn ColtraneRahsaan Roland Kirk(Note: I specifically discluded all hip-hop artists, as most people on this message board don't consider hip-hop music) if you're talkin' bout blacks then ya forgot Stevie Wonder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members airgordon Posted June 11, 2002 Members Share Posted June 11, 2002 Come on, people. BILLY JOEL. He has the total package for a songwriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jbh Posted June 11, 2002 Members Share Posted June 11, 2002 David Gilmour and Roger Waters Greg Dulli Chris Cornell Paul Kelly - unknown in the US, but a superstar in Australia Greg Dulli is my fav. He is from Afghan Whigs. I strongly suggest you listen intently to Gentlemen, if you have not already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedddy Posted June 11, 2002 Members Share Posted June 11, 2002 I like Bob Dylan, Syd Barrett, Paul McCartney, and Ian Curtis of Joy Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members electricmel Posted June 11, 2002 Members Share Posted June 11, 2002 Not ONE mention of Bob Pollard - Guided By Voices???? How about Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding of XTC I also triple the Ray Davies and Pete Townshend entries - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saint Frank Posted June 11, 2002 Members Share Posted June 11, 2002 Originally posted by electricmel ...How about Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding of XTC... These guys are definitely on my list. Also, a lot of others mentioned previously and in addition: Pursuit Of Happiness (I don't know who wrote for them but very smart lyrics) Pete Holsapple and some Chris Stamey (dBs) Jellyfish (again, I don't know who wrote for the band but, wow!) Murray Attaway (Guadalcanal Diary and some solo stuff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nza Posted June 12, 2002 Members Share Posted June 12, 2002 I'm gonna go WAAAAYYY out on a limb here, but, in all honesty, these guys really are one of my all-time-fav songwriting teams (and one of the most underrated): Ween Anybody who's ever heard such classics as... "Freedom of 76", "Sarah", "A Tear for Eddie", or "Exactly Where I'm At"... ...as well as some of the most entertaining non-classics... "Flies on my Dick", "She {censored}s Me", "Pollo Asada", or "Poop Ship Destroyer"... ...well, if you've heard Ween, you know what I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassesofalessergod Posted June 12, 2002 Members Share Posted June 12, 2002 Originally posted by Nza I'm gonna go WAAAAYYY out on a limb here, but, in all honesty, these guys really are one of my all-time-fav songwriting teams (and one of the most underrated): Ween Anybody who's ever heard such classics as... "Freedom of 76", "Sarah", "A Tear for Eddie", or "Exactly Where I'm At"... ...as well as some of the most entertaining non-classics... "Flies on my Dick", "She {censored}s Me", "Pollo Asada", or "Poop Ship Destroyer"... ...well, if you've heard Ween, you know what I'm talking about. Now we're cooking with gas!!!!1 Chocolate and cheese... My pick for indispensible album of the 90Ss!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassesofalessergod Posted June 12, 2002 Members Share Posted June 12, 2002 the H.I.V. song by Ween is quite possibly the greatest song of this or any lifetime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nza Posted June 12, 2002 Members Share Posted June 12, 2002 Originally posted by bassesofalessergod the H.I.V. song by Ween is quite possibly the greatest song of this or any lifetime! If you've ever experienced their live show, you will truly understand the, um, "power" of that number. Imagine thousands of screaming (drunken, possibly very high) fans swaying violently, stopping occassionally only to yell out at the top of their lungs "AIDS!"..."HIV!"...I don't really know how to explain it. The thing that trips me out is that those guys write some really, actually amazing songs. "Sarah" off of Pure Guava is one of the sweetest songs ever. On Chocolate and Cheese, you've got "Tear for Eddie", "Baby Bitch", I second that album for most indespensible album of the 90s (as well as the best album cover EVER...this is the face I made when I first saw it... but my trowsers made this face ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Outkaster Posted June 12, 2002 Members Share Posted June 12, 2002 I have a few: Taj MahalBruce SpringsteenIsley BorthersBob MarleySteel PulseBarrington LevyGregory IssacsGlenn Fry/Don Henly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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