| great song writers...... 21:39 - May 27 with 11649 views | qpr_1968 |
who would you put in your top whatever song writer list....
plenty of obvious choices..
elton john/bernie taupin...
simon and garfunkel
beatles...etc...
anyone we should know about that outways that mob.
would like to know such...
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| great song writers...... on 21:48 - May 27 with 5953 views | loftboy |
Surely no one gets near Nile Rodgers? |  |
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| great song writers...... on 21:50 - May 27 with 5947 views | Esox_Lucius |
Nigel Blackwell. Leonard Cohen. Bob Dylan. Ani DiFranco. |  |
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| great song writers...... on 22:00 - May 27 with 5911 views | ted_hendrix |
Ray Davies. (masterful lyrics about 'real life')
Woody Guthrie. (His lyrics were a commitment to socialism)
John Lennon (Lyrics that were sometimes tragic and sometimes the complete opposite) |  |
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| great song writers...... on 22:06 - May 27 with 5893 views | wortonr |
Lots of good choices
But also
Carole king ( and Gerry Goffin)
Bacharach ( and David)
Sherman brothers | | | |
| great song writers...... on 22:08 - May 27 with 5883 views | guitarzan |
Stevie Wonder. For chord progressions.. Steeley Dan | | | |
| great song writers...... on 22:10 - May 27 with 5871 views | qpr_1968 |
| great song writers...... on 22:00 - May 27 by ted_hendrix |
Ray Davies. (masterful lyrics about 'real life')
Woody Guthrie. (His lyrics were a commitment to socialism)
John Lennon (Lyrics that were sometimes tragic and sometimes the complete opposite) |
ray davies...class | |
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| great song writers...... on 22:17 - May 27 with 5851 views | Logman |
Not a great fan of sad songs (don't mind one or two but can't do a Morrissey, Oasis or Leonard Cohen CD). Also just about wipes out most female songwriters. Agree with Elton John and Bob Dylan and would add George Michael. Protest songs don't have to be so miserable. Listen to the salsa classic 'No !' by Willie Colon. | | | |
| great song writers...... on 22:19 - May 27 with 5848 views | dmm |
Bill Withers - underrated
David Bowie - eclectic
Paul Simon - clever |  | | |
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| great song writers...... on 22:29 - May 27 with 5827 views | QPR_Hibs |
Jimmy Webb |  |
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| great song writers...... on 22:35 - May 27 with 5818 views | qpr_1968 |
| great song writers...... on 22:29 - May 27 by QPR_Hibs |
Jimmy Webb |
looked up jimmy webb....fantastic career. | |
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| great song writers...... on 22:48 - May 27 with 5781 views | VancouverHoop |
First Division (omitting those mentioned eg: Dylan and Webb
Joni Mitchell
Laura Nyro
John Sebastian
Chip Taylor
Bert Berns
Second Division
Donovan Leitch
Steve Marriott
Pete Townshend
Neil Young
Plenty more but they spring most easily to mind. | | | |
| great song writers...... on 00:26 - May 28 with 5728 views | CLAREMAN1995 |
Bruce Springsteen.
Tom Petty RIP |  | | |
| great song writers...... on 00:47 - May 28 with 5714 views | VancouverHoop |
| great song writers...... on 00:26 - May 28 by CLAREMAN1995 |
Bruce Springsteen.
Tom Petty RIP |
Argh! Forgot the Boss...!
Goffin & King and Bert Burns already mentioned above, but other Brill Building writers were excellent too. Especially:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill
Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
George "Shadow" Morton
Neil Sedaka
Neil Diamond
And, of course, the late — and perhaps not too lamented — Phil Spector [Post edited 28 May 1:27]
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| great song writers...... on 01:28 - May 28 with 5703 views | hamptonhillhoop |
Morrissey and Marr, all day. I listened to The Queen Is Dead today for the umpteenth time, it's just another level.
And as Esox said, Nigel Blackwell, a national treasure. [Post edited 28 May 1:30]
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| great song writers...... on 02:00 - May 28 with 5672 views | numptydumpty |
Am stunned no one has mentioned the mercurial talent that is Gary Barlow
A man with great depth of emotions and a fantastic range of rhythm, bass, vocal perfection and with such haunting melodic prose.
A man not of his time and from a dimension unreachable for other mere mortals
Quite simply immortal with musical gifts only the almighty possess !!!
Unrivalled of his time !!
History will understand him to be quite simply 'Gary the God' |  |
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| great song writers...... on 09:16 - May 28 with 5604 views | Bluce_Ree |
First post mentions Simon and Garfunkel.
Paul Simon is pretty talented. If you listen to the guitar chords for the opening of 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, they are really really nice. Lots of clever inversions and shit like that.
But then it turns into a really terrible sort of pop funk track with nursery rhyme lyrics.
I've never listened to much S&G stuff though, I imagine there's some good stuff in there. I only really know Paul Simon for that You Can Call Me Al song. |  |
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| great song writers...... on 09:53 - May 28 with 5553 views | terryb |
| great song writers...... on 09:16 - May 28 by Bluce_Ree |
First post mentions Simon and Garfunkel.
Paul Simon is pretty talented. If you listen to the guitar chords for the opening of 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, they are really really nice. Lots of clever inversions and shit like that.
But then it turns into a really terrible sort of pop funk track with nursery rhyme lyrics.
I've never listened to much S&G stuff though, I imagine there's some good stuff in there. I only really know Paul Simon for that You Can Call Me Al song. |
The first thing to say is that Art Garfunkel was (and probably still) is NOT a songwriter! I can remember Paul Simon's reaction on Parkinson when Michael asked him who wrote the music & who wrote the lyrics!
I'm biased as he is my favourite all time artist, but his songs of the early/mid 60's were relatively simple tunes with words that were special, even for the "folk protest" genre.
For this old man, Paul Simon is alongside Bob Dylan & Ray Davies at the top of this list. Carol King & Carly Simon deserve mentioning as well.
I'm sure there are many writers that followed just as talented, but it's hard to look past the heros of your youth! | | | |
| great song writers...... on 10:16 - May 28 with 5501 views | derbyhoop |
Carole King was excellent, if a bit saccharine.
Paul Simon
Dylan
And more modern
Bruce Springsteen
Alex Turner
Guy Garvey |  |
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| great song writers...... on 10:53 - May 28 with 5468 views | dutch |
| great song writers...... on 10:16 - May 28 by derbyhoop |
Carole King was excellent, if a bit saccharine.
Paul Simon
Dylan
And more modern
Bruce Springsteen
Alex Turner
Guy Garvey |
Tom Waits. Greatest lyricist of his age.
Ronnie Lane, the ultimate English melodist. Just lovely. | | | |
| great song writers...... on 11:26 - May 28 with 5433 views | Esox_Lucius |
| great song writers...... on 22:00 - May 27 by ted_hendrix |
Ray Davies. (masterful lyrics about 'real life')
Woody Guthrie. (His lyrics were a commitment to socialism)
John Lennon (Lyrics that were sometimes tragic and sometimes the complete opposite) |
You should take a look at Half Man Half Biscuit lyrics. They are the epitome of real life observations. Agree about Woody Guthrie very underrated. | |
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| great song writers...... on 11:54 - May 28 with 5405 views | RangersDave |
Best Lyrics....
"i'm invited in for coffee and i give the dog a bone" |  |
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| great song writers...... on 11:57 - May 28 with 5392 views | rbee |
There are so many but I would place Bacharach and David up there with Lennon and McCartney with the Gibb Brothers not far behind.
The Motown crew Holland/Dozier/Holland, Smokey, Ashford and Simpson.
Over at Atlantic Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill, Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
As a teenager in the 70's the pop charts were dominated by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and to a lesser extent, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway.
As a big 80's soul music fan there was the brilliant James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, Kashif, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and over at Solar Records Dana Meyers, Leon Sylvers, William Shelby.
We have to acknowledge Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus of Abba and the prolific Per Gessle of Roxette.
Last and right up there with the best is the lad from Grimsby who wrote all the hits for Heatwave, was taken to the USA by Quincy Jones to write for The Brothers Johnson, Donna Summer, Quincy himself, George Benson and Michael Jackson. The man who gave us Thriller, Off the Wall and Rock With You, Mr Rod Temperton. |  | | |
| great song writers...... on 12:01 - May 28 with 5386 views | derbyhoop |
| great song writers...... on 11:54 - May 28 by RangersDave |
Best Lyrics....
"i'm invited in for coffee and i give the dog a bone" |
The boy kicked out at the world
The world kicked back a lot fcking harder
Libertines - Can't stand me Now | |
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| great song writers...... on 12:16 - May 28 with 5352 views | Rs_Holy |
Mark Knopfler |  | | |
| great song writers...... on 13:32 - May 28 with 5287 views | Ned_Kennedys |
| great song writers...... on 11:57 - May 28 by rbee |
There are so many but I would place Bacharach and David up there with Lennon and McCartney with the Gibb Brothers not far behind.
The Motown crew Holland/Dozier/Holland, Smokey, Ashford and Simpson.
Over at Atlantic Barry Mann & Cynthia Weill, Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
As a teenager in the 70's the pop charts were dominated by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and to a lesser extent, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway.
As a big 80's soul music fan there was the brilliant James Mtume and Reggie Lucas, Kashif, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and over at Solar Records Dana Meyers, Leon Sylvers, William Shelby.
We have to acknowledge Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus of Abba and the prolific Per Gessle of Roxette.
Last and right up there with the best is the lad from Grimsby who wrote all the hits for Heatwave, was taken to the USA by Quincy Jones to write for The Brothers Johnson, Donna Summer, Quincy himself, George Benson and Michael Jackson. The man who gave us Thriller, Off the Wall and Rock With You, Mr Rod Temperton. |
Great post.
Stevie Wonder and the Gibb brothers for me: not just for their own stuff but also the amazing songs they wrote for others. |  | | |
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