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Mon Nov-29-04 11:41 PM
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who is your favorite songwriter? |
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who speaks directly to your heart or seems to say what you feel but couldn't say so well yourself?
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:42 PM
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1. Billy Corgan / James Iha |
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Both in words and guitar riffs
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:42 PM
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Good stuff, all round.
John Lennon's pretty good, too.
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:46 PM
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I like Kris Kristofferson's early stuff, too.
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:55 PM
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Dylan! Proper combo of lyrics and Music!:thumbsup:
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Tue Nov-30-04 01:58 AM
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20. KK had quite a concentrated run |
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truly remarkable couple of years
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Tue Nov-30-04 08:28 AM
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For the Good Times Lovin' Her Was Easier Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down Help Me Make It Through the Night Me and Bobby McGee
and more
all in a couple of years. Damn.
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Tue Nov-30-04 10:01 AM
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Tue Nov-30-04 07:20 AM
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32. Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Leonard Cohen |
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:43 PM
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3. I quite enjoy James Taylor. eom |
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Tue Nov-30-04 02:06 AM
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22. have you liked him from the start? |
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do you still buy his records or go to his shows?
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Tue Nov-30-04 08:12 AM
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However, I really didn't appreciate his music until I was up in college.
He hasn't been to town where I could go see him, but I probably would.
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Tue Nov-30-04 08:21 AM
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36. he's the prototype for today's singer songwriter |
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see him if you ever get the chance.
I've been a fan since the Apple album and I've appreciated all his various phases, but October Road totally knocked me out.
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:45 PM
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4. Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain |
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Tue Nov-30-04 02:07 AM
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23. now there's a cool trio! |
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interesting vector through those three.
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:46 PM
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5. For melodies: Robert Pollard. For lyrics: Randy Newman. |
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:51 PM
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7. Nick Drake, Tom Waits, Cat Power, Will Oldham, David Bowie, S.D. Burman |
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Bill Callahan (smog)
But if you forced me at gunpoint I'd probably tell you Will Oldham
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:52 PM
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Tue Nov-30-04 01:57 AM
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19. no guns in this thread |
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:55 PM
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10. Woody Guthrie in a walk |
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After him, I guess I would go with Brian Wilson at his peak.
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Tue Nov-30-04 12:07 AM
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And if there hadn't been Woody, there might not have been Dylan, so I guess I need to modify my earlier comment.
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Tue Nov-30-04 01:20 AM
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14. Yes, you could say Woody had an influence on Bob |
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Tue Nov-30-04 09:34 AM
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41. Don't forget the missing link between Woody & Bob |
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Ramblin' Jack--without his cowboy hat. Not that he was much of a songwriter, but Woody was in bad shape by the time Bob made it to Greenwitch Village. Jack showed him the ropes.
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Mon Nov-29-04 11:55 PM
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Dar Williams
I like their insight to how (some) women see the world
but since I'm a guy, I should pick a guy, so I'll add Steve Earle
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Tue Nov-30-04 01:56 AM
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17. Steve Earle is my favorite |
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Tue Nov-30-04 12:00 AM
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12. Tom T Hall, Bobby Bare, David Alan Coe |
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Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond.
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Tue Nov-30-04 01:44 AM
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Tue Nov-30-04 01:55 AM
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16. man, you guys are naming some great ones! |
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Tom T Hall Don Schlitz Roger Miller
James Taylor Randy Newman Tom Waits
I could go on all night.
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Tue Nov-30-04 01:57 AM
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18. Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish. n/t |
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Tue Nov-30-04 02:02 AM
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21. Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan... |
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and that's pretty much it, as far as lyrical genius goes. Can't think of any others as consistently brilliant as those four.
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Tue Nov-30-04 02:12 AM
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the world needs more of Tom Waits, and those other guys, too
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Tue Nov-30-04 02:15 AM
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25. George & Ira Gershwin and Hitsville, USA(motown) |
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Tue Nov-30-04 03:03 AM
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"Just the Way You Look Tonight"
Originally made famous by: Fred Astaire Written by: Jerome Kern (J. David K.) From the Film: Swing Time 1936 (M)
Lyrics: Some day, when I'm awfully low When the world is cold I will feel a glow just thinking of you And the way you look tonight
Yes, you're lovely, with your smile so warm And your cheeks so soft There is nothing for me but to love you And the way you look tonight
With each word your tenderness grows Tearin' my fear apart And that laugh..wrinkles your nose Touches my foolish heart
Lovely ... Never, never change Keep that breathless charm Won't you please arrange it ? 'cause I love you Just the way you look tonight
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Tue Nov-30-04 06:40 AM
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They were hiding behind hay bales, They were planting in the full moon They had given all they had for something new But the light of day was on them, They could see the thrashers coming And the water shone like diamonds in the dew. And I was just getting up, hit the road before it's light Trying to catch an hour on the sun When I saw those thrashers rolling by, Looking more than two lanes wide I was feelin' like my day had just begun. Where the eagle glides ascending There's an ancient river bending Down the timeless gorge of changes Where sleeplessness awaits I searched out my companions, Who were lost in crystal canyons When the aimless blade of science Slashed the pearly gates. It was then I knew I'd had enough, Burned my credit card for fuel Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand With a one-way ticket to the land of truth And my suitcase in my hand How I lost my friends I still don't understand. They had the best selection, They were poisoned with protection There was nothing that they needed, Nothing left to find They were lost in rock formations Or became park bench mutations On the sidewalks and in the stations They were waiting, waiting. So I got bored and left them there, They were just deadweight to me Better down the road without that load Brings back the time when I was eight or nine I was watchin' my mama's T.V., It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode. Where the vulture glides descending On an asphalt highway bending Thru libraries and museums, galaxies and stars Down the windy halls of friendship To the rose clipped by the bullwhip The motel of lost companions Waits with heated pool and bar. But me I'm not stopping there, Got my own row left to hoe Just another line in the field of time When the thrashers comes, I'll be stuck in the sun Like the dinosaurs in shrines But I'll know the time has come To give what's mine.
"Thrasher", greatest song ever.
Close seconds, Tom Waits, Nick Cave
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Tue Nov-30-04 06:52 AM
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I wish I lived in Joni Mitchell's world, or maybe Cole Porter's, but apparently I live in Thompson's.
Also a guy you probably never heard of named Peter Blegvad.
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Tue Nov-30-04 06:54 AM
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A Man Alone is my theme song.
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Tue Nov-30-04 06:55 AM
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Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 06:57 AM by LosinIt
see sig line on Edit: where is my sig line??
Should be: Come and stand beside us, we can find a better way. Rhymes & Reasons - John Denver
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Tue Nov-30-04 10:17 AM
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49. I loved his music.....miss him. |
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Tue Nov-30-04 11:07 AM
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56. do you know John Denver's last hit? |
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Tue Nov-30-04 07:18 AM
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Joni Mitchell Nick Drake Van Morrison Lucinda Williams
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Tue Nov-30-04 08:09 AM
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"Townes Van Zandt is the greatest fucking songwriter on earth and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say it to his face." --Steve Earle
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Tue Nov-30-04 09:57 AM
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Back in 1966 or 1967, a friend took me to Sand Mountain Coffee House to see Jerry Jeff Walker. He wasn't there but a very young Townes was. He sang a new song--his first "serious" one--called "Waitin' Round to Die."
Also: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Steve Earle, Richard Thompson, Gordon Lightfoot, John Hiatt, etc. (I could go on.)
Less known: Walter Hyatt (from Uncle Walt's Band). Check out Lyle Lovett's Step Inside This House for his tribute to the (mostly) Texan songwriters who inspired him. Walter's songs are featured, along with Townes's & many others who never achieved fame. However, all of them (or their survivors) benefited from the royalties.
Oh, and the guys in the Red Clay Ramblers, the best band I never heard.
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Tue Nov-30-04 10:32 AM
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51. Walter Hyatt was great |
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a friend of mine worked with him
I think you're the only one to mention John Hiatt.
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Tue Nov-30-04 07:26 AM
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The Yard Went On Forever MacArthur Park By The Time I Get to Phoenix etc.
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Tue Nov-30-04 08:24 AM
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37. he was my original songwriting idol |
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His book, Tunesmith, is extraordinary.
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Tue Nov-30-04 08:36 AM
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Edited on Tue Nov-30-04 08:37 AM by Feathered Fish
Arthur Lee FZ Roky Erickson Bob Marley/Peter Tosh
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Tue Nov-30-04 09:55 AM
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43. Too many to list -- but my favorite active songwriters... |
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...based upon what they've done in the past decade?
Franklin Bruno and Karl Hendricks.
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Tue Nov-30-04 10:08 AM
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46. Joni Mitchell. Yeah, I'm 'elderly'. |
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Tue Nov-30-04 10:11 AM
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Although Jon Langford and Ray Davies and a lot of others are in the mix.
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Tue Nov-30-04 10:19 AM
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50. Aimee Mann, Patty Griffin |
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Shawn Colvin, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell
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Tue Nov-30-04 10:53 AM
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53. Joe Strummer - that man could write some serious shit! |
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amazing and versatile songwriter
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