MrCoffee
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Tue Aug-29-06 12:50 PM
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Poll question: Willie Nelson...Greatest Living American Songwriter? |
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Exhibit A: Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Exhibit B: Crazy Exhibit C: Night Life Exhibit D: Funny How Time Slips Away Exhibit E: Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys Exhibit F: Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
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Tue Aug-29-06 01:04 PM
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I like John Prine even more.
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Tue Aug-29-06 01:06 PM
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2. I met Willie. He's King. |
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Tue Aug-29-06 01:08 PM
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3. Willie's good, but Dylan is the quintessential american songwriter |
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And they have been known to perform together on occasion.
Even Dylan's newer songs are awesome.
"People are crazy, times are strange I'm locked in tight, I'm out of range I used to care, but, things have changed".
Or, older stuff like "Shelter From The Storm":
"Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood where blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud. I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form Come in, she said, I'll give you, shelter from the storm."
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"To dance, beneath the diamond sky, with one hand waving free siloutted by the sea With all memory and fate, driven deep beneath the waves Let me forget about today until tomorrow".
No one does poetic imagery in american music quite as well as Dylan.
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Tue Aug-29-06 01:09 PM
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4. Dlan lyrics make me hot. |
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Tue Aug-29-06 03:38 PM
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12. I just got the new CD in the mail...today! |
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Tue Aug-29-06 02:29 PM
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5. Willie's pretty damn good... |
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...my favorite Willie Nelson tune is "One Day at a Time"
I live one day at a time I dream one dream at a time Yeasterday's dead and tomorrow is blind and I live one day at a time I guess that your surprised to see me back at home But you know how much I miss you when I'm gone But don't ask how long I planned to stay it never it crossed my mind I live one day at a time See that sparrow fly across the cloudy sky Searching for a hatch of sunlight so am I I wish I didn't have to follow and perhaps I won't in time But I live one day at a time I live one day at a time I dream one dream at a time Yeasterday's dead and tomorrow is blind and I live one day at a time And I live one day at a time
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Tue Aug-29-06 02:43 PM
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And yes he is a great songwriter!
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Tue Aug-29-06 02:45 PM
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8. There's Bob Dylan, John Prine, Carol King and Paul Simon |
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to name four that can't be placed behind the wonderful Willie Nelson
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Tue Aug-29-06 02:50 PM
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9. Willie is VERY good, but my vote goes to Tom Waits... |
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who is criminally underrated, in my opinion (and I think Bob Dylan is rather OVERrated; brilliant up through Blood on the Tracks, mostly inconsistent and hit-or-miss since).
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Tue Aug-29-06 03:08 PM
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10. I love Willy now. He is iconoclastic. But I admit it took a long time |
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for me to warm up to him and appreciate the strength of his work.
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Tue Aug-29-06 03:09 PM
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11. I grew up on Willie. He's the best. |
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Tue Aug-29-06 03:41 PM
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I think the question is too vague, music is so broad. In addition to the other greats listed I would add Neil Young and The Boss.
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Tue Aug-29-06 03:41 PM
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14. also greatest living American musician. Willie plays the American song |
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