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Old 03-28-2007, 09:18 PM  
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David Byrne, Morrissey, Robert Smith, John Lennon, Ray Davies, Lou Reed, Smokey Robinson, Paul Weller, Holland/Dozier/Holland, Paul Simon, John Squire, Bowie, Dylan.

If I had to choose just one it would have be Smokey Robinson, pure poetry and not a single word wasted.
tru dat. I always forget about him.

Also Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst, Bowie, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg, John Lennon

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Old 03-28-2007, 09:41 PM  
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elliott, nick drake, simon, oberst, cat stevens
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We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.
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Old 03-28-2007, 11:22 PM  
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Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, John Lennon, Tim McIlrath, Jeff Buckley, Gabe Dixon, Grant Lee Buffalo, Ray Charles and Joe Strummer.
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Old 03-29-2007, 01:06 AM  
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Colin Meloy beats everyone. See 'The Mariner's Revenge Song'.
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Old 03-29-2007, 01:20 AM  
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Having read some of the others I'm going to add Drake, Ray Charles and throw in Pete Townsend on my list.
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Old 03-29-2007, 03:19 AM  
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i'd have to go with elliott smith, jeff tweedy and thom yorke.
and then bob dylan, johnny cash
morrisey, damon albarn
and also ian curtis, bernard sumner and shaun ryder (bernard with new order, not jd)
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Old 03-29-2007, 05:31 AM  
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Rocky Votolato and Tim McIlrath.
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Bowie, Bob Dylan, Thom Yorke, John Lennon, Trent Reznor, Nick Cave, Gary Numan, Billy Joel, Tom Waits, Tori Amos, Johnny Cash..........
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Chan Marshall
Bob Dylan
Bill Callahan
Townes Van Zandt
John Lee Hooker
Johnny Cash
Alex Chilton
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Smokey Robinson
Jim & William Reid
Kurt Cobain
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Cat stevens and Johnny Cash are also favs of mine
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