Top 100 Living Songwriters

Brock_West · 12-01-2007, 03:24 PM

Paul McCartney then Dylan

and also Fogerty is WAY too low

Seltzer · 12-01-2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

You'll get more cool points with a few other members here for stating Waits at number one.

And I agree with you about Dylan, he's a brilliant lyricist all the same.
One of the most economic songwriters has got to be Smokey Robinson, not a single word wasted.
A lyrical magician who manages to put across so much, with just a single phrase. Genius.
He should be at least in the top 10. He's largely forgotten and underrated in modern times.

Is Dylan good on the musical side as well though? Somehow, I've never heard much of Dylan apart from his 'popular' songs, and that's why I can't judge.

jackhammer · 12-01-2007, 05:51 PM

For all of his legendary status in music, I am still not a huge Dylan fan. Highway 61 revisited however, is a great album.

right-track · 12-01-2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Seltzer

Is Dylan good on the musical side as well though? Somehow, I've never heard much of Dylan apart from his 'popular' songs, and that's why I can't judge.

I saw him a couple of years ago at the M.E.N Arena (live being a good yardstick for determining an artists calibre) and musically, he and his band came over as first class.
His singing voice as expected, was a mumbling and incoherent mess, made worse by the venues poor acoustics.
Shame cos I prefer his lyrics to the music every time.

etcetc_00 · 12-02-2007, 12:28 PM

Dylan is great. You want to hear an album where his music goes really well with his words? Check out Bringing It All Back Home. I love that album, especially the second half.

icebox · 12-03-2007, 09:03 AM

that's a pretty long list. Is Jim brickman a song writer too? I'd like to include him, anyways!

Wayfarer · 12-03-2007, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Seltzer

Is Dylan good on the musical side as well though? Somehow, I've never heard much of Dylan apart from his 'popular' songs, and that's why I can't judge.

Depends on what you consider 'good music' to be. :\

jackhammer · 12-03-2007, 01:14 PM

No Kate Bush either. Absolutely scandalous!

Merkaba · 12-03-2007, 01:45 PM

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That's better than some lists I've seen, even if it is a bit one dimensional. And I love how U2 is a songwriter.

Bowie should be higher IMO, and Steven Wilson should be in the top ten.

I haven't listened to him in a long time but Wilson is absolutely brull-yint

jackhammer · 12-03-2007, 02:34 PM

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I haven't listened to him in a long time but Wilson is absolutely brull-yint

Problem is PT'S music is decidely retro, so he will never get the respect he deserves. The new PT EP is again a great piece of work.

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icebox Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 148	that's a pretty long list. Is Jim brickman a song writer too? I'd like to include him, anyways! __________________ WikiMusicGuide \| Music Blog

12-03-2007, 01:14 PM	#48 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	No Kate Bush either. Absolutely scandalous! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”