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View Poll Results: Who was a better songwriter?
Pete Townshend (The Who) 3 25.00%
Ray Davies (The Kinks) 9 75.00%
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Old 04-11-2022, 05:53 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Gotta go with Ray for his incredible consistency, I'd argue his output from 66 to 71 trumps any other British songwriter of the era in that regard.

Pete is great of course but the main attraction of The Who for me is their musicianship rather than their songwriting.
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Old 04-11-2022, 01:46 PM   #32 (permalink)
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