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A Surprise LeftA Surprise Left Posts: 743
edited December 2006 in Other Music
who are the best individual songwriters? so pearl jam will not suffice although stone would. my list would include;

bob dylan
billy corgan
eddie vedder
chris cornell
noel gallagher
billy howerdel
mark tremonti
trent reznor
The wind is blowing cold
Have we lost our way tonight?
Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

Feels like were all alone
Running further from what’s right
And there are no more heroes to follow

So what are we becoming?
Where did we go wrong?
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  • off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
    dylan
    waits
    nick cave
    ryan adams
    brian wilson
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  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Stoney the Duckman
    Hetfield
    JJ Cale (after midnight, cocaine, the one who got away)
    Steve Miller
    Robert Johnson
    dylan of course
    Fleetwood Mac ( band, I know)
    Ed
    Richeards teh littel scumbag ( I'LL never forgive him for trying to scuttle Hendrix' career)
    Music is not a competetion.
  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    Axl Rose
    Dee Dee Ramone
    Geezer Butler
    Beck
    Martin Gore
    Billy Corgan
    Jeff Hanneman
    Brian Warner
    Trent Reznor
    Jerry Cantrell
    Noel Gallagher
    Malcolm Young
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Can't believe he has not been mentioned shame on all of you! :D

    Neil is the man.

    I'll throw jeff tweedy in there for a more recent musician that i think rocks in the songwriting department.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Cole Porter
    Bob Dylan
    John Lennon (on a good day)
    Carole King
    John Martyn
    Kevin Coyne
    Bob Martin (folksinger from Lowell, MA)
    Jimi Hendrix

    That'll do.
  • dan_vedderdan_vedder Posts: 213
    A Surprise Left wrote:
    who are the best individual songwriters? so pearl jam will not suffice although stone would. my list would include;

    bob dylan
    billy corgan
    eddie vedder
    chris cornell
    noel gallagher
    billy howerdel
    mark tremonti
    trent reznor

    -gallagher

    +bowie

    This site is interesting

    http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songwriters.html

    Note Vedder/Gossard place higher than Cobain :)
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  • pizzaboynizzapizzaboynizza Posts: 31
    Eddie Vedder
    Thom Yorke
    Kurt Cobain
    Michael Jackson
    Stevie Wonder
    Maynard James Keenan
  • thecrackedjackthecrackedjack Posts: 148
    dan_vedder wrote:
    -gallagher

    +bowie

    This site is interesting

    http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songwriters.html

    Note Vedder/Gossard place higher than Cobain :)
    +gallagher
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Surprise, I am going to fight the urge to take on the Tremonti listing. Just for you. But it's killing me. It really is.

    I am just going to do living, active songwriters. My list:

    Eddie Vedder
    James Mercer (The Shins; this third album has cemented it. Brilliant.)
    Isaac Brock
    Bonnie "Prince" Billy (Will Oldham)
    Beck
    Neil Finn
    Jeff Tweedy
    Lindsay Buckingham
    Pete Townshend
    Thom Yorke
    Trent Reznor
    Neil Young
    Chris Cornell
    Ben Folds
    Cedric Bixler Zavala
    Brandon Boyd
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,882
    Paul McCartney
    John Lennon
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  • cc10106cc10106 Posts: 385
    yeah some of these are just personal favs, probably not highly regarded in most cirlces, but whatever, ya get the point...

    recently?

    jeff tweedy
    adam duritz
    ryan adams
    kevin griffin
    will johnson
    elliott smith (rip)
    jesse malin
    evan dando
    m. ward
    jim james
    noel gallagher
    pete yorn
    josh homme
    chris cornell
    jack white
    rivers cuomo
    tom waits
    todd snider
    ted leo
    mark linkous
    sam winch
    ray lamontagne
    martin sexton
    ben folds

    and not so recently...

    willie nelson
    neil young
    john, george, paul
    van morrison
    tom petty
    tom waits
    paul westerberg
    johnny cash
    robbie robertson, rick danko, richard manuel
    bob dylan
    nick drake
    mick, keith
  • disconnecteddisconnected Posts: 2,875
    Neil Young
    Bob Dylan
    Eric Clapton
    Eddie Vedder
    Stephen Stills
    Chris Cornell
    Don Henley/Glenn Fry
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    funny no one mentioned 'weird al' yet.
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • holtzholtz Posts: 509
    Paul Westerberg
  • disconnecteddisconnected Posts: 2,875
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    funny no one mentioned 'weird al' yet.

    I forgot him, he's great
    It's all about the pentiums baby! :D
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    disconnected wrote:
    I forgot him, he's great
    It's all about the pentiums baby! :D

    lol!
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • disconnecteddisconnected Posts: 2,875
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    lol!

    Indeed :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEi0eQB-NtY
  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    tom waits

    end thread.
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    disconnected wrote:
    Indeed :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEi0eQB-NtY

    that was priceless!
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • clayton12clayton12 Posts: 337
    Some of the younger dudes in music that are great writers

    Jim James
    Butch Walker
    Conor Oberist
    Ryan Adams
    Wyn Butler
  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    that was priceless!

    Cap 'em like Old Yella!
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Todd Snider
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,526
    pete townsend come on folks just to name 2 albums

    quadrophenia

    tommy.

    enough said....
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    Saturnal wrote:
    Cap 'em like Old Yella!

    "Play me online? Well, you know that I'll beat you
    If I ever meet you I'll control-alt-delete you"

    that is too funny! :D
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Since Bathgate hasn't been in, I'll add Bruce Springsteen!
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  • JellyrollsJellyrolls Posts: 523
    Brandon Boyd is pretty good.
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Are we talkin' dead or still alive? I guess I'll go with alive (in no particular order):

    Tom Waits
    Neil Young
    Bob Dylan
    Jeff Tweedy
    Bruce Springsteen
    Gord Downie (the tragically hip)
    John K. Samson (the weakerthans)
    Sarah Harmer
    Joni Mitchell
    Steve Earle
    Ron Hawkins (lowest of the low)
    Eddie Vedder
    Patterson Hood/Jason Isbell/Mike Cooley (drive-by truckers)
    Ron Sexsmith
    Bono & the Edge
    A.C. Newman (new pornographers)
    Neko Case
    Martin Tielli/Dave Bidini/Tim Vesely (rheostatics)
    Jay Farrar (son volt/uncle tupelo)
    Paul Simon
    Ryan Adams
    Paul Westerberg
    Matt Mays
    Kathleen Edwards
    David Hidalgo/Louie Perez/Cesar Rosas (los lobos)
    Tom Petty
    Daniel Lanois
    K-OS
    Fiona Apple
    Peter Garrett/Rob Hirst/Jim Moginie (midnight oil)
    Micheal Timmins (cowboy junkies)
    Joel Plaskett
    Michael Stipe/Peter Buck/Mike Mills
    Thom Yorke
    Dave Grohl
    Sam Roberts
    Hayden
    Aimee Mann
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Aimee Mann

    good call
    Cheat the odds that made you
    Brave to try to gamble at times
  • somebodyelsessky2020somebodyelsessky2020 Posts: 1,173
    lennon/mccartney/plant/page/vedder/jagger/bono/axl rose/
    Oh dear dad
    Can you see me now
    I am myself
    Like you somehow
    I'll ride the wave
    Where it takes me
    I'll hold the pain
    Release me
  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    There is one obvious omission in almost all of the lists here.

    Paul Westerberg is a friggin genius.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
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