best songwriters and lyricists of our generation?

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited July 2007 in Other Music
We all know the poet lauretes of our parents generation: Uncle Neil, Dylan, Lennon and Mccartney, Jagger and Richards

But who are the best songwriters and lyricists of the last 10 or 15 years?

I hear Bright Eyes being thrown around in this discussion alot, and in terms of hip hop Aesop Rock seems to be one of the best lyricists in the game
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  • BlackCatJam
    BlackCatJam Posts: 16
    Hm, I could name a lot of musicians that could fit as one of the songwriters of our generation. Here are some of mine:

    Eddie Vedder
    Axl Rose
    Kurt Cobain
    Billy Corgan
    Layne Staley/Jerry Cantrell
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Patterson Hood
    Jason Isbell
    Mike Cooley
    Les Claypool
    Peter Gabriel
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  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    cornell
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  • DiRtyFranK38
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    eddie vedder
    chris cornell
    layne staley
    jerry cantrell
    axl rose
    kurt cobain
    scott weiland
    mark lanegan
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  • Deaderman
    Deaderman Posts: 49
    has even mentioned Buckley?
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  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Chris Cornell (anybody here ever heard of him?)
    Thom Yorke
    Billy Corgan
    Eddie Vedder/ Stone Gossard
    And Neil Young gets a nod in this generation too
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  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Eddie is the best!

    The Mikes of experimental rock are awesome.
    Mike Patton is a bad-ass! I like Faith No More, so should you.
    Mike Doughty is cool. Soul Coughing was great :)

    Jerry & Layne is a good combo as well.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Cheguevara6 wrote:
    We all know the poet lauretes of our parents generation: Uncle Neil, Dylan, Lennon and Mccartney, Jagger and Richards

    But who are the best songwriters and lyricists of the last 10 or 15 years?

    I hear Bright Eyes being thrown around in this discussion alot, and in terms of hip hop Aesop Rock seems to be one of the best lyricists in the game

    i really dig bright eyes. he definitely has that dylan thing going in that he has a LOT of lyrics and i cant make heads or tails of half of them, but the ones i can are excellent.

    never heard of aesop rock, but im curious. i never really listened to hip hop but i recently make a funk/soul cd and bought the roots and im starting to explore.

    i really like 'brand new.' they dont get enough recognition, but they are a fantastic band.
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Morrissey
    Colin Meloy
    Bright Eyes
    Rufus Wainwright
    Sujfan Stevens
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Jeff Tweedy
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    Jeff Tweedy
    Colin Meloy
    Maynard James Keenan
    Frank Black
    AC Newman
    Dan Bejar
    Neko Case
    Martin Tielli
    Cock Fight.
  • BlackCatJam
    BlackCatJam Posts: 16
    tybird wrote:
    Patterson Hood
    Jason Isbell
    Mike Cooley
    Les Claypool
    Peter Gabriel

    ooooo Les Claypool. Can't believe I forgot to mention him.

    Trent Reznor is another good one.
  • BlackCatJam
    BlackCatJam Posts: 16
    Jeez, I'm forgetting all of the good ones! Beck deserves a title as well. He is phenomenal.
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Thom Yorke
    Ani Difranco
    Billy Corgan
    Jack White
    Ed Vedder
    Jeff Tweedy
    Wayne Coyne
    Colin Meloy
    James Maynard Keenan
    Alanis Morissette
    Natalie Merchant
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    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Vedder
    Meloy
    NaS
    Chuck D
    Maynard
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  • roar
    roar Posts: 1,116
    it saddens me that no one listed Sir Mix-A-Lot
  • Matty Boy
    Matty Boy Posts: 421
    Noel Gallagher
    Axl Rose
    Kurt Cobain
    Eddie Vedder
    Richard Ashcroft
    Jerry Cantrell
  • Spacetoad
    Spacetoad Posts: 78
    Deaderman wrote:
    has even mentioned Buckley?

    I'm with ya - not a huge body of work understandibly but its about quality not quantity.
    This was a very young man that has inspired many others taken at the peak of his creativity.

    I still get chills...
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  • pirlo21
    pirlo21 Posts: 534
    Elliott Smith?
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  • daryl jam
    daryl jam Posts: 104
    Lot of great names so far, but, may i acknowledge a certain canadian? "ladies and gentlemen, mr. gordon downie...."
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