best songwriters and lyricists of our generation?

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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Call it bias, but Ed is top for me.
    And there's this guy ...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKPqcLX1H5s

    Take a look at him 'in action', he's not only a great lyricist, but an awesome performer.juk
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • KellerKeller Posts: 177
    No love for Ryan Adams?
    "Be what you want to be, see what you came to see"
  • amitamit Posts: 73
    STOP!

    No one mentioned Matt Bellamy from Muse.

    The guy is a frikin genious. He is an AMAZING singer, an AWESOME pianist and he can FUCKING rock out the guitar man!
  • SchokiSchoki Posts: 5,072
    Elliott Smith
    Damien Rice
    Jeff Buckley
    Kurt Cobain
  • My personal list:

    Mike Cooley
    Patterson Hood
    Jason Isbell
    Sam Beam
    Neko Case
    Murs
    I share a cigarette with negativity.
  • melodyman22melodyman22 Posts: 326
    In no order folks

    -Gord Downie
    -Eddie Vedder
    -Matthew Good
    -Layne Staley/Jerry Cantrell
    -Kurt Cobain
    -Mark Lanegan
    -Anthony Kedis
    -David Usher
    -Chris Cornell
    -Axl Rose
    -Izzy Stradlin
    -Ed singer from Live
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    Jeff Tweedy
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