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gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
edited September 2008 in Other Music
Who are your favorite? Which of course does not necessarily mean your favorite singer or favorite band. But these folks tend to fall into both categories for me.

Ed Ved
Dylan
Morrissey
Springsteen
Bono... yes Bono
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    Whoever out of TV on the Radio wrote Love Dog gets my vote.
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    My two favs
    Ed
    Mark Lanegan

    Not far behind
    Dylan
    Elliott Smith
  • GivenToJam88GivenToJam88 NJ Posts: 1,187
    Bruuuuuuuce!
    2006: 5/28
    2008: 6/19, 6/24, 6/25
    2009: 6/14 (EV), 10/27, 10/28
    2010: 5/17
    2011: 6/21 (EV), 6/22 (EV), 9/11, 9/12
    2012: 9/2
    2013: 10/15, 10/16, 10/19, 10/21, 10/22, 10/27, 11/23, 11/24
    2014: 10/19
    2016: 5/1, 5/2, 5/8
    2018: 8/20, 9/2, 9/4
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    Neil Young
    Bill Callahan
    Mark Lanegan
    Tim Hardin
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    gabers wrote:
    Who are your favorite? Which of course does not necessarily mean your favorite singer or favorite band. But these folks tend to fall into both categories for me.

    Ed Ved
    Dylan
    Morrissey
    Springsteen
    Bono... yes Bono

    Yes and add Noel Gallagher, Matt Bellamy and Ryan Adams
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • JellyrollsJellyrolls Posts: 523
    In the past eight years, noone has been able to touch Ryan Adams songwriting.
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    ed ved
    issac brock
    neil young
    jeff tweedy
    ryan adams
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
    Ohana Festival 24 x2
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Mark Kozelek
    Ian MacKaye
    Chan Marshall
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • AlBorlandAlBorland Posts: 117
    No Waits yet?

    Waits
    Skeletons ain't got nowhere to stick their money.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    AlBorland wrote:
    No Waits yet?

    Waits
    my bad.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • armsraisedinaveearmsraisedinavee Posts: 133
    john lennon
    paul mccartney
    bob dylan
    eddie vedder
    9/1/2000 - E-Centre, Camden, 'Sometimes' started and I was hooked...
  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Bruce Springsteen (yeah..)
    Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
    Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse)
    Cedric Bixler-Zavala (At the Drive-In/Mars Volta)
    Mark Oliver Everett (Eels)
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • Yellow LedbellyYellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    Barry Manilow because he writes the songs that make the whole world sing....or was it cringe? I can't remember
    All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow

    They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Beck
    Ben Ottowell
    Kurt Cobain
    Evan Dando
    Glen hansard
    John Lennon
    Trent Reznor
    EV
    Tom Waits
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Off the top of my head:

    Tom Waits
    Gord Downie
    Jeff Tweedy
    John K. Samson
    The Boss
    Neil Young
    Joe Strummer
    Sarah Harmer
    Steve Earle
    Bob Dylan
    Eddie Vedder
    Kathleen Edwards
    Neko Case
    Jay Farrar
    Tom Petty
    Bono/the Edge
    Patterson Hood/Mike Cooley
    Jason Isbell
    Ryan Adams
    "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
  • soclosesoclose Posts: 628
    Jeff Tweedy
    Jay Farrar
    Kathleen Edwards
    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
    Jason Molina
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    John Lennon
    E
    Eddie Vedder
    Elliott Smith
    Frank Black
    James Mercer
    Jeff Tweedy
    Billy Corgan (circa 1991-1996)
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    soclose wrote:
    Jeff Tweedy
    Jay Farrar
    Kathleen Edwards
    Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
    Jason Molina

    Like a true Uncle Tupelo fan. :) I'd have to add Farrar and Tweedy.
  • She'sCominDownFast!!She'sCominDownFast!! Posts: 49
    Writers of the lyrics:

    1. John Lennon
    2. Eddie Vedder
    3. Eminem
    4. Zach De La Rocha
    5. Paul McCartney

    Composers of the music:

    1. Paul McCartney
    2. Jimmy Page
    3. Gilmour/Waters/Wright
    4. Brian Wilson
    5. Stone Gossard
    Not To Be Confused With More Expensive (Identical) Import Version
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,640
    a non-PJ list:

    1. Neil Young
    2. John Butler
    3. Ryan Adams
    4. Tim Rogers
    5. Bernard Fanning
    6. Jeff Tweedy
    7. Xavier Rudd
    8. Chris & Rich Robinson
    9. Jagger & Richards (60s/early 70s)
    10. Steven Tyler & Joe Perry (70s)
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Forgot Geddy Lee.
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    besides pearl jam

    glen phillips (toad)
    dave grohl
    brian vander ark
    edwin mccain
    pat mcgee
    carl bell (fuel)
    brandon boyd

    I don't listen to the same music that you all listen to, so don't blast me.

    I don't like neil young's voice but I do love CSNY
    9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
    8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
    10/10 - Brad in B'more
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Stipe/Berry/Buck/Mills
    Andrew Bird - I'm pimping this guy every post
    EV
    Nerissa Nields
    Jeff Tweedy - Farrar only for Uncle tupelo
    Gary Louris/Mark Olson
    Peter Mulvey
    Josh Ritter
    Tom Waits
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    ed
    ryan adams
    tim delaughter from the polyphonic spree ~ his lyrics can be a bit too cheesy at times, but his ear for composing, orchestration & song structure is a joy to listen to
    Look Alive,
    See These Bones
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