best songwriters and lyricists of our generation?

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  • whyteout7791
    whyteout7791 Posts: 26
    eddie vedder
    ben harper
    bradley fucking nowell
    rob thomas? anyone?
    chris cornell
    layne staley RIP
    jack white
    kurt cobain

    i cant believe no one said ben, brad, or rob thomas...

    with matchbox twenty or by himself hes great, no matter where he goes he makes hits... how bout smooth with santana? song was released in 1999 and was the most played song of the 90s lol go figure
  • say_hi
    say_hi Posts: 313
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Kevin Coyne. He died in 2004.

    He was asked to be The Doors' original replacement for Jim Morrison, in 1971. He said, fuck off, they were crap. If you ask me, compared with Kev, they were.
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    pirlo21 wrote:
    Elliott Smith?
    oh yes...

    Twilight makes me want to cry.

    "You dont deserve to be lonely
    but those drugs you've got won't make you feel better.
    Pretty soon you'll find its the only
    little part of your life your keeping together"
    "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"
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,234
    Michael Stipe
    Ben Folds
  • Odin
    Odin Posts: 599
    Eddie Vedder and Nas.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    whyteout7791 wrote:
    eddie vedder
    ben harper
    bradley fucking nowell
    rob thomas? anyone?
    chris cornell
    layne staley RIP
    jack white
    kurt cobain

    i cant believe no one said ben, brad, or rob thomas...

    with matchbox twenty or by himself hes great, no matter where he goes he makes hits... how bout smooth with santana? song was released in 1999 and was the most played song of the 90s lol go figure

    Yeah, I'd agree about Rob Thomas, the man has written some genius lyrics.
    I guess I could live without all the exposure he's had, but lyrically, some very beautiful stuff. :)
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  • Carlos D
    Carlos D Posts: 638
    Paul Banks
    Stephen Malkmus
    Billy Corgan
    Jim Adkins
    Julian Casablancas
    Bright Eyes

    I don't care too much for his old stuff,Born To Run etc.,but I think Bruce Sprngsteen's stuff in the past decade(Devils and Dust,The Rising,Ghost Of Tom Joad)has been incredible lyrically and musically.His voice too has been better than ever.
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  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    top ten

    eddie vedder (for his lyrics) give stone gossard a nod as well for all the classics he's written. and mccready's inside job was just fucking fantastic

    jim james
    conor oberst
    m. ward
    neko case
    billy corgan
    kurt cobain
    noel gallagher
    thom yorke
    jeff tweedy
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    In no particular order:

    Gordon Downie (The Tragically Hip)
    Tom Waits
    John K. Samson (the Weakerthans)
    Jeff Tweedy
    Sarah Harmer
    Ron Hawkins (Lowest of the Low)
    Steve Earle
    Neko Case
    Joe Strummer
    Bono/the Edge
    J. Mascis
    Kurt Cobain
    Elliott Smith
    Ron Sexsmith
    Martin Tielli/Dave Bidini/Tim Vesely (Rheostatics)
    Matt Mays
    Jay Farrar
    A.C. Newman (New Pornographers)
    Joel Plaskett
    Patterson Hood/Mike Cooley/Jason Isbell (Drive-By Truckers)
    Eddie Vedder
    David Hidalgo/Louie Perez (Los Lobos)
    Tom Petty
    Thom Yorke
    Peter Garrett/Jim Moginie/Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil)
    Paul Westerberg
    Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom)
    Dave Grohl
    Michael Stipe
    Ryan Adams
    Aimee Mann
    David Lowery (Cracker)

    ...just to name a few
    "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
  • jamie uk
    jamie 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.....
  • Keller
    Keller Posts: 177
    No love for Ryan Adams?
    "Be what you want to be, see what you came to see"
  • amit
    amit 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!
  • Schoki
    Schoki Posts: 5,072
    Elliott Smith
    Damien Rice
    Jeff Buckley
    Kurt Cobain
  • FreshTendrils
    FreshTendrils Posts: 267
    My personal list:

    Mike Cooley
    Patterson Hood
    Jason Isbell
    Sam Beam
    Neko Case
    Murs
    I share a cigarette with negativity.
  • melodyman22
    melodyman22 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
  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    Jeff Tweedy

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