music's best songwriters?

A Surprise Left
A 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_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    dylan
    waits
    nick cave
    ryan adams
    brian wilson
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  • lucylespian
    lucylespian 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.
  • AxlUlrich
    AxlUlrich 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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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    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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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA 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_vedder
    dan_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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  • pizzaboynizza
    pizzaboynizza Posts: 31
    Eddie Vedder
    Thom Yorke
    Kurt Cobain
    Michael Jackson
    Stevie Wonder
    Maynard James Keenan
  • thecrackedjack
    thecrackedjack 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
  • boroff89
    boroff89 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.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Paul McCartney
    John Lennon
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  • cc10106
    cc10106 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
  • disconnected
    disconnected Posts: 2,875
    Neil Young
    Bob Dylan
    Eric Clapton
    Eddie Vedder
    Stephen Stills
    Chris Cornell
    Don Henley/Glenn Fry
  • The Waiting Trophy Man
    The Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada 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
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  • holtz
    holtz Posts: 509
    Paul Westerberg
  • disconnected
    disconnected 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 Man
    The Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada 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
  • disconnected
    disconnected Posts: 2,875
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    lol!

    Indeed :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEi0eQB-NtY
  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    tom waits

    end thread.
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  • The Waiting Trophy Man
    The Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada 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
  • clayton12
    clayton12 Athens, GA Posts: 374
    Some of the younger dudes in music that are great writers

    Jim James
    Butch Walker
    Conor Oberist
    Ryan Adams
    Wyn Butler

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