music's best songwriters?

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    edited December 2021
    David Bowie
    Leonard Cohen
    Fred Cole
    Bob Dylan
    Merle Haggard
    Juliana Hatfield
    Bob Marley
    Paul McCarntney
    Joni Mitchell
    Willie Neslon
    Dolly Parton
    Lou Reed
    Patti Smith
    Pete Townshend
    Eddie Vedder
    Tom Waits
    Paul Westerberg
    Hank Williams
    Steve Wynn
    Neil Young

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,763
    John Denver
    James Taylor
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Loujoe said:
    John Denver
    James Taylor

    Two more greats!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Springsteen 
    Neil young 
    Eddie Vedder
    Maynard James Keenan 
    Thom Yorke

    and the controversial one, Pre 2002 Dave Matthews. 
     He’s got a ton of great lyrics people forget, since post lillywhite sessions his creativity fell off a cliff. Before These Crowded Streets still holds up among the great albums of all time 
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    edited December 2021
    Elliott Smith
    Neil Finn
    Eddie Vedder
    Shawn Smith
    Damien Rice
    Neil Young
    Jim James
    Sturgill Simpson
    Jason Isbell
    Neil Young
    Thom Yorke
    Ben Nichols
    Erika Wennerstrom
    Jack White
    David Bowie
    Glen Hansard
    Norah Jones
    Stone Gossard
    Willie Nelson
    Patterson Hood
    Rhett Miller
    Ben Harper
    Dan Auerbach
    Matthew Cawes
    Chris Cornell
    Adam Granduciel
    Bob Dylan
    John Fogerty
    Josh Homme
    Jeff Tweedy
    Britt Daniel

    I know I'm forgetting a lot...
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  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    brianlux said:
    David Bowie
    Leonard Cohen
    Fred Cole
    Bob Dylan
    Merle Haggard
    Juliana Hatfield
    Bob Marley
    Paul McCarntney
    Joni Mitchell
    Willie Neslon
    Dolly Parton
    Lou Reed
    Patti Smith
    Pete Townshend
    Eddie Vedder
    Tom Waits
    Paul Westerberg
    Hank Williams
    Steve Wynn
    Neil Young

    Nice to see Country music included. Dolly Parton one of the greats. And I will prolly catch slack for this but Taylor Swift has to be on the list.
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,125
    MedozK said:
    brianlux said:
    David Bowie
    Leonard Cohen
    Fred Cole
    Bob Dylan
    Merle Haggard
    Juliana Hatfield
    Bob Marley
    Paul McCarntney
    Joni Mitchell
    Willie Neslon
    Dolly Parton
    Lou Reed
    Patti Smith
    Pete Townshend
    Eddie Vedder
    Tom Waits
    Paul Westerberg
    Hank Williams
    Steve Wynn
    Neil Young

    Nice to see Country music included. Dolly Parton one of the greats. And I will prolly catch slack for this but Taylor Swift has to be on the list.

    Carole King should be on the list as well.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    MedozK said:
    brianlux said:
    David Bowie
    Leonard Cohen
    Fred Cole
    Bob Dylan
    Merle Haggard
    Juliana Hatfield
    Bob Marley
    Paul McCarntney
    Joni Mitchell
    Willie Neslon
    Dolly Parton
    Lou Reed
    Patti Smith
    Pete Townshend
    Eddie Vedder
    Tom Waits
    Paul Westerberg
    Hank Williams
    Steve Wynn
    Neil Young

    Nice to see Country music included. Dolly Parton one of the greats. And I will prolly catch slack for this but Taylor Swift has to be on the list.
    Yes!
    GlowGirl said:
    MedozK said:
    brianlux said:
    David Bowie
    Leonard Cohen
    Fred Cole
    Bob Dylan
    Merle Haggard
    Juliana Hatfield
    Bob Marley
    Paul McCarntney
    Joni Mitchell
    Willie Neslon
    Dolly Parton
    Lou Reed
    Patti Smith
    Pete Townshend
    Eddie Vedder
    Tom Waits
    Paul Westerberg
    Hank Williams
    Steve Wynn
    Neil Young

    Nice to see Country music included. Dolly Parton one of the greats. And I will prolly catch slack for this but Taylor Swift has to be on the list.

    Carole King should be on the list as well.

    And a big yes!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni