Great Songwriters

[chinchekked]

We all have our favorite songs and I am sure they cover various genres of music. My question is who are you favorite songwriters, and what are the songs that lyrically wowed you.

[Andre]

Terence Michael Joseph Butler.

(Geezer)

Writer of most of Black Sabbaths songs.

His interests in science universe ,religion,the dark side light side fight within and humanities predisposition with its own self destruction etc.

[Beanz]

There are so many. Dave Wakeling of The Beat (The English Beat), Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan, Mike Skinner (The Streets), Glen Tilbrook (Squeeze), Damon Albarn, Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers for their lyrics and James Dean Bradfield and Sen Moore for the Music, People like Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen. James Hetfield (Metallica), Bon Scott (AC/DC), Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers), Graham Gouldman who wrote for The Hollies, The Yardbirds,Hermans Hermits, and 10cc. Joe Strummer (The Clash) Jeff Buckley, Woody Guthrie, Alex Turner from the Artci Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets, Ian Brown, so many more I don't know where to start

[Master]

George Michael
Lionel Richie

[mrbig1]

Lennon and McCartney by far are the greatest of all time.

[Beanz]

Can't believe I forgot Ian Dury even his song titles "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards" and "Spasticus Autisticus" were clever and Witty like Noel Coward who inspired that "Bastards" ditty. Ray Davies of The Kinks sort of links them both and I think It is quite possible to see Albarn & Skinner in that same British vaudevillian tradition, a thesis on which I have often thought of basing a book on.

[Beanz]

George Michael
Lionel Richie

George Michael is a great songwriter as is Stevie Wonder.

[Beanz]

Shane McGowan

[Beanz]

Tom Waits

[Beanz]

Glen Danzig

[Beanz]

oooh wow you have to wait 20 seconds between posts....that should do it.

Thom Yorke

[Andre]

Tom Waits

Yep he paints a whole picture without a brush.. Hole in this case.




Don Van Vliet (Beefheart and the Magic band) is the same) a dark poet and inventor of his own language in music and can use few words to paint a whole landscape:

Funny how both have got the raspiest voices.

Heres one of the most pornagraphic songs about a young girl with a natural talent and unquenchable dna thirst for more at any time of the day /month , mixed into a twisting musical masterpiece.

[brocktonblockbust]

Joe jackson and elvis costello

[GOAT]

Pink Floyd - The Wall

[Andre]

Brian Eno / David Burn

God the list just goes on and on.

Havent even touched pure blues yet
Brownie Magee


One of the most revered Rock ones that many dont know but all artists claim Carl Perkins

Sam Cooke.



Paul Simon / Art Garfunkel