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one_true_leroy Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 12:43 PM
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Favorite song-writers (lyricists)
Bob Dylan
Townes Van Zandt
Guy Clark
Jeff Tweedy
Jay Farrar
Jimi Hendrix
Michael Stipe
Tori Amos
Kurt Cobain
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 01:14 PM
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1. I like your list, especially Townes and Dylan. I would also add
Mitchell Parish
Ira Gershwin
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-24-04 08:32 PM
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2. Andy Partridge, Martin Newell, Thom Yorke, John Lennon, Van Dyke Parks...
David Bowie and I'll throw Neil Young in, just so you don't think I'm a prude.

But Jimi H.? :shrug:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:14 PM
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3. although he's not my style of music at all
Alan Rich is a lyrical genius--GREAT pop lyrics.
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:53 PM
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4. Joni Mitchell n/t
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one_true_leroy Donating Member (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 10:22 PM
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5. how did I forget Tom Waits!
he's one of my Holy Trinity of SongWriters!

BAD LEROY! :spank:
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DeepGreen Donating Member (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 11:28 PM
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6. Waters and Gilmore as well as
Dylan
Hendrix
CSN
Young

:)
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 12:00 PM
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7. I'll Add Four Names
David Byrne, David Bowie, Cy Curnin, Todd Rundgren.
The Professor
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HEAVYHEART Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-04-04 06:05 PM
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8. I'm sure there are more..
I agree with alot of what's been posted. Off the top of my head, I'd like to add:

Simon and Garfunkel
Cake
Bob Dylan
Billy Joel
System of A Down
Joan Baez
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opiate69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-04 11:47 PM
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9. A few more..
Maynard James Keenan
Ian Anderson
Geezer Butler
Nick Cave
Chris DeBurgh
Tori Amos
Skin
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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-04 12:34 PM
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10. Some of my vary favs are:
Edited on Mon Dec-06-04 12:36 PM by Sugarcoated
Lennon and McCartney
Pete Townshend
Patty Griffin
Joni Mitchell
Aimee Mann
Brian Wilson
Difford and Tilbrook/Squeeze
Gillian Welch
Paul Simon
Robbie Robertson
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 06:40 PM
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18. Great list- many of my favs are there
Edited on Mon Dec-20-04 06:42 PM by Beaverhausen
nice to meet someone who knows the astounding Patty Griffin!
:hi:

edited cause I can't type!
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Abelman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-04 04:19 AM
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11. Dylan
Joni Mitchell
The dudes from Barenaked Ladies
Shel Silverstein
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musiclawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-16-04 07:13 PM
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12. Ray Davies
looks up to no one in the pantheon of rock
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6000eliot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 04:51 AM
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21. Definitely Davies!
Also Lennon and McCartney.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:18 AM
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13. Ira Gershwin
Guy Clark
John Prine
Alan Rich
Harry Nillson
Harlan Howard
Roger Miller
Bruce Cockburn
Steve Earle
Bernie Taupin
Hank Williams
James McMurtry
James Taylor
Butch Hancock
John Hiatt
Joe Henry
Lowell George
Lucinda Williams
Lyle Lovett
Michael Smith
Neil Young
Shane McGowan
Randy Newman
Tom Waits
Rodney Crowell
Jay Farrar
Tom Petty
Warren Zevon

are a few of my favorites
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 07:17 PM
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14. Kristin Hersh, Neil Young, Nick Drake...
...Leonard Cohen, Kurt Cobain, Jeff Buckley, Carol King
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:19 PM
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15. Can't believe I left out Tom Waits and Lou Reed. (nt)
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livinginphotographs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:24 AM
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16. Leonard Cohen, Ian Curtis.
n/t
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Papa Donating Member (505 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 04:37 PM
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17. Chris Cornell, Bono, Springsteen
Those are my favorites right now.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-31-04 03:15 PM
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19. A lot of unknows, and some known
Known:

Burt Bacharach/Carol Bayer Sager
Van Dyke Parks/Brian Wilson
Lennon/McCartney
Carol King
Marvin Gaye
Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
Richard Butler (Psychedelic Furs)
Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)


Lesser Known:

Mark Burgess (The Chameleons)
Adrian Borland (The Sound)
Steve Fellows (Comsat Angels)
Nick Drake
Jaz Coleman (Killing Joke)
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-02-05 02:58 AM
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20. Roger Waters by far
also

John Lennon
Robert Smith
Peter Murphy
Morrisey
Bono
Bob Dylan
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