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Who are the greatest songwriters? Is there an official /mu/ list? Who is the best?

>> No.53927691

syd barrett
nick drake
brian wilson
i dunno im not too well versed

>> No.53927714
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>> No.53927747

>>53927714
This forever.

>> No.53927779

http://www.scaruffi.com/music/songwrit.html

>> No.53927788

>>53927691
Brian wilson owes a lot to van dyke parks but he is a genius though

>> No.53927806

>>53927788
yeah true, vdp is amazing in his own right.

>> No.53927850

>>53927779
>billy joel makes the cut
>no beatle listed

straight gangster

>> No.53927967

John Lennon
Freddy Mercury

>> No.53927983

Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Bob Dylan

>> No.53928070

Springsteen
Mark Sandman
Elliott Smith

>> No.53928222

Elliott Smith is my fav.
Rowland S. Howard is amazing.
Townes Van Zandt
Bob Dylan

>> No.53928246

Fiona Apple
Robert Fripp
Zach Hill
Lou Reed

>> No.53928252

joanna and suffy

>> No.53929472

Warren Zevon
Cat Stevens
Bruce Cockburn
Peter Hammill
Elvis Costello
Jimmy Buffett (not even memein on u)
Billy Joel

>> No.53929593

>>53927654
John Lennon,
Elliott Smith,
Dylan, (some of the time)
Bruce Cockburn,
Robby Robertson,
Richard Thompson,
Josh Homme,
Sam Phillips,
Tom Waits,
Kurt Cobain, (suck it contrarians)
Roger Waters,
Bill Mallonee,
Mark Heard,
etc

>> No.53929650

>>53927691
>nick drake
>brian wilson
nice.

Daniel Johnston
Nick Bassett
Elliott Smith
Jordaan Mason
Dan Barrett

>> No.53929727

Phil Elverum

>> No.53929748

>>53929472
>Jimmy Buffett

Way underrated

>> No.53929755

>>53927779
>Melissa Ethridge
>no Paul
>no John
>no Suffy

>> No.53929759

>>53929650
>Jordaan Mason

ehhhhhhhhhhhh

>> No.53929842

>>53927654
1. David Byrne
2. Frank Zappa
3. Daniel Johnston
4. Jim Steinman
5. Kurt Wagner

this is the definitive list

>> No.53929882

Townes van Zandt x100

>> No.53929927

Sam Cooke

>> No.53929952

Stevie Wonder
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Burt Bacharach
Walter Afanasieff
George Gershwin

>> No.53929960

Shel Silverstein

>> No.53929963

Brian Wilson is the greatest songwriter of all time.

Sly Stone is the Brian Wilson of soul music.

Stevie Wonder is pretty cool too.

>> No.53930019

also forgot about Caetano Veloso

>>53929842
>no brian wilson
>definitive
nice joke

>> No.53930035

>>53930019
brian wilson was barely a songwriter
more of a tune decorator
his taste in frills was decent

>> No.53930046

>>53930035
He wrote songs, he wrote melodies and chords and he structured them. That's called as being a songwriter.

If we we're talking about lyricism only then I would've agreed with you, but we're not.

>> No.53930048

Joanna Newsom
John Darnielle
Mark Kozelek
Elliott Smith
Aaron Weiss

>> No.53930050

>>53929960
lel'd

>> No.53930059

>>53930048
lol branch out from /mu/

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>> No.53930114

My favorites are
Bob Dylan
Warren Zevon
Blind Willie McTell
Robert Hunter
David Byrne (although it wouldnt occur to me until someone mentioned.)

Pure Americana

>> No.53930123

>>53930114
Oh shit! Forgot Tom Waits

>> No.53930149

For my money:
Townes Van Zandt
Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen
Nick Cave
Warren Zevon
Gene Clark
Tim Hardin
There are quite a few I think are "great." But those are some that come to mind.
>>53929952
Agree with these, too.

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>> No.53930405

>>53929472
>>53930114
>>53930149
>Warren Zevon

my niggas

>>53929842
>Jim Steinman

Apparently working with Meat Loaf on new stuff. Feels great

>> No.53930447

>>53927654
Strauss, Schubert, Schumann, Monteverdi, Fauré, Poulenc... the list kind of peters off

Cohen and the Buckleys are also good

>> No.53930456

>>53930447
what do you think of Brian Wilson poly?

>> No.53930477

>>53930456
pretty good vocal harmonies and catchy 70s-esque tunes, but not something I would want to listen to. Tried listening to pet sounds and just didn't do it for me. maybe if I was a 17yo girl in the 70s...?

>> No.53930515

>>53930477
>maybe if I was a 17yo girl in the 70s...?
fuck off poly

also
>doesn't likes brian wilson
>doesn't likes mozart
certified P.L.E.B.

>> No.53930807

>>53929593
>Dylan (some of the time)
Really? He gets a qualifier but all those others who have written some of the most godawful music ever released, don't?

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>>53930807
>>53929593
Surely Dylan should be 'Most of the time'?

>> No.53931125

I like that picture

>> No.53931302

>>53930154
Yes, x10

>> No.53931322

>no paul simon
'no'

>> No.53931381

It depends how hungry they are.

>> No.53931510

The best and my favourite have been named already, so I'll name some that I like, but I'm not sure if they all count:
>Robert Wyatt
>Sweet Baboo
>Thom Yorke
>David Thomas Broughton

>> No.53931901

Leonard Cohen
Georges Brassens
Serge Gainsbourg
Bob Dylan
Judee Sill
John Lennon

>> No.53932045

Robyn Hitchcock
Nick Cave
Jim O'Rouke
>>53928222
>Rowland S. Howard is amazing.
mah fuckin nigga

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