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Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:21 pm
by Ears
Because no one else in here is likely to I've got to fill in some of the obviously overlooked, a short list only
Germans:
JS Bach
Wagner
Richard Strauss
Schumann
Handel
Mozart
Italians:
Rossini
Verdi
Puccini
Contrapuntalists:
Palistrina
Victoria
Lassos
Tallis
Josquin desPrez
Sud Americanos:
Heitor Villa Lobos
Antonio Carlos Jobin
Nort Americanos
George Gershin
Rogers and Hart
And from England
Dowland
Syd Barrett
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:31 pm
by Jenesis
Gatdan777 wrote:Three pages of comments and no one has mentioned John Mayer! What is the world coming to?
Worst dredge ever.
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:32 pm
by alanp
Ears wrote:
Germans:
JS Bach
And how, I still need to find a good copy of BWV582. I've only got a grainy copy from Youtube. Might wind up biting the bullet and spending money at iTunes to get it :/
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:52 pm
by KentNZ
Dave Dobbyn is mentioned at last.
I've come to this thread a bit late but...
Glen Hansard
Heard of a guy called Foy Vance? Google him, he's awesome.
David (as in, King)
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:16 pm
by Gatdan777
KentNZ wrote:
Glen Hansard
+1
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:51 pm
by Terexgeek
Because no one else in here is likely to I've got to fill in some of the obviously overlooked, a short list only and not grouped by any nationalist convention:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Carl Orff
Gustav Holst
John Williams (which one do I mean?)
Duke Ellington
Billy Strayhorn
Earl Hines
Sidney Bechet
Aaron Thibeaux Walker
Spike Jones
Peter Greenbaum
Neil Innes
Eric Idle
Jack Bruce
Johnette Napolitano
Ben Harper
Peter Greenbaum
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:10 pm
by RUDENBARK
Ian Anderson
Jack White
Peter O'Doherty
Chuck Berry
....and (dammit, can't resist, lol):
Weird Al
Jimmy Pop
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:40 pm
by foal30
David Bowie
Been transcribing some of his stuff the last couple of weeks
There is some clever shit in there for sure
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:51 pm
by jeremyb
Gatdan777 wrote:Three pages of comments and no one has mentioned John Mayer! What is the world coming to?
Writing songs to make panties moist does not equal greatness
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 8:54 pm
by foal30
Going to put Greg Dulli in the mix somewhere
Clever guy
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 9:11 pm
by jeremyb
Noel Gallagher
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:40 pm
by foal30
Brian Wilson
Randy Newman
Stevie Wonder
Re: Best Songwriters
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:41 pm
by foal30
I heard "Love and Affection" by Joan Armatrading the other night
I reckon it's High Art that lyric.