Best Songwriters
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Re: Best Songwriters
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
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
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Re: Best Songwriters
Worst dredge ever.Gatdan777 wrote:Three pages of comments and no one has mentioned John Mayer! What is the world coming to?
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Re: Best Songwriters
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 :/Ears wrote: Germans:
JS Bach
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Re: Best Songwriters
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)
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)
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Re: Best Songwriters
+1KentNZ wrote:
Glen Hansard
" Good music is as much about the space between the notes, as the notes themselves." - Sting
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Re: Best Songwriters
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
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
Tin arse!!
Re: Best Songwriters
Ian Anderson
Jack White
Peter O'Doherty
Chuck Berry
....and (dammit, can't resist, lol):
Weird Al
Jimmy Pop
Jack White
Peter O'Doherty
Chuck Berry
....and (dammit, can't resist, lol):
Weird Al
Jimmy Pop
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Re: Best Songwriters
David Bowie
Been transcribing some of his stuff the last couple of weeks
There is some clever shit in there for sure
Been transcribing some of his stuff the last couple of weeks
There is some clever shit in there for sure
Genuine Old Frontier Gibberish
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Re: Best Songwriters
Writing songs to make panties moist does not equal greatnessGatdan777 wrote:Three pages of comments and no one has mentioned John Mayer! What is the world coming to?
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
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Re: Best Songwriters
Noel Gallagher
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.