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 Best Songwriters of All Time

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Um, since “songwriter” is such an open ended term... J.S. Bach.


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Interesting response, 2D. I had forgotten completely about classical music. However, my intention is for the rock/pop/R&B/soul/hip-hop era.
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Originally posted by BobbyD
Interesting response, 2D. I had forgotten completely about classical music. However, my intention is for the rock/pop/R&B/soul/hip-hop era.


Ok cool because that narrows it down tons. I'll get back to you on the best "rock/pop/R&B/soul/hip-hop era" songwriterS, if I think of SOME.

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Ok cool because that narrows it down tons. I'll get back to you on the best "rock/pop/R&B/soul/hip-hop era" songwriter, if I think of one.


Psst..songwriter/s.

...can be plural. wink
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many to name, but my personal favorite is Elliott Smith.


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Prince, Sufjan Stevens, Jeff Buckley, Thom Yorke, Rivers Cuomo.

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Prince & Jimi Hendrix



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It's an image worth pondering for a moment. Maybe, when you cut past the instrumental and songwriting virtuosity, the funny voices and characters, what is left is a man alone in his recording studio for days at a time.
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Yeah, it's a brilliant album.

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Prince

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..most definitely belongs in the team photo, if not front and center.
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Prince is the best songwriter, by far.


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I Have 631 songs of his in my Itunes.
A fraction of what he has written.

He definately is the greatest.

Can 't wait to see him live on the 28th.


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It's an image worth pondering for a moment. Maybe, when you cut past the instrumental and songwriting virtuosity, the funny voices and characters, what is left is a man alone in his recording studio for days at a time.

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Great picks with Buckley, Sufjan, and of course Prince.

Another songwriter I really like, who hasn't been mentioned, is Andrew Bird.


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Stevie Wonder is great too.


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Frank Zappa says me.


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Zappa is a good songwriter. He's a great writer of music, though, moreso.


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Zappa is a good songwriter. He's a great writer of music, though, moreso.


What's the difference?


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What's the difference?


Well, you wouldn't really call Mozart a good songwriter.


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Well, you wouldn't really call Mozart a good songwriter.


Well that depends on if you compare Frank Zappa with Mozart... I personally do not. Besides "songwriter" to me is a really ambiguous term, but the thread starter clarified what he meant.


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Well that depends on if you compare Frank Zappa with Mozart... I personally do not. Besides "songwriter" to me is a really ambiguous term, but the thread starter clarified what he meant.


I do, because he writes music as well as more strict 'songs'. It's not to do with quality, but form.

I think songwriting refers to writing short-ish songs that are perfectly realised, rather than longer passages of music or extended songs.

That's how I interpret it, anyway.


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