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10-12-2005, 11:31 PM
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This is a classic indeed, who are yall's favorite singer songwriters?
Name em and tell what your favorite album of theirs is.
Mine are:
Cat Stevens: Firecat and Teaser , this album is pure, simple and genius. My favorite songs on it are The Wind and Morning Has Broken.
Tom Waits: RainDogs but it changes everyday. Tom is amazing and I wish I was half as cool as he is. He displays saddness like no other.
Joe Strummer :Global a Go-Go, not what you'd expect from the father of punk but its great anyway. Usual political lyrics but instead of raging punk rock its more like folk/roots rock/ reggae. Joe is brilliant to me.
Lou Reed: Coney Island Baby, a great album and a great artist, he was one of the first avant garde rock writers and he always wrote awesome lyrics.
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks, majestic and beautiful , van is a truly gifted at love songs.
Nick Cave- Murder Ballads, an evil ladiesman of sorts ..........cool as hell.
Jim Croce- awesome pop songwriter , died too early
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Carly Simon: Live, Go ahead and laugh, but my mom got me hooked on Simon.........im a big fan.
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10-12-2005, 11:41 PM
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Sam Beam, dude responsible for Iron and Wine
Johnny Cash, the original OG
Steven Von Till, similar to Lanegan vocally, but I did him more
Also, the guy from Boxharp.
and a ton of others that escape me at the moment. |
10-12-2005, 11:45 PM
| | | | Ahem...
Harry Nilsson
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10-13-2005, 10:53 AM
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John Lennon
Warren Zevon
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Probably in a lot of other clubs as well.
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10-13-2005, 11:06 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | I don't necessarily think of McCartney and Sting as "singer/songwriter" as much as "band leader/songwriter". They both have formidable singing skills as well as songwriting chops, but I can't imagine them touring solo with an acoustic guitar and/or piano.
My favorites who write brilliant music and are just as (or more) "at home" with an acoustic guitar or piano as they are with a band are:
Bruce Cockburn
Joe Jackson
Sam Phillips
Maria McKee
Marshall Crenshaw
T-Bone Burnett (who sadly hasn't done an original album for well over a decade) Quote: |
Carly Simon: Live, Go ahead and laugh, but my mom got me hooked on Simon.........im a big fan.
| I'm not laughing, Carly Simon is brilliant.
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07-14-2006, 05:41 PM
| | | ...I'm bringing this back:
1. Neil Young ( Harvest, After The Gold Rush, Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere, Rust Never Sleeps, Freedom) I couldn't pick just one! One of the greatest songwriters ever, in my opinion, and a fantastic guitar player.
2. Matthew Good ( Avalanche) I'm sure many of you haven't heard of Matt Good, but seriously check out his stuff. Avalanche is an incredible album. Lyrics are incredible, as is his voice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRNd0...Matthew%20Good / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJpwq...Matthew%20Good
3. Cat Stevens ( Cat Stevens [Box Set]) I only have his box set, but his music is very - at the risk of sounding cliche - uplifting.
Graeme
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07-14-2006, 08:38 PM
| | | | Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora: Any Album But H.A.N.D.
Bryan Adams: Room Service
Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction
Aerosmith: ahhh crap I forget..Greatest Hits??
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07-14-2006, 11:15 PM
| | | | Eddie Vedder, Johnny Cash, Mark Lanegan....and some others i cant remember now. |
07-15-2006, 12:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Manila, Philippines | | | i dunno if these are the best really on my list but off the top of my head:
ben harper & jeff buckley |
07-15-2006, 03:17 PM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | Very happy to report with the resurrection of this thread that T-Bone Burnett has released a fantastic new album. Highly recommended to all! |
07-16-2006, 06:40 AM
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07-16-2006, 07:57 AM
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07-16-2006, 11:22 AM
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go to www.Martinsexton.com
the guy is too good to believe!
I've seen him 9 times. |
07-16-2006, 11:24 AM
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Tom Waits
Sufjan Stevens
David Eugene Edwards
Ben Harper
bc
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