Writers

[cronker]

Totally agree with Costello and the Finn brothers!

 

[HolmeBass]

In the spirit of Bacharach, Barry Manilow.

There's the story Stanley Clarke told of ribbing Barry, after Barry asked him why people don't take home more seriously, by saying, "They take you seriously, you wrote 'Mandy'!"

Upon which Manilow played very fast smoking version of Giant Steps on the piano. He related it in a Bass Player interview.

 

[chuck norriss]

not a songwriter but good piece on hemingway
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just as well if this were to turn into a writers' thread that wouldn't be so bad

 

[10cc]

Richard Thompson
Peter Gabriel
Tom Waits
John Prine
Robert Hunter
Graham Gouldman
David Wilcox
+1 on Andy Partridge

and that's just off the top of my head.

Perfect list! I'll add Bryan Ferry, Scott Walker and Steve Harley

 

[chuck norriss]

We are the dead by Bowie--amazing verse

 

[Pandastylebass]

Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford

 

[Shovel]

Jonathan Richman
Robert Hunter
Jerry Garcia
Steve Winwood

 

[Richland123]

In the spirit of Bacharach, Barry Manilow.

There's the story Stanley Clarke told of ribbing Barry, after Barry asked him why people don't take home more seriously, by saying, "They take you seriously, you wrote 'Mandy'!"

Upon which Manilow played very fast smoking version of Giant Steps on the piano. He related it in a Bass Player interview.

Barry Manilow did write many of the songs he recorded but he did not write "Mandy" nor did he write "I Write The Songs".

"Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr. "Brandy" was originally a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand.

"I Write the Songs" was written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys 1977. The original version was recorded by The Captain & Tennille.

 

[HolmeBass]

Barry Manilow did write many of the songs he recorded but he did not write "Mandy" nor did he write "I Write The Songs".

"Mandy", originally titled "Brandy", is a song written and composed by Scott English and Richard Kerr. "Brandy" was originally a hit in 1971 for Scott English in the UK and in 1972 for Bunny Walters in New Zealand.

"I Write the Songs" was written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys 1977. The original version was recorded by The Captain & Tennille.

Well make sure to tell Stanley Clarke when you see him, I was only relating his story.

 

[ZenG]

The team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David write a lot of hit songs....not just for themselves but for others as well.

I never thought of their songs as "cheesy'.

Such songs as "Walk On By" seem to have their own uniqueness.

 

[10cc]

Leonard Cohen