favourite songwriters (singer, Kurt Cobain)

Sparky · 03-28-2007, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

David Byrne, Morrissey, Robert Smith, John Lennon, Ray Davies, Lou Reed, Smokey Robinson, Paul Weller, Holland/Dozier/Holland, Paul Simon, John Squire, Bowie, Dylan.

If I had to choose just one it would have be Smokey Robinson, pure poetry and not a single word wasted.

tru dat. I always forget about him.

Also Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst, Bowie, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg, John Lennon

tdoc210 · 03-28-2007, 09:41 PM

elliott, nick drake, simon, oberst, cat stevens

PaperHurricanesAndPlanes · 03-28-2007, 11:22 PM

Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin, John Lennon, Tim McIlrath, Jeff Buckley, Gabe Dixon, Grant Lee Buffalo, Ray Charles and Joe Strummer.

enemyat_thesix · 03-29-2007, 01:06 AM

Colin Meloy beats everyone. See 'The Mariner's Revenge Song'.

right-track · 03-29-2007, 01:20 AM

Having read some of the others I'm going to add Drake, Ray Charles and throw in Pete Townsend on my list.

either/or · 03-29-2007, 03:19 AM

i'd have to go with elliott smith, jeff tweedy and thom yorke.
and then bob dylan, johnny cash
morrisey, damon albarn
and also ian curtis, bernard sumner and shaun ryder (bernard with new order, not jd)

Blain · 03-29-2007, 05:31 AM

Rocky Votolato and Tim McIlrath.

Frances · 03-29-2007, 06:58 AM

Bowie, Bob Dylan, Thom Yorke, John Lennon, Trent Reznor, Nick Cave, Gary Numan, Billy Joel, Tom Waits, Tori Amos, Johnny Cash..........

Moon Pix · 03-29-2007, 05:32 PM

Chan Marshall
Bob Dylan
Bill Callahan
Townes Van Zandt
John Lee Hooker
Johnny Cash
Alex Chilton
Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Smokey Robinson
Jim & William Reid
Kurt Cobain
PJ Harvey

emmaforman · 03-29-2007, 06:08 PM

Cat stevens and Johnny Cash are also favs of mine

03-28-2007, 09:41 PM	#12 (permalink)
tdoc210 ashes against the grain Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: new hampsha Posts: 2,617	elliott, nick drake, simon, oberst, cat stevens __________________ We went back there and they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm. There they were in a pile. A pile of little arms. And I remember... I... I... I cried. I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought: My God... the genius of that.

03-29-2007, 03:19 AM	#16 (permalink)
either/or Don't think twice Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: A basement on the hill Posts: 352	i'd have to go with elliott smith, jeff tweedy and thom yorke. and then bob dylan, johnny cash morrisey, damon albarn and also ian curtis, bernard sumner and shaun ryder (bernard with new order, not jd) __________________ Painstaking devotion and love Surrendered to self preservation From others who care for themselves A blindness that touches perfection But hurts just like anything else Isolation, isolation, isolation

03-29-2007, 05:32 PM	#19 (permalink)
Moon Pix In a very sad sad zoo Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: "Out on tour with Smashing Pumpkins, nature kids, they don't have no function" Posts: 363	Chan Marshall Bob Dylan Bill Callahan Townes Van Zandt John Lee Hooker Johnny Cash Alex Chilton Mick Jagger & Keith Richards Smokey Robinson Jim & William Reid Kurt Cobain PJ Harvey __________________ There’s a dream that I see, I pray it can be Look 'cross the land, shake this land - "Maybe Not", C. Marshall

03-29-2007, 06:08 PM	#20 (permalink)
emmaforman Groupie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 10	Cat stevens and Johnny Cash are also favs of mine __________________ www.myspace.com/emmaforman

03-29-2007, 01:20 AM	#15 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	Having read some of the others I'm going to add Drake, Ray Charles and throw in Pete Townsend on my list.

03-29-2007, 05:31 AM	#17 (permalink)
Blain w0rd Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Suva, Fiji Posts: 1,034	Rocky Votolato and Tim McIlrath.