favourite songwriters
 

what's everyone's favourite songwriters?

some of mine are Linda Perry, Sheryl Crow, Lisa Leob...if I had to pick one would say Linda Perry though

Conor Oberst, Elliott Smith, Geoff Rickly, Ben Stivers, Drew Speziale, Rocky Votolato

nice choices ...like Elliott Smith a lot

Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, Alice Cooper, Izzy Stradlin, Axl Rose, Bob Dylan

Haven't heard any Harry Chapin music before so would like to have a listen...are there any websites worth checking out that have mp3s of his music on them?

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.

Smokey Robinson..I'm impressed, I was actually thinking of covering 'fly me to the moon' but I wasn't sure if I'd pull it off

If it's a lyric thing, try 'Tracks Of My Tears'.

thanks will check that out. What worried me covering that one is I play acoustic guitar at gigs and thought I might not be able to do it justice without a nice slick piano part. Love singing the song though so might look into covering again

Bob Dylan, Conor Oberst, Dallas Green, Elliott Smith, Ben Folds, Devin Townsend, Geddy Lee, Nick Drake.