Your 20 favourite solo singer songwriters

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Mercury
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  • Posted: 11/20/2014 23:59
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Mine kinda sorta ranked but kinda thrown together.



My deities:

#1 Bob Dylan
#2 Kristian Mattson

My songwriting demigods:
#3 Tom Waits
#4 Townes Van Zandt

My songwriting heroes:
#5 Kate Bush
#6 Robert Johnson
#7 Jason Isbell
#8 Lucinda Williams
#9 Ryan Adams
#10 Hank Williams

My secondary Heroes (still totally insanely awesome and precious to me):
#11 Nick Drake
#12 Leonard Cohen
#13 Josh Ritter
#14 Nas
#15 John Prine
#16 Gillian Welch
#17 Lisa Germano
#18 Stevie Wonder
#19 Elvis Costello
#20 Prince
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JOSweetHeart



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  • Posted: 11/21/2014 02:09
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Skinny wrote:
That 'most' is redundant by the way.

Actually it isn't because the reason why I say "most" is because of the fact that I do have other favorite singers. Smile Smile Smile

RockyRaccoon wrote:
Absolutely. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've gotten you and Skinny mixed up.

I'll be like "wait whose chart was it I wanted to visit to see which solo Wu-Tang album is the best?" and then I'll go back and forth between JO's chart and Skinny's chart and I just really get confused, it's like looking at twins (like Arnold Schwartzenegger and Danny DeVito, remember?)

Most of the time when they talk, I just imagine the same person really. I'll just be like "Who was it that wrote that interesting comment about the resurgence of the West Coast in modern-day hip-hop?" and half that time I'll say "Oh right, that was JOS" and I'll be totally wrong.

This happens like, at least two or three times a week. It's nuts.

I'm sorry. Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

God bless you two and James and my other favorite singers always!!! Smile Smile Smile

Holly
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  • Posted: 11/21/2014 02:12
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JOSweetHeart wrote:
I'm sorry. Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

God bless you two and James and my other favorite singers always!!! Smile Smile Smile

Holly

one of the most beautifully unintentionally passive-aggressive responses I have ever read
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CubaZed





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JOSweetHeart wrote:
Actually it isn't because the reason why I say "most" is because of the fact that I do have other favorite singers.


Actually, he is correct, the most is grammatically redundant. Saying "my favorite singer" still suggests that you have other singers but James you just prefer to the rest.
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JOSweetHeart



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^^^ Maybe its because I don't like to leave my other favorites out. Smile Smile Smile

dividesbyzero wrote:
one of the most beautifully unintentionally passive-aggressive responses I have ever read

Uh...okay...thank you. Smile Smile Smile

God bless you two and all of my favorites always!!! Smile Smile Smile

Holly
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  • Posted: 11/23/2014 11:08
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My favorites:

Nick Cave
Bob Dylan
Morrissey
Captain Beefheart (he fits the description sort of I think)

Other good ones:
Tim Buckley
Nico
Lou Reed

I need to listen to more but these I really like.
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Kiki





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  • Posted: 11/23/2014 14:57
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SleepDealer wrote:
15 that I really admire:

Laura Nyro
Judee Sill
Todd Rundgren
Curtis Mayfield
Joni Mitchell
Lewis Baloue
Nick Drake
Bjork
Linda Perhacs
Jens Lekman
Sharon van Etten
Julia Holter
Joanna Newsom
Sufjan Stevens
Stevie Wonder


Bolded artist is fantastic! Smile What your favorite album by them?
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CripplingAutism





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  • Posted: 11/23/2014 16:42
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As of right now, they are:

1. Tom Waits
2. Phil Elvrum
3. Sufjan Stevens
4. Devendra Banhart
5. Michael Gira
6. Elliott Smith
7. Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)
8. Neil Young
9. Dan Barrett
10. Darren Jackson (Kid Dakota)
11. Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey (Exuma)
12. Townes van Zandt
13. Dave van Ronk
14. Bill Withers
15. Cameron Kirkpatrick
16. Bob Dylan
17. Jeff Mangum
18. Nick Drake
19. Lewis
20. Mac Demarco
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JasonZaia



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Bob Dylan
Nick Drake
Tom Waits
Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith
Neil Young
Joni Mitchell
Johnny Cash
John Lennon
Paul Simon
Jeff Buckley
Rowland S Howard
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Edith Piaf
Buddy Holly
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Marley
Tim Buckley
Syd Barrett
Roy Orbison
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scottrosemeyer





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No Order for this, I'll do ten

1. John Frusciante
2. Elliott Smith
3. Bjork
4. Omar Rodriguez Lopez
5. PJ Harvey
6. Cat Stevens
7. Daniel Rossen
8. Elton John
9. David Bowie
10. Kevin Parker (Tame Impala)
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