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Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

BozoTyrannus — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:13:19 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/26/2020 12:13

Ach! We're at 34.

I think I'll just drop two of my nominees and we'll begin. Stay tuned.

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

RoundTheBend — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 00:05:18 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/26/2020 04:05

Van Morrison

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We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky

Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

Beck

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There's a destination a little up the road
From the habitations and the towns we know
A place we saw the lights turn low
The jigsaw jazz and the get-fresh flow
Pulling out jives and jamboree handouts
Two turntables and a microphone
Bottles and cans and just clap your hands
And just clap your hands

Where it's at
I got two turntables and a microphone

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

babyBlueSedan — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 21:45:27 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 07/26/2020 01:45

Phil Elverum

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Every night when the sun went down
In the town where we live
The empty streets were lit up
By reflected light
From a distant sun
Bouncing off a glowing ball of rock
We just lied on the roof and watched
The moon
The moon!
The blue light of the moon!
We didn't talk and silently we both felt powerful
Like the moon my chest was full
Because we both knew we're just floating in the same space over molten rock
And we felt safe and discovered that our skin is soft
There's nothing left except certain death
And that was comforting under the moon

Towns Van Zandt

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If only she
Could feel my pain
But feelin' is a burden
She can't sustain
So like a summer Thursday
I cry for rain
To come and turn
The ground to green again

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

BozoTyrannus — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 21:18:06 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/26/2020 01:18

theblueboy wrote:

I have one prediction: Weird Al will not win this tournament.

Blasphemer.

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 18:40:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/25/2020 22:40

I have one prediction: Weird Al will not win this tournament.

Edit: pretty sure Lawrence is not winning either though so I shouldn't really get snippy.

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

LedZep — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 18:40:08 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 07/25/2020 22:40

LedZep wrote:

Patrick "Pat" Walker (Warning)

I want to be master of my own
Emotions with a fire that fills me
But I don't understand myself
And I don't know what my heart is anymore

I don't want to be standing in this war
Through pity and responsibility
So come into my life, with your violence and pain
Because I feel the depths of a love I've never known

Lou Reed (solo)

Just a perfect day
You made me forget myself
I thought I was someone else
Someone good

Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

mickilennial — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 18:09:52 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/25/2020 22:09

BozoTyrannus wrote:

Coincidentally, that's exactly what I was coming here to do.

Neko Case

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Chimney falls and lovers blaze
Thought that I was young
Now I've freezing hands
And bloodless veins
As numb as I've become
I'm so tired
I wish I was the moon tonight

Nanci Griffith

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Oh, he said it was the sound of the winter callin'
From up around the bend
Or it could be the cry of your restless heart
For the love of your long lost friends
Me, I think it's just the summertime and the heat of these Texas winds
They keep on slappin' my face with dust so thick
That the tears won't roll again

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

BozoTyrannus — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 17:21:28 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/25/2020 21:21

Ya know what, screw it. I'm dropping Pete Silberman of the Antlers as my final nominee and going for this genius.

Weird Al Yankovic

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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill
Now my scars are all healing but my heart never will

Link

Edit: I highly recommend giving this piece a read whenever you have the time. The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

LedZep — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 16:06:33 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 07/25/2020 20:06

BozoTyrannus wrote:

LedZep wrote:

André 3000 (Outkast)

Already nominated by baystateofheart

My bad. 🤡 Gonna change it when I get home in a few hours.

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

BozoTyrannus — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:19:22 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/25/2020 19:19

LedZep wrote:

André 3000 (Outkast)

Already nominated by baystateofheart

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

LedZep — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:09:45 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 07/25/2020 19:09

Patrick "Pat" Walker (Warning)

I want to be master of my own
Emotions with a fire that fills me
But I don't understand myself
And I don't know what my heart is anymore

I don't want to be standing in this war
Through pity and responsibility
So come into my life, with your violence and pain
Because I feel the depths of a love I've never known

André 3000 (Outkast)

As the plot thickens
It gives me the dickens, reminiscent of Charles
A lil' discotheque nestled in the ghettos of Niggaville, USA
Via Atlanta, Georgia
A lil' spot where young men and young women go to experience they first little taste of the night life
Me? Well, I've never been there
Well, perhaps, once, but I was so engulfed in the Olde E, I never made it to the door

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

BozoTyrannus — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:22:21 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/25/2020 18:22

AwaitingAndrew wrote:

(For listening I recommend Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book)

Absolutely correct.

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

AwaitingAndrew — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:28:30 GMT

Author: AwaitingAndrew

Posted: 07/25/2020 17:28

Billy Joel

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Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight
Too bad but it's the life you lead
You're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
You can't always see when you're right

and alright, I'll keep my promise.

Cole Porter

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I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of havin' you near
In spite of a warnin' voice that comes in the night
And repeats, repeats in my ear,
Don't you know, you fool, you never can win?
Use your mentality, wake up to reality
But each time that I do just the thought of you
Makes me stop before I begin
Cause I've got you under my skin

(For listening I recommend Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book)

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Hayden — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:03:42 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 07/25/2020 17:03

I'm just going to sneak in here 😎

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Victor Jara

Yo no canto por cantar
ni por tener buena voz,
canto porque la guitarra
tiene sentido y razón.

Tiene corazón de tierra
y alas de palomita,
es como el agua bendita,
santigua glorias y penas.

Aquí se encajó mi canto,
como dijera Violeta,
guitarra trabajadora
con olor a primavera

/

I do not sing to sing
nor having a good voice
sing because the guitar
makes sense and reason,
land has heart
and wings of dove,
is like holy water
crosses himself glories and sorrows,
fit here is my song
as I said Violeta
working guitar
smelling spring.

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Tim Buckley

Late last night as I dreamed in dizzy sunlight
I thought I heard your bare feet up the stairs
Just like a fool, just like a fool
I've been drifting
Like a dream out on the sea
I've been drifting in between what used to be

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

BozoTyrannus — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 12:55:06 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/25/2020 16:55

I am therefore also nominating....

Esperanza Spalding

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If thought is life and strength and breath
And the want of thought is death
Oh, oh, oh little fly
Then am I a happy fly
If I live, or if I die

Peter Silberman (The Antlers)

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There's a bear inside your stomach, a cub's been kicking you for weeks
and if this isn't all a dream, well then we'll cut him from beneath.
Well we're not scared of making caves, or finding food for him to eat.
We're terrified of one another, terrified of what that means

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

BozoTyrannus — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 12:50:30 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 07/25/2020 16:50

Gowi wrote:

I have other options if you wanted to expand our picks to four per person. :P

Coincidentally, that's exactly what I was coming here to do.

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 11:25:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/25/2020 15:25

baystateoftheart wrote:

Thought about nominating Stephin Merritt. Also considered Jens Lekman. Would be glad to see either indie pop songwriting giant nominated.

Same here with Merritt (Lakeman is a blindspot for me). I'd also like to see Stuart Murdoch, Jarvis Cocker and Aimee Mann near the mix. The well is deep.

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

mickilennial — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:33:18 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 07/25/2020 01:33

I have other options if you wanted to expand our picks to four per person. 😜

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

baystateoftheart — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:26:20 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/25/2020 01:26

theblueboy wrote:

I read an interview with Stephen Merrit (Magnetic Fields)-kilker lyrics man himself- where he said all the best lyricists were pre the 60s thing. He basically thought that Bob Dylan ruined the art of lyric writing and that Steven Sondheim (West side Story etc) was the greatest lyricist of all time. An interesting take, at least!

Thought about nominating Stephin Merritt. Also considered Jens Lekman. Would be glad to see either indie pop songwriting giant nominated.

Re: Best Songwriters Redux [CLOSED. GET OFF MY LAWN!]

junodog4 — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:20:11 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 07/25/2020 01:20

Janelle Monae

Do you remember? Uh, I remember when you laughed when I cut my perm off / And you rated me a six / I was like, ‘Damn’ / But even back then with the tears in my eyes / I always knew I was the sh*t

Gordon Lightfoot

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early