I propose a Best Songwriters (Not in the Top 40) Tournament. This would exclude well known, and rather obvious, choices such as Bob Dylan, Lennon/McCartney, Kanye West, Roger Waters, Kendrick Lamar, etc. This would apply to LYRIC WRITING only. Apologies to those who have already nominated people for composition or music.
Anybody down for this? If so I nominate...
Prince
Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
To get through this thing called life
Electric word, life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips)
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes, let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round _________________ I wanna take Sean Penn
And take Sean Bean
Put 'em in a blender
And make Sean Pean
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Nick Cave something something the most versatile and the most consistent songwriter ever
Charles Mingus
Erratic, tough character. It shows in his compositions too, they're unpredictable and his discography is among the most diverse in jazz history. There's at least 4 albums of his that I could put in my top 100 of all time any time of the day.
It's quite fascinating that neither are in the top 60 on BEA
Edit: If we’re talking lyricists, I’d go with Mark Kozelek instead of Mingus _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
Just a query - are we talking about songwriters in terms of lyricists, instrumentalists, composers, or all of the above combined? Needs to be specific before we begin. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
Just a query - are we talking about songwriters in terms of lyricists, instrumentalists, composers, or all of the above combined? Needs to be specific before we begin.
I was initially thinking lyrics only, but after LedZep's nomination for Mingus I'm reconsidering. _________________ I wanna take Sean Penn
And take Sean Bean
Put 'em in a blender
And make Sean Pean
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