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| Poll: Who Is the best songwriter of All Time ? |
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| Bob Dylan |
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30% |
[22] |
| John Lennon |
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7% |
[5] |
| Paul McCartney |
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7% |
[5] |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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4% |
[3] |
| Joanna Newsom |
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11% |
[8] |
| Neil Young |
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0% |
[0] |
| Roger Waters |
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2% |
[2] |
| Paul Simon |
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4% |
[3] |
| Kate Bush |
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0% |
[0] |
| Mick Jagger/Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) |
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1% |
[1] |
| Van Morrison |
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2% |
[2] |
| Joe Strummer/Mick Jones (The Clash) |
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2% |
[2] |
| David Bowie |
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4% |
[3] |
| Thom Yorke |
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5% |
[4] |
| George Harrison |
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1% |
[1] |
| Elton John |
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0% |
[0] |
| Jeff Mangum |
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8% |
[6] |
| Elvis Costello |
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1% |
[1] |
| Robert Plant/Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) |
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4% |
[3] |
| Win Butler/Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire) |
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0% |
[0] |
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| Total Votes : 71 |
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control 
- #21
- Posted: 02/05/2013 23:58
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| 19loveless91 wrote: | | That would be composer. Songwriter I think is both, lyric-writer + music-composer |
Correct.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
- #22
- Posted: 02/06/2013 00:02
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I voted Paul Simon. If it was just lyrics, I would vote Bob Dylan, but that man has some of the best...but also some of the worst music ever written. There is very very little that Paul Simon has written in the last 50 years that could be considered crap. Actually I think he is getting better with age, Surprise, You're the One, and So Beautiful or So What are amazing albums from the last 10 years or so.
I think Bob should have been one of those guys that writes songs for others to perform  .
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- #23
- Posted: 02/06/2013 00:03
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| HigherThanTheSun wrote: | | No Morrissey? |
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- #24
- Posted: 02/06/2013 00:03
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Another hard poll. I just threw in a Led Zeppelin vote because I knew their music best. I really like Paul Simon, too.
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- #25
- Posted: 02/06/2013 00:11
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SMOKEY ROBINSON
WHERE THE HELL IS SMOKEY ROBINSON?
In terms of quality, body of work and influence, he out punches most of the dudes on this poll by some considerable margin - in fact most of them aren't even worthy to lick his songwriting boots!
An incredible but underrated songwriter...
Last edited by Guest on 02/06/2013 00:15; edited 1 time in total
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- #26
- Posted: 02/06/2013 00:13
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Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger
Unless you mean on that list, in which case.
Dylan, Newsom or Morrison.
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She's dead, wrapped in plastic.
Justice is not a frivolous thing, Simpson. It has little if anything to do with a disobedient whale.
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- #27
- Posted: 02/06/2013 03:34
- Post subject: somewhat incomplete selection
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good list but I feel like you're missing some essential names. Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and Nick Drake to name a few. I also probably would've included Morrissey/Marr and Garcia/Hunter
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- #28
- Posted: 02/06/2013 05:49
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No Townshend, I am saddened by this. As for the ones on the list I suppose I'll have to go Strummer/Jones.
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- #29
- Posted: 02/06/2013 12:51
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Ghostface Killah.
Of those on the list, Dylan.
Polls like this are fucking stupid, by the way. You can't please everybody, and you've just taken it upon yourself to decide who deserves to be there and who doesn't. This is why we have tournaments with nominations. I don't mind threads about stuff like this, but please stop attaching these fucking stupid, ignorant polls. Thanks.
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davidhuret
Gender: Male
Location: Lille,France 
- #30
- Posted: 02/08/2013 10:12
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I'll vote for McCartney: a (obviously under-appreciated here) genius.
But the "best" for me is the double-headed monster he formed with John Lennon.
Then I'd say Dylan, Neil Young, Ray Davies, Pete Townshend, Bowie, Paul Simon, Donovan, Leiber-Stoller, Goffin-King, Pomus-Shuman, Bacharach-David, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, George Harrison, Jagger-Richards, John-Taupin, Mann-Weil, Brech-Weill, etc...
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