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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

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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

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I'm in.

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
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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.
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Skinny wrote:
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.
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Doug Martsch
Mark Sandman

subject to change if this means something other than lyricists
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Fela Kuti Kate Bush Ray Davies
Jorge Ben Mark E. Smith
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Might as well go with my two favorites:

Jason Molina
Isaac Brock
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If we're talking lyricists:

Ghostface Killah
Roc Marciano
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Jason Isbell

Warren Zevon

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Jeff Buckley
John Mayer
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