Name your favourite top 6 songwriters

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Kevin Parker

Wow - how does he find the time.to run the supporters club?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Morrissey / Marr
Difford / Tilbrook
Bob Dylan
Lloyd Cole
Pete Shelley
Springsteen

 

[West Yorks Owl]

Gil Scott-Heron?

 

[Deepest Blue]

Jimmy Webb
Bacharach/David
Brian Wilson
Lennon/McCartney
Cole Porter (not Palmer)
George Gershwin

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Jimmy Webb
Bacharach/David
Brian Wilson

They are 3 good calls,especially Jimmy Webb.
Maybe should have had Jim Steinman and Joni Mitchell on my original selection.
Webb and Steinman made a lot of money for other singers.

 

[chesterbells]

I see we’ve got the usual issue of more than a few posters struggling with the fundamentals of counting, including the op ;-)

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I see we’ve got the usual issue of more than a few posters struggling with the fundamentals of counting, including the op ;-)

My takeaway is that apparently there have only been about 20 artists in music history, and the last ones who ever wrote anything were Rivers Cuomo and J Mascis :)

JK. For me:

Neil Young
Walter Becker/Donald Fagan (that I am the first to mention these guys is sad)
Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe
Adam Schlesinger/Chris Collingwood
Corin Tucker/Carrie Brownstein
Eric Bachmann

 

[dublinblue12]

Lennon/McCartney
Jagger/Richards
Dylan
Young
N. Gallagher

 

[dobingsdobber]

Dylan
Paul Simon
Judee Sill
Richard Thompson
Nick Drake
Cole Porter

 

[peter.evans]

My takeaway is that apparently there have only been about 20 artists in music history, and the last ones who ever wrote anything were Rivers Cuomo and J Mascis :)

JK. For me:

Neil Young
Walter Becker/Donald Fagan (that I am the first to mention these guys is sad)
Neil Tennant/Chris Lowe
Adam Schlesinger/Chris Collingwood
Corin Tucker/Carrie Brownstein
Eric Bachmann

I agree re Walt and Don, absolute musical genius and as good as anything, ever !