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Who is your favourite songwriter and why?

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    #122
    sambuka41
    Registered Users Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭sambuka41


    Would have to be Sarah McLachlan,her stuff is brilliant. And i dont mean Angel its a great song but imo not her best. Fumbling Towards Ecstacy album is amazing.

    Would be partial to some Neil Finn myself!!!!!!! Into Temptation is a great track!;)


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    #123
    cufroige
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭cufroige


    sambuka41 wrote: »
    Would have to be Sarah McLachlan,her stuff is brilliant. And i dont mean Angel its a great song but imo not her best. Fumbling Towards Ecstacy album is amazing.

    Ditto!!!!:cool:


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    #124
    column
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭column


    Tori Amos
    Kate Bush

    After that it's really only a hand-ful of songs by each singer that I like.

    Good songwriters with bands - Neil Finn, Michael Stipe, Damon Albarn


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    #125
    cautioner
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    Mark Kozelek and Matt Berninger (of The National).


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    #126
    tbaymusicman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭tbaymusicman


    don mescal would be up there anyway but thats quite the question


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    #127
    Doolee
    Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭Doolee


    Declan O Rourke people! Cant believe no one mentioned him yet. He is an unbelievable poet...
    If you do one thing today, buy Since Kyabram and listen to Marrying the Sea. Thank me later. :)


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    #128
    thinerlizzy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭thinerlizzy


    Bono is the greatest song writer of all time... his lyrics are absolutely amazing and he will always be an inspiration to millions!


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    #129
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Eddie Vedder are the ones that come to mind!


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    #130
    tbaymusicman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭tbaymusicman


    thinerlizzy wrote: »
    Bono is the greatest song writer of all time... his lyrics are absolutely amazing and he will always be an inspiration to millions!


    worst forst post ever hahaha:p:p:p:pjust kidding


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    #131
    flav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭flav


    John Darnielle, David Berman, Bill Calahan, Thurston Moore

    im gone all americano underground


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    #132
    Lynskey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 178 ✭✭Lynskey


    Thom Yorke--Emotive,Grungy,Satiric,Observant and Honest. An absolute genius


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    #133
    degausserxo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭degausserxo


    Right now, Julia Nunes.

    http://www.youtube.com/user/jaaaaaaa


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    #134
    the hero game
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭the hero game


    DAMIEN JURADO
    his songs are simply astonishing & he has a great voice
    check out secretlycanadian.com for free mp3s, try 'what were the chances' to start with


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    #135
    column
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭column


    thinerlizzy wrote: »
    Bono is the greatest song writer of all time... his lyrics are absolutely amazing and he will always be an inspiration to millions!


    nah...I dont agree. He is good but hardly the greatest.

    I would put Morrissey ahead of him and Eminem.


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    #136
    Tawfee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 200 ✭✭Tawfee


    Robert Forster & Grant McLennan (The Go-Betweens) - writers of so many perfectly crafted songs


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    #137
    Lloyderz
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭Lloyderz


    JOSHUA RADIN

    www.joshuaradin.com


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    #138
    lordgoat
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,358 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    Elliott Smith without a question and amongst the still living - Jeff Tweedy


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    #139
    Glassheart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 501 ✭✭✭Glassheart


    John Lennon had it all.

    Lyrics,Melody,Originality,Consistency...

    Overall nobody else comes close imo.


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    #140
    melahide
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭melahide


    My favorite Songwriter was, is and always will be... Brian Wilson! He is well known for his work in the 1960... he wrote songs, arranged them and produced them... and he used chords which are hardly to find in any other pop song...

    I love his melodies and his music... I can´t say anymore about it... it´s just love.


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    #141
    pauline fayne
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭pauline fayne


    my favourites are Jimmy mac'Carthy ('Ride On' 'No Frontiers ''The Contender' etc.,) , surprised no one has mentioned him ..
    also Emily Saliers -(from the Indigo Girls )
    and Nick Cave


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    #142
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Recently I've taken a liking to Tom Waits, and Leonard Cohen :) Great lyrics


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    #143
    igotone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭igotone


    Honestly I'd have to say me.

    Seriously, I have been writing for years and some of my songs have made complete strangers cry. I just have a natural way with words and can wrap them in a melody very quickly

    I don't mean to sound arrogant but I think I have a gift from God and I want to use it in the best way I can and touch as many hearts in this world as possible.


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    #144
    Maccattack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭Maccattack


    igotone wrote: »
    Honestly I'd have to say me.

    Seriously, I have been writing for years and some of my songs have made complete strangers cry. I just have a natural way with words and can wrap them in a melody very quickly

    I don't mean to sound arrogant but I think I have a gift from God and I want to use it in the best way I can and touch as many hearts in this world as possible.

    lets hear some so...


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    #145
    igotone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭igotone


    Maccattack wrote: »
    lets hear some so...

    Have a look back at the Songwriting forum, I've posted a few there recently


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    #146
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,419 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    igotone wrote: »
    Have a look back at the Songwriting forum, I've posted a few there recently


    No music posted with those lyrics, unless I'm mistaken. So your statement about your ability is a little out there.

    It's a better thread if there's some sort of reference point, something more tangible than lyrics to two songs.


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    #147
    Knon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Knon


    Almost completely forgotten, her songs are amazing: Jesus was a crossmaker, The Phoenix, There's a rugged road, The Vigilante.

    If one of these songs got in a famous ad or film, we'd all know about her.

    Also the guy who wrote 'In the rare oul' times'. What a great song that is! Gonna look up his wiki page.


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    #148
    igotone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭igotone


    humberklog wrote: »
    No music posted with those lyrics, unless I'm mistaken. So your statement about your ability is a little out there.

    It's a better thread if there's some sort of reference point, something more tangible than lyrics to two songs.

    Yep, you're right, I'm keeping pretty much in line with all others who post songs here too.


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    #149
    K-Ren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 357 ✭✭K-Ren


    I think Dylan is the main one, he's sort of the origin of many songwriters afterwards such as my other favourite, Lennon. My respect for Bono as a song writer has slowly been peeled away throughout the years, but at his Actung Baby prime, he was hard to touch. I think those 3 form the bedrock of what I like to listen to with regards to lyricists.


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    #150
    JohnnyQuid
    Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭JohnnyQuid


    It's so hard to pick just one when there are so many of them out there.

    Clayton Stroope
    Billie Joe Armstrong
    J'Lostein
    Chris Hendricks
    Danny O'Donoghue


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    #151
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Can't believe I neglected to mention Paul Simon :eek:

    He's one of my favourites of all time


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