re: Best songwriter of all time?

Posted by Thurber

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 11:27 am to Tunasntigers92

Robert Zimmerman

Posted by Tigris

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 11:45 am to river_man

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Add another vote for Townes Van Zandt.

Posted by urinetrouble

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 11:54 am to Tunasntigers92

Bob Dylan easily.

Posted by Paul Allen

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:39 pm to urinetrouble

Charlie Puth

Posted by SystemsGo

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:54 pm to StanleySpadowski

Van Morrison

Tupelo Honey

Posted by Year of the Dragon

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:08 pm to Tunasntigers92

This is tough.

1. Paul McCartney
2. John Lennon
3. Bob Dylan
4. Bruce Springsteen
5. Paul Hewson
6. Paul Simon

Guess you need the name "Paul" to be a great songwriter.

Posted by DyeHardDylan

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:23 pm to Tunasntigers92

Tough question. Paul Simon, Carole King, Neil young, and Bruce Springsteen would have to be in the conversation.

Posted by tigermeat

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:39 pm to Tunasntigers92

Posted by ManBearTiger

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 2:28 pm to Tunasntigers92

Maynard James Keenan

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Posted by CAD703X

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 2:32 pm to ManBearTiger

Milli Vanilli

Posted by HempHead

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:43 pm to Tunasntigers92

Prine
van Zandt
Clark
Dylan
Kristofferson

Posted by FightinTigersDammit

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:47 pm to HempHead

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Kristofferson

Was wondering when someone was going to mention him.

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Posted by HempHead

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 4:50 pm to FightinTigersDammit

Sunday Morning Coming Down is probably the GOAT country song, IMO.

Posted by geauxbrown

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:17 pm to Tunasntigers92

McCartney

Posted by FightinTigersDammit

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:20 pm to HempHead

quote:
Sunday Morning Coming Down is probably the GOAT country song, IMO.

He had a shite-ton of them, for sure.

Posted by Tunasntigers92

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 6:00 pm to Ace Midnight

A couple others had I picked more than one would've been Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Sam Cooke, James Taylor, Robbie Roberston, John Fogerty, Jackson Browne, Jerry Garcia, just to name a few.

Posted by VOR

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 6:04 pm to LSUballs

First of all, it's an impossible question to answer. It depends on too many variables.

I love VanZandt, Dylan, Lennon-McCartney, Prine, John Hiatt, Carol King, and more.

Also think Cole Porter and Johnny Mercer and were okay.

Posted by Mars duMorgue

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 6:37 pm to VOR

ROBERT JOHNSON. Even Dylan says so in his autobiography. Howling' Wolf is right up there too. Singers, songwriters, musicians, performers, the total package: Robert Johnson and Howling' Wolf.