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Posted on 11/9/23 at 3:12 pm
Posted by STigers
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Member since Nov 2022
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Posted on 11/9/23 at 3:12 pm
List your top 5
Whether they wrote for themselves their band or for another artist

-Robert Smith
-Billy Corgin
-Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham/Christine
Mcvie

Gypsy written by Stevie

I remember loving this song when I was younger and watching Stevie dance in the rain in the video. Probably what started my love for Fleetwood Mac.

Fun Fact- It was the very first "World Premiere Video" on MTV in 1982.






-Isaac Brock
-Marcus Mumford
And so many more…

This post was edited on 11/9/23 at 3:55 pm
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
59595 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 3:25 pm to
Ian & Billy

Jeff Tweedy

Richards/Jagger

Ray Davies

Bob Marley

Paul Statham/Peter Murphy
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
10661 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 3:26 pm to
I hate Mumford and Sons.

My list would include JJ Cale, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye (his songwriter ability allowed him to break away from the clutches of motown) and then you have the great combos of Lennon/McCarthy, Jagger/Richards, John/Taupin. Some more modern ones would be Britt Daniel (Spoon), Beck, PJ Harvey, Angel Olsen.
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
18457 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 3:53 pm to
Bob Dylan bruh
Posted by hogcard1964
Illinois
Member since Jan 2017
10556 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 4:26 pm to
Lennon/McCartney
Jagger/Richards
Hank Sr
Petty
Dylan

The rest should be pumping gas somewhere
This post was edited on 11/10/23 at 5:31 am
Posted by Keep Stirring
Member since Sep 2016
2607 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 4:27 pm to
Jeff Rosenstock
Bob Dylan
Jim Croce
Warren Zevon
Paul Simon
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78253 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 4:49 pm to
Fun fact - my daughter was briefly dating the son of someone who has had over 60 number one singles.

name that person.
This post was edited on 11/9/23 at 4:51 pm
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142389 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 4:50 pm to
quote:

And so many more
then why ask for 5?

How about instead of yet another list thread, give samples of their work?

Forever
It doesn't mean forever anymore
I said forever
But it doesn't look like I'm gonna be around much anymore
When the heat gets sub-tropical
And the talk gets sub-topical

Riot act, you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian

Why do you talk such stupid nonsense?
When my mind could rest much easier
Instead of all this dumb-dumb insolence
I would be happier with amnesia

They say forget her
Now it looks like you're either gonna be before me or against me
I got your letter
Now they say I don't care for the color that it paints me
Trying to be so bad is bad enough
Don't make me laugh by talking tough
Don't put your heart out on your sleeve
When your remarks are off the cuff

Riot act, you can read me the riot act
You can make me a matter of fact
Or a villain in a million
A slip of the tongue is gonna keep me civilian

Riot act...


- Elvis Costello

Reading these words naked on the page, shorn of the powers of the arrangement and Costello's voice, this may come across as doggerel. But I guess even the best lyrics are like that.
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
6965 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 7:31 pm to
Martin Gore
Black Francis
Morrissey
Barry Gibb
Paul Simon
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11351 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 7:39 pm to
quote:

Jeff Rosenstock
Bob Dylan


Kind of surprised to see those two on a list next to each other, but I do love both of them.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78253 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 7:46 pm to
quote:

Black Francis
am i losing it or did he go by the "Frank Black" back in the 90s??

when did this 'black francis' crap start?
Posted by sorantable
Member since Dec 2008
48841 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 7:50 pm to
This is very fluid for me, but this very moment?

Jason Isbell.
John Moreland.
Ruston Kelly.
Andrew Duhon.
James Taylor.
This post was edited on 11/9/23 at 7:52 pm
Posted by STigers
Gulf Coast
Member since Nov 2022
1607 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 7:52 pm to
quote:

Martin Gore
Black Francis
Morrissey
Barry Gibb
Paul Simon

Nice list
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
11329 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 7:53 pm to
Billy Joe Shaver
Guy Clark
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Holland/Dozier/Holland
Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart
Bruce Robison
Posted by The Seaward
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
11351 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 7:54 pm to
quote:

am i losing it or did he go by the "Frank Black" back in the 90s?? when did this 'black francis' crap start?


I think he goes by Black Francis as a Pixies member and Frank Black solo, so Black Francis was first
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78253 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:01 pm to
there goes my pixies 'mega fan' card more like 'mega poser'
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142389 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:02 pm to
quote:

Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart


My fave
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
6965 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 8:06 pm to
quote:

there goes my pixies 'mega fan' card more like 'mega poser'

You’re forgiven.
Posted by TxWadingFool
Middle Coast
Member since Sep 2014
4399 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 9:48 pm to
I no particular order.

Don Henley and Glenn Frey
Bob Dylan
Paul McCartney
Merle Haggard
Johnny Cash
Willie Nelson
Tom Petty
Jimmy Buffett
Kurt Cobain
Kris Kristofferson
John Prine
Ray Wylie Hubbard 
Billy Joe Shaver
Jason Isbell
Robert Earl Keen
Townes Van Zandt
Dean Dillon
Sturgill Simpson
Chris Stapleton
Chris Knight
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28126 posts
Posted on 11/9/23 at 11:18 pm to
Has anybody mentioned Ronnie Van Zant? Or Tom Scholz?
Other than that
Zimmy
Otis
Smokey
Fogerty
Jackson
Hank
Webb
Johnny
Marvin
Dwight
Lauderdale
Dolly
(Guy*)
(Shaver*) (*Love these two in general, even if they never wrote a song)
Lefty
Rogers
The order of this list depends on my mood on any given day
This post was edited on 11/10/23 at 12:23 pm
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