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NYT lists 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters
Posted on 4/29/26 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 4/29/26 at 12:45 pm
30 Greatest Living American Songwriters
Nile Rodgers
Lucinda Williams
Stevie Wonder
Jay-Z
Paul Simon
Taylor Swift
Brian & Eddie Holland
Missy Elliott
Lionel Richie
Dolly Parton
Young Thug
Diane Warren
Josh Osborne, Brandy Clark, Shane Mcanally Fiona Apple
Babyface
Stephin Merritt
Romeo Santos
Carole King
OutKast
Mariah Carey
Willie Nelson
Kendrick Lamar
Valerie Simpson
Bob Dylan
Lana Del Rey
The-Dream
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Bad Bunny
Bruce Springsteen
Smokey Robinson
Nile Rodgers
Lucinda Williams
Stevie Wonder
Jay-Z
Paul Simon
Taylor Swift
Brian & Eddie Holland
Missy Elliott
Lionel Richie
Dolly Parton
Young Thug
Diane Warren
Josh Osborne, Brandy Clark, Shane Mcanally Fiona Apple
Babyface
Stephin Merritt
Romeo Santos
Carole King
OutKast
Mariah Carey
Willie Nelson
Kendrick Lamar
Valerie Simpson
Bob Dylan
Lana Del Rey
The-Dream
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Bad Bunny
Bruce Springsteen
Smokey Robinson
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Posted on 4/29/26 at 1:04 pm to TommyCheeseballs
Bob Dylan really that low?
This post was edited on 4/29/26 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:02 pm to TommyCheeseballs
LOL
Shitlist like anything from NYT or other main stream media outlets.
Jay Z?
Missy Elliott?
Young Thug?
Bad Bunny?
Shitlist like anything from NYT or other main stream media outlets.
Jay Z?
Missy Elliott?
Young Thug?
Bad Bunny?
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:03 pm to TommyCheeseballs
Is this a joke? Not only is Paul McCartney not #1, but he didn't even make the list? It doesn't get more preposterous than that.
Rivers Cuomo should be on here, and high.
quote:
Bad Bunny
Rivers Cuomo should be on here, and high.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:04 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:
Not only is Paul McCartney not #1,
Its American songwriters
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:05 pm to Lsut81
Yeah, I thought he had American citizenship, but I went and looked and he doesn't!
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:06 pm to TommyCheeseballs
Now limit it to people who have had a hit this century
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:10 pm to Brosef Stalin
And whats the criteria to be a "song writer". Are we talking just about lyricists?
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:16 pm to TommyCheeseballs
Nile Rogers, Jay z, Taylor Swift, Missy Elliot, Young Thug and Baby Face, Bad Bunny, Mariah Carey, Outcast, Kendrick Lamar are listed, but Paul McCartney isn't.
...and yes, McCartney has had his primary residence in Arizona for over 50 years.
...and yes, McCartney has had his primary residence in Arizona for over 50 years.
This post was edited on 4/29/26 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 4/29/26 at 3:33 pm to TommyCheeseballs
I feel like David Allan Coe should be on there somewhere.
Love him or hate him, he wrote some damn good songs. Plus thousands that weren't so good.
ETA: I barely squeezed this one in. Reports are that DAC passed away today.
Love him or hate him, he wrote some damn good songs. Plus thousands that weren't so good.
ETA: I barely squeezed this one in. Reports are that DAC passed away today.
This post was edited on 4/29/26 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 4/29/26 at 3:44 pm to REB BEER
And here is the problem with lists like this... 50% of the people on here don't write their own songs.
Kendrick Lamar for example, writing credits for "Not Like Us"
Songwriters: Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane (Mustard), Mark Anthony Spears (Sounwave), Sean Momberger,
Kendrick Lamar for example, writing credits for "Not Like Us"
Songwriters: Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane (Mustard), Mark Anthony Spears (Sounwave), Sean Momberger,
Posted on 4/29/26 at 3:46 pm to TommyCheeseballs
No
This post was edited on 4/29/26 at 4:39 pm
Posted on 4/29/26 at 3:51 pm to TommyCheeseballs
If Bob Dylan or Jimmy Webb aren't at the top of that list, it was written by idiots.
Jimmy Webb isn't even on there. I haven't heard about him dying or anything.
Jimmy Webb isn't even on there. I haven't heard about him dying or anything.
This post was edited on 4/29/26 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 4/29/26 at 3:54 pm to TommyCheeseballs
Rolling Stone: wait until you see our crap list of the greatest guitarist of all time.
NYT: hold my beer.
NYT: hold my beer.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 4:30 pm to rebelrouser
quote:
TommyCheeseballs
Rolling Stone: wait until you see our crap list of the greatest guitarist of all time.
NYT: hold my beer.
+1000
Eric Clapton went from #2 to number 41 because he came out as conservative and against vax mandates.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 4:55 pm to TommyCheeseballs
quote:
Taylor Swift
Lol. These female pop artists use the same writers.
Someone can write the entire song, she change one word and now shes a song writer.
We should give it to the folks who are writing all the top 20 songs. Its usually not the singer.
Jack Antonoff is one. Writes for her, lana del rey, sabrina carpenter, lorde, florence and the machine.
Max Martin writes for Britney, ariana grande, the weekend, katy perry.
This post was edited on 4/29/26 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 4/29/26 at 4:59 pm to dgnx6
quote:
Someone can write the entire song, she change one word and now shes a song writer.
Not a fan of her, but I believe she does write a shite ton of her stuff solo.... I know her last album was co-written with someone else, but before that, was a majority of her own work.
Now compare that to the pop shite you see today, I think I saw somewhere that shite song pink pony club that was all the rage had like 11 co-writers on it.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 5:27 pm to TommyCheeseballs
I would add Jimmy Webb for sure.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 7:04 pm to Lsut81
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This post was edited on 4/29/26 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 4/29/26 at 7:07 pm to Lsut81
quote:They get credit if they change a word.
50% of the people on here don't write their own songs
Jack Antonoff writes all these people's crappy songs so to put hacks like Taylor Swift on here and not him shows how superficially stupid most of the list is.
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