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Bob Dylan--Who Is The Best Songwriter Ever?

Posted by PotatoChef • 6/28/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: bob dylan, songwrite

I'm listening to "Tangled Up In Blue" by Bob Dylan.

He gets my vote as the best songwriter that has ever lived.

Who gets your vote?

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6/28/09

dsriharsha

Lennon/McCartney
by a mile

Dylan's songs may be good but I don't like his singing very much.. because of which I may not appreciate his songwriting more..
For instance when I first heard "Like a rolling Stone" I didn't understand the hype behind the song.. until I later heard the Hendrix version

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6/28/09

rlc257

I'll second Lennon/McCartney

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6/28/09

avecchioni

Leonard Cohen

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1. 6/28/09
  
  timethief
  
  I second Leonard Cohen. My list of the best contemporary (if that's the correct label for the timeframe I'm considering) songwriters is:
  (1) Leonard Cohen
  (2) Bob Dylan
  (3) John Lennon
  (4) Woodie Guthrie
  (5) Joni Mitchell
  (6) Kurt Cobain
  (7) Billy Bragg
  (8) Van Morrison
  (9) Pink Floyd
2. 6/29/09
  
  freeatlast
  
  leonard is over dylan for me too. even though I'm born and bred minnesotan, i like dylan a lot, but would rather be stuck in a room with cohen any day of the millenium.
  
  agree with many of TT's picks... love mitchell and guthrie and lennon and cobain and morrison and a few people i'm too ____ to think of right now.
6/28/09

deoangel

Stevie Nicks, Johnny Cash

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6/28/09

celticmusicfan

Hahaha Enya and Roma Ryan.

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1. 6/28/09
  
  timethief
  
  I like both too
  Have you heard Marcome?
  * Location Canada
  * Web Marcome.com
  * Bio Canadian singer songwriter. A mixture of pop world music mixed with new age, jazz & ambient voices. (My name is pronounced Marko-may. Love your way!)
6/28/09

nothingprofound

EVER-Robert Burns
Contemporary-Paul Simon & Joni Mitchell-lyrics
Paul McCartney-music

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6/28/09

sarahalisonstargir

stephen christian.

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6/28/09

PotatoChef

I haven't heard of some of these people..Going to have to check them out.

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6/28/09

dosox

Kurt Cobain and then Dylan

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6/28/09

celticmusicfan

@timethief yes I heard great raves about the artist. I will check it out. I did hear one track through a Celtic radio.

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6/29/09

satijournal

I'd agree that Dylan is #1. Lennon/McCartney wrote some great songs, but most of them sound dated now while Dylan's stand the test of time. Hunter/Garcia also wrote a lot of good songs. Gotta put Robbie Robertson in the top five. John Fogerty, too.

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6/29/09

witewood

Lennon. Also worthy of mention Ulvaeus /Andersson of ABBA, they wrote some great music, very clever artists perhaps it's only in recent years their work has been trult appreciated.

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