If you could steal the songwriting talent of any musician who would it be?
>>61057032
drake
>>61057032
John Lennon.
Not like he has any use for it now.
not thom yorke
>>61057032
julian casablancas
grimes
not that i think she's any good but just so her music would finally end
john frusciante
bowie
Wesley Willis
Leonard Cohen
R. Kelly
>>61057032
Bowie Lennon or Tom Waits.
I'm listening to the Strokes, Third Eye Blind Black Keys and Death From Above 1979 to get some inspiration for the song I'm trying to write.
Nas
Damien Rice
Pre-machina Billy corgan
>>61057032
Bob Pollard
Dude's written more hooks than the Beatles.
Thom Yorke
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>>61057056
so actually quentin miller
Alex G
>>61057218
>>61057032
Alex Turner. He's a good songwriter that decided to use his abilities to sing about women and nothing else, he's like a supervillian.
>>61057032
young thug and kyary pamyu pamyu
Kurt Cobain
>>61057032
Beethoven
Bach's the king, but Beethoven took it to another level with his melodies and themes.
For pop music it would be Brian Wilson.
Roger Waters
Elliott smith or mussorgsky
Zan-zan-zawa-veia
>>61057244
>>61057265
>>61057259
These plus Bob Dylan
Tony Iommi
>>61057032
Fuzati (from the duo "Klub des loosers")
a french rapper. pure genius.
if u could understand french then take a look at his lyrics.
Alex G or Elliott Smith
>>61057032
Dick Valentine from Electric Six
michael gira because i like most songs he's written and that's a lot of songs
Foliage
clarence clarity
Me when I am motivated
Joe Strummer
MF DOOM
Nick Cave
John Darnielle
>>61057146
Damn, I was going to say LC. The dude is a lyrical genius in every sense of the term.
>>61057032
lyrics wise Keith Buckley
>>61057097
kappa or no kappa?
>>61057237
what's wrong with radiohead
i'd say brian wilson
john coltrane
Brian Wilson
Elvis Costello
Joanna Newsom, so I can bury it
>>61057032
Either Paul Masvidal or Mikael Akerfeldt
As long as I can get their talents in their heyday rather than their current soft prog rock bullshit
Toby Driver
>>61057259
Composer =/= Songwriter
Also, I pick Ray Charles
>>61061294
I don't think he writes the lyrics for motW or Kayo Dot though (I'm assuming that we're talking about lyrics ITT)
Definitely Nick Drake.
People who says anyone other than Paul McCartney are delusional.
Lavren
>>61057207
honestly this
>>61057260
Read my mind anon
>>61057207
This 2bh
Greg Horbal #SorryNotSorry
Aaron Ellis
>>61057032
bach
>>61057239
kek
he's like a rapper, always singing about sex and women. His writing capabilities are mediocre
Based Wayne Coyne
>>61057032
kevinnn
>>61057032
tom waits. but when he dies
Aphex Twin
That man can sure write a goddamn melody
>>61057259
then just go all the way and go Wagner
>>61057032
It's gotta be Lee Mavers, definitely the most underrated British songwriter ever.
>>61057032
Steve Harris, I guess.
>>61057165
fag
>>61057032
joanna newsom
>>61062281
Nice what's the most recent song you've written?
Either bowie or one of the dudes from slint
Fat Mike
>>61058414
>>61059893
Good picks
I'd say either Isaac Brock or Patrick stickles or Alex g
>>61057260
>>61057127
>>61057058
>>61057244
>>61062024
probably one of these
>>61057244
>>61057259
These plus OPN
Mc Ride.
>>61062779
>>61057032
>ctrl+f John Prine
>0 results
plebs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmI9QgjaDAQ
>>61062803
>>61062815
Yo, oi, yo, ouh, aww, Billy, Billy, not really, yo, raw
Yo, oi, yo, ouh, aww, Billy, Billy, not really, yo, oi, yo, amnesia
>>61062332
this
Duke Ellington
>>61062841
I CAME TO BLOW YA SYSTEM KNOW WHAT I'M SAY?!?!?!?
>>61057032
Richard Strauss
mc ride honestly
>>61058446
based
>>61057032
Fred Frith
Thom York Ok-In rainbows days
Isaac Brock Classic years
Avey and panda
And most importantly BRIAN WILSON
Plini or Aaron Marshall
>>61063696
you can't steal nothing
Wow, most of these answers are terrible.
Burt Bacharach.
Tosin Abasi, if you disagree just go listen to the second solo on Ka$cade.
Subaru Stevens
Frank Zappa, Miles Davis
Jimi Hendrix.
Seriously you go listen to songs on Electric Ladyland, shit like Little Wing, Castles Made of Sand and Bold as Love. It really shows off his lyrical talent and the way he can flutter and fly around with his words.
>>61063696
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXIOAY5B4RI
Till Lindemann.
Avey Tare
or
Oneohtrix Point Never
I like Avey's lyrics a lot. They are often observational lyrics, but I like the way he looks at things.
I think OPN has a good head for taking unnatural sounding stuff and making it sound beautiful.
Definitely king krule
>>61057032
Noel Gallagher (early-mid 90s) or Jimi Hendrix
Elliott Smith. I like his lyrics.
Fiona Apple
>>61057207
>>61057058
These
>>61057032
John Lennon
eddie vedder
Bob Dylan, since nobody's said him yet.
>>61057032
Paul McCartney or John Lennon
Or maybe Syd Barret
>>61064921
his music is shit. you're pleb
probably just choose chris martin or kanye west and reap that coldplay money
it wouldnt be fun writing music if you knew it was someone elses anyway. defeats the purpose
>>61066221
the edge
Igor Stravinsky
Nobody because I ain't no bitch
>>61064920
I second Zappa
>>61065315
I second Avey. OPN is cool but not really a lyricist
>>61066964
i love u2
Avey Tare
>ctrl+f
>no Steven Wilson
Really, guys?
James Murphy
The one and only
Townes Van Zand or Elliott Smith
>>61066155
>Paul McCartney or John Lennon
One way you could decide between these would be to decide if your main objective is commercial success (then go with Paul) or critical acclaim (then go with John; Or George, George would work too). Paul had an uncanny ability to write hit songs, though, so you'd pretty much be guaranteed to get big if you chose him.
Isaac Brock or Tom Waits
