1. frank zappa
2. thom yorke
3. david byrne
4. lou reed
5. david bowie
6. tom waits
7. ray davies
8. paul mccartney
9. thurston moore
10. black francis
HMs: paul simon, john lennon, pete townshend, bob dylan
>>65220292
Big fan of all of them, but paul is a better songwriter than both Lou reed and David bowie. Keep in mind what songwriting is, paul really had it down
>Thom Yorke
Zappa is one of my favorite musicians. But probably one of the worst songwriters.
Dude i can see that you might get a fair amount of heat for this but this list is actually really good
AND THE HEAT GOES ON
Not so bad, ill add jimmy page, peter gabriel
>>65220338
im sure he's gutted the anime waifu creep doesn't approve of him
>No Dylan
You really think don't you eat that yellow snow is better songwriting then Dylan?
>>65220447
not lyrically but musically yeah, and i HM'd Dylan
Dylan
Cohen
Neil Young
McCartney
Roy Orbison
Bowie
Paul Simon
Robert Hunter
Joni Mitchell
Johnny Cash
>>65220538
Yeah definitely prefer OPs list to this one
As much as Orbison was an amazing vocalist artist idk if i'd call him a top ten songwriter, especially given Bill Dees contributions
No. 1 should be me tbqh
>>65220737
yeezy for the last time you aren't a rockstar
no particular order
1. Black Francis
2. Robert Smith
3. Lindsey Buckingham
4. Bruce Springsteen
5. Thom Yorke
6. Paul McCartney
7. Joe Strummer
8. Lou Reed
9. John Lennon
10. Kurt Cobain
number 1 coming through. But even if you don't agree, to leave him out of your top 10 in favor of plebs like Cobain is ludicrous. Also Peter Gabriel should be there. I personally like Roy Harper too, but don't know if I would include him in a top 10.
>>65220292
fucking retarded list
1. Lennon/McCartney
2. N.Gallagher
3. Page/Plant
4. Jagger/Richards
5. Morrissey/Marr
6. Waters/Gilmour/Wright
7. M.Knopfler
8. D.Bowie
9. N.Young
10. J.Cantrell
>>65220850
>3. Lindsey Buckingham
>not Peter Green
kill yourself
>>65220958
>has a problem with Lindsey Buckingham
>chooses Noel Gallagher who admits he can't write lyrics for shit and Bowie who used to write by picking random pieces of paper out of a hat
Seriously, fuck off, you stupid doucheknob.
>>65220936
honestly thought i'd put him in, this one was a mistake. brian is top 10
wouldn't have cobain either way
>>65220958
rank em nigger. You've got a top 16 there.
>>65220958
terrible
>>65221016
>gets assblasted when people point out he can't into real fleetwood mac
>>65221023
>what are songwriting credits
>>65220292
>Frank Zappa
lol
Great musician, but songwriting was not his strongpoint, and he's definitely not better at it than most of the other people on that list.
>ITT people thinking songwriting is writing lyrics
>ITT people thinking that lyrics matter at all
>>65221045
>being this dense
If you prefer John to Paul, or vice-versa, then you put one at 1 and the other at 2. And you do that for your other multiples as well until you have a top 10.
>>65220399
Rekt
>>65220936
cobain was super talented man. He used uncoventional chord progressions and melodies to write great catchy pop songs. Don't know about top 10 but calling him a pleb makes you a pleb tbqh
>>65220292
More like top 10 reddit songwritters lmao
>>65220292
>>65220366
>>65220850
>>65220958
>not including Bob Dylan
y'all trying way too hard
>>65221147
lmao bro XD
>>65221165
i put him in the honorable mentions
i like him, just not as much as the top 10... if i was trying to be edgy i wouldnt have included macca
>>65221220
aight you cool but those other brothers ain't got an excuse
Here's my personal list, unnumbered though
songwriting includes instrumentals btw
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Peter Gabriel
Peter Hammill (though his solo career can be pretty wanky)
those nutjubs at Gentle Giant
Paul Simon
David Bowie
David Byrne
John Fogerty
Marvin Gaye
>>65221107
you're the dense one
lennon-mccartney are songwriters
stop being retarded
>>65221327
>Marvin Gaye
>rock
>progressive rock
>good
>>65221327
>marvin gaye
>no bob dylan
are you even tryin?
>>65221450
prog is one of the few good things to come out of rock music
>>65221466
never listened to Dylan, his voice is so bad I can't bear it
>>65221478
>not listening to an artist because of the singing
ITT: only two instances of Yorke
s m h /mu/
>>65220292
>thom yorke
>david byrne
>lou reed
>david bowie
>thurston moore
>black francis
hahahahahaha you're cute
>>65221519
oh and
>frank zappa
o i am laffin
>>65221519
most accurate post
>>65221488
>not listening to an artist with barebones instumentation whose only main feature is his lyrics, delivered through his singing, when his singing fucking sucks
>>65221549
>barebones instrumentation
>BIABH
>H61
>BoB
>>65221519
implying any of those artists aren't great, S M H
>>65221165
It's because his voice sounds shitty and people don't get this has nothing to do with his songwriting
>>65221662
>shitty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGssw0sjUbA&list=PLsUDtkJKMist72Wpr9XntL6FclJRLBpdz&index=7
>>65221674
i didn't say he couldn't sing, I just don't like his voice at all, and I know there's many people thinking the same.
His songwriting though, is really great
>>65221716
fair enough. i don't think
>shitty
is the right word. i think
>i just don't like it
is probably better. because he can sing, its just not all that pretty.
>>65221478
>His voice is so bad I can't bear it
Just kys now faggot.
>>65221756
sorry, thought I had to put it drastic, since this is still 4chan after all
>>65221813
i ain't stressin about it, bud. we all good.
