paste magazine said:

The Top 10

10. Prince
9. Joni Mitchell
8. Elvis Costello
7. Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
6. Leonard Cohen
5. Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings)
4. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
3. Bruce Springsteen
2. Neil Young (Buffalo Sprinfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
1. Bob Dylan

do u agree with the order?

Nope,Prince should b #1.

sexxydancer said:

are u crazy...i cant believe they have prince and no stevie wonder....again there are no prince songs on home keyboards!

mirrorbestfriend said:

Of the people on this list,Prince should b #1.

I would say that is a decent list. But I would have to move Prince up and add Bernie Taupin to the list. He is one of the greatest songwriters ever.

No Carole King or Neil Diamond?

here is the 50-11 they had:

50. Public Enemy (Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler, et al)
49. Cat Stevens
48. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
47. Sufjan Stevens
46. David Byrne (Talking Heads)
45. Jackson Browne
44. Al Green
43. Ryan Adams (Whiskeytown)
42. Loretta Lynn
41. Ray Davies (The Kinks)

40. Burt Bacharach & Hal David 39. Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham)
38. Kris Kristofferson
37. Smokey Robinson
36. Beck Hansen
35. Steve Earle
34. John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
33. Pete Townshend (The Who)
32. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
31. Carole King

30. John Prine
29. Tom Petty
28. Robbie Robertson (The Band)
27. Radiohead (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway)
26. R.E.M. (Peter Buck, Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe)
25. Chuck Berry
24. Jeff Tweedy (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Golden Smog, Loose Fur, etc.)
23. Elton John & Bernie Taupin
22. Lucinda Williams
21. Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)

20. Van Morrison
19. Patty Griffin
18. U2 (Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton)
17. Holland-Dozier-Holland
16. David Bowie
15. Willie Nelson
14. Stevie Wonder
13. Paul Simon
12. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones
11. Randy Newman

mirrorbestfriend said:

Not a Brother on there!

This list was a travesty for the low and non-existent representation of African-Americans. How can Smokey, Stevie, Curtis Mayfield be shut out of the top ten? And no James Brown on the list...please.

but where are the Bee Gees ?
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mirrorbestfriend said:[quote]paste magazine said:

The Top 10

10. Prince
9. Joni Mitchell
8. Elvis Costello
7. Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
6. Leonard Cohen
5. Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings)
4. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
3. Bruce Springsteen
2. Neil Young (Buffalo Sprinfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
1. Bob Dylan

do u agree with the order?[/quote

I guess Prince is the token minority.
I would put Prince ahead of Springsteen, Neil Young, Tom Waits.
Where are Gamble and Huff? Berry Gordy?

fanatic4ever said:

I would add Bernie Taupin and Stevie Wonder in front of Tom Waits and Elvis Costello

jdcxc said:

they say we just good at rhythm tracks not actually songwriting

mirrorbestfriend said:

Maybe that's why all those other songwriters steal from so many great black muscians and songwriters. Van Morrison, Paul Simon, Rolling Stones, Beatles, etc. have been cashing black checks for years. And I thought the list was for songwriters, not poets. Rhythm, melody, verse. Smokey not in the top ten, I still can't believe it. The only reason they see fit to rank Prince is because of his guitar-based compositions (yet RS still keeps him off their guitar list-the irony). So many critics are elitist, backwards looking, narrow-minded. No wonder rock journalism is dead.

Why do I get so upset at these ridiculous lists?

mirrorbestfriend said:

Ashford & Simpson

mirrorbestfriend said:

Of this Top Ten only Paul McCartney has more hits than Prince

Dewrede said:

I know - they should be in the top 10, more surprising is how could they possibly get to 50 and still not have Barry Gibb in there somewhere. They completely forgot John Lennon too.

And how is Bruce Springstein #3?

mirrorbestfriend said:

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Well lately we are good at rhythm tracks and not words. Curtis, Smokey, and Stevie should be on the list and they are ahead of Prince in the songwriting department but I cannot think of anyone black that has come along in the last decade that is really a great songwriter. P maybe the last of the great songwriters, performer and musician of his generation in the black community.
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Ya can't even agree with a list like that, that doesn't contain, Barry Manillow, EarthWind&Fire...Neil Sedaka, amongst several others...from the past.

mirrorbestfriend said:

Elvis Costello and Brian Wilson have absolutely no place in the top 10. To rank them above Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon is laughable. Neil Young should not be number two either. They got the number one position right but that's a no brainer. I think Prince is probably in the right position. He could probably be a few spots higher, but they're in the right ballpark.

midnightmover said:

Are you kidding, you do know that's Brian wilson of the beach boys...pet sounds, god only knows, good vibrations, I can go on..

But anyway two of my favourite musician's in the top 10, brian wilson and Prince.

But Prince should be higher, yet he is laways shunned by this stuff, was he even in rolling stone's greatest guitarists list?

damn said:

Actually, you could probably only go on for a few more seconds and then you'd be struggling. Brian Wilson was a great producer and musician. He had great ears and a unique vision, but judged purely as a songwriter he is not fit to kiss the ass of 90% of the people ranked below him on that list. Most of his songs were co-written with other people anyway. That fact alone should disqualify him from a place in the Top 50 songwriters.

sexxydancer said:

mirrorbestfriend said:

wth ..kris kostofflin aka whistler in front of led zepplin?

colorblu said:

where the hell is Jimi Hendrix

Prince couldn't write a song these days if fucking William Blake cockslapped his nose.


[Edited 6/17/08 12:55pm]

This list is embarrassing.

colorblu said:

~w nderful Prince~