BobGeorge909 said:

I think it's beautiful how this community of people worked together and accomplished something! We got him from 26 all the way to 2! Congrats to the human race for learning to cooperate and work as a team! Or is that just us kind, loving, beautiful Prince fans? Lol.

pinkandblueskies said:

I think it's beautiful how this community of people worked together and accomplished something! We got him from 26 all the way to 2! Congrats to the human race for learning to cooperate and work as a team! Or is that just us kind, loving, beautiful Prince fans? Lol.

Prince is number one-although the heading says dylan is number one!!

Now at #1.

Voted....Prince at #1 by a good lead at the moment.

I ain't gonna vote for Prince! Although I love him dearly I just don't consider him the greatest songwriter of all times, he wrote too many clunkers and has watered down his songwriting legacy that way. I believe Stevie Wonder would be more deserving of this title.

BobGeorge909 said:

pinkandblueskies said:

I think it's beautiful how this community of people worked together and accomplished something! We got him from 26 all the way to 2! Congrats to the human race for learning to cooperate and work as a team! Or is that just us kind, loving, beautiful Prince fans? Lol.

I agree. Between here, Twitter and Facebook, the Prince fan community is stronger than ever. It's a beautiful thing.

This list is bullshit even with Prince being number one. You tell me that Prince is better than Bob Dylan lyrically? Can Prince write something like "Like a Rolling Stone" or "Hurricane"? We all know, critics know, everybody knows that nobody, literally nobody ever in the history of recorded music can top Bob Dylan in terms of lyrics, and after Bob Dylan there's Bruce, Lennon-McCartney and Joni Mitchell as contenders, Prince's songs sometimes are even so cheesy and stuff, even Bob Dylan at his worst can write a better song than Prince at his absolute motherfucking best. if I should vote for my favorite songwriter I'd probably go with Prince since I'm a big fan of his, but if we're arguing about The Greatest Songwriter of All Time then that's fucking Bob Dylan and I know, Rolling Stone knows, PASTE knows, goddamn history knows that for a fucking fact.

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funkaholic1972 said:

I ain't gonna vote for Prince! Although I love him dearly I just don't consider him the greatest songwriter of all times, he wrote too many clunkers and has watered down his songwriting legacy that way. I believe Stevie Wonder would be more deserving of this title.

Def yeah! Agree!! Stevie Wonder, Lennon-McCartney, Bruce Springsteen are all better songwriters than Prince.

It's just, we don't discuss opinions here, we discuss them if it's a matter of our favorite songwriter, but the best??? You can't deny the facts, if you say Prince is the G Songwriter of all time then it's like you're saying Blade Runner or Amadeus is the best film of all time when it's nothing compared to Citizen Kane, or 2001: a Space Odyssey for example..

Bob Dylan's songwriting defined a whole culture, it was the soundtrack of the 60's revolution, without Bob, Lennon and McCartney would never got the inspiration to write albums like Sgt Pepper or Revolver, if it wasn't for Bob Dylan there would be no Springsteen or even no Prince. He made the songs a whole other way to discuss politics, love, regret and other many subjects, you give me one songwriter before Bob Dylan that went into these subjects in such a subtle, astonishing way Bob Dylan dealt with while writing his songs....

Prince is good, he can crack top ten if we take into account his work in Sign of The Times or Parade.

Shawy89 said:

This list is bullshit even with Prince being number one. You tell me that Prince is better than Bob Dylan lyrically?

Songwriting = music AND lyrics.

You can perhaps argue that Dylan is a better lyricist. I don't agree, because I don't think he has the range. But musically, no fucking way. He does one genre well. Prince does at least half a dozen to a VERY high standard. That's why he's #1. Hip-Hop fans don't fuck with Dylan. Funk fans don't fuck with Dylan. Soul fans don't fuck with Dylan. Those genres have just as much validity in their songwriting as folk.

And personally, when it comes to folk, I'd take Joni over Bob any day of the week. In fact, let's hear from the great woman herself on the subject:

Mitchell added, "Musically he's not very gifted. He's borrowed his voice from old hillbillies. He's got a lot of borrowed things. He's not a great guitar player. He's invented a character to deliver his songs."

upped:

Prince is good at #1 (but more as performer/artist, then as songwriter. Better too have aa different list, but still nice to see him in a #1 spot somewhere )

Brian Wilson (should be 2nd)

Paul/John (good at 3)

Stevie wonder & Paul Simon (they both are too low (should be 4 & 5 as far as i'm concerned)

Number 6 is indeed completely missing from the list and it's Neil Diamond, realy shame he is not in the list!

The rest.....is all equeal to me.

[Edited 4/29/14 5:46am]

Although i upped Prince just to give him some credit.....the list is a load of shit lol. So many artists missing or not getting the props....i mean, Kate Bush? Arguably Britains greatest songwriter. Where's Sly Stone? Where's many other artists?!

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how is it that prince can be the BEST songwriter of all time and at the same time the WORST songwriter of all time ... strange but true

lots of names missing on this list .. robert smith .. black francis .. johnny cash .. chuck berry .. james brown

and that guy that says mj come together is better than beatles has lost a ton of critical cred .. seriously .. that must be some good crack

WetDream said:

TrevorAyer said:

how is it that prince can be the BEST songwriter of all time and at the same time the WORST songwriter of all time ... strange but true

lots of names missing on this list .. robert smith .. black francis .. johnny cash .. chuck berry .. james brown

and that guy that says mj come together is better than beatles has lost a ton of critical cred .. seriously .. that must be some good crack

Chuck Berry is on the list... read it again.

And luckily, I'm not too bothered about the "critical cred" validation of you, random person on the internet. My ears are all the validation I need.

TrevorAyer said:

how is it that prince can be the BEST songwriter of all time and at the same time the WORST songwriter of all time ... strange but true

lots of names missing on this list .. robert smith .. black francis .. johnny cash .. chuck berry .. james brown

and that guy that says mj come together is better than beatles has lost a ton of critical cred .. seriously .. that must be some good crack

I completely agree, he has written some songs that are absolutely up there with the best, but so many 'songs' that are plain rubbish too...

Prince is also the BEST musician of all time....

Not a single Japanese composer? Where r Akiko Yano or Haruomi Hosono?

funkaholic1972 said:

I ain't gonna vote for Prince! Although I love him dearly I just don't consider him the greatest songwriter of all times, he wrote too many clunkers and has watered down his songwriting legacy that way. I believe Stevie Wonder would be more deserving of this title.

i admire stevie wonder greatly but how many great songs has he written in the last 30 years ?...he had his great run of albums in the 70s the same as prince did in the 80s...i would say prince is the better songwriter because he has a little bit more variety than stevie did...every artist has their golden period but for some reason prince is attacked more because he isnt writing when doves crys anymore..?...when was the last time stevie wrote a superstition calibre song..?

WetDream said:

Although i upped Prince just to give him some credit.....the list is a load of shit lol. So many artists missing or not getting the props....i mean, Kate Bush? Arguably Britains greatest songwriter. Where's Sly Stone? Where's many other artists?!

Exactly. Oh - I just thought of another British great: Richard Thompson. You wanna talk brilliant lyrics? Listen to Richard and be amazed.

http://www.americansongwr...-thompson/

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Him being number one is objective alright.

this is fan masturbation

Militant said:

Ranker.com is running a poll. Prince is currently at 26th place. He deserves to be much, much higher! Let's get him up there.

http://www.ranker.com/cro...lBYq2pgw.0

EDIT - Prince is now ranked at #1!!!!!

awesome, just voted

Militant said:

TrevorAyer said:

how is it that prince can be the BEST songwriter of all time and at the same time the WORST songwriter of all time ... strange but true

lots of names missing on this list .. robert smith .. black francis .. johnny cash .. chuck berry .. james brown

and that guy that says mj come together is better than beatles has lost a ton of critical cred .. seriously .. that must be some good crack

Chuck Berry is on the list... read it again.

And luckily, I'm not too bothered about the "critical cred" validation of you, random person on the internet. My ears are all the validation I need.

random? now u have insulted me .. moderator .. MODERATOR! lol

glad chuck is on there .. i skimmed it pretty quick ..

cant believe bob marley is ranked so low .. jesus what has the world come to .. for all prince greatness he never touched bob marley

TrevorAyer said:

cant believe bob marley is ranked so low .. jesus what has the world come to .. for all prince greatness he never touched bob marley

Totally agree!

V10LETBLUES said:

this is fan masturbation

Yup - a big ol' prince.org circle jerk.