V10LETBLUES said:

feeluupp said:

... Then what's PLANET EARTH...

I say better

No way, Planet Earth was dull as fuck. Couple of good tracks but yawn.

fortuneandserendipity said:

NorthC said:

fortuneandserendipity said:

He did some 70 albums, probably around 50 of which are original compositions and most of those are songs not instrumentals.

If RS are gonna put taylor swift in the list then you've got to include anyone better than her on there, meaning a list of people that would circle the globe many times over, and even a superhero would get bored of the effort required to do that.

I think they put Taylor in there because at the last moment they thought, no we can't just have old men in here! People will call us old and sexist, so let's put a young lady on the list! As for Zappa, I still think he regarded himself as a composer rather than a songwriter.

Yup they stuck taylor on there to show they're hip and trendy to the young. Sells more copies.

Aerogram said:

V10LETBLUES said:

I say better

No way, Planet Earth was dull as fuck. Couple of good tracks but yawn.

Planet Earth <AOA by a long long long mile

V10LETBLUES said:

Empress said:

Pretty good list. Nice to see Bob Marley rated so well. Dylan will always be #1. There is no one better when it comes to songwriting.

Indeed, he is the greatest songwriter

Empress said:

Pretty good list. Nice to see Bob Marley rated so well. Dylan will always be #1. There is no one better when it comes to songwriting.

any list that says that prince is a better songwriter than sly stone, james brown and norman whitfeild is straight garbage.

jackson35 said:

Empress said:

Pretty good list. Nice to see Bob Marley rated so well. Dylan will always be #1. There is no one better when it comes to songwriting.

any list that says that prince is a better songwriter than sly stone, james brown and norman whitfeild is straight garbage.

It is only garbage because they have Michael Jackson higher than David Bowie, Norman Whitefield, Willie Dixon, Tom Petty.

Prince is in the right ballpark. he could be a little higher. The Bee Gees should be a lot higher. Whoever wrote the blurbs in the list clearly doesn't know much about them. America didn't discover the Bee Gees in 1977, they had had hits for a decade before that. The Bee Gees did have the best single year of any singers or songwriters in history the following year, though, when they wrote 5 of the top 8 songs of the year (numbers 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8), had 3 more songs in the top 19 of the year. They also later wrote the biggest songs of their career for artists as diverse as Dionne Warwick, Kenny Rogers, and Barbara Streisand.

jackson35 said:

Empress said:

Pretty good list. Nice to see Bob Marley rated so well. Dylan will always be #1. There is no one better when it comes to songwriting.

any list that says that prince is a better songwriter than sly stone, james brown and norman whitfeild is straight garbage.

The problem is not where Prince is ranked, which is about right, the problem is where the others you mentioned are ranked, which is inexcusably low.

Guitarhero said:

jackson35 said:

any list that says that prince is a better songwriter than sly stone, james brown and norman whitfeild is straight garbage.

It is only garbage because they have Michael Jackson higher than David Bowie, Norman Whitefield, Willie Dixon, Tom Petty.

What do you have against Mike?

i would have prince in the top 5...not many artists have written more great songs than prince...dylan deserves to be in there as well but i wouldnt have him as number one...he may write great lyrics but melody wise...he isnt a match for lennon...mccartney..brian wilson....i would have wilson in the top ten as well....bowie should be higher..

214 said:

Guitarhero said:

It is only garbage because they have Michael Jackson higher than David Bowie, Norman Whitefield, Willie Dixon, Tom Petty.

What do you have against Mike?

I have nothing against Michael J , he should be higher up the list too , but bowie should in the top ten at least. Maybe you should ask what the other poster has against Prince.

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sly stone should be in the top 5

Bono adn The Egde -35/ David Bowie -39 ????

Is that a joke ?

jackson35 said:

sly stone should be in the top 5

Yes, he is a great songwriter

Prince is about right, Bowie should be higher (about Prince level). Sly should be much higher.

thisisreece said:

Bowie should be higher (about Prince level).

You mean above?

This list is crap. Sorry. No Clapton? How many other talented writers were ignored?

214 said:

thisisreece said:

Bowie should be higher (about Prince level).

You mean above?

LittlePurpleYoda said:

NorthC said:

LittlePurpleYoda said:

This list is crap. Sorry. No Clapton? How many other talented writers were ignored?

Some of Claptons biggest hits were covers. I Shot the Sheriff, After Midnight... But you don't need to worry about him, he will surely end up in Best Guitarist top ten.

And Sting? Plant/Page?

This list is utter rubbish, as is most of what's printed by Rolling Stone.

NorthC said:

I do get the feeling they're a bit biased towards Americans. You can't overlook John & Paul or Mick & Keith but al the guys you mention are English...

No Kate Bush either lol

I might get hate for this but, despite the fact that I have an enormous respect for James Brown as a singer/dancer/innovator/etcetc, I never really thought he was all that as a songwriter. I'd love to be proved wrong.

CharismaDove said:

fortuneandserendipity said: