FC/OT: New York Times' 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters.
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We know why he doesn’t like himYou loveBad Bunny. Eeeeee-we-eeeeee-eee …
Didn’t know that about George strait. Not a big country guy but thinking there is more than just dolly and Willie for songwriter singers.
Yeah my bad. Didn’t click on the link and just looked at the words in the thread which didn’t mention American.
Ahhhh that makes sense because I didn’t see anyone from England…Paul McCartney, or Mick, Peter Gabriel.
Unfortunately for real Country you have to include those that have passed. The current crop of country is just POP with a twang.
JMO
I guess my aversion to soda is to blame for certain personal problems …
Everybody I love loves Dylan, so I certainly wouldn’t argue that. But I can’t imagine Dylan putting Rosalita or Jungleland together. Lyrically, sure. But not musically.
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Billy Joel has some great songs. He also has some schmaltzy garbage. I don’t think it’s fair to judge him on his schmaltzy garbage alone though.
Joel has some great songs. But he also has a load of schmaltzy crap. I don’t think it’s fair to judge him only on his schmaltzy crap though.
Zach Bryan hs some stuff that I love. The Great American Bar Scene is probably the album I’ve listened to most over the past couple of years.Unfortunately for real Country you have to include those that have passed. The current crop of country is just POP with a twang.
So they put the top five of these artists. Joel’s top 5 to start are iconic classics! But then again, the met gala party is a thing. Hunger games party at the capital.
That’s not a nice thing to say. Try to be better. I know that can be difficult.
What about Barry Manilow? He writes the songs that make the whole world sing. For f*ck’s sake.
He wrote more good songs before he was 20 years old than 1/4 of this list has combined to date imo.
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I have to say. I'm not necessarily a Bruce fan, but I had to play Rosalita last year to play with a cover band and it is a masterfully written song, musically. There are 6 or 7 different parts and they all flow together seamlessly. He must have spent a lot of time writing that. Born to Run is so overplayed, but also fantastic songwriting (we did that one too).
Beato has a good video with Jimmy Webb talking about Wichita. Not hard to find obviously.
I agree with most about Billy Joel, his lyrics are well thought out.
My list - Paul Simon.
Billy Joel
Holland - Dozier - Holland
Smokey Robinson
and I'm partial to Steely Dan.
Bob Dylan if someone else sings his song.
Bruce nope,
My list - Paul Simon.
Billy Joel
Holland - Dozier - Holland
Smokey Robinson
and I'm partial to Steely Dan.
Bob Dylan if someone else sings his song.
Bruce nope,
Hi ya!!!!That’s not a nice thing to say. Try to be better. I know that can be difficult.
Hard to get “classier” than that, huh?
Cite some of his schmaltzy garbage for us.
Meh, I’m not going down this path. It’s all subjective. If you like it, listen to the hell out of it. I don’t like a lot of his stuff, but some of it is great.
I like a lot of Billy Joel's songs but c'mon Uptown Girl? Also everyone has produced some schmaltz and thats ok.
Well i absolutely hate For the Longest time and while not bad I love you just the way you are ranks pretty high on the schmalz meter.
But like I said I like a lot of his stuff and everyone, except for some punk bands, and death metal, have some schmaltz in them
I don’t get this with music. Why is it important to you that I have the same opinion as you? I’m not going down that path for this reason. If I gave you songs, then you would try to argue that my opinion is wrong and I honestly don’t care enough about Billy Joel to get into a pissing contest about him.
Like I said, if you like him listen to the hell out of his stuff.