what about Neil Finn. Paul Weller Ray Davis Jerry Dammers Joe Strummer Billy Bragg Frank Black Kurt Cobain Shane Macgowan Elvis ostello Nicky Wire Bob Geldof
Suprised to see another Richard Thompson fan... Best 3 song writers in my opinion would be 1) Kurt Cobain 2) Plant/Page 3) George Harrison
Well, the Led Zeppelin lyrics are really nice. Bob Dylan will always be number one for me. And then: Jim Morrison John Lennon Ray Davies Donovan Leonard Cohan Jeff Buckley And more....
Biffera of Dead Kennedys and the obvious ones Hendrix Syd Barret to a lesser extent Cobain I really like Biffera though "Is my cock big enough, is my brain small enough, For you to make me a star?"
Never put Jim MOrrison in the same thread as Dylan. I used to think JIm was a poet until i really listened to Hyacinth House, that song makes me want to gnaw open a vein.
glad to see Bragg, Cohen and Hunter here.. gotta give John Perry Barlow his lyricist due. I'd add to a list Jimmy LaFave, esp. Minstrel Boy John Denver... hell, we STILL listen to him. admit it. MAtt in Vegas??? Benny Galloway Jeff Austin Billy Nershi's older stuff Arlo and Woody Ellis Paul Don Conoscenti Tzol from Kan'Nal (we are the temple that is not made by hands/to change your world, change your vision of it) Franti has a LOT of good things to say Even Jerry Jeff Walker has some stellar pieces out there.
Brian Molko (when you consider that when they first made their break everyone either sounded like Oasis or Nirvana) Noel Galleger John Lennon Julian Casablancas Ronan Harris
i think we are all forgetting the great songwriter Richard Nixon. What??? Where did that come from???? oh, lord, please, i was joking. but really id say john lennon. (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Strawberry Fields Forever, I am the Walrus) Goo goo ga jube. and thats that.
