Best Song Writer

Singers are one thing, but if the song is lousy who wants to listen? I'd rather hear a competent singer sing a great song than listen to the world’s best singer sing rubbish! Don't agree with the list? Vote for an existing item you think should be ranked higher or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on or create your own version of this list.

 

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Michael Jackson

he shows that songs can be more than just entertainment...cause his songs has great meanings and messages that did influenced people positively and helped so many people as well,he was trying to make a change for the better...that's who writing songs should be.SO HE IS THE BEST SONG WRITER.

dina

no one will write like him ever. this man used his gift as a tool for making the world better just by making people listening to his words , nothing stopped him , he had so many dreams that was trying to make them come true by sharing them with us. we need people like him in our world... the greatest writer with the golden magical words

definitely the best. his songs had such meaning. R.I.P, MJ, you'll live forever in our hearts.

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2Gunther

Simply the best so far!

3John Lennon

And George Martin himself said in an online interview I found around 2002 said that he has worked with many different music artists but that he has never known or worked with anyone as brilliant as The Beatles!


He says in his biography All You Need Is Ears refutes that he was the one who had most to do with The Beatles music. He admits most of the ideas came from them.


And if anyone ever reads the excellent book,The Beatles Recording Sessions by Mark Lewisohn which is a very detailed music diary of of every recording session in their amazing only 8 year career, which has interviews with their recording engineers,tape operators,George Martin quotes,and a very good interview with Paul in the beginning,they would see how truly creative,and innovative especially John and Paul were in the recording studio and that most of these great musicial ideas came from them.


George Martin was also once inerviewed on a rock station Beatles program and he said what is clearly obvious and true, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were incredibly talented people(and he said it like he still couldn't belive it.), they both were extrodinarily talented song composers and great singers.And notice how Ringo working with George Martin for 8 years didn't turn him into a brilliant song writer like John and Paul,and George Martin has produced many other music artists but non of them have had as much critical acclaim,success or popularity as The Beatles!

lucyinthesky

the beatles generally did good on lyrics, lennon was a bit better with words, briliant in across the universe, and hapiness is a warm gun.

THE BEST! I LOVEE HIMM!
o_o

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4Bob Dylan

Whats going on with this list this man should be at the top.

The guy (Gunther) ahead of John Lennon and Bob Dylan sucks

What the hell is wrong with this list? Why the hell is Gunther on this list in the first place? Bob Dylan rocks his socks off! He's extreme

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5Leonard Cohen

the songs speak to the soul

6Gluck

yes, Gluck - listen to 'Che faro senza Euridice' and do yourself a favour

7Robbie Burns

try 'My love is like a red red rose' for size

8Billie Joe Armstrong

Really awesome

9Handel

'Messiah'... and vast numbers of arias (songs, if you will)

10Frank Zappa

being rediscovered, any suggestions?

 

11Tupac Shakur

best of the best
the way he puts his rhymes
just awesome

12Eminem

best artist in the ever, best selling artist in the ever and best ever rapper and singer type

13Lou Reed

heroin.
sunday morning.
walk on the wild side.

first person to write edgy music

14Liz Phair

Lyrics to her songs from Exile in Guyvill and Juvenilia are the best!

15Joni Mitchell
16Billy Joe Shaver
17Jim Morrison

By far the most deep lyrics, more like poetry to music

18Jackson Browne
19Paul Simon
20Van Morrison
21Patti Smith
22Carole King
23James Taylor
24Paul McCartney
25George Harrison
26Billy Joel

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This list was created on April 18, 2008 and has been voted on over 500 times.