Favorite Song Writers.

[PRoman]

Mine Consist of

Avey Tare & Noah Lennox of Animal Collective
Daniel Rossen & Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear
James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem
Tim Harrington of Les Savy Fav
Matt Berninger of The National
Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone & David Andrew Sitek of Tv on the Radio

just to name afew modern day songwriters i enjoy.

[decisionpending]

I don't care if this is meant to be subjective, Kevin Barnes wins.

[PRoman]

feel free too add on..

[decisionpending]

nah, i'm alright... i think that's adequate

[Punkk_Bitchh]

Dustin Kensrue
or Dallas Green.

[kearn1tm]

Dylan and Springsteen are still making records and Dylan and Springsteen haven't lost "it," so, them.

[jtsnazzy]

Neil Young.

[Luckee12]

Jeremy Fischer

[Luckee12]

yeah /thread

[CellarGhosts]

Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Shane MacGowan, Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg, Joey Cape, Steve Earle, Elvis Costello, etc.

My usual choices.

[Brokenhill]

Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright...

[Kid B]

The OP needs to know the different between an actual song writer and a front man.

[mysensesfailed3]

Bob Dylan
Jesse Lacey
Connor Oberst
Sam Beam
Brian Warren
Max Bemis
I don't know if only Issac writes the songs but if he does than Issac Brock. Modest Mouse ftw

[SanePsychotic]

Hasn't this thread been made already? Recently?

[budd63]

Jesse Lacy of Brand New

And Serj Tankian/Daron Malakian of S.O.A.D.

[SanePsychotic]

Woah, BOLD.

[TheSkyline]

Jesse Lacy, Max Bemis, John Mayer, and Jason Mraz are all favorites.

[abusedcat]

Jesse Lacy of Brand New

And Serj Tankian/Daron Malakian of S.O.A.D.
Ah, to be 15....

Neil Young
Nick Drake
Walter Schreifels
Brian Wilson
Chris Conley
Stephan Jenkins
Jeff Buckley
Elliott Smith
McCartney/Lennon
George Harrison

[kearn1tm]

Ah, to be 15....

Chris Conley
Stephan Jenkins


Ah, to be 18...

[gillygtv]

you wouldn't happen to be in post roman would you

[Zachals]

Violent J
or maybe Shaggy 2 Dope

[fuller]

there is a lack of craig finn in this thread and i do not like it.

[halifaxonfire]

Noel Gallagher
Aaron Marsh
Adam Duritz

few of my favorites that haven't been said yet

[Broden Terry]

Jackson Browne. Again.

[SanePsychotic]

Jackson Browne. Again.

:thumbup: I concur.

[bobby runs]

Because it says favorite we can rip each other right?

Well mine are:

Kenny Vasoli
Pete Wentz (those revenge songs are so sweet)

[ForeverDelayed]

Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Shane MacGowan, Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg, Joey Cape, Steve Earle, Elvis Costello, etc.

My usual choices.
Well that takes care of a bunch I was going to say.

As for the ones you didn't mention:
Lennon/McCartney/Harrison
Jon Auer/Ken Stringfellow (the Posies)
Elliott Smith
Chris Simpson
Stevie Wonder
Bruce Cockburn
Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls)
Derek Webb
Cole Porter
Holland/Dozier/Holland (Motown)

[chipdip18]

James Brown
Conor Oberst
Sam Beam
Nick Torres
Elliott Smith
Joey Cape
to name a few.

[Here It Goes]

Max Bemis and Jim Adkins, off the top of my head. Are we talking lyrically, or musically?

I think Claudio Sanchez writes great music, but I'm so sick of "the story"...

[IWasaCamera]

Mine Consist of

Avey Tare & Noah Lennox of Animal Collective
Daniel Rossen & Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear
James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem
Tim Harrington of Les Savy Fav
Matt Berninger of The National
Tunde Adebimpe, Kyp Malone & David Andrew Sitek of Tv on the Radio

just to name afew modern day songwriters i enjoy.
Nothing special aside from Berninger.

I'll go with Drake, Beam, Dylan, Cohen, Young, Lennon, etc.
Ah, to be 18...
haha

[IcedOpethBlind]

ryan adams
sam beam
ray lamontagne
kevin devine
nick drake

[DannySniper]

Kele Okereke - Bloc Party.

Jonny Craig - Dance Gavin Dance/Emarosa.

Anthony Green - Circa Survive.

[CellarGhosts]

oh, and Nick Cave.

[EchoPark]

this topic has been covered ad nauseum on about 9 million other threads

[Mikeyx1230]

Jeff Magnum
And of course, Morrissey.
I really liked Rivers song writing on Pinkerton.

[KatieKutthroat.]

The usuals. Dylan, Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Cohen, Springsteen, Costello, Young, and Lou Reed.

[kbauer]

Aaron Weiss- mewithoutYOU
Ben Barnett- Kind of Like Spitting
Aaron Marsh- Copeland
Mike Kinsella- Owen
John Sampson- The Weakerthans
Ace Enders
Jake Rolleston- Paper Rival
Ben Gibbard
Andy Hull- Manchester Orchestra
Conor Oberst


pretty standard list lol

[Mikeyx1230]

How did i forget Aaron Weiss!
That guy is a poet.
His lyrics are genius.
and mewithoutYOU just keep getting better and better IMO.

[nicgiovanni]

courtney love(i can't wait to hear all the shit i get this one)
nick drake
jim morrison
ian mackaye(fugazi)
guy picciotto(fugazi)
elliott smith
bob dylan
johnny cash
loretta lynn
efrim menuck
keith buckley
geoff rickly
stephen malkmus
syd barrett
patti smith<3333333333
john lennon
lou reed
neil young
brian wilson
anton newcombe

[Circoheeve]

Bob Dylan, Ace Enders, Conor Oberst, Jesse Lacey, Anthony Green, Andy Hull, #1 is Jeff magnum

[AlternateToLife]

I feel like I've answered this question a thousand times. I refuse to participate :viking:

[JimGray]

Matt Pryor

Let the mudslinging begin.

[brokenmixtape]

Nick Torres
Matt Pryor

[adam289]

Jeff Mangum, Bob Dylan, Strummer/Jones, Thom Yorke, Bruce Springsteen.

[nicgiovanni]

jeff mangum wrote one good album. the rest sucked.

[hf57]

william fitzsimmons

[circasuicide]

pete wentz(fob)
spencer chamberlain(uo)
stephen jenkins(3eb)
hank williams jr.
anthony green(circa survive)
jon foreman(switchfoot)
john cooper(skillet)
johnny cash
krist kristofferson
kurt cobain(nirvana)

[murrich]

Paul Simon

[MADSTA]

Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, Sam Beam

[nicgiovanni]

people seriously think pete wentz is a good song writer?

[3mpire]

Nah. Well 13 year old girls? maybe?

[TheZeroKid]

Tomas Kalnoky of Streetlight Manifesto

'nuff said.