Our Generation's Greatest Song Writter...

[Motown Marvel]

of all time, its hands down dylan, lennon, and mccartney.

though, when it comes to writers relevant to the current generation, i'd obviously go with jack white.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

Slipknot?
Yeah "people=****" is a real flash of inspiration.

 

[Green Lantern]

More his Stone Sour stuff. Like Through Glass about how almost all modern music is carbon copied and emotionless.

 

[Fried Gold]

Closer to my generation than Dylan:

Brent Smith of Shinedown

LOL

Corey Tayler of Slipknot and Stone Sour

LOL!

Layne Staley of Alice In Chains

LOLZZZ!!!!

Seriously though, whilst they might be some of your fave song writers, to suggest them as a generation's greatest songwriter is flat out laughable.

 

[Fried Gold]

More his Stone Sour stuff. Like Through Glass about how almost all modern music is carbon copied and emotionless.

What, like Stone Sour?

 

[Green Lantern]

LOL
LOL!
LOLZZZ!!!!

Seriously though, whilst they might be some of your fave song writers, to suggest them as a generation's greatest songwriter is flat out laughable.

In their generation of carbon copy crap? Layne was an amazing song writer, and the best one to come out of the early nineties. Brent is the best song writer of NOW. Just because they write or wrote in an era where most of the music was crap doesn't mean they should be over looked as the talents of THEIR generations. Best of all time? Hell no. But of their era? Definitely. Name a song writer better than Smith right now. That started in the late nineties or early 00s like Brent did.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

Name a song writer better than Smith right now. That started in the late nineties or early 00s like Brent did.

Beck

 

[Addendum]

Name a song writer better than Smith right now. That started in the late nineties or early 00s like Brent did.

Elliot Smith

 

[Fried Gold]

Name a song writer better than Smith right now.

Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, Andrew Bird, Will Sheff, Win Butler, Stephen Merritt, PJ Harvey, Neko Case, Ani Defranco, Joanna Newsom, Ben Folds, Beck, James Dean Bradfield, Nellie McKay...

 

[Green Lantern]

1988 (for Beck) and 1994 (for Smith) are really late nineties/early 00s. I must have been born in the early nineties if my birth year was 1984 huh?

 

[Fried Gold]

1988 (for Beck) and 1994 (for Smith) are really late nineties/early 00s. I must have been born in the early nineties if my birth year was 1984 huh?

That doesn't negate their song writing talent, though.

Also, they've been going for longer and are still better than Brent Smith.

 

[Addendum]

What matters is that they're far better than Shinedown.

 

[Fried Gold]

What matters is that they're far better than Shinedown.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

1988 (for Beck) and 1994 (for Smith) are really late nineties/early 00s. I must have been born in the early nineties if my birth year was 1984 huh?

beck's "Mellow Gold" came out in 1993 or 1994 don't get all academic
his indie releases don't really count because... uh....well, no one knew him dude, I'm sure your shinedown guy had written songs prior to his first release.
c'mon now.

 

[Assassin]

More his Stone Sour stuff. Like Through Glass about how almost all modern music is carbon copied and emotionless.

Honestly, out of all people, i would have thought you would come up with better than your list.


why is every one going with Rock?

Tupac, and even some one like Jay z, Nas, or even Kanye West (still early) could be up there on that list.

Its still Jackson for me though.

 

[Fried Gold]

why is every one going with Rock?

Most of the people I've mentioned aren't rock.

 

[heypapajinx]

after a whole day of thinking i keep coming back to the same name.
and although most wouldn't agree, Ani DiFranco.
her lyrics are like poetry.
she can do love songs and songs that have an important political message.
even if you don't like her music, her lyrics are pretty timeless.

 

[Fried Gold]

and although most wouldn't agree, Ani DiFranco.
her lyrics are like poetry.
she can do love songs and songs that have an important political message.
even if you don't like her music, her lyrics are pretty timeless.

Yeah, she was in my list too. Having said that, whilst I'm not her biggest fan, she's a million times better than that Brent dude that Green Lantern suggested.

 

[heypapajinx]

Yeah, she was in my list too. Having said that, whilst I'm not her biggest fan, she's a million times better than that Brent dude that Green Lantern suggested.

yes, i can understand that.
a lot of people can't dig her music but her lyrics are amazing... i think.

 

[Assassin]

never heard of her

 

[Motown Marvel]

Name a song writer better than Smith right now. That started in the late nineties or early 00s like Brent did.

i'd obviously go with jack white.

 

[PLAS]

some of the most exceptional songwriters of the last several decades in no particular order and leaving a ****load of them out for reasons of me forgetting them at the moment of writting this post:

Bod Dylan
Sufjan Stevens
Connor Oberst (or however you spell his name)
Anni DiFranco
PJ Harvey
Thom Yorke
Rockdrigo Gonzalez
Jarvis Cocker
Michael Jackson
Kurt Cobain
Frank Black
Fiona Apple
Jack White (although I really don't like TWS that much he is indeed a very apt composer)
Tom Waits
Frank Zappa
Prince
Tori Amos
Nat King Cole
Gustavo Cerati
Elliot Smith
Billy Joel
Wayne Coyne
me

 

[PLAS]

In their generation of carbon copy crap? Layne was an amazing song writer, and the best one to come out of the early nineties. Brent is the best song writer of NOW. Just because they write or wrote in an era where most of the music was crap doesn't mean they should be over looked as the talents of THEIR generations. Best of all time? Hell no. But of their era? Definitely. Name a song writer better than Smith right now. That started in the late nineties or early 00s like Brent did.

just a little heads up, the main songwritter in Alice In Chains has always been Jerry Cantrell, thought you might want to know that little piece of information

 

[Mr Sparkle]

Fiona Apple

Fiona Apple is Jon Brion's puppet girl.

 

[Hades]

just a little heads up, the main songwritter in Alice In Chains has always been Jerry Cantrell, thought you might want to know that little piece of information

Yeah....I was gonna say.