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(@jonsi)
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Matt Johnson (The The)

Tom McRae - I really love Boy with the Bubble Gun

Carl Michael Bellman - a drunkard from 1700 something, very famous in Sweden)

Tom Waits

Cornelis Vreeswijk - He moved from Holland to Sweden when he was 12, but even though his first language wasn't swedish he soon became a master of that language! Impressive!

Carole King

John Lennon


   
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(@gnease)
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Agree with those above and add

Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House and solo)
Beth Orton
Suzanne Vega
Andy Partridge (XTC)
David Byrne (Talking Heads and solo)
Lou Reed
Bruce Springsteen

-=tension & release=-


   
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(@straycat)
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hi, a little late, isn't it? :roll:

leonard cohen
conor oberst
daniel johns
kurt cobain

and and and...

bluenightangel

"oh, eventually it will break your heart" - anders wendin


   
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(@notled)
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TP's the man! TP=Tom Petty, for those who dont know


   
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(@dirtgrrl)
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word up to bluenightangel. Totally agree wit you on Daniel Johns- truly one of the greatest talents still alive today, Kurt, and Leonard Cohen lovin it. John Butler is also amazing- check him out The John Butler Trio from Oz


   
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(@sozay)
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while i am very much a fan of daniel johns (in both his silverchair and his current dissociatives incarnations), his song structure and melodies are fantastic, but some times, too often in my opinion, his lyrics are a little foolish... i think that is all that seperates him from the greats listed here...

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(@vic-lewis-vl)
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Missed Roy Orbison and Springsteen off my original list.......

:) :) :)

"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)


   
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(@danlasley)
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I'll add to the list:

Billy Joel - From "Italian Restaurant" to "The Entertainer" to "Alexa", a great story teller.
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) for clever lyrics
Melissa Etheridge - some songs are lame, but there are a few lyrical gems: "Tuesday Morning" is quite powerful.
Dar Williams - very folky, but "Christians and Pagans" and "When I was a Boy" are very well written.

Can anyone suggest a songwriter with an exceptional voice, or are they mutually exclusive?

-Laz


   
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(@noteboat)
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A couple more not yet named:

Cole Porter
Carole King

Guitar teacher offering lessons in Plainfield IL


   
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(@sozay)
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songwriters with an exceptional voices?
tim and jeff buckley spring to mind, though untimely deaths prevented either of them being prolific... (although tim did released something like 9 albums in 10 years... but that was the way it was done back then...)

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(@larro123)
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Songwriters with exceptional voices:
Robert Plant ?
Paul McCartney ?


   
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(@taylorplayer)
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I know I started this post...but I have another...Michelle Branch...her new album...hotel paper, is my new songwriting bible...if you haven't heard it, check it out!


   
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(@snoogans775)
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Jonsi, I'm so glad I heard Tom Waits on this list before I got my two cents in.

Mark Knopfler
David Gilmour
Bob Marley
Bach
The Grateful Dead(They are one entity)
Ravi Shankar!!
Freddy Mercury-Brain May(another single entity)
Danny Elfman
JIMI
Ian Anderson
Richie Blackmore

These are my primary inspirations-WAIT

Robert Johnson

There, done.

I don't follow my dreams, I just ask em' where they're going and catch up with them later.
-Mitch Hedburg
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(@off-he-goes)
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Eddie Vedder-Pearl Jam
Gordon Downie-Tragically Hip
Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen
also Matthew Good Rights some great stuff.
and I agree on the shannon hoon thing...he has some amazing songs.
*edit* Maynard Keenan, I can't forget him, Pet would have my head! :lol:
~PauL~

Vacate is the word...Vengance has no place on me or her...Cannot find a comfort in this world.


   
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(@blaine)
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well, i'd have to say Brittany Spears, Christina Aguliara, Pink, and Justin Timberlake.... haha... not really.... here's the real list...

Sarah McClaglan (i dunno how to spell it!!)... im not sure if she writes her own songs but they are really good...

Incubus- Mike, the guitarist is creative and so is brandon, the singer...

Stevie Ray Vaughan- i could care less about the lyrics....guitar is wat matters

Johnny Cash- great stuff....

the Whole Lot of the Zepp- they are all amazing...

Chris of Dasboard Confessional- good stuff

Adam Sandler.. obvious reasons... he's funny

Sister Hazel - just good ol' good music...

there's more but i cant think off the top of my head

Blaine Adams


   
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