100 Greatest Living Songwriters

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
 he moves efficiently
 beyond security.
 great opportunity awaits.
 airport fluorescent
 creature of habit
 labored breathing and sallow skin
 recycled air
 moving sidewalks
 great opportunity blinks.
 great opportunity blinks.
 discounted.
 
 the people mover
 the people mover
 discounted.

It sounds like eighth grade Vogon poetry.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by The Jesus Nut:
 It sounds like eighth grade Vogon poetry.

well, michael stipe is an eighth-grade Vogon student

"Oh freddled gruntbuggly,
 Thy micturations are to me
 As plurdled gabbleblotchits
 On a lurgid bee.
 Groop, I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes
 And hooptiously drangle me
 with crinkly bindlewurdles,
 Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon
 See if I don't."

[kosmo vinyl]

Is the list of what the Paste Reader's Top 100 been posted anywhere?  It has some interesting alternates on it. Such as
 
 Robert Smith
 Neil Finn
 Neil Diamond
 Billy Bragg
 Damien Rice
 Trent Reznor
 PJ Harvey

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
   

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
   

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
    But I guess rap isn't considered song writing.

It most certainly is not....or music for that matter.[/b]

not a big suprise here, but you're (self-admittedly) completely ignorant on this topic, right? ... try not speaking of what you don't know [/b]

From the lyrical feces that is pushed through the so called maintstream I hear enough to know that it is generally nothing less than racist/sexist/self pitying..."whitey done me bad bro" hate mongering.
 
 When is this ever illusive good stuff going to make to the mainstream, because from what I hear I have no interest in exploring the genre any deeper.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
 I hear enough to know

my point exactly

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I thought Outkast and Common made the mainstream.
 
 

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
   

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
   

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
     

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
    But I guess rap isn't considered song writing.

It most certainly is not....or music for that matter.[/b]

not a big suprise here, but you're (self-admittedly) completely ignorant on this topic, right? ... try not speaking of what you don't know [/b]

From the lyrical feces that is pushed through the so called maintstream I hear enough to know that it is generally nothing less than racist/sexist/self pitying..."whitey done me bad bro" hate mongering.
 
 When is this ever illusive good stuff going to make to the mainstream, because from what I hear I have no interest in exploring the genre any deeper. [/b]

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  From the lyrical feces that is pushed through the so called maintstream I hear enough to know that it is generally nothing less than racist/sexist/self pitying..."whitey done me bad bro" hate mongering.
 
 When is this ever illusive good stuff going to make to the mainstream, because from what I hear I have no interest in exploring the genre any deeper.

I agree.  and the beats are lacking.  but when you listen to ANYTHING mainstream, its lame.
 
   i mean, look at rock.  if you just went with mainstream, you may find yourself listening to Coldplay, Panic! At the Disco and Fall Out Boy.
   
   country fans would hear Sugarland and Gretchen Wilson   and punk fans would be hearing Anti-Flag and some other crap.  
 
   finding the indie rock bands and the sub-label sub-genre bands in rock can be done in any genre.