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Intergalacti...	Date: May 19, 2004 @ 7:23 AM I'm gonna say Lennon and McCartney, Burt Bacharach is up there, and I#m not sure whether Frank Sinatra wrote his songs himself or they were wrote for him but whoever wrote his songs were pretty awesome. Travis is talented also (from Blink 182) but thats not gonna be a very popular vote methinks.
dkeifer	Date: May 19, 2004 @ 8:36 AM The Gershwins should be on the list.
Distilled1	Date: May 19, 2004 @ 9:30 AM Willie Nelson would be one of my picks along with Woody Guthrie
synesthesia	Date: May 19, 2004 @ 11:30 PM well in rock i would say roger waters? off topic--yeah people wrote songs for sinatra i believe. i heard that every song he had recorded he would only do the songs in one take as well!
Veracohr	Date: May 20, 2004 @ 2:50 AM Second the Roger Waters vote.
ps-I-forgot	Date: May 20, 2004 @ 3:22 AM Paul Simon..first name that came to my mind.
Dexter	Date: May 20, 2004 @ 4:21 AM Cole Porter, The Gershwins, Bob Dylan, Neil Hannon ( The Divine Comedy ), Neil Diamond, Duke Ellington - to name but a few!
SoulBeats	Date: May 20, 2004 @ 6:02 AM Yngwie Malmsteen (all those classical influences are so great and great melodies), Janne Wirman (faster chorus leads than the solos and pretty much classical influence here too) and Alexi Laiho (all those arpeggios) are my picks.
chrismacmanus	Date: May 20, 2004 @ 9:15 AM Neil Young, gotta be up there, (except his dodgy 1980s period )
Dexter	Date: May 21, 2004 @ 5:47 AM I'm kicking myself for forgetting to mention Elvis Costello and dmusic's Joyce Davis joycefully.dmusic.com
Intergalacti...	Date: May 21, 2004 @ 8:42 AM I'll second that Paul Simon vote. His stuff with Art Garfunkle and by himself for that matter was truly stupendious.... AND THEY'RE BACK
billhudson	Date: May 21, 2004 @ 10:53 AM "Music is not like sports"- Pete Seeger Damn who knows who is the tops, there are so many. I would like to think, who is the one that makes me stop...and think? If that is done then it's job is done. Still Pickin' Bill H.
Intergalacti...	Date: May 21, 2004 @ 11:01 AM Pete Townshend I forgot to mention
synthsect	Date: May 21, 2004 @ 11:44 AM tom waits, isaac brock, lennon/mccartney
sqrlcub	Date: May 21, 2004 @ 12:00 PM Stephen Foster is probably the greatest songwriter in the last 200 years. Almost everyone can at least hum or sing a part of his tunes. "I dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair..." "Beautiful Dreamer, dream me a dream..." "Oh Susanna, don't you cry for me..." "Camptown races sing a song..." "Swaneee River..." and many many more. After him I would have to double Lennon/McCartney (neither were as prolific as Foster).
striPPed	Date: May 22, 2004 @ 2:51 AM neil young
jessemills	Date: May 22, 2004 @ 9:20 AM paul simon, tom waits, elvis costello, van morrison gotta have some color in there- wilson pickett and steve cropper, SLY the ladies- joni mitchell, carole king (she wrote SO many motown songs, remember) i second the lennon/mccartney yeah, and the classic early composers, like cole porter, george gershwin, etc.
vucky	Date: May 23, 2004 @ 3:53 AM Neil Sedaka!

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