Greatest Songwriter of all time


I was reading the Dylan post and it got me thinking. There are many great songwriters that come to mind, my expertise/knowledge is primarily with rock music. If you could only pick three, what would they be? My vote for best lyrics goes to:

Jim Morrison
Bruce Springsteen
Elvis Costello

Best music goes to:

Mark Knopfler
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Frank Zappa
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Showing 3 responses by roxy54

Joni Mitchell
Difford and Tillbrook
Bryan Ferry
Lots of others...Let me think...

"In fact occassionally one tune would be so good he'd use on about 6 or 7 different songs....."

 

That's funny. I've heard it said that every band just writes the same 7 songs over and over. I think that might be true.