Friday, August 22, 2008

An arbitrary list that struck me late last night...

The greatest songwriters that don’t get the credit they deserve:

Liz Phair

Juliana Hatfield

Stephen Malkmus

Jeff Tweedy

Matthew Sweet

Derek Webb

Ben Harper

Tom Waits (most know his songs, few know he wrote them)

Ryan Adams (he’s too often pigeonholed, thus ignoring beautiful way with words)

Elton John (commercial success has not eluded him, but the shear brilliance of his songwriting is rarely acknowledged and often overlooked)

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