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Topic: The King is Dead! Long Live - umm.... |
David Mason
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Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 2:32 pm |
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Courtney Love is back in the studio, putting the final touches on a new album she made with songwriter Linda Perry.
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| "I think we made a beautiful, vibey, magical record," Perry says. "Courtney Love's name should be right next to Bob Dylan when they say 'best lyricist of all time.'" |
Mmmm... which "they"?  |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 2:40 pm
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| What nonsense!!!....Paris Hilton is the best lyricist of all time. |
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Bill McCloskey
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Nanuet, NY
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 2:55 pm
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| I thought the guy who wrote "They're coming to take me away" was the best lyricist. |
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Terry Edwards
From:
Florida... livin' on spongecake...
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 3:31 pm
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| Ray Stevens is the best lyricist of all time. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 5:09 pm
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Well, Terry, if you're gonna be serious...
Ray Stevens could be a contender, but I feel certain he'd be beat out by both Stephen Sondheim and Cole Porter. |
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 7:08 pm
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| John Prine. Close 'er up. |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 30 Oct 2006 7:10 pm
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Not to mention Ira Gershwin...you say potato, I say tomato...let's call the whole thing off...
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Dave Burr
From:
League City, TX
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 5:23 am
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| It's Guy Clark for me. |
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Dave Van Allen
From:
Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 7:54 am
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Ira Gershwin *.*
Lorenz Hart *.*
Jerome Kern (All the Things You Are)
Ray Evans ("My bones denounce the buckboard bounce")
Oscar Hammerstein *.*
Harlan Howard *.*
Hank Cochran A-11 *.*
Roger Miller "Don't we all have the right to be wrong..." *.*
Johnny Paycheck "pardon me- I've got Someone to Kill" *.*
Merle Haggard "What a fool I was to think I could get by with only these few million tears I've Cried" *.*
Lennon/McCartney *.*
Joni Mitchell *.*
Leonard Cohen *.*
Ben E. King
Otis Redding
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[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 31 October 2006 at 08:03 AM.] |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 9:00 am
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| Frank Zappa: "All she really needed was some discipline" |
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 9:03 am
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| Here's a vote for Shel Silvertein, whom people like Ray Stevens, Bobby Bare, and others would appreciate. [This message was edited by James Cann on 31 October 2006 at 09:03 AM.] |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 9:06 am
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Dylan.
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quote:
Great minds discuss ideas.
Common minds discuss events.
Small minds discuss people.- Elenor Roosevelt
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My web site
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Petr Vitous
From:
Czech Republic
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Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 9:55 am
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Hey, wadda'bout Stomin' Tom......"Well you know that it may seem goofy, but the Man on the Moon is a Newfee"....I hear he's got a PhD, too. 
Also, I think the real gems are the naturals like Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams. John Lee Hooker |
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Billy Murdoch
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Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 1:24 pm
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Do'nt forget Chuck Berry
"There She is again standin' over by the record machine.
Lookin' like the model on the cover of a magazine."
And many more.
Best regards
Billy |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 1:48 pm
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| I love Cole Porter and Ira Gershwin and all those other greats from the past, but while their songs are often clever and romantic,and witty, the songs and lyrics harp back to a more innocent age and time.That's why Bob Dylan gets my vote as the greatest lyricist of the world "as we know it today". [This message was edited by Mike Shefrin on 31 October 2006 at 03:54 PM.] |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 1:51 pm
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| I still think Courtney deserves a mention for "creativity"? With a band name like "HOLE", you gotta admire all of the very deep thought that went into creating the name... |
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Cliff Kane
From:
the late great golden state
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Posted 31 Oct 2006 4:27 pm
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| Bob's pretty good, but he ain't no George Oppen. Chuck Berry, though....that man knows how to spin a tune! |
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