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I am always impressed by music that was written by a talented singer. Once upon a time there were many of these famous singer-songwriters. It seems nowadays they aren't as famous like they were back then. A few of my favorite examples... Jackson Browne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xowaOsutxA4 James Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WMPgvEmNYQ Joni Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm39YkGrHp8 So what singer-songwriters do you like?
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Jun 4, 2020 15:55
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Townes Van Zandt will always be the winner "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that" - Steve Earle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zprRZ2wFQD4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Rq-4spRz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT26-DhnieI
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Jun 4, 2020 15:59
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Jason Isbell who currently has the #1 Billboard album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_mI6V5Sx9Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu4dupoC7EE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZaeKwgS7wg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCMsUQmS0Bo
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Jun 4, 2020 16:07
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matt good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0JGLHGW-dk john k sampson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASBqMh1S1c
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Jun 4, 2020 16:26
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Michael Penn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSPDTJJchw0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbQ5tfOSuI0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51i2m1d0VQk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YocUmBfrzxM
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Jun 4, 2020 16:39
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Gordon Lightfoot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPXL3iEVnCM
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Jun 4, 2020 18:47
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Dallas Green has the voice and lyrics of a depressed angel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVtNp98sj3Y TontoCorazon fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Jun 4, 2020 |
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Jun 4, 2020 19:03
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Country: John Prine, recently passed away: s/t debut album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lHkugF0nyI Gram Parsons "Return of the Grievous Angel" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PytxPaU6k4 Jerry Jeff Walker, famously wrote "Mr. Bojangles" but this album is better: Viva Terlingua Live in Luckenbach Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT6BzKftZkE Guy Clark "LA Freeway" (i heard somewhere that an LA radio DJ locked the door and put this on replay for OJ Simpson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa7EkXpy8jE Psychedelic Folk: Buffy Sainte-Marie "God is alive magick is afoot" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-GonR4S1to Roy Harper "Sophisticated Beggar" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8QTSDMvmlc
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Jun 4, 2020 19:35
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Some compelling musicians here, but I have to go with Zevon. https://youtu.be/Fl0ahDKR0QU https://youtu.be/GpHm1Hy9jb8 https://youtu.be/b0NlXKPaqZg https://youtu.be/E3MNG11oynA JnnyThndrs fucked around with this message at 01:53 on Jun 5, 2020 |
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Jun 5, 2020 01:49
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Wesley Willis https://youtu.be/3Uc0mAA8_Q4
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Jun 5, 2020 02:38
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Apart from Wesley Willis these are all terrible. People think Trump or Russia is the downfall of America, but its actually apathetic artistic expression.
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Jun 5, 2020 02:47
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A Grand Egg posted:Apart from Wesley Willis these are all terrible. suck a gently caress moron
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Jun 5, 2020 02:49
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elliott smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsixXCnYVfA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74j0Hs9OkOo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLb33LZX4dc Caesar Saladin fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Jun 5, 2020 |
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Jun 5, 2020 03:15
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A Grand Egg posted:Apart from Wesley Willis these are all terrible. renowned terrible artists joni mitchell and gordon lightfoot
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Jun 5, 2020 03:33
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Kelsey Waters isn't famous, but she probably should be because this song kicks rear end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpTH1ZklyYY 'Cuz you want what you want, even if it don't want you back Also, Jade Bird (her legal name, lol). Her voice can be hella powerful when she wants it be (check the choruses in Uh Huh), and overall she reminds me of the best of classic rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx4CQa5tHaI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42XPnh4VGlI Another rising star from Australia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q0t_dDKjyI Charli XCX's talents are well known, but here's a lesser-known gem of hers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBHL2eW0yJU And of course, there's the great Tom Waits, and he is Mad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Fju9o8BVJ8 Zugzwang fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Jun 5, 2020 |
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Jun 5, 2020 03:48
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Josh Ritter - Wolves
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Jun 5, 2020 05:18
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Well i think I'm learning that there are plenty of good singer-songwriters now too I was just too lazy to look for them! Or I guess they just aren't described with that terminology anymore. Cool stuff guys
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Jun 5, 2020 10:41
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The Walrus posted:renowned terrible artists joni mitchell and gordon lightfoot I am an ESL professor and one of my colleagues once had a "learn English through song" class and one of the songs he had students listen to and copy the lyrics for was the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and to this day I consider it the dumbest thing I have ever seen one of my colleagues do
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Jun 5, 2020 14:23
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I am an ESL professor and one of my colleagues once had a "learn English through song" class and one of the songs he had students listen to and copy the lyrics for was the Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and to this day I consider it the dumbest thing I have ever seen one of my colleagues do why
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Jun 5, 2020 15:33
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listen to the song
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Jun 5, 2020 15:39
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they could learn how to say those words like Chippewa and stuff you only see in the United States
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Jun 5, 2020 15:44
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Townes Van Zandt will always be the winner It's tempting to just put him in the "songwriter" pool.
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Jun 5, 2020 15:44
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20 Blunts posted:they could learn how to say those words like Chippewa and stuff you only see in the United States listen to the song
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Jun 5, 2020 15:49
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Mel Mudkiper posted:listen to the song one of the guys from broken lizard go to karaoke song is the sinking of the edmund fitzgerald. on their podcast chewin it they talk about how they hate it. i listened to it and its not bad just way to loving long.
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Jun 5, 2020 15:53
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snergle posted:one of the guys from broken lizard go to karaoke song is the sinking of the edmund fitzgerald. on their podcast chewin it they talk about how they hate it. i listened to it and its not bad just way to loving long. its more just that gordon lightfoot is impossible to understand when he sings I am a native English speaker and the whole song is gibberish His annunciation sounds like bob dylan singing into a tin can from the next room
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Jun 5, 2020 15:58
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Mel Mudkiper posted:its more just that gordon lightfoot is impossible to understand when he sings edit: im sorry that was really mean 20 Blunts fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Jun 5, 2020 |
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Jun 5, 2020 16:00
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OP, you might find that Leonard Cohen does it for you if you substitute "has a pleasing voice and manner of delivery" for "talent singer". The man was primarily a poet and novelist before he became a musician (he was 33 when he released his first album!), and as such, the beauty is mostly concentrated in the lyrics. Try either Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967) or Songs of Love and Hate (1969) as a starting place.
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Jun 5, 2020 16:09
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Sara Bareilles is a great singer who's written a few great songs and a lot of bad ones.
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Jun 5, 2020 16:44
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Pauline Skott https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzNOFH7NQYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTUs-s_XkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3fJAeNXloU
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Jun 5, 2020 17:00
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Shawn Pander https://soundcloud.com/shawnpander/sets/shawn-pander-black-white Allison Krauss - The Lucky One
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