What's your favourite singer/songwriter?

saurus · Post by **saurus** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:52 pm

I don't see Beck as a singer songwriter though... I just see him as this maverick musical force that created a whole load of weird, moving and wonderful music.

FUCK YEAH BECK

P.S My vote, Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals

TheSilenceEchoes · Post by **TheSilenceEchoes** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:09 pm

in general i don't seem to get into Beck's stuff, though this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWsGa88APM deeply deeply deeply moves me and i listen to it almost daily.

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:14 pm

TheSilenceEchoes wrote:in general i don't seem to get into Beck's stuff, though this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWsGa88APM deeply deeply deeply moves me and i listen to it almost daily.

I think Beck is boring, but this song is lovely, played it hundreds of times.

TheSilenceEchoes · Post by **TheSilenceEchoes** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBJ-baOKKkk love this song too. My dad always sung this in Dutch for me (there is a Dutch version) when i was little and the melody always calmed me down and made me dream of beautiful melancholic stories and sceneries.

hey guido how do you do that, not showing the link text but just a word you can click on? I only know the html code (<a href bla bla) for that but that doesn't work on this forum. =D

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:02 pm

TheSilenceEchoes wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBJ-baOKKkk love this song too. My dad always sung this in Dutch for me (there is a Dutch version) when i was little and the melody always calmed me down and made me dream of beautiful melancholic stories and sceneries.

hey guido how do you do that, not showing the link text but just a word you can click on? I only know the html code (<a href bla bla) for that but that doesn't work on this forum. =D

Different syntax than HTML: [ url=<yourlink> ] text [/ url ] (remove spaces)

TheSilenceEchoes · Post by **TheSilenceEchoes** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:16 pm

haha i must be stupid. tried your suggestion but it's not working. Or do i have to add " " somewhere? Oh... how i miss the good old times with html of which i knew a lot of codes off by heart and i could still brag

subset · Post by **subset** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:56 am

Not sure if he's already been mentioned but José González is awesome:

TheSilenceEchoes · Post by **TheSilenceEchoes** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:08 pm

subset wrote:Not sure if he's already been mentioned but José González is awesome:

Yeah! Love José González!

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:30 pm

Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)
Dave Gahan (Depeche)
Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal)
I can't think of many more...

aquanet · Post by **aquanet** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:40 am

Seeya_Later wrote:Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)
Dave Gahan (Depeche)
Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal)
I can't think of many more...

I love Gore/Gahan too and many of the people already listed. I don't see Bjork unless I missed it. I love her.

Julian Candy · Post by **Julian Candy** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:18 pm

Singers:
- Paul McCartney
- John Lennon
- Ed Droste
- Daniel Rossen

auzzie4life010 · Post by **auzzie4life010** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:37 am

TheSilenceEchoes wrote:
subset wrote:Not sure if he's already been mentioned but José González is awesome:

Yeah! Love José González!

Same here! Always been a fan of his since I heard his version of "Heartbeats" on an advertisement on TV.

One of my favourite singers/songwriters is Chris Martin, from Coldplay. I think he's awesome.

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:32 am

Weekend Cigarette Smoker wrote:Morrissey is still my favourite lyricst though his solo career shows how important Johnny Marr was to The Smiths.

Yes. Morrissey and Marr as a songwriting team are probably my favourite(s).

I want to put in Martin Gore, but I really feel that he needs another person to flesh out his songs. Obviously Alan Wilder was the best at this.

Someone not mentioned (unless there was an uncredited picture of him) - Mark Eitzel of American Music Club.

TheSilenceEchoes · Post by **TheSilenceEchoes** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:03 am

auzzie4life010 wrote:
TheSilenceEchoes wrote:
subset wrote:Not sure if he's already been mentioned but José González is awesome:

Yeah! Love José González!
Same here! Always been a fan of his since I heard his version of "Heartbeats" on an advertisement on TV.

One of my favourite singers/songwriters is Chris Martin, from Coldplay. I think he's awesome.

Agreed. Chris Martin is really good. Especially his less known stuff, like the this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XWlxzU9_Iw that's just straight genius. The chords, the key shifts, the melody...

dp · Post by dp » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:17 am

Billy Corgan
Elliott Smith
Trent Reznor
Morrissey
Michael Bolton
Robert Pollard
Neil Young
Kurt Cobain
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Lou Barlow
Richard Marx
Stephen Malkmus

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:23 am

Yes, Kurt Cobain was a genius, and so was Jim Morrison.

The singer-songwriters I tend to like the most are the ones who produce melancholic folk tunes with cyclic melodies. Sandy Denny, Karen Dalton, Devendra Banhart, Sibylle Baier, Cocorosie. I also love a lot of French chanson and ye-ye such as Gainsbourg/Birkin and Anne Sylvestre and the Turkish singer Selda Bagcan.

portiss · Post by **portiss** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 9:48 am

auzzie4life010 wrote:
TheSilenceEchoes wrote:
subset wrote:Not sure if he's already been mentioned but José González is awesome:

Yeah! Love José González!
Same here! Always been a fan of his since I heard his version of "Heartbeats" on an advertisement on TV.

One of my favourite singers/songwriters is Chris Martin, from Coldplay. I think he's awesome.

Jose Gonzalez is amazing yeh!
Fink is really good as well,

Seeya_Later · Post by **Seeya_Later** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:13 pm

Oh yeah, Morrissey most definitely. I grew up on a diet of Morrissey and The Smiths, and I feel a strong connection to them.
Morrissey still has biting lyrics these days, he's a genius. Amazingly beautiful lyricist.
And Johnny Marr? Best guitarist in the world IMO.

747Music · Post by **747Music** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:25 pm

dp wrote:Billy Corgan
Elliott Smith
Trent Reznor
Morrissey
Michael Bolton
Robert Pollard
Neil Young
Kurt Cobain
Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Lou Barlow
Richard Marx
Stephen Malkmus

A fine list. Billy Corgan, Neil Young, Kurt Cobain especially.

I think I'll go listen to some Smashing Pumpkins now...

Vexille · Post by **Vexille** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:35 pm

These people come to mind immediately:

Nick Cave
Mikael Akerfeldt
Trent Reznor (pre with-a teeth-a or when he's not trying to be political)

Ian Curtis
Jim Morrison