Lunacy Posted July 22, 2010 Don't know if this was ever created, so I'll just give it a go. IMO, here are the best (In no particular order) Lennon/ McCartneyRoger WatersBob DylanNeil YoungKurt CobainSyd BarrettNeil YoungJim MorrisonMick JaggerPlant/ PagePete TownshendJohn FogertyHendrixPaul SimonBob MarleyThat's all I got for now. List yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BUCK'EYE' DOC Posted July 22, 2010 Eric Clapton - "Wonderful Tonight" in particular Don Henley/Glenn Frey Freddie Mercury James Taylor Jackson Browne too tired to think of more at this moment Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Electrophile Posted July 22, 2010 Waters/Gilmour Lennon/McCartney Page/Plant Henley/Frey I just paired them up that way as they're in the same groups, not because they necessarily always wrote songs together -- sometimes they wrote songs independent of the other. Some of my other choices would be: Bob Dylan Paul Simon Jim Morrison Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pagemccartney95 Posted July 22, 2010 Lennon/McCartney(together and solo) Waters Barrett Page/Plant Townshend Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virginia Posted July 22, 2010 In addition to those listed above I'd add; Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young Stevie Nicks Van Morrison Bruce Springsteen Jack White Robert Smith Donald Fagan/Walter Becker Not sure if they're considered rock, but if so: Cat Stevens, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Carly Simon and Carole King. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broken Levee Posted July 22, 2010 Bob Dylan for sure. When your listening to songs like With God On Our Side and there's barely any music at all, but your completely blown away by the song, you know he's one of the best lyricists. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhoLed Posted July 28, 2010 Pete Townshend Lennon/McCartney Ray Davies Jim Morrison Plant/Page Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ady Posted July 28, 2010 Robert Calvert From last.fm: Robert Calvert, singer, poet, lyricist, manic depressive and on-off front man of Hawkwind, was a criminally ignored lyrical genius and one of the UK's most underrated creative artists. Robert was born in 1945 in Pretoria, South Africa. His family moved to Kent in England in 1947. He grew up wanting to be a fighter pilot but ended up a writer, an enthusiastic participant in the 1960s London psychedelia subculture. After meeting Hawkwind co-founder Dave Brock in 1970, Robert joined the underground icons as resident poet, reading his work amid strobes and light cascades on stage. Seeking a break from touring, Robert left Hawkwind in 1973 and recorded two solo albums, Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters (featuring Brian Eno and Arthur Brown) and Lucky Leif And The Longships (produced by Eno). In 1975 he rejoined Hawkwind as their frontman and main lyricist, staying on for three years before leaving for the second time in 1978. Through the end of the 70s and and into the 80s up to his death in 1988 he produced numerous poetic and musical works, as well as short stories and novels. Robert is believed to have been bi-polar and spent much of his adult life in states of mania, depression or recovering in mental institutions. Despite, or perhaps because of, this, he left an amazing legacy, a canon of amazingly imaginative and original work, touching on themes rarely even considered by other songwriters. Robert Calvert died of a heart attack in August 1988 while readying himself for a new tour and about to work once again with Hawkwind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
