Who is the best singer/songwriter ever?

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

After nominations, here is the poll for best singer/songwriter :)

[dizzy]

i picked trent but
i think kurt cobain should have been in it.

[The Grey Blur]

This is the suckiest poll that ever sucked

[Sir Aunty Christ]

Ho hum. Dylan for me. If only Van Morrison had given up sometime during the '70s there was some fine music before then.

[BillHicks]

The big JC if for no other reason than he could perform and write songs that blurred genres better than anyone I can think of.

[adenoid hynkel]

When you say singer/songwritter do you mean someone who is NECESSARILY BOTH a singer and a songwritter? Could we select someone who is only a songwriter? Anyway, ther are many singer/songwriters who are equally talentedas the ones in your list.. Freddie Mercury, James Hetfield, Nick Cave, Kate Bush, Loreena Mckennit, Kurt Cobain, Steven Wilson, Mikael Akerfeldt, Frank Zappa are only a few of them....... and certainly there are many more. You should at least add the option "Other" in your least.

[Ol' Dirty]

Bob Marley! (Jah! Rastafari!)

[Niall]

cash from that list, but where is shane macgowan?

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Originally posted by [email protected] 7 2006, 01:58 PM
i picked trent but
i think kurt cobain should have been in it.
neither of those are singer/songwriters

[adenoid hynkel]

Originally posted by RedZeppelin+Mar 7 2006, 10:07 PM--> (RedZeppelin @ Mar 7 2006, 10:07 PM)
[email protected] 7 2006, 01:58 PM
i picked trent but
i think kurt cobain should have been in it.
neither of those are singer/songwriters [/b]
Why not?

[redchrisfalling]

Wheres John Lenon. Come on. I voted for Neil Young to show my Canadian roots but honestly Lennon and Robert Plant deserve it more then him. And listen to some of Plants solo albums before you say thatsa bad choice.

[Punk Rocker]

Dammit where's Marilyn Manson?

I voted for Trent he's the coolest dude you have on here.

[which doctor]

I was stuck between Elliot Smith and Bob Dylan. I like Dylan, but he is too...eh...mainstream I guess. Elliot Smith is a genius anyways.

[that1guy435]

Where the fuck is Freddie Mercury?

[Hegemonicretribution]

I can't say I agree with the final choices, and this is always the way. I suppose out of the options Bob Dylan, just listened to "the times are a changin."

[BattleOfTheCowshed]

I voted for Dylan :) Although Im also a fan of Leonard Cohen and Reznor.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

It was made clear (by myself) that this doesn't regard musicians who write and sing songs. We're talking about the musical genre of "singer/songwriter". People like Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello, etc.

[Floyce White]

Jim Croce -- and I'm shocked that he and Randy Newman are not on the list.

[celtopunk]

This poll like most polls, sucks. It was an okay idea but it falls far too short.

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

For fuck's sake, will you all stop whining. There were nominations first in which anyone could nominate any singer/songwriter, so don't come crying around now "OMFG where's that dude, why didn't you put him in, blablabla..." You've had your chance to express your views, now get over it.

EDIT: Sorry, that sounds a bit rude. I was pretty pissed off when I wrote that.

[The Grey Blur]

Well we're pretty pissed off about another shit poll

[fernando]

We're also pretty upset that you still post on this forum...but in life we cant have everything we want...

[The Grey Blur]

Ah, still upset about the whole weight loss issue...don't take it to heart

[fernando]

You have no idea how many nights Ive cried in my bed because of you..you really hurt my feelings there, why do you have to hurt my feelings like that?

[atlanticche]

i prob would have put johnny cash if id heard anything but "hurt" but since thats was by trent reznor, disappointed hendrix isnt up there







p.s. its been a long time since ive been on here, ive missed your *****ing, it does like a fine wine "gets better with age"

[Black Dagger]

From that list? Bob Dylan, but damn that list is white.

[Atlas Swallowed]

I did not vote for any of them. I would sooner vote for Barry Mannilow or John Denver before any one on this list. Bob Dylan is a great song writer but the singer part, he sounds like he is puking battery acid when he sings. Johnny Cash is alright if you are into that shit kickin stuff but does he sing? It sounds more like talking. Nobody I PMed was on this list (Jello Biafra, Ronnie Dio, and Glen Danzig).

He writes the songs that make the whole world cry :(

DON'T YOU EVER FUCKING FORGET IT :angry:


MANILOW ROCKS

[Shredder]

Well, for the tenth time, singer-songwriter is a genre of music. That's why the list doesn't contain the likes of Lennon/McCartney or Smokey Robinson or other people who wrote + sung.

I'm no expert on what defines the singer-songwriter genre, but I don't get why Trent Reznor fits in there. He doesn't fit in the folk-rock-pop formula whatsoever.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

You people are fucking dumb
I even posted a link, explaining and listing singer/songwriters
it's not just any musician who sings and writes. Bob Dylan rocks. His voice is beautiful.

[Pawn Power]

The answer is the Stza of the Leftover Crack.

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

Originally posted by Atlas Swallowed
I did not vote for any of them. I would sooner vote for Barry Mannilow or John Denver before any one on this list. Bob Dylan is a great song writer but the singer part, he sounds like he is puking battery acid when he sings. Johnny Cash is alright if you are into that shit kickin stuff but does he sing? It sounds more like talking. Nobody I PMed was on this list (Jello Biafra, Ronnie Dio, and Glen Danzig).

He writes the songs that make the whole world cry sad.gif

DON'T YOU EVER FUCKING FORGET IT mad.gif


MANILOW ROCKS

I'm going to go cry now.

[Atlas Swallowed]

Originally posted by [email protected] 17 2006, 06:35 PM
You people are fucking dumb
Bob Dylan rocks. His voice is beautiful.
Real nice sentiment.

I have heard cats mating that sound better than Bobs singing :blink:

[Xanthus]

With the solo stuff he did, I can't possibly understand why Lennon wasn't on the list... but oh well.

And it's also missing my personal favorite, Chris Cornell (and yes, I think he fits this catagory too, check out Euphoria Morning)... but I would never have expected anyone other then me to vote for him anyway.

This poll is desperately in need of an "Other" option.

But oh well... as it stands... Bob Dylan.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Originally posted by Atlas Swallowed+Mar 17 2006, 06:05 PM--> (Atlas Swallowed @ Mar 17 2006, 06:05 PM)
Re[email protected] 17 2006, 06:35 PM
You people are fucking dumb
Bob Dylan rocks. His voice is beautiful.
Real nice sentiment.

I have heard cats mating that sound better than Bobs singing :blink: [/b]
Right...
I must be crazy if I think Bob Dylan is a great singer/songwriter. I gladly proclaim that Bob Dylan is the best and greatest artist of any medium of the past forty years. I'm sorry if you don't get it, but I hardly think that I'm alone in finding his music to be amazing.

[chimx]

Originally posted by [email protected] 8 2006, 02:28 AM
Where the fuck is Freddie Mercury?
NO SHIT!

whoever wrote this poll is a fucking tool for not acknowledging the brilliance of freddie mercury. he is always listed in the top 10 greatest singers of the past 100 years, and he wrote a great deal of Queen's songs.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

stfu and read the thread before posting this dumbfuck bullshit
Freddie Mercury was never a singer/songwriter

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

Originally posted by Xanthus+Mar 18 2006, 07:02 AM--> (Xanthus @ Mar 18 2006, 07:02 AM) With the solo stuff he did, I can't possibly understand why Lennon wasn't on the list... but oh well.

And it's also missing my personal favorite, Chris Cornell (and yes, I think he fits this catagory too, check out Euphoria Morning)... but I would never have expected anyone other then me to vote for him anyway.

This poll is desperately in need of an "Other" option. [/b]

Originally posted by another [email protected]
whoever wrote this poll is a fucking tool for not acknowledging the brilliance of freddie mercury. he is always listed in the top 10 greatest singers of the past 100 years, and he wrote a great deal of Queen's songs.

What the fuck is wrong with you people?? Do you even READ threads?

Get this:


S3rna
For fuck's sake, will you all stop whining. There were nominations first in which anyone could nominate any singer/songwriter, so don't come crying around now "OMFG where's that dude, why didn't you put him in, blablabla..." You've had your chance to express your views, now get over it.

Now shut the fuck up and get a life.

[chimx]

listen bra, i'm new to this board and never had time to nominate anybody. secondly, you are all tools for nominating mother fucking bob dylan and van morrison over freddy fucking mercury. this poll is like asking what the best mexican restaurant is and getting 8 taco bell choices.

terribly uncultured.

[Black Dagger]

Snobbish music fans are really lame, people really need to stop whinging, patronisng, and insulting each other like this is high school or something.

[Vladislav]

I like Trent Reznor

[Atlas Swallowed]

Originally posted by RedZ[email protected] 18 2006, 07:38 AM
I must be crazy if I think Bob Dylan is a great singer/songwriter. I gladly proclaim that Bob Dylan is the best and greatest artist of any medium of the past forty years. I'm sorry if you don't get it, but I hardly think that I'm alone in finding his music to be amazing.
As I said before he is a great songwriter. Does he have a beautiful voice as say a BARRY FUCKING MANILOW Hell no.

The nice sentiment was about your insults to everyone that did not read your silly thread :rolleyes:

[Atlas Swallowed]

Originally posted by [email protected] 17 2006, 10:36 PM
I'm going to go cry now.
With joy of course :)

I am very surprised no one mentioned the musical genius that is Air Supply :angry:

[OkaCrisis]

I voted for Neil Young.

But Ron Hawkins. Best ever. Period.

[Abood]

We want Kurt! We want Kurt! We want Kurt!!!
Add Kurt Cobain!!!!!!!

He was a great songwriter, singer, guitarist and a leftist!
He was killed by a ***** called Courtney Love who has the most sarcastic family name ever! No love to Love!!!

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

Originally posted by Socialist [email protected] 20 2006, 05:42 PM
We want Kurt! We want Kurt! We want Kurt!!!
Add Kurt Cobain!!!!!!!

He was a great songwriter, singer, guitarist and a leftist!
He was killed by a ***** called Courtney Love who has the most sarcastic family name ever! No love to Love!!!
Chill out, brother. Forgot to take your pills today? :P

[Reuben]

Originally posted by [email protected] 8 2006, 03:06 AM
I voted for Dylan :) Although Im also a fan of Leonard Cohen and Reznor.
i cant fucking believe im the only one who voted for cohen - he is so much better than bob dylan, his lyrics are so much more nuanced. Dylan is good with words, but cohen is a real poet and a thinker.

[Abakua]

Can't stand any of em'.

[Janus]

That was a very limited list. For lack of other choices, I picked Bob Dylan.

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

Originally posted by [email protected] 24 2006, 06:12 AM
That was a very limited list. For lack of other choices, I picked Bob Dylan.
Please, please read the entire thread then go fuck yourself.

[ack]

I really like Trent Reznor. But Bob Dylan is good too.
But, Richard Cheese can sing better than either.

[Epoche]

Why, that would be Frank Zappa of course. If there were ever a sound made by an instrument in the twentieth-century "electric era" that had any integrity, it was Zappa who did it first.

I understand that the traditional category for the "singer/songwriter" is usually to include only those who are lyrically oriented musicians and who often perform solo and with a single instrument. Unfortunately, they bore me to death. Bob Dylan was just another hippie poet who expressed the sentiments of a generation gone sour through passive aggression. It was almost as if the whole thing were planned by the music industry:

"Hey John, we had better create a voice for all the drug-battered brains that are protesting the war in Vietnam so we can keep them pacified."

"You're right. Let's get Dylan, Hendrix, Joplin, and the rest of them to play so we can keep the hippies distracted while our new capitalism begins to flourish through the music industry."

The irony is thick. These singer/songwriters were planned by the government...they were not the "last great expression of freedom and discontent of our generation." They are bought to play what is then sold to you.

I feel the same way about "punk" music. It is supposed to be a medium for the expression of protest and anger, but in reality it is not. It is a controlled means of pacification.

If you get a chance, listen to the song by Frank Zappa entitled "Turning Again." It can be found on the compilation "Have I Offended Someone?"

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

Erm... do you really believe Bob Dylan was part of a "government conspiracy"?

:mellow:

[Atlas Swallowed]

The Zappa tune "Valley girl" was a CIA experiment to cause mass suicide :lol:

Epoche look up your ass some more and pull us out more of your idiotic theories :rolleyes:

[ComradeOm]

Neil Young.

*Resists the urge to go into a elitist music fan tantrum* :cool:

[ReD_ReBeL]

:o why isnt JIm Morrison on that poll? that guy was a legend!

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Originally posted by [email protected] 24 2006, 10:59 AM
Why, that would be Frank Zappa of course. If there were ever a sound made by an instrument in the twentieth-century "electric era" that had any integrity, it was Zappa who did it first.

I understand that the traditional category for the "singer/songwriter" is usually to include only those who are lyrically oriented musicians and who often perform solo and with a single instrument. Unfortunately, they bore me to death. Bob Dylan was just another hippie poet who expressed the sentiments of a generation gone sour through passive aggression. It was almost as if the whole thing were planned by the music industry:

"Hey John, we had better create a voice for all the drug-battered brains that are protesting the war in Vietnam so we can keep them pacified."

"You're right. Let's get Dylan, Hendrix, Joplin, and the rest of them to play so we can keep the hippies distracted while our new capitalism begins to flourish through the music industry."

The irony is thick. These singer/songwriters were planned by the government...they were not the "last great expression of freedom and discontent of our generation." They are bought to play what is then sold to you.

I feel the same way about "punk" music. It is supposed to be a medium for the expression of protest and anger, but in reality it is not. It is a controlled means of pacification.

If you get a chance, listen to the song by Frank Zappa entitled "Turning Again." It can be found on the compilation "Have I Offended Someone?"
You're ridiculous.
Frank Zappa, by the way, is an avid and outspoken supporter of free market capitalism and libertarianism. Libertarianism, in this case, referring to classical liberalism. Laizzes-faire capitalism with little or no government intervention economicaly and socialy. Basically it's the worst shit ever. He has had plenty of success, pehaps not as much as Dylan, but he did propogate right-wing politics.

Not to say that I don't absolutely love Frank Zappa's music.

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

Originally posted by [email protected] 31 2006, 03:09 AM
:o why isnt JIm Morrison on that poll? that guy was a legend!
You're so annoying. Try reading.

[patrickbeverley]

"Who is the best singer-songwriter ever?"

Me (http://www.soundclick.com/patrickbeverley).

[The Grey Blur]

I like Sarah :)

[patrickbeverley]

Originally posted by Rage Against The [email protected] 2 2006, 01:24 PM
I like Sarah :)
:blush: Too kind.

[johnny limelight]

good grief......

i am listening to the greatest now and it is.....morrissey

[Sir Aunty Christ]

Originally posted by johnny [email protected] 4 2006, 04:17 PM
good grief......

i am listening to the greatest now and it is.....morrissey
You have killed me.

<_<

[Andypunkarelli]

I voted for Dylan...but only...and let me stress this, ONLY, because Ryan Adams wasn&#39;t a choice&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

Or Conor Obherst for that matter :angry:

[LoneRed]

Joe Strummer, he beat all those slappywags outta the water

[kjt1981]

In the absence of Ray Davies, Ian Curtis, Morrissey, Lou Reed, Pete Doherty.......

Dylan.

[Wiesty]

Bob dylan was a terrible singer, but a very good writer, id have to say neil young, but there are some others that should be on here, like roger waters

[Sir Aunty Christ]

Fuck. I forgot about Lou Reed.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Lou Reed is up there, just below Dylan and Neil Young

and probably Van Morrison as well

and Neil Young, by the way, didn&#39;t have the best of voices either
briliant songwritter, however

[Jesus Christ!]

Young

[Sir Aunty Christ]

Bowie&#39;s not bad either.

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

Seconded. ;)

[Communism]

I would have to disagree with all the options and say immortal technique

[Atlas Swallowed]

Ian Anderson is good and he can play about a billion instruments, wish I nominated him, oh well.

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

I reckon I&#39;d better do the poll over with a much longer nomination period, a month or so. If some people agree I&#39;ll do it.

[The Grey Blur]

Originally posted by [email protected] 6 2006, 06:47 PM
I would have to disagree with all the options and say immortal technique
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha&#33;&#33;&#33;

[1984]

No votes for Van Morrison yet???

:blink:

I should have voted for him. Like if that was going to change a thing...

[celtopunk]

Originally posted by Black [email protected] 17 2006, 03:48 AM
From that list? Bob Dylan, but damn that list is white.
Very true. Shouldn&#39;t some of the great blues singers fall into this singer/songwriter category? What about Bob Marley?

I&#39;ve never tried doing a poll on here but I think the biggest problem is that the number of choices is automatically limited, it seems to be 10 but I could be wrong. The other problem, as has been pointed out, many people don&#39;t understand the term singer/songwriter, Red Zepp where&#39;s that link you mentioned? I understand there could be some gray areas but Trent Reznor, Freddie Mercury? I can&#39;t believe someone would compare Bob Dylan to Taco Bell, and then hold up Freddie Mercury as some sort of wonderful antithesis.

The other thing that some people don&#39;t seem to get is that to be a great singer/songwriter you need not have what many people consider a great singing voice. I&#39;d say some of the best ones often don&#39;t have a great singing voice, but thay are truely brilliant songwriters and they sing with feeling, heart and soul. Something that many singers never do or can&#39;t do.

[Sir Aunty Christ]

Originally posted by [email protected] 7 2006, 01:27 PM
I reckon I&#39;d better do the poll over with a much longer nomination period, a month or so. If some people agree I&#39;ll do it.
I&#39;m not sure mate. The poll itself would probably take up about 10 pages because so many people have different preferences.

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

Originally posted by celtopunk+Apr 10 2006, 09:14 AM--> (celtopunk @ Apr 10 2006, 09:14 AM)
Black [email protected] 17 2006, 03:48 AM
From that list? Bob Dylan, but damn that list is white.
Very true. Shouldn&#39;t some of the great blues singers fall into this singer/songwriter category? What about Bob Marley?

I&#39;ve never tried doing a poll on here but I think the biggest problem is that the number of choices is automatically limited, it seems to be 10 but I could be wrong. The other problem, as has been pointed out, many people don&#39;t understand the term singer/songwriter, Red Zepp where&#39;s that link you mentioned? I understand there could be some gray areas but Trent Reznor, Freddie Mercury? I can&#39;t believe someone would compare Bob Dylan to Taco Bell, and then hold up Freddie Mercury as some sort of wonderful antithesis.

The other thing that some people don&#39;t seem to get is that to be a great singer/songwriter you need not have what many people consider a great singing voice. I&#39;d say some of the best ones often don&#39;t have a great singing voice, but thay are truely brilliant songwriters and they sing with feeling, heart and soul. Something that many singers never do or can&#39;t do. [/b]
I used allmusic.com&#39;s criteria (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:197)

I&#39;m not sure if it&#39;s consistent with my own criteria, but this was what serna agreed to, and then seemed to completely ignore when making the poll.

I would probably say that it applies to anyone who primarily sings and writes individually, not as a part of a band or in partnership with other members of a band.

my favorites... Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Costello, Stevue Wonder, Caetano Veloso, and some of my favorites of the blues greats as well... John Lee Hooker, BB King, Albert King, Albert Collins

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 8 2006, 05:12 AM
It was made clear (by myself) that this doesn&#39;t regard musicians who write and sing songs. We&#39;re talking about the musical genre of "singer/songwriter". People like Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Warren Zevon, Joni Mitchell, Elvis Costello, etc.
Actually Trent Reznor is a singer/songwriter. He is basically NIN, but other artists (on tours, etc), producers, engineers, etc, collaberate.

[drain.you]

*mumbles*...kurt cobain

[Rockfan]

Ha I hear the cries now drain.you "overrated", "go back to &#39;92". But I think hes good. Also, Although he was in a band, the singer of Blind Melon, lisen to there song change, it&#39;s real good and has awsome lyrics, well thats my opinion.

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

I admit some choices are dodgy/discussable and this mainly due to the fact that it was rushed a bit, but I really think Trent Reznor fits the category. And RZ, I didn&#39;t ignore that, ffs there were people nominating death metal band leadsingers so I googled the lot of them. It&#39;s possible that an option doesn&#39;t perfectly fit, but I certainly did not just ignore it.

[Gryphon]

The poll didn&#39;t mentioned John Lennon? I don&#39;t really listen to that kind of music, but the Beatles are considered to be the greatest band ever, and their songs are known by virtually everybody.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 15 2006, 07:36 AM
The poll didn&#39;t mentioned John Lennon? I don&#39;t really listen to that kind of music, but the Beatles are considered to be the greatest band ever, and their songs are known by virtually everybody.
Paul McCartney was a better wong writter in my opinion, most of my favorate Beatles songs were McCartney.

Though Lennon did do some great songs, Help, Come Together, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, etc.

But then again, the joint ones were also great.

[celtopunk]

Originally posted by [email protected] 15 2006, 11:28 AM
Paul McCartney was a better wong writter in my opinion, most of my favorate Beatles songs were McCartney.

And yet 99% of his solo work blows.

[Reuben]

Originally posted by celtopunk+Apr 10 2006, 02:20 PM--> (celtopunk @ Apr 10 2006, 02:20 PM)
Black [email protected] 17 2006, 03:48 AM
From that list? Bob Dylan, but damn that list is white.
Very true. Shouldn&#39;t some of the great blues singers fall into this singer/songwriter category? What about Bob Marley?

I&#39;ve never tried doing a poll on here but I think the biggest problem is that the number of choices is automatically limited, it seems to be 10 but I could be wrong. The other problem, as has been pointed out, many people don&#39;t understand the term singer/songwriter, Red Zepp where&#39;s that link you mentioned? I understand there could be some gray areas but Trent Reznor, Freddie Mercury? I can&#39;t believe someone would compare Bob Dylan to Taco Bell, and then hold up Freddie Mercury as some sort of wonderful antithesis.

The other thing that some people don&#39;t seem to get is that to be a great singer/songwriter you need not have what many people consider a great singing voice. I&#39;d say some of the best ones often don&#39;t have a great singing voice, but thay are truely brilliant songwriters and they sing with feeling, heart and soul. Something that many singers never do or can&#39;t do. [/b]
bob marley is a fucking terrible song writer

[celtopunk]

Originally posted by [email protected] 19 2006, 10:04 AM
bob marley is a fucking terrible song writer
Please elaborate.

[Sir Aunty Christ]

The Court of Completely Stupid Witch Hunts hereby finds Reuben guilty of blasphemy.

[drain.you]

When we talk about &#39;songwriters&#39; do we mean the lyrics or the music?

And yeah, Lennon should have been in this poll. And I wouldnt say that "bob marley is a fucking terrible song writer", he may not be the best but his songs are still pretty damn good.

[Reuben]

Originally posted by Sir Aunty [email protected] 19 2006, 04:37 PM
The Court of Completely Stupid Witch Hunts hereby finds Reuben guilty of blasphemy.
seriously it makes good background music but (with the exception of redemption song) sitting and listening through one of his songs is so boring and so repetitive. Huis songs are filled with imprecise ssentiments.

great musician but a crappy songwriter.

Anyway the point is that leonard cohen is the best sognwriter ever&#33;

[Reuben]

oh and who the fuck voted for manu chao... must have been someone who starts the morning off with a good spliff. Thats the only condition in which you could enjoy somebody taking sevral minutes to repeatedly explain that they are indeed &#39;king of the bongo&#39;

[somebodywhowantedtoleaveandnotcomeback]

Originally posted by [email protected] 22 2006, 06:43 PM
oh and who the fuck voted for manu chao... must have been someone who starts the morning off with a good spliff. Thats the only condition in which you could enjoy somebody taking sevral minutes to repeatedly explain that they are indeed &#39;king of the bongo&#39;
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[phragit]

Sean Nelson>your list

[Reuben]

you too mate you too

[Fistful of Steel]

I voted Elliott Smith, the man is a genius and I love his songs. Shame he went and killed himself.

[Tommy-K]

Originally posted by Fist of [email protected] 8 2006, 02:35 AM
I was stuck between Elliot Smith and Bob Dylan. I like Dylan, but he is too...eh...mainstream I guess. Elliot Smith is a genius anyways.
Mainstream? I wouldn&#39;t call him mainstream. Popular certainly, but he was never, is not, and will never be a commercial &#39;mainstream&#39; artist, for the simple fact that he is strictly opposed to that.

[The Grey Blur]

I think he meant that Dylan&#39;s music is easily identifiable, even to those with little musical knowledge

And compared to some of the artists in this poll Dylan would be considered mainstream

[Cheung Mo]

Other: Martin Walkyier