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Icarium wrote:

Jackson Brown is a great pick, saw him live, hes a legend, whom contributed to the Eagles, one of their great hits. Take it Easy

Browne would also be my pick here... enjoyed a number of his albums back in the day; Lives In The Balance is particularly strong; Hold On, Lawyers In Love and Running On Empty were all great too..

Jackson Brown is a great pick, saw him live, hes a legend, whom contributed to the Eagles, one of their great hits. Take it Easy

Dr John should be on the list

Edited by Icarium - December 17 2022 at 10:16

Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)

Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills (1970)

Funny the list starts with two non-Unitedstatians and mentions another two or three canadians.

BTW, Bob Seger ios listed twice. Wink

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prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

moshkito wrote:

Hi,

No women? I guess Joni Mitchell is just another ... nothing!

Interesting list, but I'm not sure that some folks have heard some of this stuff in the old days, and some of the names are simply being remembered by the names. Bruce, Neil, Bob, Paul, Jackson and a couple of others are still around, and playing and you know they will until the strings or fingers fall off their bodies into the ground.

I'm not sure anyone ever heard of Lindsey, before his FM days. Neil Diamond is already old school by comparison. Gordon Lightfoot should get some respect, for how he created some rather nifty material (see his special on Prime I think it was -- very good!). I'm not sure that many even know (or care) who McGuinn is and what group was he in? AND how many folks came out of that in this poll, AND what group with a hit were at least one member involved?

Interesting poll, though I would prefer that it was broken down into zones, or specific eras, but there are some bits and pieces that are strange. Lou Reed is ok, but he had very good musicians behind him making him better ... he could not make himself better with his wife on the keyboards, for example. As much as Iggy Pop in an interest here, he was not exactly a good writer. The band's and his shows were more about his physical presence than the songs, and even in the LA Free Press (way back when!!!) he made a joke about one of the songs ... what song was that again?

I chose the authors I know best.

It is clear that one could go into more detail era by era.

I have created this poll with the most famous musicians on a planetary level, and another poll with less famous musicians.

"Happiness is real only when shared"

^Well then, I'll choose the unlisted wizard a true star Todd Rundgren.

Elivs Costello is American?

I'll choose him and pick "Trust" as a fave, but love most all his early albums.

Hi,

No women? I guess Joni Mitchell is just another ... nothing!

Interesting list, but I'm not sure that some folks have heard some of this stuff in the old days, and some of the names are simply being remembered by the names. Bruce, Neil, Bob, Paul, Jackson and a couple of others are still around, and playing and you know they will until the strings or fingers fall off their bodies into the ground.

I'm not sure anyone ever heard of Lindsey, before his FM days. Neil Diamond is already old school by comparison. Gordon Lightfoot should get some respect, for how he created some rather nifty material (see his special on Prime I think it was -- very good!). I'm not sure that many even know (or care) who McGuinn is and what group was he in? AND how many folks came out of that in this poll, AND what group with a hit were at least one member involved?

Interesting poll, though I would prefer that it was broken down into zones, or specific eras, but there are some bits and pieces that are strange. Lou Reed is ok, but he had very good musicians behind him making him better ... he could not make himself better with his wife on the keyboards, for example. As much as Iggy Pop in an interest here, he was not exactly a good writer. The band's and his shows were more about his physical presence than the songs, and even in the LA Free Press (way back when!!!) he made a joke about one of the songs ... what song was that again?

Edited by moshkito - December 16 2022 at 14:32

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My selection:

1) Bob Dylan

Highway 61/ Blonde on Blonde/ Desire/ Oh Mercy/Time out of Mind

2) Bruce Springsteen

The Wild, The Innocent etc/ Born To Run/Darkness on the Edge of Town/ Nebraska/

3) Neil Young

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere/ After The Gold Rush/ Tonight's the Night/ Rust Never Sleeps

4) Tom Waits

Swordfishtrombones/Rain Dogs/ Franks Wild Years/Bone Machine

5) Lou Reed

Berlin/ Rock and Roll Animal/ New York/ Magic and Loss

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I'm sorry for:

6) Paul Simon

I love The Rhythmn of the a Saints + Songs for the Capeman

7) Leonard Cohen

I Love Songs of Love and Hate

8) Jackson Browne

Late for the Sky

"Happiness is real only when shared"

Poll Question: Choose your five favourites
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Leonard Cohen	3	[8.11%]
Gordon Lightfoot	1	[2.70%]
Neil Diamond	0	[0.00%]
Bob Dylan	4	[10.81%]
David Crosby	1	[2.70%]
Paul Simon	2	[5.41%]
Lou Reed	2	[5.41%]
Roger McGuinn	2	[5.41%]
Randy Newmann	1	[2.70%]
John Denver	0	[0.00%]
Warren Zevon	1	[2.70%]
Neil Young	7	[18.92%]
Bob Seger	1	[2.70%]
James Taylor	0	[0.00%]
Iggy Pop	1	[2.70%]
Jackson Browne	2	[5.41%]
Bruce Springsteen	2	[5.41%]
Linsdsey Buckingham	0	[0.00%]
Tom Waits	3	[8.11%]
Tom Petty	2	[5.41%]
John Mellencamp	0	[0.00%]
Dr. John*	0	[0.00%]
John Fogerty*	2	[5.41%]
Bryan Adams	0	[0.00%]
Beck Hansen	0	[0.00%]
You can not vote in this poll

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