Paste Magazine's Top 100 Songwriters

[puuk]

and if Moz is the only non-musician on the list, why is Jim morrison not on that list?

 

[Life_Is_A_Pigsty]

Jim Morrison is dead so doesn't qualify

Apart from Morrissey being too far down, it isnt such a bad list, it's quite varied I suppose.

For me it is simply missing the Manchester contingent - Mark E Smith, Brown/Squire, Howard Devoto and Noel Gallagher(for the first two records alone!), maybe Pete Shelly too.

Now I've already proved I'm not so hip by suggesting Noel Gallagher, there's no harm in saying Plant/Page should be there somewhere too...

 

[mozmic_dancer]

Now I've already proved I'm not so hip by suggesting Noel Gallagher, there's no harm in saying Plant/Page should be there somewhere too...

Page and Plant fall under Led Zeppelin at #39.

 

[mozmic_dancer]

and if Moz is the only non-musician on the list, why is Jim morrison not on that list?

Michael Jackson is also on this list and not a musician, or is he? I don't recall ever seeing him play onstage.

 

[Denia]

some good names but it's generally full of sh*t. moz deserves higher and where the hell is johnny cash on that list? he most certainly deserves a spot.

 

[Denia]

Michael Jackson is also on this list and not a musician, or is he? I don't recall ever seeing him play onstage.

he hasn't but as far as i know, he can play guitar and piano. he plays only in studio, i guess because his performances are based on dance and well, you can't play and dance at the same time.


how come i know all this crap?

 

[dallow_bg]

some good names but it's generally full of sh*t. moz deserves higher and where the hell is johnny cash on that list? he most certainly deserves a spot.

Cash is deceased, doesn't qualify.

I'm not used to people on internet forums making sense, but dallow is spot on.

Haha, thanks.

For me it is simply missing the Manchester contingent - Mark E Smith, Brown/Squire, Howard Devoto and Noel Gallagher(for the first two records alone!), maybe Pete Shelly too.

Mark. E. Smith, yes! Shelley, yes!
Brown/Squire, nah.
Devoto, hmm, he's good, yes but. I don't know. Did he do enough?

 

[puuk]

Michael Jackson is also on this list and not a musician, or is he? I don't recall ever seeing him play onstage

if somebody is a real musician its him, he plays a lot of instruments and he wrote some of the most strong songs in the 80's, yes he really deserves it

 

[Jones]

Morrissey is not a "non-musician". He makes music so therefore he is a musician. Stop being such snobs.