[Music] A threadful of your favourite singer/songwriter songs

[Blues Rock DJ]

You haven’t listened to this particular song as posted have you? Yes he did write it with Glenn Frey

The song you are probably thinking of is the JJ Cale one that Eric Clapton did a piss poor version of.

I see you have edited your original post

couldn't be arsed to listen, sorry

 

[Is it PotG?]

Most creations by:
Carole King
Joan Shelley
Joni Mitchell
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Mering
Kate Rusby
Lucy Rose
Laura Marling
Cat Power
and
Paul Weller

 

[studio150]

Two artists I much preferred in their early days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL90Tkof-9s




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgDXZW5QfM

Is Elton John a singer/songwriter given that Tiny Dancer like virtually all his early material is written in conjunction with Bernie Taupin, and much of his later material was also written in partnership with others

 

[Icy Gull]

Is Elton John a singer/songwriter given that Tiny Dancer like virtually all his early material is written in conjunction with Bernie Taupin, and much of his later material was also written in partnership with others

Good point!

Years ago I saw him on Parkinson (I think) and he was talking about how he could put any words to music. Parkinson asked him to do it to the conditions on the back of a rail/bus ticket, which he did brilliantly. Set up? Maybe but I was impressed.

 

[ozzygull]

Peter Gabriel

 

[Napier]

Surprised Carole King has only had one mention:



Very surprised no one has mentioned JT - apologies if I have missed it:

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Just about anything from Neil Young does it for me

This. Never used to be the case. But now is. I guess through age sometimes does come wisdom.

 

[pearl]

https://youtu.be/Xv8FBjo1Y8I

 

[pearl]

https://youtu.be/yjCM_X3xpRM

 

[burnee54]

John Mayer, an excellent guitar technician and no slouch at songwriting.









You might have guessed I quite like John Mayer

 

[marlowe]

Phil Ochs. This song was more famously covered by the singer songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. I prefer the fragility of the original by Ochs..

https://youtu.be/y45b-t-0AOg

 

[marlowe]

Townes Van Zandt with a song covered by Willie Nelson and hundreds of other people. Van Zandt hated this version and disowned it. He thought it was over produced with the mariachi horns and claimed they were added without his approval. I personally love it.

https://youtu.be/nvKoWMX9gmU

 

[marlowe]

Hoyt Axton with another Mexican tinged song...

https://youtu.be/t43JCQbqOVI

 

[Binney on acid]

Seen him a number of times, the last time at Worthing Assembly halls, always a good watch.

I was there! When that guy walked through the auditorium playing the sax, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.

 

[Icy Gull]

I could have saved this for the favourite song thread but what the hell, it’s off season

https://youtu.be/9-1zWet9nO8

 

[jakarta]

I am STUNNED we have got so far into the thread and no...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2jxjv0HkwM

 

[5Ways Gull]

Joan Armatrading - Anything she did

 

[5Ways Gull]

Oh! And Suzanne Vega

 

[5Ways Gull]

Elvis Costello