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Out: Marshall Crenshaw
In: Joni Mitchell

Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Prine
Billy Bragg
Carole King
Stevie Wonder
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Gram Parsons
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Out: Gram (love him, but his voice and playing stand out to me more than his particular writing)
In: Neil Finn of Crowded House, Split Enz, etc.

Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Prine
Billy Bragg
Carole King
Stevie Wonder
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Neil Finn
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Post by El Vez »

OUT: Damn this is hard...um....er...Finn (no offense!)
IN: Jackrabbit Slim


Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Prine
Billy Bragg
Carole King
Stevie Wonder
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Steve Forbert
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Post by laughingcrow »

OUT: Stevie, sorry!
IN: Holland/Dozier/Holland....OK it's 3 people, but they're like the holy trinity of soul!

Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Prine
Billy Bragg
Carole King
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Steve Forbert
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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Post by cosmos »

OUT: Billy Bragg
IN: Willie Dixon

Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Prine
Willie Dixon
Carole King
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Steve Forbert
Holland/Dozier/Holland[/quote]
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Post by alexv »

I think I've reached the dreaded five limit, dammit
Out: Steve Forbert
In: Hank Williams

Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Prine
Willie Dixon
Carole King
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Hank Williams
Holland/Dozier/Holland[/quote
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Post by invisible Pole »

This is probably too obvious, but what the heck...
Out : John Prine
In : John Lennon & paul McCartney

Nick Lowe
Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook
Randy Newman
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Willie Dixon
Carole King
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Hank Williams
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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OUT: Difford & Tillbrook
IN: PJ Harvey

Nick Lowe
PJ Harvey
Randy Newman
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Willie Dixon
Carole King
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Hank Williams
Holland/Dozier/Holland[/quote]
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Out: Carole King
In: Aimee Mann

Nick Lowe
PJ Harvey
Randy Newman
John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Willie Dixon
Aimee Mann
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Hank Williams
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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Out: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
In: Adam Sandler

Nick Lowe
PJ Harvey
Randy Newman
Adam Sandler
Willie Dixon
Aimee Mann
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Hank Williams
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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Post by bambooneedle »

IN: Lennon/McCartney

Out: WHAR, who's only got one go left.

Nick Lowe
PJ Harvey
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Willie Dixon
Aimee Mann
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Hank Williams
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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Post by Boy With A Problem »

Out - Aimee Mann
In - Bob Dylan

Nick Lowe
PJ Harvey
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Willie Dixon
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Hank Williams
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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I expected the disrespect to me, but the disrespect to Sandler is ridiculous (almost as ridiculous as the disrespect to Difford/Tilbrook- they're better than anyone on that list... atleast they were for two albums).
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Post by bambooneedle »

Disrespect? You took out Waits, Springsteen, Young, Lennon & McCartney.

Now, piss off.
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PETE TOWNSHEND IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Adam Sandler is a better songwriter than Lennon/McCartney?
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I love the way Blue sums it all up without even using any critical comments :lol:
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Post by SoLikeCandy »

It's just so very sad that some folks have the compulsion to swoop in and fuck things up for everyone.

That's all I'm sayin'.


Out: Hank Williams
In: Willie Nelson

Nick Lowe
PJ Harvey
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Willie Dixon
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Willie Nelson
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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wehitandrun wrote: disrespect to Sandler is ridiculous.
Yes, but not in the way you mean it.
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Post by alexv »

I had one more pick after all. No mas!!
Out: PJ Harvey
In: Bob Marley

Nick Lowe
Bob Marley
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Willie Dixon
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Willie Nelson
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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Post by King Hoarse »

Reluctant to take anyone off this great list, but...wish I'd heard more of the great Willie Dixon.
Out: Willie Dixon
In: Shane McGowan

Nick Lowe
Bob Marley
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Shane McGowan
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Willie Nelson
Holland/Dozier/Holland
What this world needs is more silly men.
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Out: Bob Marley
In: Stephen Merritt

Nick Lowe
Stephen Merritt
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Shane McGowan
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Willie Nelson
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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OUT: Willie
IN: Carolyn Mark

Nick Lowe
Stephen Merritt
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Shane McGowan
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Carolyn Mark
Holland/Dozier/Holland
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Post by Tim(e) »

OUT: Stephen Merritt
IN: Jackie Leven

Nick Lowe
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Shane McGowan
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Carolyn Mark
Holland/Dozier/Holland
Jackie Leven
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Post by bobster »

Who's Carolyn Mark? Who's Jackie Leven?

Well, this tower needs something pre-1960, so....

Out -- Carolyn Mark
In -- Kurt Weil

Nick Lowe
Randy Newman
Lennon/McCartney
Shane McGowan
Bob Dylan
Joni Mitchell
Richard Thompson
Holland/Dozier/Holland
Jackie Leven
Kurt Weil

Of course, Kurt Weil was really a melody writer. The complete "songs" in a sense were by Ira Gershwin, Maxwell Anderson and, of course, B. Brecht. In the words of Mrs. Oscar Hammerstein to Mrs. Jerome Kern, "My husband wrote 'Old Man River', your husband wrote 'duh-duh-da-da'"
http://www.forwardtoyesterday.com -- Where "hopelessly dated" is a compliment!
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