5 of your favorite singer/songwriters:

[rbnyc]

Please post 5 of your favorite singer/songwriters. They don’t have to be your top 5, just 5 you love and want to share.

Singer/songwriter = any genre, any instrumentation, solo or with band, but the singer is the primary songwriter.

Mine:

1. Kristin Hersh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRoqCBlzKhg
2. Neil Young: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCElUItrLZc
3. Thurston Moore: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjSo_GbRC0g
4. Chan Marshall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTIxgpF3RE
5. Kurt Cobain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyYf0_6DzkI

[Swede]

1. Well I'll start with one and add some as I think of them.

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fF8wU4Nl9Y

[rbnyc]

2. I really like him.

And he was amazing live in 85 or 86, I can't remember.

[Mojambo]

3. I can do five

John Darnielle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPy_fiv3sAw

John K. Sampson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1WxZ4w7NFM

Robert Pollard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1fPyh53Ik&feature=related

Jarid Del Deo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paoEiKrR7iY

Tommy Siegel/Ben Thornewill: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EsT1t7hPPU&feature=related

[rbnyc]

6. Cool.

Some new to me.

[Tikki]

4. These 5:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDCmTW9d6qo
"Your Phone's Off The Hook, But You're Not"...X
John Duchac Nommensan and Exene Cervenka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpprOGsLWUo
"Pump It Up"…Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Declan Patrick Mac-Manus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdrN89Vxu6I
"Sail On Sailor"….The Beach Boys
Almer, Kennedy, Parks, Rieley, Wilson(Brian)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veyPHzxNjog
"Not Fade Away"….Buddy Holly & the Crickets
Charles Harden 'Buddy' Holly, Norman Petty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3wtfTQ8R0
"Highest Trails Above"…..RAMONES
Ramones (Douglas Glen Colvin)

[rbnyc]

5. Nice List. (nt)

[Bossy Monkey]

7. Steve Wynn, John Wesley Harding, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Peter Case

Links upon request. I'm Facebook friends with Wynn and Wes, which I find to be an unusual experience.

[rbnyc]

9. That's cool.

If you had to post just one John Wesley Harding song, what would it be?

[Bossy Monkey]

16. It would be "Paradise" or "In Paradise," but it isn't on YouTube under either title

A sequel to "Waterloo Sunset," and more than worthy. I'll post something else upon edit momentarily.

Edit: "Top of the Bottom" from his latest record: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXq1jbwhDlY He is also the author Wesley Stace (his real name).

[Tikki]

10. Peter Case...so much talent..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivbrxvCEQA
"After Hours On Pico Blvd"...Peter Case




Tikki

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. ok, let me see ...

John Hiatt
David Grey
Neil Young
Norah Jones
Joni Mitchell

[rbnyc]

13. Do you have a favorite...

...Neil Young song?

[pokerfan]

11. Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Mark Cole, Tom Waits, Deborah Bonham

Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GMHzPeEyA

Joni Mitchell in concert 1970 - Big Yellow Taxi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgMEPk6fvpg

Mark Cole - Vaughandrix (tribute)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KYLkuhaePA

Tom Waits - Hold On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knII3S0MZtY

Deborah Bonham - Black Coffee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjR4B2_y_E

[rbnyc]

12. Love Tom Waits.

Nice choice. Nice list.

[Withywindle]

15. Oh Gods, Tom Waits, yes.

Again, only 5 allowed? Ouch.


(Ray Davies, too.)

[Withywindle]

14. Only five? Ouch!

OK.


Shane MacGowan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAQZtiXfJv4

Nick Cave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFdUTM4gU-o (You know he must have just about pissed himself when JOHNNY FUCKING CASH covered this.)

Patti Smith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qDRxfCRU8Y

Robyn Hitchcock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVePz2pVNjI

Richard Thompson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC-5vpJNlUk

[rbnyc]

17. Awesome List.

I actually played a venue the same night as Patti Smith, but I'm afraid to describe the occasion. Hint: the year was 2000.

[Withywindle]

20. HAHAHAH I can guess!

That's OK. I forgive both you and her.

[rbnyc]

22. LOL

Thanks. I mean, there was no way I was going to pass up the gig. :)

[AngryAmish]

18. There is Bon Scott, then all the rest.

[rbnyc]

21. This is the very first song...

...my son ever heard. My husband put it on in the car on the way home from the hospital.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f51Ld6D7swo

I realize this was post Scott, but AC/DC remains one of my son's favorite bands. His favotite song is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_t5GPbp5IY

He's 6 and he thinks they're singing "Dirty Dees and the Dunder Cheese."

The first big rock concerts I ever saw was AC/DC at the Rosemont Horizon for the Back in Black tour.

[rug]

19. Bob Dylan of course.

Christine Lavin
John Prine
Paul Simon
Cat Stevens

[rbnyc]

23. Oooh, Cat Stevens.

This is the one I sing to my son at bedtime:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha3Rm4MSX-g

[rug]

24. Great bedtime song.

I still find it hard to believe he walked away from it all.

[rbnyc]

25. Me too.

I fell in love with his stuff when I first saw Harold and Maude when I was a kid.

My favorite artist does a cover of trouble: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkJOHos8syw

[peacefreak]

26. Joni Mitchell

Townes Van Zandt
John Prine
Patty Griffin
Lyle Lovett

[Initech]

27. Frank Zappa, John Fogerty, John Frusciante, Bob Marley, James Brown

[Arugula Latte]

28. Karl Wallinger, Elliott Smith, Peter Gabriel, Michael Stipe, Robert Smith

Just a handful off the top of my head

[rbnyc]

30. If you had to post one...

...Michael Stipe song and one Robert Smith Song, what would you pick?

For the moment I'll go with:

Sinking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZZxwF6SXeQ

Low: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz_B6mqVSqI

[rbnyc]

31. Oh and of course...

...my favorite artist did a sone featuring Michael Stipe:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VA8uaumikU

[some guy]

29. 5

Joni Mitchell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3EofN3Flag
I had to post this tune, it's one of the few of her songs of which I don't have a recording.

Dar Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeIu6vQgSjs

Lucinda Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R_dkP2duog

Harry Nilsson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nB5VxPOoio

Mark Knopfler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G03Iw8qdBCk&feature=fvw

[Pool Hall Ace]

32. Mine

Karla Bonoff
Laura Nyro
Emmylou Harris
Neil Young
John Prine

[Swede]

33. A couple more

Neil Young - Harvest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFUSWllyZqg

Gordon Lightfoot - The Last Time I Saw Her Face

http://www.viddler.com/explore/soseitoku/videos/2/

[rbnyc]

34. Gordon Lightfoot's niece was my best friend in 7th Grade...

...but she was truly horrible.

Her mom, Gordon Lightfoot's sister, was very much absent. There were 3 kids in the house, all with different absent fathers. "J", my friend was a serious bully. I somehow always made friends with the bully, which was the cause of great angst because I was not a toady. I stood up to her all the time - a life on Jr. High strife. I eventually dumped her, after she stole a radio from my dad. I went and retrieved it and "broke up" with her for good. She tormented me for several years.

I did find it very interesting that she had this famous and successful uncle. She resented him.

Edit: typo

[pacalo]

35. Carole King, Brian Wilson, Carly Simon, John Fogerty, Harry Nilsson.

[mvd]

45. See, hard to list just five

Brian Wilson, Carole King, Joni Mitchell.. they alone equal the ones I mentioned.

Love these topics, though.

[timtom]

36. Here we go:

Randy Newman
Van Dyke Parks
Willis Alan Ramsey

Oops! You said Five, didn't you?

Cat Stevens
John Fogarty

[Swampguana]

37. mine

1. John Lennon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b7qaSxuZUg
2. Led Zeppelin - Jimmy Page and Robert Plant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmd6fg0r4Ic&feature=related
3. Cat Stevens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHXpnZi9Hzs
4. The Sounds - Maja Ivarsson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjY4Wj_-Zec
5. Sublime - Bradley Nowell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEYN5w4T_aM

[Petrushka]

38. --->

Take It With Me -- Tom Waits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oGVDLcpXQ8

Country Roads -- John Denver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWzeInQaUk4&feature=related

Little Wheel, Spin and Spin -- Buffy Ste. Marie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdC11JaO9A&feature=related

One Day More -- Elaine Purkey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczCJySAD2E

Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground -- Willie Nelson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfBxfltYD0

[murielm99]

39. Just one:

Willie Dixon

[KT2000]

40. Laura Nyro

so many songs - Meet me Capt St. Lucifer; New York Tendaberry; Upstairs by Chinese Lamp

really just about everything she did was poetry.

Joni Mitchell too - Hejira especially

[A-Schwarzenegger]

41. Only one of mine not listed is Leonard Cohen.

Ever get a chance to see him live youll float for a week.

[rbnyc]

44. I love him.

I once had an intense encounter to this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0s4g1Yh5vw

[BlueIris]

42. Meredith Godreau, (Gregory & The Hawk) Angie Aparo,

David Berkeley, Dar Williams and Corrine Bailey Rae.

I'd look up some YouTube links, but I'm tired.

[mvd]

43. Here are five of my favorites

A Fine Frenzy

Josh Ritter

Paul Simon

Lennon/McCartney (2, but they sure acted as one)

Bob Dylan

:hi:

[tigereye]

46. Patti Smith, Sara Vaughn, Shemekia Copeland, Pete Townsend, and the guy

from Midnight Oil

[alfredo]

47. Jonatha Brooke -John Vanderslice -Sam Phillips -Steve Earle

Jonatha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RASN9XcW7Mk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSljSZV2En0&feature=related

John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmpg4HqdH4k&feature=related -very painful lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbEtOIqXG5k&feature=related

Sam Phillips If you've never experienced her, do it now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANOrllutAhs This is her wonderful Tiny Desk Concert. She was married to T Bone Burnett.

Steve - Saved the best for last
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIETUB212b8&feature=fvsr Stick it up your ass Jan Brewer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBSZq5ZCQU

[rbnyc]

48. Oooh, I haven't thought about...

...Sam Philips in a long time.

[alfredo]

49. Sam Phillips is one of my favorites. Love her sense of humor.

Tiny Desk Concerts.

http://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/

The Tom Jones concert is so good, so is K'Naan.