Greatest Songwriter of all time

Dylan
Leonard Cohen
Lennon/McCatrney
David Byrne
Bob Marley

cfb-Yes, I have "Poet" also, quite good. I know TVZ didn't write any of the songs on "Cold Dog", but I thought some of the songs GC wrote on it were about, and a tribute to, TVZ. I also recall an article ( S'phile?) about CDS about a year or so ago re same. But then again, the neurons aren't synapsing like they once used to. Age? Possibly. Posited smack dab in the midst of divorce? Naaahhh :-)

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention 2 other best rock-poets:
David Byrne, Pete Sienfield.

Cole Porter

I can't resist these parlor games. For the sake of simplicity, I've ruled out the twin tower tandems of Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards.

Hard to narrow it down to three, so how about these groupings?


Songwriters:

All-time, men's division

Bob Dylan
Neil Young
John Fogerty

All time, women's division

Joni Mitchell
Lucinda Williams
Iris Dement

"Alternative"

Elvis Costello
Marshall Crenshaw
PJ Harvey

"Obscure"

Walter Salas-Humara
Freedy Johnston
Liz Phair

"Cult Heroes"

Townes Van Zandt
Gram Parsons
Alex Chilton

Best Singers

Billie Holiday
Al Green
George Jones

Best Guitar

Richard Thompson

Best Growl

Iggy Pop

Best Hair

Flock of Seagulls

OK, somebody want to start a "most depressing bands" thread?