Yeah, yeah, I know it's been a month since updating my blog. Im lazy in the summer, what can I say?
Anyway, today I'm going to be sharing with you, my favorite songwriters.
First we have the main lyricist, guitarist, and co-vocalist for the rock band The Who. This is Pete Townshend. He has written the lyrics for every Who song I know (with the exception of Boris The Spider, which was written by John Entwistle). Some of my favorite songs he has written would be "Behind blue eyes", "won't get fooled again", and "my generation". Unfortunantly , I cant post a picture of Pete townshend for you because BLOGGER IS BEING FRIGGIN RETARTED!!! But here's a link http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postrock/R.169%20WHO-PETE%20TOWNSHEND%2079.jpg
Second we have Roger Waters from Pink Floyd. He also plays Bass and is the co-vocalist. Not really that much to say. Go and listen to the entire Darkside of the Moon album, or The Wall, or Wish You Were You Here. Most of (if not all) the songs on there were written by him. And they are fantastic lyrics and musicanship wise. People tell me we kinda look the same (with the all black clothes, long brown hair, and a Bass around the shoulder) whatdya think?
Third is the greatest drummer in the world, Neil Peart. In case you didn't know, he plays for Rush. Neil, is the official lyricist of the band and is very good at it. A lot of his lyrics are about Individualism, which is right up my alley. Although I have to say his lyrics to the song YYZ suck horribly! :) (inside joke). I would advise you to listen to the entire 2112 song. Yeah! All 18 minutes of it. It tells a great story Individualism vs the mass.
And yes he uses every single of those drums.
Fourth is gonna have to be Paul Simon. I consider Paul Simon to be one of the greatest American Songwriters ever. Simple as that. Probaly my favorite song he ever wrote is "Sound of Silence". It took Paul Siomon about 6 monthes to write this song. It really is some of the best lyrics I have ever heard. If you've never heard of the song, I would highly advise you to listen to it. It's veeery melow. Here's a picture of Paul Simon
Fifth? You ask? Well David Bowie of course! He's wriiten all kinnds of good stuff. I don't know... you'll just have to check him out, there's not really much i can say about him other than he was an innovator of the 70's. This is David Bowie as is alter ego, "Ziggy Stardust"
And Finally we have Paul McCartney and John Lennon from the Beatles. Yeah I decided to put 'em together. In my opinion, these two made the greatest songwriting partnership ever! That's all I'm gonna say, and quite frankly, thats all I need to say. Let the lyrics speak for themselves.
Untill next time, I'm Lord Semaj, and that will be all.
