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Paste 100 Best Songwriters (FM #83)
[This is from June 14, 2006, but I didn't see it posted before]
http://www.pastemagazine.com/article...ters-8190.html Paste's 100 Best Living Songwriters #81-90 83>>FLEETWOOD MAC (Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie) “I’ll follow you down till the sound of my voice will haunt you” Amidst the tumult of two heart-wrenching breakups, Fleetwood Mac’s three capable songwriters penned the aptly named 1976 release Rumours. In exposing their pain to the world, the two sets of ex-lovers (Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, Christine and John McVie) also managed to produce an album so authentically sorrowful, angry and hurt—yet naively hopeful—that it became the second-best-selling album of all time. Nicks’ soft chords and sharp lyrical sense could put a man in his place with one carefully crafted line (“Players only love you when they’re playing”) in contrast with Buckingham’s more blunt approach (“You can go your own way”). McVie was a bit more optimistic, with stay-strong songs like “Don’t Stop.” The result was an album that ran the gamut of emotional turmoil, and ensured the feuding pairs plenty more years more to lash out at each other with one chart-topper after another. Allie Goolrick GET>> “Dreams” (1976), “Beautiful Child” (1979) 100. T Bone Burnett 99. Andre Benjamin & Antwan Patton (Outkast) 98. Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo) 97. Josh Ritter 96. Jimmy Cliff 95. Patti Smith 94. Sam Phillips 93. Joseph Arthur 92. Alejandro Escovedo 91. Drive By Truckers (Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley, Jason Isbell) Read 91-100 90. Nick Cave 89. Victoria Williams 88. Parliament (George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell) 87. Lyle Lovett 86. Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) 85. David Bazan (Pedro the Lion, Headphones) 84. John Linnel & John Flansburgh (They Might Be Giants) 83. Fleetwood Mac (Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie) 82. John Darnielle (Mountain Goats) 81. Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips) Read 81-90 80. Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nick Mason) 79. Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, Silver Jews) 78. Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) 77. Bruce Cockburn 76. Will Oldham (aka Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Palace Music, etc.) 75. Ron Sexsmith 74. Linford Detweiler & Karin Bergquist (Over the Rhine) 73. Julie Miller 72. Michael Jackson 71. Vic Chesnutt Read 71-80 70. Alex Chilton (Big Star, The Box Tops) 69. Merle Haggard 68. Allen Tousaint 67. Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) 66. Charles Thompson (aka Frank Black, Black Francis) (Pixies) 65. Bill Mallonee (Vigilantes of Love) 64. Andy Partridge (XTC, Dukes of Stratosphear) 63. Richard Thompson (Fairport Convention) 62. Sting (The Police) 61. John Hiatt Read 61-70 60. Jimmy Webb 59. Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs) 58. Sly Stone (Sly & the Family Stone) 57. Morrissey (The Smiths) 56. James Brown 55. Dolly Parton 54. Aimee Mann 53. James Taylor 52. Paul Westerberg (The Replacements) 51. Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham Read 51-60 50. Public Enemy (Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler, et al) 49. Cat Stevens 48. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings 47. Sufjan Stevens 46. David Byrne (Talking Heads) 45. Jackson Browne 44. Al Green 43. Ryan Adams (Whiskeytown) 42. Loretta Lynn 41. Ray Davies (The Kinks) Read 41-50 40. Burt Bacharach & Hal David 39. Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham) 38. Kris Kristofferson 37. Smokey Robinson 36. Beck Hansen 35. Steve Earle 34. John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 33. Pete Townshend (The Who) 32. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller 31. Carole King Read 31-40 30. John Prine 29. Tom Petty 28. Robbie Robertson (The Band) 27. Radiohead (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, Phil Selway) 26. R.E.M. (Peter Buck, Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe) 25. Chuck Berry 24. Jeff Tweedy (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Golden Smog, Loose Fur, etc.) 23. Elton John & Bernie Taupin 22. Lucinda Williams 21. Lou Reed (Velvet Underground) Read 21-30 20. Van Morrison 19. Patty Griffin 18. U2 (Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton) 17. Holland-Dozier-Holland 16. David Bowie 15. Willie Nelson 14. Stevie Wonder 13. Paul Simon 12. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) 11. Randy Newman Read 11-20 The Top 10 10. Prince 9. Joni Mitchell 8. Elvis Costello 7. Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys) 6. Leonard Cohen 5. Paul McCartney (The Beatles, Wings) 4. Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan 3. Bruce Springsteen 2. Neil Young (Buffalo Sprinfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) 1. Bob Dylan |
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From Yahoo Music, October 14, 2009, by Shawn Amos
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/get...her-sometimes/ The Couple That Plays Together, Stays Together (Sometimes) STEVIE NICKS & LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM This musical romance began in high school where Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were members of the Fritz Rabyne Memorial Band. They both dropped out of San Jose State, and Stevie waited tables and cleaned houses to support them. They probably have the most creatively successful breakup record in all of music. Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album, "Rumours," very publicly chronicled the demise of Buckingham and Nicks' relationship (as well as that of everyone else in the band). |
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Aww, I'm so glad to see my boy Joseph Arthur made the list! I think besides the Mac, he's the only artist who can elicit tears in me . I guess for artists 91-100 they don't get a write up? I was hoping to hear what they said about him.
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Do you mean to say that you aren't moved to tears when you listen to the Benedictus of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis?
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I'm surprised that Carole King is higher (or lower? ) on the list, considering she and Gerry Goffin wrote practically every song in the world.
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Lists are a challenging endeavor, but this is pretty inane (Morrissey, Dolly Parton, Public Enemy in the 50s... and no Iris Dement or Pet Shop Boys or Bernard Sumner?!?!)
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