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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
I have often thought about this. ISA is brilliant as are most of his lyrics. In fact, many of them are more complex than her lyrics. Yet, she is the venerated song writer. I think that is because her delivery of her lyrics (which can be awkward in written form) is without par. Also, much of her stuff stands as poetry on its own - e.g. GB, Rhiannon, TISL, GDW, Wild Heart - to name a few.
But, so do many of LB's - Go Insane stands out in particular to me.
So, I would put them on somewhat equal footing as writers. But, she takes the cake in the delivery department, which is what made her.
I mean CM is great. I LOVE her stuff. I think she is incredibly talented. But, she never ever sold it on stage. Thus, her star was never as bright. Before the CM'ers come to kill me  -- I love her stuff. I am just saying that by her own admission, she related to the rythm section as opposed to fighting for the northern star. |
ok, now I kinda see where you're going with this. and you're right, Lindsey's lyrics can be really poetic and equally intense as Stevie's...sidenote: I wonder how much they influenced each others' writing styles...
still, I think that by the sheer fact that Stevie has written 10 times the amount of songs, all just as good as the next, that Lindsey has, puts her atop the songwriter category. granted, Stevie has amassed a nice quantity of clunkers that are just ewww-worthy, but overall her catalog is impressive. and I'm not arguing quantity over quality...I'm just sayin' -