crashmonitor Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Considering the enormous economy surrounding popular music I am surprised there isn't some kind of attempt to have a list of the top composers. Tbh I think they would mostly be either Brits or US. Whether you like their music or not, record sales can't lie. My top 10 would be.......don't know what happened to the rest of the world, perhaps its Anglo Saxon bias...... 1. Burt Bacharach 2. Paul Simon 3. John Lennon 4. Andrew Lloyd Webber 5. Paul McCartney 6. Elton John 7. Bob Dylan 8 Bjon Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson (Abba) 9. Freddy Mercury 10. Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) No chance of any new kids entering that list...all the melody combinations have been all but exhausted period. The boomers stole all the uninvented tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 where's Cat Stevens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Absolutely where is Barry Gibb too...and where are the French, Germans, Italians etc. etc. bloody Kraftwork then err........ Agreed Cat Stevens bloody amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 David Gilmour , Don henley , Glenn Frey ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 There have been so many good pop songs! Clearly there have been many more bad ones! What about the Kinks, Beach Boys, and Alice Cooper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corevalue Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Leiber and Stoller Arthur Alexander OK, I'm showing my age a bit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Aye, and where are Glitter, Townsend, King and Harris...? Hopefully the answer to that question is 'precisely where their GPS ankle-braclets say they are'... XYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limpet Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, or is that stuff too old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_out Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 What about Stock, Aitken and Waterman? My guess is most people have never heard of the greatest pop composers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Aye, and where are Glitter, Townsend, King and Harris...? Hopefully the answer to that question is 'precisely where their GPS ankle-braclets say they are'... XYY I don't think Mr Townsend was charged with anything! No libel here please! However Ian Watkins of the Lostprophets, is certainly behind bars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, or is that stuff too old? not for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little fish Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart, or is that stuff too old? All at the top of my list with Cat Stevens. Add Neil Young, Carole King, and probably 100 others who I will remember when others name them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The XYY Man Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I don't think Mr Townsend was charged with anything! No libel here please! However Ian Watkins of the Lostprophets, is certainly behind bars! Aye, fair enough Mr Townsend sir - my remarks were facetious in nature, and not in any way meant to offend. Nor am I trying to suggest that you fiddled with any bairns, when in fact, all that you did was conduct a little research by downloading a few suggestive pictures and paying for them via your credit-card. All perfectly harmless stuff that like... But you should ignore that little tale-teller Pinny, Mr Townsend sir, for I know for a fact he's had swimming lessons off both Len Fairclough AND Michael Barrymore... XYY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 David Gilmour , Don henley , Glenn Frey ? The heat is on! Burnin Burnin Burnin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Best are partnerships... Bacharach & David Goffin & King Lennon & McCartney Gifford & Tilbrook Chas & Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Sutton Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Graham Gouldman. As well as the 10cc hits he wrote For your Love, Bus Stop, and No Milk Today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Best are partnerships... Bacharach & David Goffin & King Lennon & McCartney Gifford & Tilbrook Chas & Dave Chas & Dave from a golden era when an entire song could be based on chauvinism before the Spice Girls came along and ruined everything. now I dont mind avin a chat,but you have to keep givin it that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 I rather threw the opening post together in a couple of minutes on the hoof and have to concede that I should have included Cat Stevens (quite high up to) and may be the brothers Gibb (near the bottom) because they wrote for many other artists. Surprising how successful Brits were at composing tunes from about 1965-1985. I assume the fact this has all but stopped is a case of the melody combinations being exhausted. Also how little came from Europe otherwise, Abba excepted. I have tried to be objective and not gone for the artists/ writers I like but who have had unibersal appeal. I did once start a thread that there were no female composers of music of note but many great novelists. There is no reason why women would have been at a disadvantage in popular music as they were in the days of classical music...Brahms, Beethoven and Bach etc. Dolly Parton was possibly a contender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Diane Warren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cica Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 There are so many great songs but how many songwriters have written more than one genuinely great songs? Bee Gees Elton John The Beatles ABBA Was please to see someone else recognise Andrew Lloyd-Webber - some great songs I actually really like Toto Demond Child wrote all the big Bon Jovi songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 There are so many great songs but how many songwriters have written more than one genuinely great songs? Bee Gees Elton John The Beatles ABBA Was please to see someone else recognise Andrew Lloyd-Webber - some great songs I actually really like Toto Demond Child wrote all the big Bon Jovi songs Well those first five were all in my top 10....OP....well six because I split Lennon and McCartney owing to solo careers after. edit. not quite I later conceded I should have included the brothers Gibb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 I have to say Cat Stevens may be an example of brilliant arrangements and vocals transcending ordinary melodies. Whether that makes him a composer or just the best performer ever. I heard yesterday on the Mark Kermode BBC movie slot that the film Harold and Maude from circa 1973 has been re-released on DVD which he brilliantly scored. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eTY2VkUs0A&safe=active Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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