08-13-2007, 09:56 PM | #1 |
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Who is the Great American Songwriter?
The person who best embodies the unique American experience through his original music? The person whose ballads define an era?
3 people come to mind off the top of my head. Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan. |
08-13-2007, 09:58 PM | #2 |
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Aaron Copeland? Not ballads, but he certainly captuired a slcie of Americana.
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08-13-2007, 10:00 PM | #3 |
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I'm talking more of a minstrel. The one guy who is the musical experience. not a songwriter in the formal sense (i.e. the person who writes Chicago's hit songs). or a composer/conductor.
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Or Hank Williams?
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I would subtract Springsteen, the other two I agree with. Another angle here is that Dylan and Simon are really very serious poets in their own right as well even if you substract the music.
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What's wriong with Springsteen?
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I take it you mean in addition to Eliza R. Snow?
I make a distinction between songwriters and composers. Great American songwriters would include Irving Berlin, Gershwin, Frederick Loewe, Dylan, Simon, Wilson and Springsteen. In my humble opinion, Creekster is right on - Copeland is far and away the greatest American composer. |
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I can't comment on the poetic quality of their work, but I like Springsteen's music better.
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