Gord Downie
John K. Samson of the Weakerthans
Joni Mitchell
Leonard Cohen
Ron Hawkins of the Lowest of the Low
Sarah Harmer
Neil Young
Neil Osborne of 54-40
Jim & Greg from Blue Rodeo
Hugh Dillon
Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies
Ron Sexsmith
Did I miss anybody?
I still say that if you simply combined Gord Downie, John K. Samson, and Ron Hawkins, you'd have the ultimate super-genius lyricist.
D-man Wrote:Gordon Lightfoot
:thumb: Good call! Can't believe I left him out. I'm actually kind of embarassed.
you left out the most important Canadian of all time......................Stompin' Tom Conners...........
You can't get much better lyrics than "Bud The Spud", "Sundbury Saturday Night", "The Ketchup Song", "The Snowmobile Song", "Little Wawa"...................the list goes on and on...............!
Coneycat Wrote:Stan Rogers.
His brother; Garnet Rogers has some awesome lyrics too.
Burton Cummings / The Guess Who.......
Quote:I won't commit the error of catalogues and lists, when it comes to music I'll leave that up to Maclean's Magazine. - GD
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beanmedic Wrote:Kris Rieger
I agree. His stuff is really thought-provoking.
Summiteer Wrote:Burton Cummings / The Guess Who.......
and Randy Bachman
I think Tom Cochrane was pretty good too
beanmedic Wrote:beanmedic Wrote:Kris Rieger
I agree. His stuff is really thought-provoking.
lol, did you just quote yourself??? ........then agree??!!
thats hilarious :mrgreen:
David Usher
K-OS
Sarah McLachlan
On an unrelated note, The Darkest Canuck, how would you describe your mother?