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Greatest Canadian lyricists of all time? - direwolf74 - 02-26-2005
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 - 02-26-2005
Gordon Lightfoot
- direwolf74 - 02-26-2005
D-man Wrote:Gordon Lightfoot
:thumb: Good call! Can't believe I left him out. I'm actually kind of embarassed.
another - cochise - 02-26-2005
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 - 02-26-2005
Stan Rogers.
- beanmedic - 02-26-2005
Kris Rieger
- Kim - 02-26-2005
Coneycat Wrote:Stan Rogers.
His brother; Garnet Rogers has some awesome lyrics too.
- Summiteer - 02-26-2005
Burton Cummings / The Guess Who.......
- Spycouple - 02-26-2005
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 - 02-27-2005
beanmedic Wrote:Kris Rieger
I agree. His stuff is really thought-provoking.
- emperor penguin - 02-27-2005
Summiteer Wrote:Burton Cummings / The Guess Who.......
and Randy Bachman
- emperor penguin - 02-27-2005
I think Tom Cochrane was pretty good too
- farmerdan - 02-27-2005
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:
- The Darkest Canuck - 02-27-2005
David Usher
K-OS
Sarah McLachlan
- beanmedic - 02-27-2005
On an unrelated note, The Darkest Canuck, how would you describe your mother?