1. frank zappa
2. thom yorke
3. david byrne
4. lou reed
5. david bowie
6. tom waits
7. ray davies
8. paul mccartney
9. thurston moore
10. black francis
HMs: paul simon, john lennon, pete townshend, bob dylan
Top 10 greatest songwriters in rock history
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Ryan Mitchell
Big fan of all of them, but paul is a better songwriter than both Lou reed and David bowie. Keep in mind what songwriting is, paul really had it down
Bentley Parker
>Thom Yorke
Elijah Nelson
Zappa is one of my favorite musicians. But probably one of the worst songwriters.
Dominic Martin
Dude i can see that you might get a fair amount of heat for this but this list is actually really good
AND THE HEAT GOES ON
Adam Lee
Not so bad, ill add jimmy page, peter gabriel
Ian Lopez
im sure he's gutted the anime waifu creep doesn't approve of him
Brody Wood
>No Dylan
You really think don't you eat that yellow snow is better songwriting then Dylan?
Zachary Green
not lyrically but musically yeah, and i HM'd Dylan
Michael Collins
Dylan
Cohen
Neil Young
McCartney
Roy Orbison
Bowie
Paul Simon
Robert Hunter
Joni Mitchell
Johnny Cash