Joe: You actually have a shelf with that label, huh? I imagine the shelf is empty now that your Rod McKuen is gone. (Is that a book or an album?) I went and checked Google Sets (I just learned about that site from Stilly River Sage today.) to see who it might associate with Rod McKuen, and it came up with Harry Chapin, Gordon Lightfoot, and Harry Nilsson. Now, those guys are not high on my list of favorite songwriters, but it seems unfair to put them on a level with Rod McKuen.

I tried to think of who I WOULD classify with Rod McKuen, and it's hard to come up with anything.

The best I could do was

Rod McKuen : poetry :: Thomas Kinkade : painting

Hmmm. I might start a thread on this subject.