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Thread #52514 Message #805808
Posted By: Little Hawk
17-Oct-02 - 11:31 PM
Thread Name: Interesting Joni Mitchell article
Subject: RE: Interesting Joni Mitchell article
For great melodies, look more to Joni's first 5 or 6 albums than the later stuff, I think. For truly great melodies look to Bob Dylan! (There. That oughta stir up some controversy...)
Some other great songwriters: Willie Nelson, Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Al Stewart. They are each the absolute best at one thing...their own particular unique style of song and performance.
And that's the only definition of "best" that I really believe in.
- LH