Best Female Songrwiter (of all time)?
 

I nominate Steve Nicks.

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Sarah McLachlan
Cindy Walker
Diane Warren
Carole King

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Loretta Lynn

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Diane Warren


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This came to mind for me. She doesn't perform her songs (I don't think) and yet she has a ton of hits.

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I'm not really too conscious of female songwriters that I really like. Which is a bit odd, because I generally love female vocalists.

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Joni Mitchell usually shows up near the top of this list. Carly Simon certainly deserves to be on the list somewhere.

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Jewel





easy money

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lol at you peope o m g

this is a good question and there is a correct abswer

people think questionwss like thi s have no correct answer , like u learn that bs in your schools, look i dropped out at 6th grade b/c i cld sense right away that it was poison and u no what, i might not be able to spell, but im much better off for it.

so anyway the correct answer her is mazzy starr

any1 who is any1 knows this

end of thread.

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i dont know why im even waisting my time on this foerum

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I nominate Steve Nicks.

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duvalin - I replied in your other thread.
Mazzy Star isn't a person.

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Fiona Apple

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Patti Smith

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i dont know why im even waisting my time on this foerum

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THIS we can fix for you...

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I'll throw out two names for honoralbe mention since they haven't been mentioned: Dolly Parton and Tori Amos

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Fergie

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Carole King

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this is possibly the only correct answer. the amount of hits that she wrote is insane

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liz phair?

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Jewel





easy money

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gotta love jewel but she isnt the best songwriter

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Patty Smythe

Stevie Nicks

Does Madonna count? I don't think she was a songwriter...

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Carole King

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How is this not the first name on your list? I usually despise stupid message-board cliches, but seriously... /thread.

SpaceAce

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Carole King

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this is possibly the only correct answer. the amount of hits that she wrote is insane

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Must be the correct answer. Only other one I can think of is Cynthia Weill.

Actually I can't believe how few of my favorite albums are by female artists.

I kind of like some stuff by Pj Harvey. Same goes for Cat Power/Chan Marshall. I hate Björk. Madonna is ok at times. So is Joni Mitchell. Tracy Chapman's debut was great but that was it for her.
Gillian Welch is someone who is definitely a personal favorite of mine.
Joanna Newsom who so many adore at the moment, should be shot.

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Lucinda Williams

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RB

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bjork. i'm serious.

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Sarah McLachlan
Cindy Walker
Diane Warren
Carole King

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I just wrote them down as they came to mind. I should have listed them alphabetically.

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I would say it's definitely Carole King.

Some other good ones not mentionen: Dolly Parton -oops mentioned-, Ani DiFranco, Natalie Merchant, Sinead O'connor, Nina Simone, Krissy Hyndes.

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Fiona Apple

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absolutely correct, incredibly original, unique song writer.
bottom line she is a poet and what sets her apart are her arrangements (with help from people like Jon Brion), not like any typical pop chick songs, plus her phrasing and rhyming style of her words are not like the typical pop female vocalist.
basically what sets her apart: originality and passion



joni mitchell, second

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Aimee Mann is probably not best best, but she's up there.

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Rebecca Gates

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Carole King

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this is possibly the only correct answer. the amount of hits that she wrote is insane

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Fiona Apple



absolutely correct, incredibly original, unique song writer.
bottom line she is a poet and what sets her apart are her arrangements (with help from people like Jon Brion), not like any typical pop chick songs, plus her phrasing and rhyming style of her words are not like the typical pop female vocalist.
basically what sets her apart: originality and passion



joni mitchell, second

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LOL at Joni Mitchell 2nd to Fiona Apple

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Fiona Apple



absolutely correct, incredibly original, unique song writer.
bottom line she is a poet and what sets her apart are her arrangements (with help from people like Jon Brion), not like any typical pop chick songs, plus her phrasing and rhyming style of her words are not like the typical pop female vocalist.
basically what sets her apart: originality and passion



joni mitchell, second

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LOL at Joni Mitchell 2nd to Fiona Apple

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LOL, wow, I didn't notice that one. Different opinions are part of what make the world such an interesting place, but Joni Mitchell second to Fiona Apple... lol. Joni Mitchell's music is incredible. I'll put Coyote (especially the Last Waltz version) up against anything Fiona Apple (or any other songwriter for that matter) ever wrote.

If any woman can give Carole King a run for the money, it's Joni Mitchell. I'm sorry, but I just can't see Fiona Apple as even being in the same league as two songwriters like Carole King and Joni Mitchell.

SpaceAce

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Tracy Chapman's first album is pretty incredible ... Exile in Guyville from Liz Phair is also really, really good, but most people wouldn't know that from the stuff she puts out now

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Does Nina Simone write her own songs?

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Carole King is the right answer, definitely. She wrote "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," fer chrissakes. I'd put Chrissie Hynde and Christine McVie up there, too.

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I'm not much of a Joni Mitchell fan.

I thought Fiona's first album, Tidal, was really amazing.

Always been a fan of Carole King and that's who I initially thought of when I saw the thread.

Agree that Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville is good but this one's probably not all the way up there with the greats.

One mostly unknown one that I like better than Exile in Guyville:
Was really impressed with the mid or late 90's Patti Rothberg album 'Between the 1 and the 9'. Great flow to the album and great songs throughout.

Some of the good ones are the ones where you just KNOW they were going through some lousy heartache at the time they wrote it.

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Yeah, personal bias for me.
Objectively I'd put Joni Mitchell first.

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I thought Fiona's first album, Tidal, was really amazing.

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All three of them are really amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MrIHH2zdBc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRyvi_sZ_Sg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krTE0AJkqj4

http://www.azlyrics.com/a/apple.html

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Alanis Moirsette

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Aimee Mann is probably not best best, but she's up there.

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