Best Female Songrwiter (of all time)?

[nutfloppa]

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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

[SpaceAce]

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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

[rapidacid]

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

[Zeestein]

Does Nina Simone write her own songs?

[samsonite2100]

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.

[MicroBob]

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.

[hanimal]

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

[Cream Soda]

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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

[Mr. Mexican]

Alanis Moirsette

[EL Burro Loco]

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

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