Who is your favorite SONGWRITING DUO?

Self (somewhat) ^

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

The "Musicians Who Turn 50", "Musicians Who Turn 60", "Favorite Drummer" and "Favorite Guitarist" were such hit threads on FR, I've decided to do this one.

Who is your favorite SONGWRITING DUO?

We all know that Lennon-McCartney were amazing together and possibly the best songwriting duo ever. They might be mentioned several times on this thread. If you choose John & Paul, be specific about which song and lyric(s).

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

My favorites:

Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty

James Honeyman-Scott (R.I.P.) and Chrissie Hynde

[rintense]

Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, far better duo than Nick and Petty.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Ping

[philly-d-kidder]

Capain and tenille?
The carpenters?

[F15Eagle]

Lennon and McCartney - mostly before the White album (going against the crowd). Their early stuff is so much fun to play on guitar and sing.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

True, but did Lindsey & Stevie write a lot of stuff together? Stevie & Tom collaborated a lot, even though many of these songs they wrote together were sung individually by each.

[Petronski]

George and Ira.

[Grizzled Bear]

Dave Mustaine and Cristina Scabbia singing “A Tout le Monde” on Megadeth’s United Abominations CD.

[gorush]

Simon and Garfunkle

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Lieber and Stoller.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Or...Leiber and Stoller.

[InvisibleChurch]

john and paul

[the invisib1e hand]

the glimmer twins.

lennon-mccarney.

stevie knicks might be attractive if she didn't look so much like my sister.

[the invisib1e hand]

that’s “mccartney,” in case it wasn’t obvious.

[Westlander]

[FlingWingFlyer]

Jagger and Richards

[DBrow]

The Funkel Brothers, Simon and Gar.

[mdittmar]

Flatt and Scruggs,Buck Owens and Roy Clark

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"George and Ira."

Yes!

Add Rogers and Hammerstein and I'll vote for you. Did you want me to sing the score to "Oklahoma!" ? I grew up in 'The Theater.' I can do it. Anytime. Anywhere. Bring. It. On. :)

[DBrow]

Seriously this time, Fagan and Becker.

[ropin71]

John Leventhal and Shawn Colvin

John Leventhal and wife Roseanne Cash

I love most anything he touches, a tremendously talented musician.

[Grizzled Bear]

By Request -

METAL PING

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I secretly love Harold. There. I said it.

[La Enchiladita]

I kin sing it with ya....

“Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey,
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
When I drive them high steppin’ strutters.
Nosey pokes’ll peek thru’ their shutters and their eyes will pop!
The wheels are yeller, the upholstery’s brown,
The dashboard’s genuine leather,
With isinglass curtains y’ can roll right down,
In case there’s a change in the weather.
Two bright sidelight’s winkin’ and blinkin’,
Ain’t no finer rig I’m a-thinkin’
You c’n keep your rig if you’re thinkin’ ‘at I’d keer to swap
Fer that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!”

Oh yeah, I vote for Rodgers and Hammerstein too.

[kbennkc]

Anonymous and Traditional

[Jakarta ex-pat]

Morrisey/Marr

[Eddie01]

Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart.

I’m most correct on this so don’t argue monkey boy.

[Disciplinemisanthropy]

they havent written any good stuff lately

[Frank Sheed]

Lerner and Lowe. “My Fair Lady.” I rest my case.

[Frank Sheed]

http://www.earfloss.com/karaoke/8900166.html

[Pylon]

Milli and Vanilli

[La Enchiladita]

There’s no case involved in this. It’s about who is your *favorite* ... a matter of taste.

[kbennkc]

they havent written any good stuff lately

I would send you some of my 78 RPMs but I still have stupid Vista .

[Disciplinemisanthropy]

van morrison and about a million other people, one at a time.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Hurray! :)

I love “Kansas City” though I’ve never been. Think it’s any more up-to-date today? LOL!

Will:

I got to Kansas City on a Frid’y
By Sattidy I larned a thing or two
‘Coz up to then I didn’t have an idy
Of whut the modren world was comin’ to!
I counted twenty gas buggies goin’ by theirsel’s
Almost ev’ry time I tuk a walk.
‘Nen I put my ear to a Bell Telephone
And a strange womern started in to talk!

Man 1:
To you?

Man 2:
Whut next!

Men:
Yeah whut!

Will:
Whut next?
Gather ‘round!

Ev’rythin’s up to date in Kansas City
They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go!
They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high,
About as high as a buildin’ orta grow.
Ev’rythin’s like a dream in Kansas City,
It’s better than a magic lantern show!
Y’ c’n turn the radiator on
Whenever you want some heat.
With ev’ry kind o’ comfort
Ev’ry house is all complete.
You c’n walk to privies in the rain
And never wet your feet!
They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go,

Men:
Yes sir!
They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go!

Will:
Ev’rythin’s up to date in Kansas City
They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go!
They got a big theayter they call a burleeque.
Fer fifty cents you c’n see a dandy show.

Man 1:
Gals?

Will:
One of the gals was fat and pink and pretty,
As round above as she was round below.
I could swear that she was padded
From her shoulder to her heel,
But latter in the second act
When she began to peel
She proved that ev’rythin’ she had was absolutely real!
She went about as fur as she could go,

Men:
Yes sir!
She went about as fur as she could go!

[tacticalogic]

I’d like to hear Van and Gerry Rafferty together.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yer funny. :)

[Fiji Hill]

One of my favorites is James McGranahan and Daniel Webster Whittle, a duo who wrote a number of sacred tunes in the late nineteenth century, including “I’ll Stand By Until the Morning” (c. 1878).

[LiberConservative]

Simon and Garfunkel. Bernie Taupin and Elton John shared some magic as well.

[tacticalogic]

Bachman and Cummings come to mind.

[Hildy]

Leonard Cohen
Joni Mitchell

[rintense]

The majority of Fleetwood Mac songs were by Buckingham/Nicks.

[MarineBrat]

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel’s ex partner, Paul Simon.

[mcsparkle]

:D

[Proud2BeRight]

agreed, Simon and Garfunkle

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Derek Smalls and Nigel Tufnel.

[mountn man]

Brooks and Dunn

And Lange and Twain

O.K. forget Lange. But Twain.....

Yeeeeow

[Allegra]

Oh yeah, I vote for Rodgers and Hammerstein too.

And Rodgers and Hart.

And Lerner and Lowe.

And Wright and Forrester.

I'm a total Broadway geek. ;-)

[Fiji Hill]

Another favorite duo of mine is Harry Warren and Al Dubin, who wrote tunes for the movie musicals Gold Diggers of 1933, 42nd Street, and Gold Diggers of 1935.

[La Enchiladita]

I love “Kansas City” though I’ve never been. Think it’s any more up-to-date today? LOL!

No, they've gone "about as fur as they kin go.":-)

On the other hand...

"I'm just a girl who cain't say No....I'm in a turrible fix"
*Wink*