Posted on 05/05/2026 10:53:39 AM PDT by MarlonRando
A list of the 30 greatest American living songwriters. on the list:
Young Thug, Bad Bunny, Jay-Z and more!!!
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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They were waiting for David Allen Coe to die so they could make this list.
I honestly can’t name one jay-Z “song”
Bob Segar better be on there!.............
Jimmy Webb belongs onthere somehwere.
That list is an absolute joke. Not surprising, given that it’s the NYT.
The NYT “Greatest Songwriters” List is an Absolute Disaster
(Rick Beato)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr2nuKFM33s
He’s not.
Never heard most of them, but I’ll accept the list now that I’ve found Bob Dylan on it.
I like Rick. He’s a good cat
I will agree to about 3-4 people on that list. The rest are crap as is their music.
No Jim Steinman?
No Tony Carey?
I don’t know half of those people..........Taylor Swift? Really?...............
Exactly and the twat Swift, really?...
I advise looking at Rick Beato’s comments posted here twice
He has his comments about Jimmy Webb being left off the list.
A couple of years ago I discovered “Empire State of Mind”...on youtube.He wrote it and he and Alicia Keyes perform it. It’s really good...both the song and the video.
No Neil Diamond. What a joke.
“I like Rick. He’s a good cat”
Rick Beato has an extensive music education besides being good at communicating what’s going on with music old and new
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