[The Corsair]

Jon Fratelli as far as songwriting goes, Rou Reynolds for lyrics (though I don't aim to write all my songs as politically charged as his, I just like the idea of 'if you're going to say something, say something useful')

[james bond 007]

john barry ......he wrote some great ones for me but im hoping to find a new songwriting guru here who can write me a new great theme!   http://bit.ly/TO2SKa

[Jukentins]

Pete Doherty, especially when combined to Carl Barât; Morrisey/Johnny Marr and Alex Turner. I think I have a little bit of Chico Buarque (Brazilian musician) in my songwriting style, sometimes.

[tina m]

i think  the best have names that read forward & backward like john barry / barry john why has no one else realised this people love names that are realy just a mix of christian names ...dylan bob obviosly doesnt work & i think we can all hear that he made a fatal error

[man of simple pleasures]

the top 3 for me gotta be...

lennon & mccartney
noel gallagher
neil young

[tina m]

young neil works better than old neil thats why he chose neil young but lennon & mccartney shows the alphabet is king & altho macca might was better  he had to put up with lennon being first cos of the bloody alphabet

[man of simple pleasures]

young neil works better than old neil thats why he chose neil young but lennon & mccartney shows the alphabet is king & altho macca might was better  he had to put up with lennon being first cos of the bloody alphabet

hahaha you need to write a book like!

[JackMusic]

I consult Arthur Lee from Love first, then Bob Marley and Sam Cooke, then Morrisey and finally anything current, put on Radio 1, steal two or three notes from their idea, put some fingerpicking under it and go off in a random direction.

[S.T.C]

young neil works better than old neil thats why he chose neil young but lennon & mccartney shows the alphabet is king & altho macca might was better  he had to put up with lennon being first cos of the bloody alphabet

Macca was better than Lennon?  i think what they did after the Beatles ..shows who the better song writer was....John boy!!

[nooms]

Macca was better than Lennon?  i think what they did after the Beatles ..shows who the better song writer was....John boy!!

cant agree with you there stc, lennons last 'proper' album was a lot of sentimental twaddle, he was really treading water...

[S.T.C]

Macca was better than Lennon?  i think what they did after the Beatles ..shows who the better song writer was....John boy!!

cant agree with you there stc, lennons last 'proper' album was a lot of sentimental twaddle, he was really treading water...

Wings existed longer than the Beatles..what did they do Band on the run!..then what Mull of Kintyre,,Ebony and ivory..frog princess......just review JL`S greatest hits compilation[i`m sure you know it well ]

One clearly missed the other  and i know who was doing the missing..

[nooms]

gimme some truth is my fave on that album..

if you think of macca only in those terms then your not listening stc

[S.T.C]

gimme some truth is my fave on that album..

if you think of macca only in those terms then your not listening stc

Are we bickering?

[tina m]

hey you cant have a row without me 
altho the beatles were before my time i still think they were the greatest pop group ever
macartney was a melodic genius but was also twee & soppy
lennon was a original thinker & a rebel & a embaressing fool
put them togeththr & you got something wonderful but on there own they were nothing but at least maccas melodies were musical.... lennon had very little to offer musicaly.... i think people who like him are just attracted to rebels & get of on that

[S.T.C]

hey you cant have a row without me 
altho the beatles were before my time i still think they were the greatest pop group ever
macartney was a melodic genius but was also twee & soppy
lennon was a original thinker & a rebel & a embaressing fool
put them togeththr & you got something wonderful but on there own they were nothing but at least maccas melodies were musical.... lennon had very little to offer musicaly.... i think people who like him are just attracted to rebels & get of on that

Tina, he wrote... Imagine,working class hero,Jealous guy....to name 3...  these are pure songs.he wasn`t poppy like Sir Paul......  Lennons been dead for 30 years don`t forget,,,,how many other classic songs could he had written