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10.51pm
10 August 2011
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I'm going with Jagger-Richards though they were essentially contemporaries.
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2.00pm
10 August 2011
Offline On a song for song basis, John-Taupin are probably neck and neck with Jagger-Richards; fabulous songs.
but Taupin has always been invisible – not as a songwriter but as a performer. That gives a slight edge IMHO to Jagger-Richards.
Somewhere in the mix I think we'd also have to consider Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford from Squeeze who were billed as the next Lennon-McCartney for a while – for good reason I think. Their lyrics are even better than Taupin's (maybe not Jagger's).
Anyone else like Squeeze?
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5.48pm
4 September 2010
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People often see similarities between Lennon-McCartney and Partridge-Moulding of XTC, even though they didn’t share writing credits.
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12.38am
23 January 2011
Offline I was going to say John-Taupin, too. However, wasn’t their arrangement more traditional…John did the music, Taupin the words? That’s a little different than Lennon/McCartney.
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8.53pm
4 December 2010
Offline Dylan-Harrison could have been the next Lennon-McCartney if they'd worked together for longer.
Butler-Chassagne, maybe? Not much commercial success, but there are parallels, such as the difference in style between partners (with exceptions).
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1 May 2011
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Stock/Aitken/Waterman? (According to wiki they’ve either written and/or produced over 100 top 40 hits and sold over 40 million albums!)
Quality wise (and also listenability) i immediately thought of Bernie Taupin and Elton John as they have the quality and consistency.
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10.41pm
19 September 2010
Offline The Walrus said:
Butler-Chassagne, maybe? Not much commercial success, but there are parallels, such as the difference in style between partners (with exceptions).
Why didn't I think of that?
Holland-Dozier-Holland were great writers, unfortunately they weren't performers.
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
9.48pm
14 November 2010
Offline I don't know how close they were but I love Pete Doherty-Carl Barat of the Libertines. Such a songwriting bromance, and they just wanted to have fun making music.
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3.27pm
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14 April 2010
Offline If we are talking about pure songwriting, then we could say that Lennon / McCartney became the next Lieber & Stoller. John was quoted as saying without Elvis there would be no Beatles. L & S wrote some of the songs that Elvis became synonymous with – “Hound Dog” and “Jailhouse Rock” leap to mind.
The Beatles themselves played L & S tunes like “Searchin”, “Three Cool Cats”, “Young Blood”, “Kansas City ” and one of my favorites, “Some Other Guy”. Later in his solo career, John recorded “Stand By Me “. Sadly, Jerry Lieber passed away last month at age 78.
If we are talking about songwriting duos who perform their own songs, it would be hard to argue Jagger / Richards. Not being a Simon & Garfunkel expert, I'm not sure if all of their songs were credited as such. Anyone?
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4.47pm
14 November 2010
Offline I think that was a really good post. I love Simon & Garfunkel, but as far as I know (from what my dad told me) Simon did the majority of the songwriting. A lot of people thing Art had the better voice though.
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5.08pm
19 September 2010
Offline Zig said:
Not being a Simon & Garfunkel expert, I’m not sure if all of their songs were credited as such. Anyone?
Just credited to Simon. Garfunkel wasn’t ever a songwriter, AFAIK. *checks wiki* Yep, he was sorta like Ringo’s solo career, mostly songs from some friends.
(God , this no math is hell in a handbag.)
Edit: The Clash's Strummer/Jones, perhaps?
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
