Top 5 Song Writers Of The 80's

I think the 80's produced great song writers and some exceptional music. Name your top 5 song writers of the '80's.

Here's mine:

5. Annie Lennox/Dave Stewart
4. David Bryne
3. Prince
2. Bono
1. Michael Stipe

dawgbyte02-09-2007 9:44pm

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audiotomb Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,112 posts 02-10-2007 at 06:12am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete suzanne vega peter gabriel david byrne steve winwood tim flynn elvis costello dylan (Oh Mercy) Robbie Robertson Bono donald fagen - pre writer's block nightfly
slothman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 311 posts 02-10-2007 at 01:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Sting Peter Gabriel Rickie Lee Jones Mark Knopfler Tom Petty
martykl Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,578 posts 02-10-2007 at 03:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My first impuse numbers one through four have already been identified; Hiatt, Thompson, Westerberg, and Crenshaw. Number 5, however, could go a lot of ways; Graham Parker or David Byrne or Allen Toussaint or Elvis Costello or Todd Rundgren or Karl Wallinger (World Party, The Waterboys) or August Darnell (Kid Creole) or etc., etc..... Lots of good songwriters out there
rosstaman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 455 posts 02-10-2007 at 04:31pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete David Byrne Joe Jackson Danny Elfman Bono Elvis Costello
soundwatts Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 221 posts 02-10-2007 at 06:45pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Nanci Griffith Lyle Lovett Dylan of course Elvis Costello Lucy kaplansky

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