Top 15 of the greatest rock authors in history!
The greatest authors of the rock songs have a lot in common. First, it is one of the loudest names in the history of rock music. And these famous names wrote some of the most popular songs in the world ... Secondly, even if you are not too familiar with these authors of songs, you definitely heard their songs at least once or twice in life ... Yes, perhaps you are not familiar with their names or persons, but you should know their music! For some strange reason, you may not hear about John Lennon or McCartney field, but you definitely heard about The Beatles and their music. The same with Freddie Mercury and Queen ...
Bob Dylan is considered one of the first authors of the songs, which included poetry, imagery and public consciousness in rock music. His effect is very wide. Many songwriters in this list consider Dilan one of the most important authors in the history of rock. Perhaps he did not have the same influence as Dylan, but Kurt Cobain was one of the most important authors of the songs in the latest history. His career may have been short, but his influence on the history of music should not be underestimated. It is not easy to determine which of these authors the best songs. You decide who is the greatest author of rock songs of all time ... However, they will not remember their names.
Paul McCartney
More mature Sir's class floor McCartney sign as a cult "Bitle", however, in addition to participating in The Beatles, he presented the world a great music Wings ... Paul McCartney came to the Guinness Book of Records, in particular - for his contribution to the latest music history! Its 60 discs became gold, and the total circulation of plates has long exceeded 100 million copies around the world ...
One of the legendary creations of the author is the famous "Yesterday": the song was overwritten by other performers more than 3 thousand times! And already released as part of Wings "Mull of Kintyre" set a record as the first British record in history, the circulation of which exceeded 2 million copies ...
John Lennon
Duet Lennon - McCartney became one of the most influential and successful author unions in the history of modern music. The Beatles Colleague by The Beatles, Lennon wrote dozens of cult compositions that no longer sound to this day ... the most important example is "Imagine".
In the work, John Lennon expressed his point of view and looks at life, he boldly spoke of how the world should be arranged ... The musician preached the ideas of equality and fraternity of people, peace, freedom ... This made it one of the most influential people of the 60s - 70s.
Bob Dylan.
Carefully changed its vector sound in the mid-60s, Bob Dylan released the legendary six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone": the innovative concept of the track is considered one of the critical moments in the pop music of the 20th century.
Dilan's texts contain a wide range of political, social, philosophical and literary trends. In his work, the musician threw a deer challenge to all existing rules! A unique feature is considered to be the ability to raise serious topics, comparing them with high poetry ... It was Dylan who had a great influence on Matrov such as Johnny Cash, Neil Young and even The Beatles!
Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury always remained the creative center of Queen ... It is worth noting that each member of the group was the author of at least one hit! However, the cult "Bohemian Rhapsody" wrote none other than Freddie ...
Quite often, the lyrics written, written by Mercury, remained a mystery to the public ... The author himself clearly liked it: the Frontman Queen preferred not to disclose the essence of the tracks, giving the listener the opportunity to think about it on his own ...
David Bowie
During the 50-year career, the image of David Bowie has repeatedly undergone changes ... because of this, the musician is often called the "chameleon of rock music". In his songs, Bowie raised complex theme and serious social issues. Innovative creativity and the scenic formulation of his living speeches brought a new paradigm into the popular music of the early 70s!
The unique feature of David Bowie has always been devotion to their own recognizable style, the unique voice timbre and the intellectual depth of the work created by him ...
Prince
During life, this great genius wrote dozens of cult hits, among which the famous "Purple Rain"! The composition in which the rock, pop, gospel and orchestral music merged, remains one of the most prominent works of Prince for his entire career ...
Common circulation of prince plates has long exceeded 100 million copies. The name of the musician was listed in the Hall of Glory Rock and Roll ...
Robert Plant.
Robert Plant.After the collapse of LED Zeppelin, the Plant began a successful solo career, which continues to this day. The talent of the Plata as the author of the songs was first apparent as part of the album LED Zeppelin II. At the same time, his passion for black blues music was noted ...The author's vertex of Plant is considered the legendary "Stairway to Heaven", the text of which fascinates with its mystery, mystical mood and extraordinary beauty ...
Joni Cash
With this genius for a long time and closely associated sustainable phrase "man in black". In many ways, because of his love for black things ... The lyrics of Joni Cache's songs were distinguished by an extraordinary depth, simplicity ... They were also close to the public.
Cash continued to sign up until his death. Unfortunately, the icons of Country proclaimed in the first place in 2003 ...
Mark Nopfler
Mark Nopfler acquired the greatest popularity as the author of songs, solo guitarist and vocalist DIRE STRAITS. In addition to the legendary author of the songs, the musician is widely known as one of the greatest guitarists: it was Nopfler who popularized the finger technique of the game.
Mark Nopfler worked with celebrities such as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Sting ... He also produced Tina Tirener's album and wrote music to many films, among which the "local hero" and "terrorist diary".
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton is one of the most influential rock musicians in history! He also remains the only musician who was introduced into the Hall of Glory Rock and Roll three times ... besides the fact that he is a great guitarist, Eric Clapton also made himself a reputation as a great author of rock songs! Listen to his famous hit "Layla" ...
In addition to Lyla, Clapton became widely glorified, fulfilling a cover version "I SHOT THE SHERIFF" Bob Marley ...
Tom Petty.
Popularity came to Petty after the formation of the group The Heartbreakers. The volume was also a participant of the superband The Traveling Wilburys! As the musician himself told, his further fate was determined after he saw the performance of The Beatles in 1964: "... This event changed my whole life ..." From the most popular and truly beautiful hits of Tom Petei - magnificent "Mary Jane's Last Dance" ...
In October 2017, Petty was discovered in his home in Malibu unconscious. The musician had a complete stop of the heart. After a long struggle for life, the doctors decided to disable the livelihood system ...
Kurt Cobain
Probably, the legendary "Smells Like Teen Spirit", written by the leader of Nirvana just a few months before his death, will never forget ... This song has become a timeless hit, in fact, what she had to become (judging by the title ...)
Perhaps, against the background of other participants in this Top, Kurt Kobein clearly contrast ... His career of a grunge musician turned out to be unforgivable short ... but his influence on the history of music should not be underestimated.
Roy Orbison
Is it worth talking about an infinite author's talent Roy Orbison? Or just listen to the legendary "Oh, Pretty Woman" (which will be much nicer ...)
By the way: a cult Hit, who has been more than 50 years old (!!!), was written by Orbison together with Bill Dees, smoothly for as much as the composition itself lasts!
David Gilmore
Speaking about the greatest authors of rock hits would be unforgivable to bypass David Gilmor's side: after recording animals he decided that his musical potential was used only by half ... The musician decided to fix it, releaseing a solo David Gilmour 1978. Here Gilmore fully demonstrated his talent! From now on, each job only confirms his status of a talented author of music and texts!
It is noteworthy in the mid-80s, in the midst of a tense relationship inside Pink Floyd, Gilmore stated: "... the group exhausted its creative opportunities ..."
Pete Townsend
Pete Townsend is known as the founder, the leader and author of almost all songs of The Who, called one of the most influential groups of the XX century. And to make sure in the author's talent of Touoxend, it is enough to listen to "WONT GET FOOLED AGAIN" ...
Today, Pete Townsend is also one of the most influential rock guitarists of all time! In a word - truly talented man talented in everything ...