David Bowie related..which singer songwriters have had the most impact on you?

[99 pewtercoupe]

David Bowie was an amazing talent who will be sorely missed. What other singer / song writers have really struck a chord or two with your heart and soul? Not limited to those that have passed, just those that have had a big impact on you.
A few for me...
Leonard Cohen
Warren Zevon
Al Stewart

Who makes you stop and listen even if you have heard the song hundreds of times?

[MrPeabody]

Bob Dylan, although I don't care for him as a performer.

Frank Zappa, but only some of his songs.

Miles Davis leads the non-vocal category.

[markids77]

Neil Young. Jerry Jeff Walker. Joni Mitchell. The Boss.

[Aerovette]

Billy Joel

[Millenium Vette]

Burt Bacharach, Carole King, McCartney/Lennon, Herb Alpert, Henry Mancini, Page/Plant, Eric Clapton, Ramsey Lewis, Carlos Santana, and many others.

[Black94lt1]

Warren Zevon
Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Tim McGraw

[StaticCling]

Rock: Rush, Neil Peart. Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler. Grateful Dead

Country: Waylon, Coe

Jazz: Coltrane

[Iron Chef]

Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, The Eagles, Boz Scaggs.

Interesting tidbit: Recently I was channel surfing and stopped on Palladia. They were airing a concert from 2014 that BBC2 put on in Hyde Park in London. It was Jeff Lynne, the leader of Electric Light Orchestra doing a concert of ELO's work for the first time in 20 years. I was surprisingly flooded with a lot of emotions. Takes me back to high school when I had some of my best times and fond memories. I bought the DVD and have watched probably 15 times since.

50,000 ticket sold out in 1/2 an hour. People were singing every word. Some crying too.

So yeah...ELO as well. :yesnod:

[ZipZap]

Carly Simon.

She wrote that song about me.

[HellCat]

John Prine, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, the Seldom Scene.

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[Barn Babe]

David Bowie is the first to really impact me. Actually, Princess Di was the first, but Bowie is the first musician.

[Dan Dlabay]

Lennon & McCartney, Plant & Page, Allman Brothers, The Stones, Jim Morrison

[Jeff '79]

All of them

[Jeff '79]

David Bowie is the first to really impact me. Actually, Princess Di was the first, but Bowie is the first musician.

Weird, but it is really affecting me too.
Bowie was always in the back ground for me while growing up. He's an artist that, when one of his songs came on, I wouldn't change it.
I wasn't a huge fan, but, like I said, he was always there, entertaining me.
Weird that I have these feelings, but they're there.

[American Made]

I can't believe he passed, didn't even know he had cancer. :sadangel: I wasn't a fan as a kid but knew how many loved him. It was his later stuff that stole my heart so to speak. This song especially. R.I.P. Poet.

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[MrPeabody]

Weird, but it is really affecting me too.
Bowie was always in the back ground for me while growing up. He's an artist that, when one of his songs came on, I wouldn't change it.
I wasn't a huge fan, but, like I said, he was always there, entertaining me.
Weird that I have these feelings, but they're there.

I feel much the same way. Not a big fan, but I did buy some of his albums.

He was more than a musician, he was the total package as an artist. He himself was a work of art.

[Jeff '79]

I feel much the same way. Not a big fan, but I did buy some of his albums.

He was more than a musician, he was the total package as an artist. He himself was a work of art.

Well said... :yesnod:

[Steve Austin]

Tom Waits, Hendrix, and SRV are top 3 but the list could be long.:cert:

[78SA]

Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish.

[99 pewtercoupe]

I feel much the same way. Not a big fan, but I did buy some of his albums.

He was more than a musician, he was the total package as an artist. He himself was a work of art.

I saw a post somewhere else today that basically said " he has reinvented himself again. We just haven't figured it out yet".