Contrarian Dickhead Fite!

Hart to Mould

Several of those non-celebrated songwriters are super-celebrated, and "contrarian" is up there with "pretentious" and "elitist" in the "words only a buffoon would use with a straight face" stakes

Ya hear that, assorted buffoons of ILX(?)

Cale seems the most obvious.

hart to mould easily

I like Carl and Dan equally but I thought Dan was largely more-celebrated? Carl is fucking great though

Dan's solo records are more widely celebrated in general, but I for one don't like him - particularly when his songs crop up in the middle of a NP album.

i think the ultimate contrarian move is to argue that george is a better songwriter than john and paul

I prefer Phife to Q-Tip

Hart to Mould x1000

Excuse me, I am not a dickhead!! Regarding songwriting, Hart > Mould and Cale > Reed imo.
The others I have mild feelings about but I do genuinely prefer those two.

Dickhead. I am so sure!

I do think I like this Benjamin Orr album better than any of Ocasek’s solo stuff tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4pDWgIlBRA

I prefer Dan Bajar to AC Newman

i don't think this is that controversial?

i don't think any of these are that controversial AND y'all called me a dickhead!

and dan bejar is pretty far from non-celebrated. actually probably currently the more zeitgeisty of the two surely?

when i was young i remember preferring mccartney to lennon being controversial but not anymore i don't think

Wow - I really shouldn't start polls after drinking.

Signed,
A dickhead

My rationalization for some of these comparisons is output. Like Bejar only writes about 2 songs per NP album, right?

Oh man - I totally forgot Robert Pollard/Tobin Sprout.

ah, i suppose if you mean "strictly within the confines of the band in which they collaborate i prefer x to y" then it would be a different kettle of fish potentially

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Cale to Reed sometimes

Ringo to Paul

Did Orr write any Cars songs?

Yule to Cale and Reed.

Several of those non-celebrated songwriters are super-celebrated, and "contrarian" is up there with "pretentious" and "elitist" in the "words only a buffoon would use with a straight face" stakes

John Cale famously ignored by the critics

My contrarian position is that I have no idea who half these people are and I'm not that interested in finding out.

I've never heard of Dan Bajar or AC Newman tbh.

I probably listen to the chris bell album more than any chilton solo album. voted "super dickhead".

I've never heard of Dan Bajar or AC Newman tbh.

― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.)

it's actually dan bejar - i think they're in the band with the thread that's been erroneously labeled NSFW for over a decade?

Tucker to Yule. Case to Bejar and Newman duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

cooley to hood

levon to robbie

brix to mark

love to wilson

weir to garcia

(...syke on both counts)

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Bryan Ferry to Brian Eno