Greatest songwriting teams in rock music

aimeeandbeatles · Mar 25, 2011

OK when typing up articles I found this in a kinda review of Playback:

It's finally here: This week marks the release of a bunch of unheard songs from one of the greatest songwriting teams in rock music, along with a full career retrospective.
No, not that team. You've got Beatles on the brain, mate.
Besides, Lennon/McCartney sets a standard that probably can never be matched. But at times, Tom Petty and Mike Campbell have come pretty close.

And then i got to thinking and looking around and I found this in a 2001 interview with former Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch:

That's good advice for a lot of people now who have home studios and sit in them by themselves.
Yeah, you need a muse. It's like, Mick needs Keith. John needs Paul. You gotta find your crowd and then you gotta give it up to them a little too, you know; you can't force them to love you. Collaboration is a whole other thing, you have to let the collaboration happen, and that's a wonderful lesson to learn.

so I thought this would be a good discussion so please don't shoot me for basing the idea off Petty articles. So discuss: Who are the greatest songwriting teams in rock music. And what are your favorites?

SuperJay · Mar 25, 2011

For a second I thought the OP was devoid of Petty, and I was really proud of you.. then I read more closely

Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter (inb4 Owen), and Trey Anastasio and Tom Marshall are the first that come to my mind. Not the greatest in rock music, but among the best I'm sure. :beer:

sophie · Mar 25, 2011

We get it, you like TP. Try making a music thread without mentioning them.

aimeeandbeatles · Mar 25, 2011

This thread went down the drain fast

Its what i know

sophie · Mar 25, 2011

aimeeandbeatles said:
This thread went down the drain fast

Its what i know

Then why not try expanding your knowledge, like everyone has been trying to tell you for the last, god knows how long.

Listen to some new bands; there's more to this world than Tom Petty.

aimeeandbeatles · Mar 25, 2011

forget this thread. Just lock it or something. It went downhill fast

madviking · Mar 25, 2011

Billy Corgan and Billy Corgan.

lordsurya08 · Mar 25, 2011

aimeeandbeatles said:
forget this thread. Just lock it or something. It went downhill fast

It didn't "go" downhill, it started at the bottom in the first place.

And I'm not sure about the Petty/Campbell partnership ever coming close to the Lennon/McCartney partnership...yes, Damn the Torpedoes was the equal of, say, A Hard Day's Night, but it took Petty 1 year to make the album while the Beatles were releasing albums twice a year plus four hit singles (which were usually not on the albums)

ParadigmShifter · Mar 25, 2011

Lennon/McCartney of course.

Simon/Garfunkel might be good too - but I don't think Garfunkel actually did anything apart from the frizzy hair thing.

Serutan · Mar 25, 2011

Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Micheal Stipe.

aimeeandbeatles · Mar 25, 2011

lordsurya08 said:
It didn't "go" downhill, it started at the bottom in the first place.

And I'm not sure about the Petty/Campbell partnership ever coming close to the Lennon/McCartney partnership...yes, Damn the Torpedoes was the equal of, say, A Hard Day's Night, but it took Petty 1 year to make the album while the Beatles were releasing albums twice a year plus four hit singles (which were usually not on the albums)

You do realize that a majority of that year was spent in a courtroom? Torpedoes was scheduled for May 1979, I think, but the whole legal mess happened. But dont derail this thread and ask in the Pettyologist thread please

Serutan · Mar 25, 2011

Also Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Niel Peart.

azzaman333 · Mar 26, 2011

Is this a thread where we name the song writing members of the bands we like?

Serutan · Mar 26, 2011

azzaman333 said:
Is this a thread where we name the song writing members of the bands we like?

If the songs are credit to more than one writer, yes. Ex - you can't use The Who
because Townsend and Entwistle never collaborated (officially, at least).

sophie · Mar 26, 2011

Harrison and, er. Harrison

(maybe Harrison and Clapton for Badge?)

rugbyLEAGUEfan · Mar 26, 2011

Bernie Taupin / Elton John

Keith Richards / Mick Jagger

James hetfield / Lars ulrich

Dave Gilmour / Roger waters (sort of)

Dj jazzy Jeff / Fresh Prince

lordsurya08 · Mar 26, 2011

aimeeandbeatles said:
You do realize that a majority of that year was spent in a courtroom? Torpedoes was scheduled for May 1979, I think, but the whole legal mess happened. But dont derail this thread and ask in the Pettyologist thread please

I didn't ask a question, I made a reply to your statement, so it wouldn't be in the Pettyologist thread. And I understand your courtroom point, but the Beatles were touring nonstop during their With The Beatles/A Hard Day's Night period, writing their songs on the go. Both artists were very busy, but Lennon/McCartney accomplished more during one year than Petty.

aimeeandbeatles · Mar 26, 2011

OK, but what I'd like to know is if they did over 100 takes of a song on top of all that touring.

SuperJay · Mar 26, 2011

Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters, definitely.

Miles Davis and Bill Evans.

Link to video.

Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck.

Link to video.

(Yeah these aren't rock but who cares? screw rock music.)

azzaman333 · Mar 26, 2011

Kavyen Temperley, Stuart MacLeod and Joel Quartermain.

Link to video.

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