Grateful Dead w/ Jerry Garcia

Pink Floyd before all the nonsense

Talking Heads

Fela Kuti

Zappa

Prime Prince in like 1984.

Had the chance to see Johnny Cash on his last tour. I skipped out because I didn't think it was that big of a deal.

Bill Evans

Prince

Led Zeppelin

The Band

Queen

The Talking Heads (I have seen David Bryne twice though)

Motorhead

Tom Petty

Ramones

The Buzzcocks

David Bowie

Keith Moon

• Jaco Pastorius

• Freddie Mercury

• Michael Jackson

• Prince

I know you're joking, but I really, really hate that this is going to likely become a common practice for people.

Frank Zappa

Just start writing. Maybe it’s prose at first, maybe it poetry. Find some of the phrases that resonate and feel true and use them as kind of landmarks. Be specific in detail rather than broad. Generalities won’t connect as much and feel like ad copy whereas a specific personal detail can be felt by an audience, even if it isn’t true to their life. If you have a rhythm in mind you can start mapping your words to that. They don’t need to match perfectly, but think about phrases or lines fitting with or dancing around the beat, whatever suits the music and the content. Then, try it out. If it doesn’t work don’t throw the whole thing out but rework it keeping parts that you like. If you are just starting writing songs, there is nothing wrong with borrowing some style from artists you admire (without plagiarizing). Play it for some friends and be open to feedback. Criticism of your creative work is not criticism of you, it helps you get closer to making something great.

For me :

• John lennon
• Elvis
• Micheal Jackson
• Stanley Kubrick
• Chester Bennigton

Prince

I saw AC/DC play live once in 2015. For old men, they still nailed it. Hopefully you can see them too, OP. Also The Scorpions are still touring.

As for me:

Led Zeppelin

David Bowie

Jimi Hendrix

[removed]

Original Alice in chains

Pantera

Jimi hendrix

The Band

Nirvana

Edit: Tom Petty just remembered he has passed

And how did I forget Talking Heads

MF DOOM

2pac

Ramones

Motorhead

The Doors

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Dio. I almost did but Dio died that year.

Write everything down. Don't hold back even if you think it's stupid. Then let it sit and come back to edit.

Nah I don’t really support this. But it’s going to happen a lot. I think you should try writing lyrics first, even if they’re bad.

how about your write down your thoughts and not write a song

then reread those words, and see what you can make out of that

if you are trying to start with a finished product, you are not going to be successful.

A couple that may be too high on the cheese-o-meter...

"Into the Mystic" Van Morrison

There's tons of beatles that fit the bill but i'll offer:

"Two of Us" despite it being a bit silly and about John and Paul's totally platonic friendship...

"When I'm 64"

U mean get someone to do it for me?

Find a lyricist who can communicate eloquently on your behalf!?!