Who is Australia's best ever singer/songwriter?

[Gough]

Robert Forster and Greg Macainsh deserve a mention.

 

[IAMDASH]

SPJ - All The Way!

 

[The old campaigner]

John Butler needs to be considered imho!

 

[TheEscapeClub]

I loved Nick Cave in The Birthday Party but solo he comes across (to me) as the most pretentious w*nker imaginable. As soon as someone calls themselves an 'artist' is almost always the time to stop listening.

Surely that title is safely held by Morrissey of The Smiths?

 

[TheEscapeClub]

Shorrock, Goble and Birtles - The Little River Band.

 

[catscratchfever]

Surely that title is safely held by Morrissey of The Smiths?

Yeah, call it a tie.

 

[rank and file]

I loved Nick Cave in The Birthday Party but solo he comes across (to me) as the most pretentious w*nker imaginable. As soon as someone calls themselves an 'artist' is almost always the time to stop listening.

I wish all these 'artists' would define what they mean by 'art'. Most of them wouldn't be able to do so clearly.

Nick Cave is a national living treasure and an artist.
True renaissance man.
Plays guitar,piano,writes books,stars in movies.
Saving up for the jumper,not sure if I should get the black one or white one.

 

[catscratchfever]

Nick Cave is a national living treasure and an artist.
True renaissance man.
Plays guitar,piano,writes books,stars in movies.
Saving up for the jumper,not sure if I should get the black one or white one.
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I saw him twice with The Birthday Party, they were forkin incredible.

Rowland S. Howard was an amazing guitarist and Tracy Pew was… Tracy Pew. Irreplaceable. RIP.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Joel Silbersher

 

[mr bagcroft]

Daniel Johns, and by a fair old margin.

 

[Plugger35]

I thought this was more solo singer/songwriters but if it's bands then Steve Kilbey gets my vote.

He wrote and sang one of the greatest songs of all time.




Not to mention all the other great Church songs he's written and sung, there's too many to mention.

 

[The Dice Man]

Gotta be Paul Kelly as far as lyricists go.

Musicianship maybe not.