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Modern Singer-Songwriter. Whether backed by an orchestra, some modern production or little more than their own acoustic guitar, these wonderful artists are the poets of today.
- Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” (dir. Francis Lawrence, 2009) By the time she crawled out of your mom’s Volvo roof box to deliver her first rah-rah-rahs, Lady Gaga had already hosted a poolside orgy, transformed the subway into her debaucherous lair, and sought poisonous revenge on Alexander Skarsgård for throwing her off the edge of a castle.
- Missy Elliott, “Work It” (dir. Dave Meyers, 2002) While most of her contemporaries settled for music videos that made them look tough or sexy, Missy Elliott got strange with hers, and “Work It” is a perfect distillation of her idiosyncratic vision of warped world.
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?)” (dir. Paul Hunter, 2000) Naked as the day he was born, save for a gold chain and bracelet, D’Angelo is the entirety of the simple, single-take video for “Untitled.”
- Beyoncé, “Formation” (dir. Melina Matsoukas, 2016) Beyoncé stopped the world for the umpteenth time when she dropped the explosive song and video for “Formation,” just a day before performing the anthem at Super Bowl 50.
150+ of the best Singer-Songwriter songs with artists like, City and Colour, Bob Dylan, Hozier, Beck, Bruce Cockburn, John Mayer, George Ezra, Willie Nelson ...
- Matt Andersen - I'm Giving In (Music Video)245.5K Views
- Craig Cardiff - Dirty Old Town656.6K Views
- Old Man Luedecke - The Early Days56.1K Views
- Willie Nelson, Sister Bobbie - Who'll Buy My Memories (Official Video)320.2K Views
- David Bowie - Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) (Digital Video)227.5K Views
- Carole King - It's Too Late4.3M Views
- John Mayer - XO (Official Audio)18.1M Views
- Del Barber - The Waitress81.9K Views
- John Legend - All of Me (Official Video)
- Hozier - Take Me To Church559.2M Views
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As the '70s came to a close, the first wave of singer/songwriters had dispersed into soft rock (James Taylor), more experimental avenues (Joni Mitchell), or straight-ahead mainstream pop (Carole King, Paul Simon) and rock (Jackson Browne).
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