Greatest Living American Songwriters

About this episode

The hosts discuss a controversial list of the greatest living American songwriters and express their disappointment over the absence of Billy Joel and Weird Al.

The eggheads over at The New York Times put together a list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters in order to get people to get mad on the internet and it worked! This week we're going through the list and lamenting the lack of Billy Joel and Weird Al on it. For full-length weekly bonus episodes check out the TCGTE Patreon! Like the show? Rate Us on Apple Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: The Complete Guide to Everything

Topics covered

• songwriters
• music
• American culture
• internet outrage
• Billy Joel
• Weird Al

Keywords

• greatest living American songwriters
• New York Times
• Billy Joel
• Weird Al
• music controversy
• internet debate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New York Times

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