A LOT of famous songs are written by outside writers. And its sad. Why must a musician, to be known, have to get weighted
And written songs made for them to be well known. Damn this dictated society.
I don't understand this point of view. Well, I understand it, but I don't understand the statement "damn this dictated society"? What does that mean? So you can't be good at ONE thing, you have to be the total package? I've had this conversation before; I think Elvis wrote something like three songs in his catalogue. Frank Sinatra.
Art is about expression; express how you see fit. Are you really telling me that Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan are somehow "better" because they croak out their own lyrics, than, say, Pavarotti?
Totally agree with this.
And I think that there are artists out there that would be much better if they would just play/sing the songs others have written.
For instance I really like Steve Morse's guitar playing, but his solo records are almost always very mediocre, because I don't think he's a good song writer. In a band situation where he's only contributing some parts and not writing whole songs he's much much better.
I would say this "dictated society" works more the other way round. If you can't write your own songs you aren't a "real musician" is the feeling I often get from people. If someone relys on outside writers, he's got no credibility, especially in the prog scene.