okay, the correct list would be.

John Prine
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Van Morrison
Elvis Costello

how did i come to that conclusion, you may ask?

well, the areas i was to judge were as follows:

overall coolness
magnitude of work
musical talent level
artistic integrity

with 10 being the highest, here is how i broke it down

overall coolness
prine - 10
young - 7 (i took off some because he's a spaz and overly weird sometimes)
springsteen -6 (points deducted for overbite and showing his ass too much)
van morrison - 5 (heavy markoff for fashion sense)
elvis costello -5 (glasses and various and sundry other things)

magnitude of work
prine - 10
young -10
springsteen -10
morrison - 9
costello -8

musical talent level
prine -5
young - 7 (best one note solos of all-time)
springsteen - 8
morrison - 5
costello - 6

artistic integrity
prine - 10
young - 10
springsteen - 7
morrison - 9
costello -8

totals:
prine - 35
young -34
springsteen - 31
morrison - 29
costello - 27

and there it is.

you guys just throw your lists on my comments section without giving any specifics to detail and you should all be ashamed of yourselves. top five lists are to be given thought and effort and i will not accept anything less than your utmost attention. and also, anyone who put john prine at the bottom of the list is a fucking retard and shouldn't read my thoughts anymore. you make me sick at my stomach and i'm probably gonna have to go throw up just thinking about your miserable, pathetic excuse of a brain. dumbasses.

alright here is your lists today:

rank the following songwriters using the previous scale:

willie nelson
merle haggard
hank williams
johnny cash
waylon jennings

try to do better today. fucksticks.

okay buttnuggetts, i need to go shower and get ready for the day. i'll be at the wreck tonight if anyone wants to go.

thought for the day:

"they shouldn't call it life. they should call it fucked up" - frank the ex-doorman at the wreck room

break it off up in it,

scott