Red Mosquito

tree_ wrote:

bart wrote:How long until we compete the list that pops up when you google “musicians that died young”?

not gonna happen

people like jimi hendrix, john lennon, elliott smith etc. are untouchable

Smith kind of qualifies actually.

Terribly sad all round, but true.

Good post, lenny.

Ello Sailor wrote:

tree_ wrote:

bart wrote:How long until we compete the list that pops up when you google “musicians that died young”?

not gonna happen

people like jimi hendrix, john lennon, elliott smith etc. are untouchable

Smith kind of qualifies actually.

Terribly sad all round, but true.

I know a lot of people feel this way. So in a way he’s not even that revered now.

Until recently I thought people really liked Elliot Smith, but I don't think that's the case anymore

They've moved on. Not me tho

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Nick Drake

He was great though.

JuanHamm wrote:Until recently I thought people really liked Elliot Smith, but I don't think that's the case anymore

Who doesn't like Elliott Smith? Me and tree love Elliott Smith

tree_ wrote:They've moved on. Not me tho

Thanks for ruining my dumb joke with your edit

All of them

i got bugs wrote:All of them

I would argue Elliott Smith would be more revered had he not died, cause his best work was yet to come.

tree_ wrote:

i got bugs wrote:All of them

I would argue Elliott Smith would be more revered had he not died, cause his best work was yet to come.

prove it

Chris_H_2 wrote:

tree_ wrote:

i got bugs wrote:All of them

I would argue Elliott Smith would be more revered had he not died, cause his best work was yet to come.

prove it

Well, I'd compare the album he was unable to complete before his death to his previous albums, for starters. He was getting better, more creative, and he showed no signs of slowing his output.

or take these two songs for example.. incomplete, unreleased, unfinished songs.. he had loads of these that would have benefitted from better production and time, and I'd still consider them among his best the way they are

Do you subscribe to the "Elliott Smith was murdered" theory, tree_?

tree_ wrote:or take these two songs for example.. incomplete, unreleased, unfinished songs.. he had loads of these that would have benefitted from better production and time, and I'd still consider them among his best the way they are

Nice. Big Elliott Smith fan.

Jorge wrote:Do you subscribe to the "Elliott Smith was murdered" theory, tree_?

I think it's possible but there's not enough information to sway me in either direction. We do know he was often struggling enough to have killed himself, and that he attempted it at least once.

Anders wrote:Nice. Big Elliott Smith fan.

your stock has just gone up in my book

Jeff Buckley

The Argonaut wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:Until recently I thought people really liked Elliot Smith, but I don't think that's the case anymore

Who doesn't like Elliott Smith? Me and tree love Elliott Smith