Red Mosquito

elliott smith's voice grates on me

zeb wrote:

i'm sorry to disappoint you, zeb

Wtf

chewm wrote:Wtf

he f*cking sucks

That's not an unpopular opinion, that's a dumb opinion.

zeb wrote:That's not an unpopular opinion, that's a dumb opinion.

mods? clearly this is a personal attack

Yeah but he's kinda right I guess.

chewm wrote:Yeah but he's kinda right I guess.

he's an idiot and ur an idiot

When you hit about 32 you realize Elliott Smith and most 90s lofi don't really deserve your valuable time

A band like Sponge you could listen to ironically but not Elliott

Not only was he authentic, he was also a hell of a composer. I get wanting to move on from that kinda stuff when you hit maturity, but I can't listen to something like "Oh Well Okay" (or even just look at its chord chart) and not be bowled over.

Elliott Smith was an ok songwriter, but his popularity among a very specific age group is terribly disproportionate to the quality of his works. Unless I watch some indie movie that shoves him into the soundtrack I doubt I'll ever listen to any of his songs again.

the music is fine...it's just his voice for me

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

chewm wrote:Yeah but he's kinda right I guess.

he's an idiot and ur an idiot

Dumba$$*

McParadigm wrote:Elliott Smith was an ok songwriter

You are a silly goose

theplatypus wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Elliott Smith was an ok songwriter

You are a silly goose

I probably am. But that's exactly how good a songwriter he was.

he's the force awakens of the songwriting world

He was a master at writing these airy, effortless-sounding compositions that were actually really elaborate, with gut-wrenchingly visceral lyrics, and melting harmonic complexity down to ooze out ridiculously wonderful pop as catchy as any Lennon-McCartney joint. Dismissing him as "an OK songwriter" is like saying "yeah I never really paid much attention to his stuff, but I kinda remember that one song from that movie, and I'd like to feel superior today, so."