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Songwriter Elliott Smith Dead at 34 (Suicide)
fox ^ | 10-22-03

Posted on 10/22/2003 10:55:23 AM PDT by wheelgunguru

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:37:26 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: elliottsmith; music; obituary
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To: Egon
It's kind of priggish to say that bands that experimented with bringing intricate melodies into modern music failed, too.

Fair enough. That said, everyone knows prog rock was crap! ;)

Seriously though, nothing wrong with intricate melodies. Songs about unicorns, a moog for every mood, music in time signatures that make a six-legged calf look graceful...

Radiohead is a good example of progressive music that isn't crap. They have two good songs in 10/8 and two good songs with passages in 7/8, and you would barely know it, because the playing and melodies are organic to the music.
41 posted on 10/22/2003 11:40:14 AM PDT by Belial
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To: will1776
Gee, maybe he was mentally ill. Your lack of compassion is bewildering.
42 posted on 10/22/2003 11:40:29 AM PDT by whattajoke (Neutiquam erro.)
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To: Heyworth; Belial; ThreeYearLurker
I just heard about this, myself. How tragic. Another great singer/songwriter gone before their time. Nick Drake, Shannon Hoon, Jeff Buckley, and Elliot Smith. And others we haven't mentioned.

first the mic then a half cigarette
singing Cathy's clown
that's the man she's married to now
that's the girl that he takes around town
she appears composed, so she is, I suppose
who can really tell
she shows no emotion at all
stares into space like a dead china doll

I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow

now she's done and they're calling someone
such a familiar name
I'm so glad that my memories remote
'cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note
here it is the revenge to the tune
you're no good
you're no good, you're no good, you're no good
can't you tell that it's well understood

I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm here today and expected to stayon and on and on
I'm tired, I'm tired

looking out on the substitute scene
still going strong
XO, mom, it's ok, it's alright, nothing's wrong
tell Mr. Man with impossible plans to just leave me alone
in the place where I make no mistakes
in the place where I have what it takes

I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow

-Elliot Smith
"Waltz #2 (XO)"

43 posted on 10/22/2003 11:41:16 AM PDT by bc2 (http://www.thinkforyourself.us)
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To: Belial
wouldn't 10/8 just be 5/4?


44 posted on 10/22/2003 11:41:49 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Jeff Chandler
What says it is the alcoholism. But if you want to be provincial and assume all singers and psychiatrists have suicidal children, I guess you will. Suicides happen in all social strata, all races, all ethnic groups and are not particularly common among singer's or psychiatrist's children.
45 posted on 10/22/2003 11:47:24 AM PDT by cajungirl (no)
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To: new cruelty
wouldn't 10/8 just be 5/4?

They are mathematically identical. The difference is fairly academic and emphasizes whether the quarter or eigth note is the basis of the measure.
46 posted on 10/22/2003 11:50:02 AM PDT by Belial
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To: expatpat
That's an odd way to commit suicide.

Well, Elliot Smith was probably so anti-gun that he was concerned about what message it might send if he killed himself with a gun.

47 posted on 10/22/2003 11:54:25 AM PDT by tdadams
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To: Belial
Thanks. It has been a while since I have played music. I've played in 5/4 and 7/8 but never 10/8.


48 posted on 10/22/2003 11:55:18 AM PDT by new cruelty
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To: Belial
...two good songs in 10/8 and two good songs with passages in 7/8...

I've always been kinda fascinated whenever a group manages to pull that off. Chicago's got a couple of songs that incorporate some 5/4 measures in them-- kinda makes you wake up and take notice.

49 posted on 10/22/2003 12:00:37 PM PDT by Egon (Safety Tip: You can get AIDS by sitting at a public toilet before the previous person vacates!)
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To: new cruelty
STOPIT! STOPIT!




50 posted on 10/22/2003 12:01:19 PM PDT by Skooz (All Hail the Mighty Kansas City Chiefs: 7-0 baby)
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To: Egon
Yeah, it's a cool trick. Honestly, I do need to be more open-minded about 70s music...many interesting things were going on.
51 posted on 10/22/2003 12:04:21 PM PDT by Belial
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To: martin_fierro
Nah, Bob looks like death warmed over.

Kinda reminds me of Slim Pickens.

52 posted on 10/22/2003 12:09:39 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Skooz
With that tag line, you've just jinxed your team.
53 posted on 10/22/2003 12:14:08 PM PDT by tdadams
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To: tdadams
Naaa....I've had this tag line since August (except for the 7-0 part).
54 posted on 10/22/2003 12:15:17 PM PDT by Skooz (All Hail the Mighty Kansas City Chiefs: 7-0 baby)
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To: whattajoke
Sorry. It's just that I assumed that he was like other Hollywood types. I didn't take into account any possible mental illness.
55 posted on 10/22/2003 12:16:04 PM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (This tagline for sell.)
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To: tdadams
I never heard of him either - and if this is what it took to allow me to become educated then I would say that he probably did the right thing.
56 posted on 10/22/2003 12:19:24 PM PDT by Old Professer
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To: new cruelty
LOL..what is Spiderman doing in your picture. Aerobics? I can't stop giggling?
57 posted on 10/22/2003 12:22:10 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: Hildy
lol.. I know. I can't either. ok... I have to give that little signature icon thingy a rest.
58 posted on 10/22/2003 12:24:03 PM PDT by new cruelty
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To: tdadams
But, if he'd used a gun, that would be another argument the anti-gunners could use for their agenda!
59 posted on 10/22/2003 12:53:18 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: new cruelty
Not really -- think of 3/4 time (Waltz) and 6/8 time (jigs). The first has 3 beats, the second has two beats, with a triplet of eighth-notes to each beat.
60 posted on 10/22/2003 12:57:26 PM PDT by expatpat
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