In the comments to my last post, someone just mentioned Elliott Smith and Kurt Cobain. Both of these deaths were sad, in that there wouldn't be any more songs by these guys, but they were both "at-risk", so their deaths didn't affect me as personally as the accidental ones like Kirsty MacColl and Grant McLennan.And there are some new Elliott Smith songs! Added to emusic today: a double-disc compilation of Elliott's early songs that didn't make either of his first two solo albums. These songs were written during an extremely creative and prolific time for him (1994-1997) , many of the songs are top drawer, and most of them are previously unreleased. It has solo versions of Heatmiser songs, an early demo of the Oscar-nominated "Miss Misery" from Good Will Hunting, and a cover of Big Star's "Thirteen". The release was supervised and approved by his estate, and there are apparently a lot more outtakes in the vaults, so hopefully there will be more volumes.
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Elliott Smith is the Tupac of singer-songwriter indie-rock, I guess.
re "at-risk"
I think that's exactly why Cobain and Elliott's deaths didn't hit me very hard, though I was a big fan of both.
Cobain, if you remember, had put himself into a coma in Italy and nearly killed himself a couple of months before he finished the job, so he was basically on a death watch.
It's like if Keith Richards died. Sure, I'd be sad, but I wouldn't be surprised.
Kurt and Elliott both suffered from depression and addiction, so there was some expectation they wouldn't be around forever.
Keith Richards, on the other hand, probably is going to be around forever!
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