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Old 09-11-2008, 04:49 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sleepy jack View Post
Your logic here is pretty hypocritical when you consider the fact that he released more albums then Zeppelin, Joy Division and Wu-Tang.
No, it's not. I said the music wasn't transcendent enough. Every one of those bands clears that qualification.

Elliott Smith's music was enjoyable, but didn't stand out from the music scene. He'd need a much longer career, in my opinion, to overcome that.
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