Torment Saint: The Life of Elliott Smith
William Todd Schultz,Hardcover, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Bloomsbury USA on 10-01-2013
William Todd Schultz,Hardcover, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Bloomsbury USA on 10-01-2013
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781608199730 (1608199738)
Publish date: October 1st 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Let me preface this review by saying I'm a huge fan and Elliott Smith's death was as big a deal for me as John Lennon's was when I was a teen-ager. There were points after he died that my husband and I listened to nothing but Elliott constantly for weeks. We have more Elliott on our computer than ...
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Loved reading the stories behind the songs. Wish there were more glimpses of his day-to-day life. Sometimes the analysis was a little tough to get through. Loved the description of dysthymic rain in Portland - but sometimes the emphasis on how rainy and cloudy Portland is felt cliche and tiresome.
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