Tortured geniuses

ribbons · 06-14-2010, 02:30 PM

Syd Barrett

~~James~~ · 06-14-2010, 02:31 PM

Daniel Johnston

TheCunningStunt · 06-14-2010, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN

i wouldn't call them geniuses... especially not cobain

I would call them both geniuses. Curtis, them words - they get me every time.

Strychnine · 06-14-2010, 02:34 PM

I don't know if Leonard Cohen counts as "tortured", but he is supposedly quite reclusive and much of his lyric content is self-effacing and lonely and sad. Def. genious anyway.

edit: I meant self-deprecating.

ribbons · 06-14-2010, 02:34 PM

Nick Drake

TheCunningStunt · 06-14-2010, 02:35 PM

^

Yes. A real genius, offered his best and when he thought that he no longer had it in him, he just stopped. I have lots of respect for that, a lot of artists flog a dead horse.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-14-2010, 02:36 PM

Joe Meek

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 06-14-2010, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

I would call them both geniuses. Curtis, them words - they get me every time.

kurt cobain, really? he wrote "edgy" pop/rock songs. are we putting him in the same category as leonardo da vinci here? good example of a true genius, and somehow cobain seems out of that league...

Goblin Tears · 06-14-2010, 02:39 PM

This bitch seriously can't get over being bullied at school. If she's not an actual tortured genius, she at least pretends to be.

~~James~~ · 06-14-2010, 02:39 PM

Brian Wilson.

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Strychnine Groupie Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 35	I don't know if Leonard Cohen counts as "tortured", but he is supposedly quite reclusive and much of his lyric content is self-effacing and lonely and sad. Def. genious anyway. edit: I meant self-deprecating. __________________ some folks like water some folks like wine but I like the taste of straight strychnine

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TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	^ Yes. A real genius, offered his best and when he thought that he no longer had it in him, he just stopped. I have lots of respect for that, a lot of artists flog a dead horse. __________________ I don't feel and I feel great. Last FM

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