Battle of the Beatlesque Melancholists - Aimee Mann vs Elliot Smith

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Poll question: Battle of the Beatlesque Melancholists - Aimee Mann vs Elliot Smith

And no giving Elliot bonus points for being dead.
It's close, but I vote Aimee, even though 'Lost in Space' sucked and has no place on my CD rack beside the magic trifecta of Whatever-I'm With Stupid-Bachelor #2.

[MissMillie]

1. Aimee Mann blows everyone away

by far

I wasn't that big of a fan of I'm With Stupid, but Whatever and Bachelor #2 were simply amazing.

She sure knows how to be sad.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. She's the greatest songwriter of her generation.

[MissMillie]

11. Well, I thought so

but I wasn't sure there were many who would agree with me.


Not only that, but she's in my range.... and for me, the best music is the stuff with which I can sing along.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

12. She's written at least a dozen songs that rank with the Beatles' finest.

I Should've Known
Fifty Years After the Fair
Fourth of July
Amateur
It's Not Safe
Wise Up
Save Me
Red Vines
The Fall of the World's Own Optimist
Deathly
Susan
You Do

[Wickerman]

3. I voted Elliot for consistency

I don't think Aimee has consistently been a "Beatlesque Melancholist" - that was all Smith did.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

4. Fair enough. Aimee veers into Costellonia and Daviesisms.

[tigerbeat]

5. huge fan of both of them

gotta give it to aimee though. bonus points go to her for being a fan of one of my favorite un-appreciated lyricists: scott miller of game theory/loud family.

i felt "lost in space" wasn't so much bad as it was relentlessly mid-tempo and not terribly engaging.

[Wickerman]

7. Gotta give a thumbs up for the GameTheory/LF

reference. Lolita Nation remains on my top 50.

[tigerbeat]

9. Lolita Nation

some review somewhere.....i totally forget where....referred to Lolita Nation as "the white album of the 80's". best. description. ever.

it's tied with "plants, birds, rocks and things" by loud family as my favorite miller album.

14. more props for Lolita Nation

I've got that one on vinyl.
don't hear them mentioned that often.

[XNASA]

6. Well, I never had a lunch date with Elliot, nor...........

did he ever give me a peck on the cheek.

So I voted for Aimee.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

8. I. HAVE. TO. KILL. YOU.

It's nothing personal.

[XNASA]

10. Do your worst.

I understand.

But it was only lunch afterall.

[troublemaker]

13. Keep trying with 'Lost in Space'

It took me a while, but now it's a favorite.