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whatistheformat t1_j6nbqgx wrote

>They're known as the least intelligent of the arts.

They are?

I'd nominate Julia Holter. She's classically trained and her songs reference Greek tragedy and authors like Virginia Woolf, and every album of hers has an underlying concept.

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mattisdum t1_j6nex66 wrote

Ironically, she’s on record as hating being typecast as “academic”. She probably just reads a lot and it happens to inform her music, which I think is to her credit in that she isn’t referencing heady things for the sake of being perceived as smart or whatever. There’s a big difference between this versus doing the same thing for ego reasons. Not to mention her music is extremely unique and not a sterile imitation of really anything. She’s cool!

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[deleted] OP t1_j6nekiq wrote

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pangaea1972 t1_j6niyqi wrote

"He can barely string a sentence together."

Not surprising considering he's been dead for 5 years.

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LosRiaso t1_j6nn1um wrote

Mark E. Smith, were he still around, would utterly humiliate you on literally any topic judging by your comments in this thread. Pseud's Corner over here.

Anyway, an answer to your original question is Shane MacGowan.

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[deleted] OP t1_j6nnfeq wrote

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LosRiaso t1_j6no4t1 wrote

At the age of 10 or 11, Shane MacGowan was writing essays on the works of Joyce that most adults wouldn't be able to muster after finishing an English Lit degree. You don't know what you're talking about.

Anyway, have fun imagining you're infinitely smarter than people you've never met and don't know from Adam.

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[deleted] OP t1_j6noz1r wrote

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LosRiaso t1_j6npuac wrote

>So he says

No, so his old school teachers and his family say. He's not insecure about his intelligence and ultimately doesn't value it as any kind of just hierarchy, which is why he doesn't feel the need to present as an idiot's idea of a smart person. Same with Mark E. Perhaps there's a lesson for you there.

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