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20 Dec 2011, 5:39 pm

Ever wonder which artists might have Asperger's/Autism Syndrome? In all my years of being a Cure fan, I had never watched a Robert Smith interview. He is a very awkward and shy person, and I instantly fell in love and am now a bigger fan than ever! Watch this interview, and feel free to post opinions about him or other musicians or artists that you feel might have the syndrome.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fweT_Lc8gBY&feature=related[/youtube]

NathanealWest
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20 Dec 2011, 5:44 pm

Gary Numan and David Byrne are confirmed.

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20 Dec 2011, 7:09 pm

NathanealWest wrote:

Gary Numan and David Byrne are confirmed.

wow really? what do you think about Tim Burton?

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20 Dec 2011, 7:21 pm

Cool! I've never seen a David Byrne interview either, now I'm curious and want to watch interviews with all kinds of artists, this is awesome!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LffqZRIFYx4&feature=related[/youtube]

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20 Dec 2011, 10:19 pm

ManicMinx wrote:

NathanealWest wrote:

Gary Numan and David Byrne are confirmed.

wow really? what do you think about Tim Burton?

I don't know whether or not if he is but I guess he could be. His movies are certainly filled with themes relatable to AS people and the importance he puts on set design are indicative. I know I liked the Talking Heads before I looked up David Byrne's personal life because the themes and style in their music spoke to me.

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21 Dec 2011, 5:35 am

I dont know anything about the personal life of Brent from Shinedown, but as a schizophrenic I can totally relate to almost every song on every album.

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21 Dec 2011, 2:09 pm

@NathanealWest: I know what you mean, other bizzarre forms of music have always appealed to me, one of them being Talking Heads. Anything weird really, I love: Weird Al, Oingo Boingo, Mr. Bungle, etc! :mrgreen:

@dmc68: I need to check out more Shinedown songs, I like the ones I've heard so far. Is the singer Schizophrenic?

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21 Dec 2011, 2:12 pm

Manic Minx Go listen to Burning Bright, Fly From the Inside and Sound of Madness and Save Me (Save me is about drug addiction but it will still make sense), you will totally understand what I mean.

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21 Dec 2011, 7:05 pm

I shall download them today, thanks! c:

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21 Dec 2011, 7:36 pm

here's just the first list that came up when I looked ........
famous people with or suspected to be aspie

http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/pu ... 2086.shtml

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22 Dec 2011, 3:43 pm

thank you gadge!

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22 Dec 2011, 9:53 pm

No problem, in addition "I believe"
Neil Peart, from Rush (the drummer who also wrote almost all their stuff)
Damon Albam, from Gorillaz<(which I 'm listening to right now)

It wouldn't suprise me if David Byrne from Talking Heads was either(couldn't find where it's confirmed)

After I figured out I'm aspie and looked into it a bit the names that suprised me were
Einstien, Tesla, Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, Benjamin Franklin, DaVinci

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26 Dec 2011, 2:17 am

gadge wrote:

Feels good to find out that many artists and important people have or may have Asperger's doesn't it?