What are you listening to?

[littlepingman]

Can't wait for Elliot Smith's new album. 'New Moon' is due out on the Kill Rock Stars record label on May 7th. I personally can't wait.

 

A little info from Amazon.com:

 

When Elliott Smith died late in 2003, he took with him one of the unique songwriting gifts of his generation: part folk grandeur, part punk fury, and virtually bottomless in eight short years of solo recordings. Thankfully for that generation, and many to come, he left behind two dozen songs that his Portland, Oregon, producer and pal Larry Crane has crafted into a retrospective celebration of Smith's contribution to music. Mostly house-recorded demos plucked from the fertile three years that followed his 1994 debut Roman Candle (including an early take of "Miss Misery"), there's an eminent clarity to these songs that makes them sound like they were recorded yesterday. A lone acoustic guitar is the general accompaniment to Smith's lamenting wail, his self-deprecating lyrics forever a contrast to the sheer beauty of the melodies. "What are you doing hanging out with me?" he asks in "Whatever (Folk Song in C)," his double-tracked harmonies mocking both Simon and Garfunkel. Along with fragile versions of "Angel in the Snow," "Looking over My Shoulder," and a cover of Big Star's "Thirteen," it's as eternal as anything Smith offered when he was with us, and, as one of several shining moments, makes you forget he ever left.

[littlepingman]

The Last Hour - Elliot Smith (has there ever been a creepier song sung by someone who was about to commit suicide)

 

No. Really creepy. He had some amazing music and a ton of talent. A life of drugs and depression isn't easy for anyone.

 

Oh yeah:

 

Waltz #2 - Elliott Smith

 

Think of creepy lyrics from this album(which as I am sure you know wasn't actually completed until after he killed himself by stabbing himself in the chest) some of the creepiest lyrics are from King's Crossing "I can't prepare for death anymore than I already have".

 

King's Crossing - Elliot Smith

 

Didn't he stab himself twice? Thats intense stuff.

 

A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free - Elliott Smith

 

Yes he did. That is why the cause of his death has been up in the air a long time.

[TM golf guy]

Can't wait for Elliot Smith's new album. 'New Moon' is due out on the Kill Rock Stars record label on May 7th. I personally can't wait.

 

A little info from Amazon.com:

 

When Elliott Smith died late in 2003, he took with him one of the unique songwriting gifts of his generation: part folk grandeur, part punk fury, and virtually bottomless in eight short years of solo recordings. Thankfully for that generation, and many to come, he left behind two dozen songs that his Portland, Oregon, producer and pal Larry Crane has crafted into a retrospective celebration of Smith's contribution to music. Mostly house-recorded demos plucked from the fertile three years that followed his 1994 debut Roman Candle (including an early take of "Miss Misery"), there's an eminent clarity to these songs that makes them sound like they were recorded yesterday. A lone acoustic guitar is the general accompaniment to Smith's lamenting wail, his self-deprecating lyrics forever a contrast to the sheer beauty of the melodies. "What are you doing hanging out with me?" he asks in "Whatever (Folk Song in C)," his double-tracked harmonies mocking both Simon and Garfunkel. Along with fragile versions of "Angel in the Snow," "Looking over My Shoulder," and a cover of Big Star's "Thirteen," it's as eternal as anything Smith offered when he was with us, and, as one of several shining moments, makes you forget he ever left.

 

Same here. I will be ordering it when it comes out.

[TM golf guy]

The Last Hour - Elliot Smith (has there ever been a creepier song sung by someone who was about to commit suicide)

 

No. Really creepy. He had some amazing music and a ton of talent. A life of drugs and depression isn't easy for anyone.

 

Oh yeah:

 

Waltz #2 - Elliott Smith

 

Think of creepy lyrics from this album(which as I am sure you know wasn't actually completed until after he killed himself by stabbing himself in the chest) some of the creepiest lyrics are from King's Crossing "I can't prepare for death anymore than I already have".

 

King's Crossing - Elliot Smith

 

Didn't he stab himself twice? Thats intense stuff.

 

A Distorted Reality Is Now a Necessity to Be Free - Elliott Smith

 

Yes he did. That is why the cause of his death has been up in the air a long time.

 

Understandable that it is, hard to stab yourself twice I imagine.

 

A Passing Feeling - Elliott Smith

[lefty92]

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

[littlepingman]

Strung Out Again - Elliot Smith

[littlepingman]

I prefer to think that he didn't kill himself. But if you listen to his 'From a Basement on the Hill' album you have to pretty much figure that he did.

[TM golf guy]

I prefer to think that he didn't kill himself. But if you listen to his 'From a Basement on the Hill' album you have to pretty much figure that he did.

 

Unfortunately, I agree with you.

 

Salt Of The Earth - Lovedrug

[lefty92]

Digital Bath - Deftones

[mcbush25]

Killer Queen-Queen

[TM golf guy]

Between The Bars - Elliott Smith

[specialblend218]

Here Comes the Pain - Slayer

 

 

Awesome song!

 

 

Ancient Rivalry - Dying Fetus

[Milo]

ProV1s hitting timber mostly.

[mcbush25]

Love in a Elevator-Aerosmith

[littlepingman]

Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine

[specialblend218]

It Turns to Rust - Kataklysm

[littlepingman]

Such Great Heights - The Postal Service

[mcbush25]

You Might Think-The Cars

[specialblend218]

Resurgence of Hate - Hate Plow

[lefty92]

I See You - Yes

[GolferGal2009]

Katie Melua- Just Like Heaven, she's amazing

[lefty92]

Red Red Wine - UB40

[GolferGal2009]

Beach Boys- Wouldn't It be nice

[specialblend218]

The Optimist - Skinless

[lefty92]

Far Cry - Rush

[specialblend218]

Cosmopathetic Deathvoid - The Legion

[Rich71691]

Rob Zombie Dragula

[specialblend218]

Summoning the Darkness - The Absence

[Warszawa]

The Perfect Me - Deerhoof

[calc61]

Godsmack- faceless