i absolutely adore this video, very well made IMO

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nSSMN4CgLkc

egahd! I hadn't caught ear of that song in a long long while.

 

It almost made me sick in the stomach for want of his life again.

 

Thank you, Ondes.

I would give my left arm for a higher quality version of the recording of Stickman with the reversed drums and whatnot... That's gotta be my favorite of all the leaked tracks we've seen in the past months....

Stickman has to be my favourite of those as well.

 

i'm still wondering how would Elliott mix the songs on FABOTH if he was alive in that time...we'll never know i guess

I'm sorry if it's been posted already but can somebody please give me some links for his songs?.. I wanna start somewhere but I don't really know which songs are the best to begin. Thanks.

*uploading*

Stickman

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=FF5880A74255F04F

 

Rose Parade

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=2B5092AE5A325DB0

 

2:45 AM

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=74A9D6121E93444F

Thank you very much, Nikky boy :wideeyed:

very welcome, Valerie :) i'm gonna upload at least 15 songs now, so no way back :mellow: check this post, i will edit it with time

 

Stickman

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=FF5880A74255F04F

 

Rose Parade

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=2B5092AE5A325DB0

 

2:45 AM

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=74A9D6121E93444F

 

King's Crossing (my favourite Elliott song)

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C062EB0316B9EBC4

 

Twilight

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=A8335B8554C20C5C

 

Needle In The Hay

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=CF477F86000B97CF

 

Between The Bars

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=59DDAFF62FD0B31B

 

Angeles

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=25A409253985D898

 

Say Yes

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=09C7457D15D03721

 

Waltz no.2 (XO) my 1st Elliott song that i heard :heart:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3BB2BF48647DC7EA

 

Pitseleh

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4BA9B9744B2D3193

 

Everybody Cares Everybody Understands

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=2DD944B340791BFA

 

Son Of Sam

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=CF14B2F77825D8F4

 

Happiness

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=534F8ECF37309470

 

A Fond Farewell

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=85C6F1822DD3C0C5

 

Miss Misery from Good Will Hunting movie

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=D48E82DB069E3AD1

 

that's it i guess, these songs would "describe" Elliott's music IMO, if you'll like this i can upload more stuff from him later ;)

Whoa, thanks again. I'll keep checking this post :wink:

welcome, i finished i guess

 

there's also some nice videos on youtube

 

King's Crossing live

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nX6etUAIbRU&search=elliott%20smith

 

Say Yes from his last show....

 

Twilight live - this version brings me to tears everytime i watch it...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SoffronUUpU&search=elliott%20smith

 

Miss Misery at Oscars

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RsUh6mebpeQ&search=elliott%20smith

 

a beatiful picture compilation made by a fan...gosh...it's too depressing for me to watch it

music: Between The Bars

 

4334 West Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood - the cover of Figure 8 was made there, now it's Elliott's wall...forever, you also can see it in my sig

music: Between The Bars

 

and a happy one at the end:

 

Elliott playing Rachmaninov

 

genious...

Thanks :dance:

 

I've already listened for six songs of this list and I really liked it, especially Rose Parade, Son of Sam and Twilight. I've heard Twilight before, just forgot about it :tongue:

Fond Farewell is the first track on the free cd that came with this month's issue of Q :nice:..

 

Indeed it is :)

 

Q do good cover CDS.

 

Hence why I got Let’s Get Lost, Fond Farewell & Pictures Of Me in my iTunes :D

Stickman has to be my favourite of those as well.

 

i'm still wondering how would Elliott mix the songs on FABOTH if he was alive in that time...we'll never know i guess

 

I don't get that either. So, Elliott was working on FABOTH but never finished compiling the song...so then what? Someone else finished it?

I don't get that either. So' date=' Elliott was working on FABOTH but never finished compiling the song...so then what? Someone else finished it?[/quote']

 

i believe some "too dark and suicide motive" songs were dropeed by his family

 

for example: King's Crossing was edited (with "Because I love you" lyrics)

what would the lyrics have been?

 

wow...i didn't know this :stunned:

 

 

more...

what would the lyrics have been?

 

wow...i didn't know this :stunned:

 

 

more...

 

actually not really edited, only added a bit

 

after that Elliott says: "Give me one good reason not to do it"

you can barely hear: "Because I love you"

and after comes: "so do it..."

 

it's either his sister's or Jennifer Chiba's voice i think

his ex/girlfriend? ! :freak:

 

who gave permission to all this editing?

his ex/girlfriend? ! :freak:

 

who gave permission to all this editing?

 

his family i guess

 

and actually according to wikipedia it can't be J.Chiba's voice, i was wrong i think, it's either his sister or Joanna Bolme (ex-girlfriend)

 

"With Smith's family in control of his estate, they chose to bring in Rob Schnapf and Elliott's ex-girlfriend Joanna Bolme to sort through and mix the album. Although stated by the musician to be a double album (or a regular album with a "bonus disc"), it was released as a 15-track single album. Many of the darkest songs were not included, such as "True Love" (which deals graphically with addiction and then rehab), "Abused", "Stickman" "Suicide Machine" (a reworking of the Figure 8 era unreleased instrumental, "Tiny Time Machine"). It is rumored that it was the family's wishes not to have these songs on the record, as they had the final say in what should or should not be released."

 

+ "Ostriches & Chirping" has nothing to do with Elliott, it's simply not his song...it is David McConnell's song, he recorded it himself...but don't ask me why it's on the album, i have no idea

 

+

 

"I don’t think he would have delivered {that} record. The record he would have delivered would have had more songs, would have had different mixes and {been} a little more in-your-face"

 

that proves that this record is quite mixed and we'll never know i guess which songs were on the original track list

O :wacky:

 

 

I dunno about trusting Wikipedia... I mean, the story sounds alright, and could very well be true...but people can just :uhoh: go into wikipedia and change the information themselves. That is how conspiracies get started. .

.

 

 

I wish always, that there was some way we could dig into the truth about all of his songs, motives, and emotions. What a man....

 

His birthdate is in about 22 days :)

 

 

 

 

Whoa, the more I listen to his music the more depressive I feel. And searching facts about his life and death doesn't make me more positive. And this wall, god, it's so sorrowful. That's a shame I didn't even know about him when he died. I mean, I knew him only because of Oscar thing but that's all.

I found out about him when The Royal Tenenbaums fillm came out and it played the song Needle in the Hay during Richie's suicide scene. That was the best use of music Ive ever seen in a movie.

I dunno about trusting Wikipedia... I mean, the story sounds alright, and could very well be true...but people can just :uhoh: go into wikipedia and change the information themselves. That is how conspiracies get started.

 

Footnotes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Smith#_note-basement2

 

all the informations are coming from variable sources, wikipedia is like a collector of all these articles ;)

Was it Elliott Smith's cover of "Because" in the end of "American Beauty"?.. And "Stickman" also reminds me of The Beatles so much. And "King's Crossing" is just awesome, I believe I've heard it before too.

yes, he covered Beatles many times, and yes he sings Because in American Beauty (i can upload it if you want). he also played Lennon's Jealous Guy at his gigs quite often

 

Beatles were his favourite band so don't be surprised if many songs will sound like Beatles, some of his songs like a dedication to them