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Elliott smith

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strongmark
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for those who know who he is, let me know your thoughts. personally i feel like he's one of the best songwriters of our generation. one of the saddest days in music for me when he died. for those who dont know who he is, check him out. guaranteed he's gonna get plenty of hate because of how different it is, but im just crediting him with how much he's done and how amazing he was when he was around.
Oct 5 2005 10:21PM
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(Jonesy)
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kinda sucks that it took him dying for people to realize how talented he really is.
Oct 5 2005 10:36PM
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MattMcGinnis
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id never heard of him until the thread about him dieing. he is/was so incredible. RIP man.
Oct 5 2005 10:43PM
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zackskis
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wow there have been alot of posts about elliott these days, he is by far the best singer/songwriter of the past 20 or so years. i listen to his music no stop it is the most amazing thing ever. its a huge tragedy that he died, and speaking of which, for you people who know about him and his music and life, do you think it was suicide or his girlfriend?
Oct 5 2005 10:52PM
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strongmark
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^ i think i'm goign to stick with suicide. although it is questionable considering how he did it, i think he was far too nice of a person to have enemies like that. his music was dismal and even haunting at times. it wasnt sad lyricly, it was something that could definitely only come from his own experiences. he certainly seemed to have suicidal thoughts before he died, which can be seen through his music. oddly enough, however, it seems that his most upbeat music was his most recently written stuff. from a basement on a hill is a much more involved, more upbeat album, and most of the songs were recorded just before his death. although i get chills each time i listen to fond farewell...it seems to be his musical suicide note. its not necessarily a sad song, but the message for those who knew about him is depressing after what happened.
Oct 5 2005 11:37PM
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zackskis
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holly shit i think the same thing every time i hear a fond farwell
Oct 5 2005 11:39PM
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Spritz
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yea fond farwell is definately like a suicidal note in a song. i love that song though. i've been listening to figure 8 a lot lately, and it sucks knowing there won't be any more music by him
Oct 6 2005 11:20AM
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.John.
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elliot smith was a god among men. RIP
Oct 6 2005 12:31PM
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strongmark
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definitely good to see that theres some people on here who really appreciate his music. he did a lot during his short time with us, thats for sure.
Oct 6 2005 1:19PM
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Jrich23
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I can't remember the story exactly, but I heard that his family put together the songs they used for Basement, and all his friends and peers said he had other more depressing songs that he actually wanted to use on the album, so hopefully those come out sometime.
Oct 6 2005 3:05PM
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cams
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Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk.
Oct 6 2005 3:46PM
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cams
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Um yeah, sorry about that. ^That's Rufus Wainwright and I highly recommend it.
Oct 6 2005 3:49PM
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^NewYork
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he was great, he had a couple songs in good will hunting. Angels is an amazing song
Oct 6 2005 4:37PM
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TWoods
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Listening to the song "bye" , the last track on figure 8 sorta creeps me out.

Elliott was amazing
Oct 6 2005 7:06PM
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whattheshit
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either/or was his best.

coast to coast is a really good song, sort of beatles srgt pepper days feel to it.

but the song i like the most is ballad of big nothing.

every single song he does has something to do with substance abuse and alcohol addiction. although he doesn't directly say it, thats what he means. just listen to ballad of big nothing for example that whole entire song is about a junkie.
Oct 6 2005 7:37PM
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tanseygram54
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He was sooo fuckin sweet RIP elliott smith and his fuckin awesome talent
Oct 6 2005 9:03PM
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tanseygram54
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he commited suicide sad thing to throw away such a good talent/life
Oct 6 2005 9:05PM
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whattheshit
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a lot of artists commit suicide when they feel that they have reached the end of their creative/artistic talent. van gogh for example.
Oct 6 2005 9:25PM
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anti_bunk
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my english teacher said that he comitted suicide. needle in the hay is a sad song.
Oct 6 2005 9:31PM
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taeho
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:( elliot smith was one cool dude
Oct 6 2005 10:03PM
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(Jonesy)
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he committed suicide at his apartment during an argument with his girlfriend. i'm almost sure drugs were involved in some way.
Oct 7 2005 12:04AM
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.John.
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what album is a fond farewell on?
Oct 10 2005 7:44PM
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whattheshit
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from a basement on the hill.

he died part way through completing it. was finished by his producer and girl friend.
Oct 10 2005 8:18PM
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seemeski
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he was a good man. great music, awesome...made me chill out and get all mellow.
Oct 10 2005 8:24PM
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