Elliott Smith OPX

pitseleh
say yes
let's get lost
a fond farewell
strung out again
bled white
the biggest lie
rose parade
division day
happiness

Between The Bars
Everything Means Nothing To Me
Oh Well, Okay
No Name No. 5
L.A.
The Biggest Lie
A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free
Baby Britain
Alameda
Rose Parade

Between the Bars
Waltz #2 (XO)
Miss Misery
Speed Trials
Needle in the Hay
Rose Parade
No Confidence Man
Ballad of Big Nothing
Angeles
Somebody That I Used to Know

speed trials
last call
condor ave.
ballad of big nothing
southern belle
pretty mary k
waltz # 2
roman candle
alphabet town
talking to mary

that's how it stacks up these days, i guess

St. Ides Heaven ("the moon is a light bulb breaking")
Needle In the Hay
Christian Brothers
Coming Up Roses
Say Yes
Speed Trials
Alameda
Angeles
Waltz #2
Division Day

fucking love elliott smith

looking over my shoulder
somebody that I used to know
bottle up and explode
between the bars
pictures of me
angeles
say yes
ballad of big nothing
new monkey
I don't think I'm ever going to figure it out

fucking love elliott smith

― katsu kittens (contenderizer), Saturday, May 24, 2014 8:33 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i haven't thought about him in like fifteen years but otm

damn dude did you hear what happened?

guilty lol

too hard

this guy really does have a lot of great songs

his cover of big star's "night time" is beautiful

st ides heaven
division day
memory lane
new monkey
the biggest lie
alameda
speed trials
pitseleh
stupidity tries
wouldn't mama be proud

Between the Bars
Everything Means Nothing to Me
Angeles
Somebody I Used to Know
Waltz #2 (XO)
Baby Britain
Twilight
Pitseleh
Say Yes
Oh Well, Okay

I'm hoping the new Elliott doc Heaven Adores You will have a soundtrack. I'm sure DreamWorks has some great material in the vaults that we haven't heard yet.

he was unbelievable prolific! i still find shit in YT that I've never heard, and i'm a big fan. what makes the volume of his output so impressive is that it's all (being elliott smith) so personal, rather than various conceptual exercises or whatever.

Elliott is my favorite artist of all time and its hard to even pick 50 songs, let alone 10. These are my favorites right now:

Kings Crossing
Alameda
High Times
Stained Glass Eye
A Distorted Reality is Now a Necessity to be Free
St. Idea Heaven
Alphabet Town
The Biggest Lie
Everything Means Nothing to Me
Suicide Machine

His Big Star cover of 'Thirteen' has always been a favorite of mine too.

^^ another vote for Alphabet Town. great call, that song always gets under my skin, particularly this bit:

"Her hand on your arm
She put her hand on your arm
And told you her name you can't pronounce it"

Bled White
Baby Britain
Speed Trials
Waltz #2
Sweet Adeline
Junk Bond Trader
Pitseleh
Roman Candle
Needle in the Hay
Ballad of Big Nothing

An XO-less X (allowing me to actually pick):

Angeles
St Ides Heaven
Speed Trials
Ballad of Big Nothing
Say Yes
Happiness
A Fond Farewell
Angel In The Snow
Between The Bars
Half Right

I am having the best night for a while. Nothing like rediscovering one of your favourite artists.

angeles
pitseleh
the biggest lie
condor ave
strung out again
st. ides heaven
a fond farewell
let's get lost
everybody cares, everybody understands
say yes

man, xo is really hitting hard right now. i haven't listened to elliott smith in years. it's aged really well imo.

independence day *_*

Between the Bars
Ballad of Big Nothing
The Biggest Lie
Little One
Speed Trials
Tomorrow, Tomorrow
Memory Lane
LA
Rose Parade
Happiness

angeles
pitseleh
everything reminds me of her
let's get lost
a fond farewell
twilight
memory lane
condor ave
between the bars
the biggest lie

king's crossing
easy way out
i better be quiet now
everything's ok
grand mal
happiness
ballad of big nothing
tomorrow, tomorrow
st. ides heaven
i don't think i'm ever gonna figure it out

Don't sleep of "Bastard John" from the second Heatmiser album.

I just reacquainted myself with that song a couple weeks ago because I always forget Heatmiser exists and when I remember it I get excited because it's like there's a bunch of new Elliott Smith songs to jam out with.

how has clementine not been mentioned?

here ya go fbird
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/09/the-12-best-elliott-smith-songs.html

king's crossing
southern belle
i'm doing okay, pretty good
easy way out
little one
twilight
last call
tomorrow, tomorrow
the biggest lie
angeles

it's a good list. i do hope some more stuff comes out in the future. the heaven adores you soundtrack is half-great - i mean, it has True Love is a Rose - but I have no idea why the filmmakers put on already available studio versions of songs like LA on there. also, they touted the "early version" of The Last Hour that was the same performance that made it on Basement. the movie was garbage, too. far too much already available material, and poor editing in the interviews - all the anecdotes and points chosen are well worn. like, i can't believe they cut Rob Schnapf describing the recording of Tomorrow, Tomorrow and put it online after the fact. i hope they put out the complete Basement tapes someday, that's the most interesting era of his career by a long shot for me..

yes the doc was very disappointing! has there even been a decent full length biography written yet?

yes, it's called Torment Saint (ugh). pretty good, reminded me of Heavier Than Heaven, similar in scope and depth. Much better than the movie.

That's a shit title, but would really love to read it.

I can see what the compiler of that top 12 was going for, but it's not by any means the top twelve. Randomly pick 12 ES songs and you get a good list. Will see if I can pick my own twelve. It will probably take forever.

Should I report this to the worst music writing thread?

some comically lucid lyrics like, “Now she’s done and they’re calling someone, such a familiar name, I’m so glad that my name is Ramon.”

Haha

man how did they fuck that one up

xps and yeah I agree, it's def not a definitive list, you could pick any 12 songs by Smith and be good... totally agree that the spidery chorus modulation on the lead guitar in A Fond Farewell totally makes it, that was the song that made me a fan...

alameda
taking a fall
coming up roses
plainclothes man
everything's okay
independence day
the white lady loves you more
you make it seem like nothing
a passing feeling
little one

"independence day" for sure is in my top 10 as well, song is just a monster

very hard. i listen to elliott almost daily. getting a tattoo next month!

ballad of big nothing
son of sam
everything means nothing to me
strung out again
memory lane
see you in heaven
i figured you out
unlucky charm
can't make a sound
a distorted reality is now a necessity to be free

omg fuck how did i forget. 'happiness'. obviously the most beautiful song.

for some reason, we don't seem to have a general purpose Elliott Smith thread so posting here.

I haven't checked out any of the songs mentioned yet but this is such a sweet and fascinating story from Jayson Greene: https://pitchfork.com/features/article/the-untold-story-of-elliott-smiths-teenage-band/

Thanks for that, would have missed it. Can't wait to explore.

OMG

man, it really is amazing and eerie to hear the songs from this era that he continued reworking up until his death. although even with re-written lyrics, i feel like his friend maybe should've gotten some writing credits :/

like "Three" is pretty much "King's Crossing"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvA1ApFESRc