Elliott Smith

call me morbid but i've been thinking about dead people, this past 24 hours. everyone sir edmund hillary Brad renfro

"I don't know if it would be fun to live in that world" Words spoken take on a larger significance when viewed through the spyglass of time Steven Paul Smith was born at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Bunny Welch (née Bunny Kay Berryman), was a music teacher at an elementary school, and his father, Gary Smith, was a University of Nebraska medical student at the time. His parents divorced about a year later, and Smith moved with his mother to live in D... MORE

His lyrics, sentiments and musical composition on his album, Either/Or, have won me over. The appeal is the simplicity in his style of music and the realism in his lyrics. Too, I am huge on acoustics and this particular album is high on that vibe. I need MORE MORE MORE. Though I am aware that he has passed on, I appreciate him leaving his music for us to discover and appreciate. I wish I had known about his music before he died. In 1999, I drove out to Omaha, Neb... MORE

A troubled artist, but a talented artist - I hope he has found his peace

first the mic then a half cigarette
singing Cathy's clown
that's the man she's married to now
that's the girl that he takes around town
she appears composed, so she is, I suppose
who can really tell
she shows no emotion at all
stares into space like a dead china doll

I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow

now she's done and they're calling someone
such a familiar name
I'm so glad that my memories remote
'cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note
here it is... MORE

Cos I'm seeing the ex today to commiserate over the death of his mother...thanks to The Morning News, I bring you: Sad Kermit. It sucks for all of us, my little green friend.

Edited 17/01/08 i tend to do this a lot, im a crappy perfectionist, and well, there was no joy here in having Elliott's song, and talking crap about stuff... this song makes me smile more so than any thing i have ever heard.More than the Beatles, anything. i guess you have to find your own song, even if it's by someone called 'rubbish trash transreciever'. and to tell you the truth, i do love George Harrison, and everything that he believed in and he was just ext... MORE

I'm sitting in the warm winter sun with a delicious hot chocolate and Elliott Smith stuck in my head, observing my cats. Phoebus, our Russian blue, looks somewhat like this but with white feet: He lives inside except for a couple of hours each day or so, doing very catty things, like falling gracefully off chairs or by contrast running full pelt halfway up the wall then hiding in the cupboard, then repeating. He has his own room that mum shares with her office. Wh... MORE

elliott smith holds my heart with just about every song he sang. this one seems to resonate tonight, the sun setting and twilight lingering just outside my window. so, i thought to post this and then went looking for a picture. sometimes i like to just do a random image search by typing in the title of the song. twilight. this is what i came up with. the image and the song are a juxtaposition of emotion, but somehow they both fit for me tonight. pouring a glass of wi... MORE

I've been in an Elliott Smith mood this afternoon, listening to loads of his outtakes and alternate versions of Elliott's songs that I have in my mp3 files. Michelle and I have been talking about where we want to go to vacation. Our dream is to go to England. But with our awesome trip to Italy and moving expenses that vacation is at least two years away. Talking of England has me playing this acoustic version of "Baby Britain" on repeat. Like I've said many times before, ... MORE

When the life of an artist or a band is cut tragically short, the greatest hits album or the b-sides compilation release is almost inevitable. Elliott Smith was a prolific songwriter and recorder, with scores of tracks that never found their way onto any of his classic albums. For years, much of this material circulated in bootleg-form in various corners of the internets, helping to build a quiet, yet rabid following. Kill Rock Stars, the label that released his self-ti... MORE

This is the place you end up when you lose the chaseWhere you're dragged against your will from a basement on the hillAnd all anybody knows is you're not like themAnd they kick you in the head and send you back to bedIsolation pulled you past a tunnelTo a bright world where you can make a place to stayBut everybody's scared of this place, they're staying awayYour little house on Memory LaneThe mayor's name is fearHis force patrols the pierFrom a mountain of clicheThat adva... MORE

In my opinion this is one of his best songs.I forgot about it until a friend mentioned it to me. Enjoy!