Hour To Hour, Note To Note / The Elliott Smith Thread
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 2:09 am
by zeb
Do any of you guys still listen to this man's music? I know I sure do.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 2:17 am
by oasisfan35
zeb wrote:Do any of you guys still listen to this man's music? I know I sure do.
He's been popping up a lot in the warehouse recently on random, I gather he'd be good train music.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 2:20 am
by MadTIGERmaN
Ive got a live bootleg I got off dime years ago, with Quasi as his "band" that I listen too every so often... mostly for Janets drumming though lol
they do a great cover of Paint It Black together (its up on youtube im sure)
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 2:27 am
by zeb
I have that show but there really is a wealth of brilliance that you haven't exposed yourself to yet, MadTIGERmaN.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 2:39 am
by oasisfan35
I got the discog at some point zeb, where do you suggest I start? Mind you, I do commute by train so I can get a full album or two in a day.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 2:41 am
by zeb
I envy you, oasisfan35.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 2:44 am
by oasisfan35
Thank you much, queued up for 7:16 am tomorrow.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 4:09 am
by Bob Loblaw
From a Basement of the Hill is my Elliott Smith go-to album.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 4:47 am
by Pball
Listened to figure 8 today
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Thu January 03, 2013 5:38 am
by Soma.
Not since I was 16. Such a depressing chap.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 2:22 am
by epilogue
Figure 8 is my go-to Elliott Smith record. When I don't know which one to listen to, I grab that one. But Eitehr/Or is probably my personal favorite. But I harbor zero ill will for anyone who favors XO or From a Basement On The Hill.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 2:37 am
by washing machine
zeb wrote:Do any of you guys still listen to this man's music?
I actually put on New Moon a few weeks ago.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 3:57 am
by Pball
poor quality...but this is what turned me on to him a long time ago
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 12:28 pm
by oasisfan35
Misguided preconceptions had me anticipating a lo-fi affair with XO but the production is quite sharp and the harmonies early in the record were a pleasant surprise. Looking forward to some future spins and now, other albums.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 1:57 pm
by zeb
Next Figure 8, then Basement and then Either/Or.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 2:20 pm
by Soma.
You're rather fluent in billtop in your old age, zeb.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 2:29 pm
by Chloe
<3 One of my favorites! Much like Pearl Jam, I can't rank the albums. All great and each holds special meaning to me in some way.
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 10:53 pm
by super nintendo chalmers
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 11:03 pm
by Birds in Hell
I like his self-titled one, Either/Or and From a Basement on a Hill quite a lot.
I've never much cared for his two major label records (XO and Figure 8).
New Moon has some great stuff on it, I really like this one in particular:
Re: Elliott Smith
Posted: Fri January 04, 2013 11:06 pm
by epilogue
His self-titled album is vastly underrated. Even by hardcore fans, I think. Even by myself. I love that album, but I almost never put it on. Stupid. It's a great album.
