EPTGonna go listen to him now!
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Elliott Smith, and why he is amazing. - Page 2
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Wohmfg
United Kingdom1292 Posts
Gonna go listen to him now! Favourite song: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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samurai ninja
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Emon_
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CtrLZerG
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Sprite
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CtrLZerG
United States104 Posts
On May 18 2010 07:39 Sprite wrote: Elliott Smith was such an influential music artist. I must say i will always love his song Pitseleh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDMeEtUCq54 Yea, that's my dad's favorite song lol My whole family is big on Elliott Smith.. we love his music | ||
SultanVinegar
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CtrLZerG
United States104 Posts
I wasn't expecting that. | ||
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NeVeR
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On May 18 2010 06:49 s.a.y wrote: i feel that Nick Drake has better instrumental playing, but Smith has amazing lyrics Eh, both wrote great lyrics. Drake's lyrics are often clearer and more universal, where as Smith's are introverted and personal. Smith generally uses more chord changes than Drake, and while the technique required to play some of Drake's songs can be very high, a lot of them are actually pretty easy. They certainly had one thing in common, though: they both wrote beautiful music. | ||
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meteorskunk
Canada546 Posts
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CtrLZerG
United States104 Posts
On May 18 2010 08:28 NeVeR wrote: Eh, both wrote great lyrics. Drake's lyrics are often clearer and more universal, where as Smith's are introverted and personal. Smith generally uses more chord changes than Drake, and while the technique required to play some of Drake's songs can be very high, a lot of them are actually pretty easy. They certainly had one thing in common, though: they both wrote beautiful music. I agree with this post. I actually like Nick Drakes lyrics a lot, though I do like Elliott's probably a little more... Nick Drake's writing style (as far as phrasing and lyrics goes) was very, very different from almost everything I had heard prior to it, and I like that. Also, he incorporates nature into many of his songs as metaphors, which you will find is typically not so successful in music nowadays, but in his case, he executed it very well. P.S. to meteorskunk - Thanks! That quote really helped me out a lot... it helped me to loosen up and just enjoy myself with song writing... I also love what he mentioned in that interview about how important creativity and love for music is... | ||
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alexpnd
Canada1857 Posts
 Damn what a song. This live version is my favorite. Christian brothers. I just see his life's dedication in this performance. Subtle but so powerful. | ||
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CtrLZerG
United States104 Posts
On May 18 2010 08:40 alexpnd wrote: Great song writer. I particularly love waltz #4, high times, and pretty mary k (new moon other version). Thanks for inspiring to put him on my playlist again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEbIZbX3v6g Damn what a song. This live version is my favorite. Christian brothers. I just see his life's dedication in this performance. Subtle but so powerful. I like how that song progresses.. I also like the alternative Pretty Mary K... It's kind of weird to play on the guitar..Though I know the chords, I can't play it perfectly , and have yet to figure out exactly how he finger picks the notes.. But it's a really cool song that I want to learn to play all the way through... You seriously can learn a lot from listening to his music. | ||
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omninmo
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CtrLZerG
United States104 Posts
On May 18 2010 09:35 omninmo wrote: i've just always had issues with suicidals... even hendrix (who killed himself with drugs due to inability to go beyond his current musical plateau) . Well the thing we are admiring is his music and song writing ability. And hendrix killed himself on accident... He was given a different kind of sleeping pill than he was used to(in fact several times stronger), and he didn't think it would be wrong to take a couple extra pills, despite the fact he had alcohol. It was also his first break he had... and he just wanted to sleep. The investigation showed that it was almost certainly accidental. And I wouldn't come to conclusions about reasoning behind him killing himself even if he did... Hendrix was only around for 3 years, and he was incredibly progressive. As for Elliott Smith, he had a lot of problems... I wouldn't want to live the life he did. What he had to deal with was much more than most of us could even shallowly understand. Reasoning behind suicidal thoughts can be incredibly sudden, and though he deteriorated over time, it could have been a sudden reaction that led him to making such a rash decision... After all, though he was depressed, he wasn't very suicidal until the year 1998... That is apparently when he openly admitted that he tried to commit suicide, though he didn't want to talk about it much. After that, though, he seemed to have recovered some what... going to rehab, fixing his life up... then suddenly in 2003, he slipped into a deep depression and killed himself. It's hard to say what leads up to such things... but who knows. The point of this thread is not to discuss something we can't possibly understand. It's to admire his song writing ability and the music he wrote while he was alive. In case you are wondering, source is Wikipedia.org | ||
NonY
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Miss_Cleo
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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NonY
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On May 18 2010 10:43 Miss_Cleo wrote: In my opinion, he's just an average musician propelled to fame by his tragic death Then you've got some things to work out about time and shit cuz he was pretty famous when he was alive. He played a song at the Oscars :o On May 18 2010 10:44 zulu_nation8 wrote: Is it even sure it was a suicide? I think the investigation never completely confirmed it, no. It could've been homicide but they weren't anywhere near proving that either. | ||
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Beside_kr
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