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YOhio · 12-27-2007, 03:07 PM

Lame video but nice song. Wish he wouldn't have killed himself.

TripletDaddy · 12-27-2007, 03:25 PM

I love his music.

Was kind of sad when he killed himself. has it already been several years? wow.

UtahDan · 12-27-2007, 04:34 PM

I have made a lot of "Indie for Beginners" CDs for a lot of folks and Miss Misery has been on every one of them. Memory Lane and Waltz#2 are also currently in rotation on the iPod. He created a memorable body of work in a relatively short time.

YOhio · 12-27-2007, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by UtahDan

I have made a lot of "Indie for Beginners" CDs for a lot of folks...

That sounds cool. You should post some of your playlists.

Coach McGuirk · 12-27-2007, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by UtahDan

I have made a lot of "Indie for Beginners" CDs for a lot of folks and Miss Misery has been on every one of them. Memory Lane and Waltz#2 are also currently in rotation on the iPod. He created a memorable body of work in a relatively short time.

I used to make emo CD's for the kids in my ward when they would tell me they were emo. I would call it "Finding Emo".....boy were they shocked to learn the bands that were emo compared to what they were listening too.

MikeWaters · 12-27-2007, 09:50 PM

I remember when he played at the Oscars (?). It was weird to see one lone guy with his guitar, playing an earnest nice song, in the midst of all that Babylon.

marsupial · 12-27-2007, 11:54 PM

Danimal and I were just talking about Elliot Smith the other day and how much we enjoyed seeing him many years ago at DV8 in SLC. We were first turned on to his music from Good Will Hunting. Yeah, I'd love to see him again. Too bad he's gone.

TripletDaddy · 12-28-2007, 12:55 AM

Same. Good Will Hunting was what made me get into E Smith.

I liked them apples.

Frank Ryan · 12-28-2007, 04:20 AM

His music is too broody and sad for me

danimal · 12-28-2007, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Frank Ryan

His music is too broody and sad for me

That's what I love about his music -- his melancholy. He was clearly a deeply troubled dude.

Apparently, his death was not decidedly a suicide. Some evidence pointed toward homicide by his girlfriend. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/esmithaut1.html

For you Dallas area folks -- he grew up in Lancaster.

12-27-2007, 03:07 PM	#1
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	Any Elliot Smith fans? Lame video but nice song. Wish he wouldn't have killed himself.

12-27-2007, 04:34 PM	#3
UtahDan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Bluth Home Posts: 3,877	I have made a lot of "Indie for Beginners" CDs for a lot of folks and Miss Misery has been on every one of them. Memory Lane and Waltz#2 are also currently in rotation on the iPod. He created a memorable body of work in a relatively short time. __________________ The Bible tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. -Galileo

12-28-2007, 12:55 AM	#8
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	Same. Good Will Hunting was what made me get into E Smith. I liked them apples. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

12-28-2007, 04:20 AM	#9
Frank Ryan Formerly Mastershake Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 707	His music is too broody and sad for me __________________ And maybe if we tell the truth about the past, maybe we tell the truth about the present -- Ken Loach

12-27-2007, 03:25 PM	#2
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	I love his music. Was kind of sad when he killed himself. has it already been several years? wow. __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte

12-27-2007, 09:50 PM	#6
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,367	I remember when he played at the Oscars (?). It was weird to see one lone guy with his guitar, playing an earnest nice song, in the midst of all that Babylon.

12-27-2007, 11:54 PM	#7
marsupial Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I... Isn't it so fun to spell? Posts: 1,701	Danimal and I were just talking about Elliot Smith the other day and how much we enjoyed seeing him many years ago at DV8 in SLC. We were first turned on to his music from Good Will Hunting. Yeah, I'd love to see him again. Too bad he's gone.