tommygun
10.21.13 | spinning his discog all day and night, rip to a legend |
Artuma
10.21.13 | rip hard |
InfamousGrouse
10.21.13 | feature this |
Rowan5215
10.21.13 | best list I've ever seen holy fuck man it's so sad
RIP hard |
avonbarksdale221
10.21.13 | Feature this [2]
Rip. |
InfamousGrouse
10.21.13 | yr lyric pick for 28 is up there amongst my top 3 |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | sweet. jamming discography now. you heard New Moon Tommy?
all good with the fires Rowan? |
tommygun
10.21.13 | @grouse - yea man twilight is so /perfect/
@chris - heard it half a dozen times or so, gotta devote more time to it cos any elliott is good elliott but i omitted it here cos it's a compilation so |
PortraitsOfDecay
10.21.13 | I've only heard half of his discog but I can't disagree, he's one of the best musicians I've ever heard. Rest in peace. |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | his B-Sides comp is better than most Best Ofs...crazy.
this list has most of my favourites. |
Rowan5215
10.21.13 | Thanks for asking Chris but yeah situation hasn't improved much since last week unless the weather changes drastically it looks like we're gonna have to evac by the end of this week, nasty times |
tommygun
10.21.13 | damn dude that's a heavy scene |
Rowan5215
10.21.13 | it sucks hard yeah, one of my teachers lost their house too which is sad to hear
but anyway I don't want to derail your thread bro this is for Elliott |
Pheromone
10.21.13 | woah. |
avonbarksdale221
10.21.13 | Damn rowan bro that's right fucked up, hope it all works out |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | no good man. i was hearing Katoomba/Leura. and that the big fire from Lithgow is likely gonna merge with two others.
i live at Glenmore Park out near Penrith. fires came out this way in 2001 and the firies seemed to be hinting embers might jump the Nepean River again on Wednesday.
stay safe dude and hope everything goes okay. |
Rowan5215
10.21.13 | yeah thanks man fingers crossed |
Rowan5215
10.21.13 | Well I live in Katoomba Chris so yeah it hasn't quite come here yet but last I heard towns around Mount Victoria were being evac'd.
you too man |
tommygun
10.21.13 | fuck man look after yourselves fellas |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | yeah hope it eases up soon. was nearly 38 degrees here today.
tonight is the first time i've ever jammed the self titled and Roman Candle. Either/Or has been one of my favourite albums since probably 2005 or something. i own all his other stuff. i dunno how that even happens |
tommygun
10.21.13 | whoa crazy
well if you love either/or there's every chance you'll dig the first two |
Rowan5215
10.21.13 | I just want some fucking rain already, it's not even summer yet I mean it's ridiculous |
tommygun
10.21.13 | summer rules |
jackboblamont
10.21.13 | Feature this[4] |
avonbarksdale221
10.21.13 | Currently halfway through my first jam of Roman Candle as well, don't know why I've put off listening to his discog beyond Either/Or and XO. |
avonbarksdale221
10.21.13 | Could be in for a long summer Rowan bro :[ |
Rowan5215
10.21.13 | All I have to say is if shit like this can happen in spring what the fuck is gonna happen in the summer |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | yea this weather in mid October is insanity. at least it wasn't as windy today. the smoke everywhere is just crazy though.
just jammed - self titled is awesome Tommy. Roman Candle great too. Either/Or is my favourite, cos years of listening, plus that first 4-5 strong stretch and then Angeles later. I love XO too. but everything is at least a 4 for me. |
tommygun
10.21.13 | avon there's basically three groups
1. RC + ES + E/E
2. XO + F8
3. BASEMENT |
tommygun
10.21.13 | right on chris man happy to hear it |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | hopefully they get it under control soon, the rest of Spring is more average temp, lots of rain and they backburn any potential trouble spots.
and no fuckwits lighting them, like I read today...or people looting. that's pretty much as bad as it gets. |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | agreed ^ and New Moon is like B-Sides from the first group but they still rule harder than most people's best songs |
avonbarksdale221
10.21.13 | It's a fucking disgrace |
avonbarksdale221
10.21.13 | Also Last Call is fucking awesome |
Rowan5215
10.21.13 | That's what they say but honestly I haven't heard a single report of cool weather or rain coming up in the next few weeks which is the last thing we need
Have they confirmed a cause for the original fire yet? |
avonbarksdale221
10.21.13 | :[
Not sure man I heard it was lit by some kid but that could just be bullshit. |
avonbarksdale221
10.21.13 | Oh and tommy I think I'll just discog jam over the next few days chronologically, needs to finally happen |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | nah just rumours I think. the paper said some army explosives training thing might have started it but dunno.
Last Call is sweet. also Last Hour! |
tommygun
10.21.13 | agreed avon agreed chris you guys rule |
Rowan5215
10.21.13 | if it was deliberately lit then ugh fuck that leaving the country forever |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | i'm basically doing the chronological discog jam now except I snuck Either/Or in first. it's crazy hearing Sweet Adeline when the whole band comes in and the recording is 'better', after hearing the lo-fi early stuff.
Miss Misery is an amazing song too. |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | the most brutal emotional tracks imo are King's Crossing and Waltz #1. my favourite is maybe Between The Bars but hard to choose.
but King's Crossing with the 'give me one good reason not to do it (because we love you)' is crazy |
tommygun
10.21.13 | yea love what he did with the extra budget and studio toys from xo onward
just used it to enhance rather than getting carried away and jamming shit in just cos he could
real knack for arrangement |
tommygun
10.21.13 | agreed about king's crossing it might be my fave but idk it's too hard to pick
first time i heard it i was in shock |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.21.13 | omg |
tommygun
10.21.13 | hey cole |
Chrisjon89
10.21.13 | agreed ^ the songwriting still ruled on the later albums.
would've been interesting to see where he would've gone based on stuff like Coast To Coast. |
InFiction
10.21.13 | His sacrifice through his music has saved countless people, I'm sure of it. Myself and a few friends, for sure. God, I just love him. I miss him deeply.
Feature this [∞] |
joshuahuntkc
10.21.13 | Feature this
King's Crossing has always been my favorite and it hits the hardest today. I cried listening to it earlier. |
demigod!
10.21.13 | RIP |
Acorn
10.21.13 | i'll spin his discog it's been a while |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.21.13 | where is this mans feature |
demigod!
10.21.13 | jamming elliott all day
|
Havey
10.21.13 | wag discog |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.21.13 | http://www.spin.com/articles/elliott-smith-mr-misery-10-year-anniversary-death/ |
ShadowRemains
10.21.13 | rifuckingp |
joshuahuntkc
10.21.13 | He was so sick of people talking about the future. So he carved the word 'now' into his arm with a knife. And he sat down at the piano and wrote 'Everything Means Nothing to Me' as the blood was dripping down his arm."
Damn, no wonder that song is so heavy. |
tommygun
10.21.13 | omg reading that spin article now |
joshuahuntkc
10.21.13 | that is the single heaviest article I've ever read. cried like 3 times. |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.21.13 | same |
Gwyn.
10.21.13 | RIP
asked for this to be featured |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.21.13 | hard bump |
tom79
10.21.13 | 10 years, fuck. Currently in the middle of reading the new biography, torment saint. |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.21.13 | how is it |
Atari
10.21.13 | nice list. I love either/or but I guess it's time I listen to his entire discog |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.21.13 | today is the perfefct day my friend! discog run go |
tom79
10.21.13 | 'how is it'
Good so far. Interesting to know more details to one of your favorite songwriters. I'm currently at the point around where heatmiser formed.
'gonna go with depressing as fuck'
well that's a given.
|
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.21.13 | yay a feature |
evilford
10.21.13 | rip great list tommy, haven't even heard ES and I know I need to |
Chortles
10.21.13 | Best list I've ever seen |
adarkishman
10.21.13 | sorry im late |
AliW1993
10.21.13 | Yup, time to spend a night going through his discog in chronological order. Genius.
Also, has anyone read William Todd Schultz's new biography Torment Saint? I'd be interested to know whether it's better than the existing books. |
sniper
10.21.13 | i know this is blasphemy but i never got into elliott smith at all |
adarkishman
10.21.13 | nows the time! |
sniper
10.21.13 | i'm listening to either/or on youtube right now. |
YoYoMancuso
10.21.13 | why did i not see this list yet, tommy you're such a bro
RIP Elliott, looking at live performances rn |
joshuahuntkc
10.21.13 | @sniper I don't know why but I always figured you'd be an E.S. fan |
sniper
10.21.13 | i probably would be had i actually listened to any significant amount of his music |
Atari
10.21.13 | either/or is a good choice to start with. angeles is perfect |
IslamicPenguins
10.21.13 | his music had been huge in my life for just over five years now, tonight i'll listen to roman candle for the first time in tribute. |
ShadowRemains
10.21.13 | angeles is GOAT |
evilford
10.21.13 | I'm sure ES is one of those artists I see all over the place for years and just never check them out and then finally do and love them, should check asap |
joshuahuntkc
10.21.13 | @IslamicPenguins You've never listened to Roman Candle!!! Your in for a treat dude. |
Veldin
10.21.13 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2AqtrqPtGc - song written for and about Elliott. |
sicktransitbro
10.21.13 | i always thought "needle" went: i can't *be* myself, and I don't wanna talk |
tommygun
10.21.13 | yea same but i checked the cd booklet and it's definitely 'beat' (in smith's own handwriting)
thanks for the feature gods of sputnik
that fuckin spin article wow |
wacknizzle
10.22.13 | Awesome list dude. I'm super glad 25 made the cut, it's probably my favorite Elliott Smith song if there was one |
TheSupernatural
10.22.13 | I have so much love for Either/Or |
NordicMindset
10.22.13 | ^ yea man it rules hard |
AliW1993
10.22.13 | I thoroughly enjoyed last night's listening session.
I've never understood why No Name #3 is constantly overlooked. I love that song. |
tommygun
10.22.13 | yea it rules
roman candle is a perfect album |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | damn I've forgotten like all his songs except Everything Means Nothing to Me and Half Right
gotta go through the discog again it seems |
tommygun
10.22.13 | do it again and again until every song is tattooed into your brain
feels great |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | Smith or Froosh first though? that's my predicament |
tommygun
10.22.13 | for you? elliott |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | might follow that advice yeah
gonna be perfectly honest and say that what I remember of Elliott's discog is way better than what I remember of Froosh's (barring Sphere ofc cos Joshy) |
tommygun
10.22.13 | they're two very different types of artists and i completely expect that you'd prefer elliott's music to frusciante's cos of your natural gravitation toward lyrics etc
they're both very pure artists but in extremely different ways
frusciante is very much about the process/experimentation/music side of things with insane instrumental ability and more abstract ideas, and has said lyrics as something he has fun with or 'plays games' with
whereas elliott, while also a very technically proficient guitarist and arranger/composer, makes music that feels far more direct and personal and... not 100% autobiographical but a lot of what he does feels like a peek into his personal diary or something
you should read eric's review of his s/t to see where i'm going with this |
tommygun
10.22.13 | i love them equally but it's impossible to compare the two like for like
here's the specific section of that review i'm talking about (but read it all because it's fantastic) -
Again, it’s hard for me to believe this is a record Elliott enjoyed writing, much less releasing to the public for their scornful ears to criticize it. He did though, I think he had to. His self-titled record, besides existing as the most skillful display of songwriting unleashed during the decade, is an evocative diary of Elliott’s pain and anguish, a tiny glimpse of light into his dark cavern of suffering that was his life while addicted to heroin and despising life. |
avonbarksdale221
10.22.13 | Thats some great insight tommy bro, can really see how much these guys mean to you. Been jamming Elliott all day, King's Crossing brings some of the hardest feels ever. |
jefflebowski
10.22.13 | i dig that fugazi profile picture so much |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | Yeah fairly sure we've had this conversation before but it's always nice to hear your insights and such
Sometimes I think that Froosh's experimentation goes a little too far and he kinda loses sight of his original intentions which is perfectly understandable, but I definitely prefer him at his simplest and most honest, aka Curtains and Shadows
As for Elliott I don't remember enough to make a definite comment but he was certainly talented as a singer, guitarist and lyricist which I respect |
tommygun
10.22.13 | elliott wasn't a very good 'singer' but fuck me his voice was ~perfect~ |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | It's nice to see you actually discussing music tommy, no offense lol
In terms of raw talent yeah maybe not but he had the perfect voice for conveying the emotion in his music, kinda like Waters |
tommygun
10.22.13 | that's what i meant
i'm happy to discuss music any time man i just seem to arrive when people are already talkin about dicks and i get ~sucked in~ |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | I know I was agreeing with you, gosh
Lol I feel you sometimes it's fun to talk about boners and shit but I wish the site as a whole would discuss music more |
tommygun
10.22.13 | welp you know what gandhi said
be the change you want to see in sputnik |
avonbarksdale221
10.22.13 | you can both rudder me |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | I do my best but yknow it's hard to discuss music when I'm the only one discussing it we need a revolution |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.22.13 | did someone say dicks |
tommygun
10.22.13 | yep great timing |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | Exhibit A: the gradual corruption of avon, once an innocent young soul |
avonbarksdale221
10.22.13 | people just run out of shit to talk about man, there is only so many times you can say the same shit. i'd be all for more discussion, I just can't see it happening with the hivemind of this site unfortunately |
tommygun
10.22.13 | fuck the hivemind forge your own path brother
that said also jam everything klap reviews 4+ because whoa |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | Come on dude there's enough music and different opinions out there to fuel discussions forever. It's just as you say there's the hivemind of Sputnik that just wants to talk shit all the time
Anyway I've gone completely off topic as per usual sorry about that |
tommygun
10.22.13 | w/e dude relevant enough for me
i'll start deleting comments if your ass gets out of line |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | Woah laying down the law
I'm hitting the sack anyway gonna be a fucking long day tomorrow so peace |
tommygun
10.22.13 | just playin dude i would never
peace out man |
avonbarksdale221
10.22.13 | later bro |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.22.13 | i just remembered how much i love pitseleh |
tommygun
10.22.13 | yea man when that piano comes in fuck |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.22.13 | prob my fav on xo |
tommygun
10.22.13 | yea same it's some next level shit |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.22.13 | did you read in that article that 2 of the songs on from a basement on the hill originally started in
mono and then BOOM went stereo at a certain point in the song and it was super emotional and got dam i
believe it i get emotional thinking about it wow thatd be too much for me to even |
tommygun
10.22.13 | would be so heavy... need those tracks man
gotta hear 'suicide machine' he laid down the vox day before he died omg |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.22.13 | i was really hoping theyd release one of the songs they cut yesterday |
ABjordanMM
10.22.13 | I have most of his stuff. but where should I start. |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.22.13 | roman candle and work towards the future |
EaglesBecomeVultures
10.22.13 | beautiful list tommy thanks for sharing
anybody read the p4k write up? i liked it a lot, more commentary from people who know him than editorial
http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/9246-elliott-smith/
RIP to an amazing musician who changed an infinite amount of peoples lives |
adarkishman
10.22.13 | much love |
ABjordanMM
10.22.13 | So basically just go in order? |
tommygun
10.22.13 | yea go in order
will check that article asap, thanks eagles |
Chesse
10.22.13 | holy fuck $800 of drugs in one hour |
BigPleb
10.22.13 | Rip hard, dude should feel proud that he's getting people into his music 20 years down the line :) |
Rowan5215
10.22.13 | More like dude should feel proud that tommy is getting people into his music 20 years down the line
long live tom |
joshuahuntkc
10.22.13 | A lot of people are getting a lot of people into his music though. that's the thing. his fans are true fans. nobody that listens to Elliott half heartedly listens to him. It's either all or nothing and that's true for pretty much every one of his fans. I sort of stumbled upon his music and that was the best thing I've ever done as far as music is concerned. |
larrytheslug
10.23.13 | oh..i missed this. love the list! spun the discog last night, better do it again |
tommygun
10.23.13 | thanks larry my man |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.23.13 | better do it again [2] |
zoso33
10.23.13 | RIP |
Atari
10.24.13 | been digging roman candle a lot lately |
ShadowRemains
10.25.13 | tryin' to maaake a whissssper out of youuu |
zulop
10.26.13 | I would most likely have died five years ago if his music had not made me doubt my actions. |
Pheromone
10.26.13 | holy shit man this is weird |
joshieboy
10.26.13 | feature this [100] |
Rowan5215
10.26.13 | it has been featured joshie you fool |
joshieboy
10.26.13 | I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE POPULAR |
anarchistfish
10.26.13 | Coast to Coast is by far my favourite ES track but no one seems to back me up on that one |
Pheromone
07.23.14 | bump |
tommygun
07.23.14 | woo |
Pheromone
07.23.14 | Your choices are pretty much the same as mine except the lack of Clementine, Alameda and a few others. |
tommygun
07.23.14 | yea man real hard to narrow down, scary high level of consistency in the discog |
mike197
07.23.14 | This guy was a goddamn genius. Yesterday I jammed Roman Candle and XO, but there doesn't go a day where I don't listen to at least a few of his songs. They're too good, and as everyone says, EVERY album is great. Even New Moon. |
tommygun
07.23.14 | high times! |
Pheromone
06.28.15 | bloody hell - elliott was too good |
PappyMason
06.28.15 | Top list! |
unclereich
12.20.19 | I love this list./user |