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Elliott Smith died

post #1 of 16
10/22/03 at 5:05am
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I kinda feel like someone punched me in the gut.
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post #2 of 16
10/22/03 at 5:52am
Ugh. No good.
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post #3 of 16
10/22/03 at 6:29am
Whoa.

What gives? Sad.

I have to say I'm torn on whether I prefer his version of "Because" from American Beauty to the Fab Four's. Which is my kind of high praise.

*what the fucks up wuith Yahoo.com - Brian Wilson's "Because" ???

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post #4 of 16
10/22/03 at 9:41am
Wow, that's kind of out of nowhere. That really sucks. RIP.
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post #5 of 16
10/22/03 at 10:57am
Wow, that IS a slug in the gut.
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post #6 of 16
10/22/03 at 11:40am
My love for "needle in the hay" will live on.

RIP Elliott.
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post #7 of 16
10/22/03 at 11:53am
If he was in such pain - spiritual, mental, or otherwise - that he felt the need to end his own life, then I'm glad his pain is over.

My condolences to anyone close to him also hurt by his loss.
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post #8 of 16
10/22/03 at 11:54am
He was only 34! What happened?!

UPDATE: Nevermind. I just learned what it was. This is eerily familiar of the demise of Nick Drake, another great folk singer/songwriter, whose depression was clearly evident in his music and whose death was ruled a suicide, but never proven.

According to this article, Smith used a knife. Very strange.
<a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479869/20031022/smith_elliott.jhtml" target="_blank">http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1479869/20031022/smith_elliott.jhtml</a>

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post #9 of 16
10/22/03 at 12:05pm
Always liked his music quite a bit - his stuff with Heatmiser and his solo work. Guy wrote some beautiful songs.
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post #10 of 16
10/22/03 at 3:18pm
This completely ruins my day....
In fact, this could completely ruin my week. I was just starting to get back into Smith, after not listening to him in awhile.

why?
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post #11 of 16
10/22/03 at 3:27pm
Really, really, really too bad. I saw him perform once, in Louisville, KY and he said, "Do you want to hear a happy song? or a sad song?"

And the audience all screamed, "A sad song!"

And Elliott said, "Good. Cause I don't have many happy songs."

A truly talented artist that will be sorely missed.
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post #12 of 16
10/22/03 at 3:43pm
Wow, that makes the scene in Tenenbaums even more tragic.
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post #13 of 16
10/22/03 at 6:01pm
I was in an indie rock chat room last night and people were talking about this. A lot of people blew it off because people apparently try to start rumors like this.

Then around 1:00AM <a href="http://www.sweetadeline.net" target="_blank">www.sweetadeline.net</a> posted the message that's still there. My heart sank immediately.

The only Elliott Smith album I own is Either/Or but it's one of the few CDs that hasn't left the "Most frequently listened-to albums" case in my car since I got it.

I was anxious to hear the new album. Hopefully they'll still release it.
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post #14 of 16
10/22/03 at 6:37pm
Not to sound insensitive and more attentive to the needs of my music collection, but I hope they release it, too.
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post #15 of 16
10/23/03 at 6:50pm
Quote:
muncie girl:
Wow, that makes the scene in Tenenbaums even more tragic.
You said it...it's nigh-unwatchable at this juncture. "XO" is one of my favorite albums ever. This just really sucks.
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post #16 of 16
10/24/03 at 5:39pm
I had just put "Figure 8" back in my cd player the morning before I found out. I probably haven't listened to it in a year. This is really tragic news.
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