He was probably one of the most depressed man I have heard singing. Just by listening to few of his songs you realise how Elliott Smith must feel sad in his life. He could probably make himself cry with his tunes.
The ultimate 90's melo folk songwriter. He was deep, he was anxious, he was sad but most of all he lived for love.
Most of his songs are about some girl who destroyed his heart, some other girl he made love to and left him hurt in the morning, the way he forgets by drinking and the way music releases him. You listen to Elliott Smith and you understand him, or yourself.
He died in 2003, at only 34. People say he killed himself. I always wonder how such brilliant artists that have so much to offer could kill themselves. We need more from them, we need their songs in our lives. We need them to make us think, we need them to make us love and hate. It wasn't his time... or maybe it was.
Maybe he gave us all he had to give. All he could mentally and physically give.
Well apparently not. In 1997, Smith arrived at the University of Maryland to tape a session at the student run radio. Before the session began he warmed up with an unreleased tune: "Misery let me down".
A two minute folk lovely song, typical to the guy. The recording had mysteriously disappeared before surfacing from nowhere few days ago. Only the Washington Post has the track.
Click on the link and check it out it's perfect --> Elliott's exclusive track from the graves
Anything else you would like to tell us Elliott?
More of this TrUe OuTsIdEr :
METRIC covers Elliott's tune "Between the Bars".
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