Parts of Elliott songs that you wish went on for days

[iamsaint]

Roman Candle - the ending

Twilight - the humming part

Kings Crossing - the intro

those are my top 3

[twotimes]

The first time I heard the guitar at the end of the Distorted Reality 7" version I remember wishing that it went on for like 10 more minutes.

[EvanCarmen]

Junk Bond Trader should have 39 more verses.

[rob87]

The intro in Angeles.
The part where the piano comes in on Pitseleh.
The last 50 seconds of Let's Get Lost.
The verses in Wouldn't Mama Be Proud.
The end of True Love (the "take me out" part).
Everything in High Times except the chorus.

[stillthestatue]

between the bars should never end

[pcianciaruso]

i have a good one,

the cool jammish part at the end of Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands

[Shadow16nh]

There was a silly bit of time when I fancied that if I died, No Name # 3 would be played at my funeral. I suppose now I'd rather just live in that song, in some kind of everlasting evening.

[blunderful]

the bridge and ending of I Better Be Quiet Now

[Dylan Thomas]

I really like that little melody
that starts off "Son of Sam"
and returns at various points
in the song.

[ilovemusic]

when elliott sings "God knows why my country don't give a fuck...fuck"
if he could just keep on echoing "fuck" i'd be soooo happy.
haha

but really-

Now you wanna show me how (called "now you wanna talk")...the version that sounds like he is really young and its a cheap, soft, warm recording.
it sounds sooo beatiful :love:

[some dude]

Now you wanna show me how (called "now you wanna talk")...the version that sounds like he is really young and its a cheap, soft, warm recording.
it sounds sooo beatiful :love:

what are you talking about? is there more than one version of that song?

[seamonster]

Every single one mentioned so far, plus the xylophone(?) part at the end of Let's Turn the Record Over.

[Charel]

biggest lie solo.

[ilovemusic]

theres a couple versions of that song...this is the one im talking about

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vyv0ow
:love:



(i dont have to say "enjoy" because i know you will :))
but your welcome!


p.s Thanks a TON for the "now you wanna show me how" tab!! :yes:

[pcianciaruso]

THE SECOND HALF OF CAN'T MAKE A SOUND

AHHHHHHHHHH I AGREE I AGREE I AGREE

[thedoublehelix]

the end of color bars where he says 'everyone wants me to ride into the sun'. when the strings come in just before that, it makes the song.

[Kris K]

"Here today, expected to stay, on, and on, and oooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn"
- Waltz #2

The intro to Bottle Up & Explode.

[Shadow16nh]

This instrumental outro of this performance. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=pAfPfcwgUM8)

[jetsetvenom]

Good thread!


I wish the solo in First Timer went on forever!

[deafkarma]

This instrumental outro of this performance. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=pAfPfcwgUM8)

YESS


THE SECOND HALF OF CAN'T MAKE A SOUND


YESS!!!!!!!!!!!!x1001010

[rubbsled]

This instrumental outro of this performance. (http://youtube.com/watch?v=pAfPfcwgUM8)

THE SECOND HALF OF CAN'T MAKE A SOUND

And I just want to add the instrumental outro of Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands

[robot hand]

fucking... HELLO!!

the end of stupidity tries?!

turn that shit up!
:bop:



:D

[neurotik]

i like this thread:
1) chorus for "go by"
2) "dancing on the highway" solo
and most importantly,
3) "waltz #1" (this should seriously be a 20+ min song i think)

[Obstinate]

The ending of Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands.
Every string section.
The part during Place Pigalle where he goes "Goodnight, sleep well." and the ending.
A Question Mark, everytime the horns come in. I just love it.
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, the part where he goes "They were wrong though, they all were." or something like that. I swear, everytime I hear that it sounds like....it sounds like maybe what it'd look like if Jesus really did come back. And the solo sounds like he says "I am God, bow to me."

[seamonster]

No Name #5, right before he says "hope you're not waiting, waiting 'round for me...."

[Kris K]

The intro to Amity...






























.not

[JacksonAlbracht]

Obviously the end of Everything Means Nothing to Me.

[Hummingbird]

some have already been mentioned... but for me it's the endings of

can't make a sound
stupidity tries
everybody cares, everybody understands
alameda
a passing feeling

and all of elliott's instrumentals

[Drunkship]

THE SECOND HALF OF CAN'T MAKE A SOUND

rawk n rolllll

[ilovemusic]

did anyone say the song "Bye" yet?

[Floh]

the 'day breaks, and ...' part in lost and found

[Dillon]

The intro to Amity...





.not


I always blast Waltz #1, so Amity scares the shit out of me when it comes on.

Anyway, as far as this thread goes, I'd have to say:

All of his instrumental songs
Unlucky Charm: Will you come out now?
In the Lost and Found (Honky Bach): Day breaks, and every morning when he wakes, he thinks of you
Little One: One hit wouldn't hurt a bit
Stupidity Tries: Another drunk conquistador
The harmonica bits in No Name #2
The last minute of Abused

...but that's just off the top of my head.

[Ian]

The first time I heard the guitar at the end of the Distorted Reality 7" version I remember wishing that it went on for like 10 more minutes.

Yeah, oh yeah.

[seamonster]

the 'day breaks, and ...' part in lost and found

Aww... I love that part

[runnersdialzero]

theres a couple versions of that song...this is the one im talking about

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vyv0ow
:love:


By the way, this is the only version we've heard, there's only one version out there. I don't think it was ever called "Now You Wanna Talk" or anything of the sort.

Just a heads up :)

[Obstinate]

The part where Abused explodes. The whole loud part. I wish that went on forever.

[Dillon]

The part where Abused explodes. The whole loud part. I wish that went on forever.

:love:

Agreed!

[Hummingbird]

i wasn't good at being a thief

[TempodiMorire]

The intro to Amity...


.not

Damnit, thats what i came in to say in a slightly more humorous way :(

[Dillon]

i wasn't good at being a thief

Oh my god, that line gets to me more than any other. That entire song does.

Also, I would love for A Silver Chain to last forever. If that's not possible, I would at least like a completed studio recording ;)

[HunterThompson]

the second half of splitzville

[Shadow16nh]

I always blast Waltz #1, so Amity scares the shit out of me when it comes on.


Exactly! That's the only song of his I have animosity for, and its precisely because of where he put it in the album! It pisses me off every time!

[nothehighnotesrgreat]

Okay I almost read all of everyone elses responses... but I got so excited I totally skipped some.

So.

Yeah.

"I wish I'd never seen your faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace."

I LOVE IT!
I love it.

I lvoe it. too.

And "Paint Tomorrow Blue..." from Lost and Found


BEAUTIFUL

[sadspectacle]

Okay, so it's not actually his song, but I did just listen to him sing it:


"Did you love this world, and this world not love you?"

[Dillon]

The beginning of Cupid's Trick. His voice is so :love:

[sixers]

the
"it shoulda' been me, yeah
yeah, shouldn't it be?"

in i figured you out.

[nothehighnotesrgreat]

Most of the Figure 8 album turns me on and should be forever...

[McCoy]

I've had FABOTH in my car for the last 2 days and just been playing it on repeat and I've probably listened to it straight through at least 4 or 5 times and I've listened to several of the songs probably 3 or 4 times extra as well. I haven't listened to it in awhile , and it was my first Elliott album, and I got it in the 8th grade. It's very much like having an old friend over for a weekend.

[EvanCarmen]

New Favorite of all time (almost): The last 1:06 of Southern Belle. Discuss.

[Obstinate]

New Favorite of all time (almost): The last 1:06 of Southern Belle. Discuss.

I love that part also ,but what about the part where he's like "How come you're, not ashamed of what, you aree-reeee-reee. I'm sorry, that you're the one, sheeee gottttttttt."

I swear that part gives me chills.

[EvanCarmen]

I love that part also ,but what about the part where he's like "How come you're, not ashamed of what, you aree-reeee-reee. I'm sorry, that you're the one, sheeee gottttttttt."

I swear that part gives me chills.

Agreed. And in that little stop action guitar work into the break down thing, I brick in my pants. Everytime. Gladly.

ALSO: On an extremely alcohol induced side note: The entire song "Almost Over". If I were pitchfork, Ide rate it something like this:
"An absolutely irresitable blend of guitar work and gut wrenching up and down vocals. Of almost untabbable complexity, this song rocked the faces off me and my children I havent even had yet. Rating : 4.8

[Dillon]

While I was listening to Almost Over in the car, someone swerved into my lane and we almost got in a nasty head-on. So, my life was almost over for a second there. Yikes.

But ahhh, the memories!

[Obstinate]

The first time I heard Almost Over, I thought he said "Black guys always watch the clock" or something. I was like "What the hell?" Then I checked the lyrics, and it's black eyes. Either way, that song still makes me cringe, don't know why :(

[Dillon]

I had always heard it as "black eyes," but when I looked at it from how others might hear it, I heard "black guys."

Well, at least I'm not the only one who cringes a bit at Almost Over. We could start a club!

[Obstinate]

Yes, it's quite possibly the only ES song I can't stand much. The only officially released one that is. That one could've stayed locked away in the archives. :yes:

[EvanCarmen]

Yes, it's quite possibly the only ES song I can't stand much. The only officially released one that is. That one could've stayed locked away in the archives. :yes:

Yikes that song, admit it has a killer guitar part. :)

[Dillon]

I like the song a lot, but I don't play it in the car much anymore ;) It's a shame; it's a blast to sing along with!

[Alpha Sprout]

I'm suprised no one has mentioned the solo in Alameda. Right after he sings "the fix is in" everything just comes together so well.

[nothehighnotesrgreat]

The first time I heard Almost Over, I thought he said "Black guys always watch the clock" or something. I was like "What the hell?" Then I checked the lyrics, and it's black eyes. Either way, that song still makes me cringe, don't know why :(

I honestly thought it said that too. "Black guys always watch the clock" and I was like WTF? no way. And I was driving. So I couldn't really get any lyrics. And my mind was thinking of all that stuff from the book, "Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing." (yes i know i know, everyone hates it blah blah) but it talk about how Elliott felt guilty about being a white male. And it all bothered me.


But I forgot about that. Until now.

That song isn't my fave anyways.

[Obstinate]

Oh really? I must read that. I swear, the more I read about Elliott, the more he seems like a best friend type of character. It's like, everything he did (except the whole smoking and drinking thing) is something I've felt, or been through, or really like to do. Like the part in the book where he talks about Patti LaBelle, the way they describe him being like a little kid, it reminds me of myself, like "Man that sounds definitely like something I'd do." Elliott seemed like a really cool guy, and now whenever anyone comes to me with problems, I have to resist the urge to say "You want me to beat them up? I swear I'll do it." :lol:

[some dude]

"I wish I'd never seen your faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace."

I LOVE IT!
I love it.


haha... i wish elliott had gone ahead and called the album "the long face"

[solveig]

can't make a sound
the spiral behind
eyes locked & shining
just before the war

[Obstinate]

It's this one part of Waltz #2 I'm not sure how many of you are obsessed enough to have heard, but it's one of the overdubs during the "on and on and on" part. Like, if you listen in Karaoke mode on any program, the overdubbed harmony, the way he sings it, it doesn't go up to falsetto, but the way he says it is just full of such dedication, and the way it goes up on the last "on" just kills me inside everytime. I wish that part could go on forever. Listen to it!

[And_now_we_rise]

The first time I heard Almost Over, I thought he said "Black guys always watch the clock" or something. I was like "What the hell?" Then I checked the lyrics, and it's black eyes. Either way, that song still makes me cringe, don't know why :(

I'm sure that had to cause some sort of subconscious mind fuck as well.
I bet you were all like "I most certainly do not!"
*check his watch*
"Damn you Elliott Smith!!!!
(Later on in the day, approached by some stranger)
"Excuse me do you know the time"
"NO I DON"T!!!"
*storms off angrily*

[Obstinate]

I'm sure that had to cause some sort of subconscious mind fuck as well.
I bet you were all like "I most certainly do not!"
*check his watch*
"Damn you Elliott Smith!!!!
(Later on in the day, approached by some stranger)
"Excuse me do you know the time"
"NO I DON"T!!!"
*storms off angrily*

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Damn you Addy and your "You must spread rep around before giving it back again" messages.