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Steven Paul Smith was born on August 6, 1969 to Bunny and Gary Smith, who were then living in Omaha, Nebraska. About a year later Elliott's parents decided to divorce. Bunny moved to Texas, taking with her Elliott, who was raised in the Duncanville area (near Dallas). Asked about his earliest memory, he once replied: "Playing on a gravel embankment next to a highway in Dallas. I found a turtle, picked him up and he peed on my hand." Technology was a challenge to which he rose at an early age. "My first memory," he recalled on another occasion, "is of breaking the TV by repeatedly flicking the volume and turning the set on and off. I was three. It was the first piece of electronic equipment I was ever allowed to operate. The first day I was, I broke it." He added More... (Submit New Elliott Smith Lyrics) (Submit New Elliott Smith Lyrics) Review about Elliott Smith hits home | Reviewer: foofu ------ About the song Let's Get Lost performed by Elliott Smith this song brings me to tears. i am that girl that was begging "him" to stay. & he pushed & pushed until i couldn't take it anymore. extremely depressing. i want so badly to get lost with him. but he would never let me. Elliott, a true legend | Reviewer: Claire ------ About artist/band Elliott Smith The way I see it, there was far more to Elliott than just music, I believe his music was how the world was able to discover and see him. And the life he lived I wouldn't have changed a bit, not even his death... For most people, including myself, it's the main way of his discovery. His mind operated in such a way where he could just communicate with someone and simply have them under a spell - the things he said and the way he spoke and all of his accomplishments were a simply mind blowing to me. If I had I only know about him before his death, I'd have seen him and been in his presense, I'd be shocked and in love even if from 100 feet away. He often compared himself to bands when he shouldn't have. He was something so much more, so poetic and always had that ora of knowing something that's no one else ever did. His "music" was far more than just that and gave human beings something to think about... Something to ponder that we'll never truly know but gives us a sense of warmth and something to lookforward to when we die as well.. Possibly, that's just me, but I've seen so many people be so taken by his music in more than just being a fan of his. He deserved so much more, he deserved more than just the title of a musical artist, because he was a legend, he IS a legend and I'll be damned if he's forgotten. You've truly made an impact, Elliott. I love you and your legend. I look forward to meeting you in that unknown place........ SAD | Reviewer: Shore ------ About artist/band Elliott Smith If he only knew how much he wasn't missed then music in the underground would be amazing with no threats of selling out from any band, but he is missed! i just know he is happy because he gets prayers from all over ! GOD BLESS ELLIOTT SMITH!! Erm. | Reviewer: Someguy ------ About the song Roman Candle performed by Elliott Smith While elliott smith's music is "emotional," it's not what would be considered "emo music" as far as the genre's sound goes... At least in my opinion. Who am I? Nobody... So then you may as well forget you read this. That's all I have to say. In any case, he is not emo music, but his music is emotionally charged and very sombre in a guilty pleasure sort of way. Longing for forbidden love | Reviewer: Jessica ------ About the song Between The Bars performed by Elliott Smith I don't believe that anyone person can decide what the artist meant...songs all touch us for different reasons which is what makes music so personal. This song for me the first time I heard it was about someone who would do anything for another that he just can't have. She is trapped in a world that doesn't include him (ie. marriage, family...) for whatever the reason, yet he loves her enough that he will hold onto whatever he can to be with her, help her, protect her...even though he knows he truly can't have any of it. Between the bars, to me means whatever holds us back, not literally a pub/bar...the bars of life, bars of love...the bars that keep us scared from doing what the heart wants to really do. Amazing | Reviewer: Amanda Peters ------ About the song Twilight performed by Elliott Smith Love Elliott Smith. The definition of meaningful and melancholy. What a beautiful person he was. Watch his interviews. For someone so shy and humble, he was a true performer and musical genious. Always will be missed. I hope his music carries on. Sad | Reviewer: Scaryamishman ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith Elliot wrote a great tune here. I sorry that he took the big vacation. I've contemplated suicide several times in my short life and have always suckered out because of my kid and the trail of pain that would follow. With that said, I understand what Smith was going thru when he wrote this. Heroin was never my drug of choice only because I knew how WONDERFUL you could feel. Death would be a short-term certainty. Sorry. About the song; Elliot has these lyrics that make heroin the protagonist and antagonist and at the same time WHILE still having this point-of-view that is looking from the outside in. Now, some of you might see this as ramblings of a junkie. Trust me, these are real feelings from someone who is a prisoner in their own skull. Do I feel sympathetic to this character? Naw, you can get help if you really want to. A great song? Yes. Road to Recovery | Reviewer: c ------ About the song Fond Farewell performed by Elliott Smith This is an amazing song. When I was in high school I was addicted to all kinds of drugs and it got really bad. I could relate my life to this song in so many ways. Not only did this song help me see myself in a new light during my addiction, but helps me stay sober to this day. When I hear it, its really brings me back to how I felt back in those days, and reminds me I never want to feel that way again. great song | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Wouldn't Mama Be Proud? performed by Elliott Smith this song really makes me think of a (wo)man who travels alot, with his job, and got used to the rich life they attained... they eventually take for granted what people wish for, and forgets what they used to have (a good family) because they've become too engulfed by themselves, and how they think they've got it good Meaning | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song King's Crossing performed by Elliott Smith The song is about his addiction to drugs. "The needles on the tree, A skinny Santa is bringing something to me." and "A rich white lady..." There's tons of references to him being a slave to the addiction and how he hates himself for it. Drugz | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song King's Crossing performed by Elliott Smith It's about Elliott's addiction to drugs and how he hates himself for it. "Needles on the tree, a skinny Santa is bringing something to me..." is obviously about him scoring drugs from his dealer. And him going on a date with a "rich white lady" is also a drug reference... There's actually a lot of them if you look at it. because we love you!!! | Reviewer: Evan ------ About the song King's Crossing performed by Elliott Smith sometimes i have a hard time believing he committed suicide. the story is pretty sketchy. to bad we'll never know exactly what happened. by far my favorite songwriter. amazing person. im planning on getting XO tattoos on my arms just before my hands. Amazing song, with so many great lines, easily my top 5 of Elliott, i did not know that the "because we love you"was added after his death, thats pretty intense. play for me in heaven | Reviewer: chelsea ------ About artist/band Elliott Smith i can't tell you how much i regret not seeing elliott. I was about six, seven years old when i first heard st. ides heaven. My brother was all about elliotts music. I wasn't aware he had died. Then once I got older I just became obsessed with his voice, and his music. I'm sixteen now and I can barely listen to him without crying. But all I ever want to do is listen to him. I wish I could have seen you, I really do. -much love to elliott smith<33333 Perfect | Reviewer: Dan ------ About the song I Didn't Understand performed by Elliott Smith Whether the acoustic or the original version this sentiment of breaking up is the epitome. Pure and without any self-confidence it describes any disconnection from a part of the soul that has been with you. Kudos to the dearly departed. There wil never be any other like you. Needle In The Hay | Reviewer: Annie ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith This song is the epitome of both meldodrana and teen-life. Which, as everyone knows, come hand in hand. It's so beautifully written, and would seem stupid without Elliott's soft voice. As with every Elliott song, everything just seems to be a hazy dream with harmonic soft voice and guitar. It seems made up on the spot, yet impossibly perfect. It's an amazing song. What this songs means to me... | Reviewer: B ------ About the song Between The Bars performed by Elliott Smith I love this song. When I met my boyfriend I was an alcoholic. And he saved me from myself and all of my vices. I am not sure what Elliot Smith was saying for himself. But for me the part where his says "The potential you'll be that you'll never see The promises you'll only make" is basically where I was. I had been coping badly with everything that life had handed me. My boyfriend met me at a bar and we ended up at a party afterwards, I was drinking alot then, and he just sat there with me picking apart my drunken ramblings, figuring out what I was hiding, why I was this way. He could see past every drunken wall that I would put up. "The people you've been before.That you don't want around anymore. That push and shove and won't bend to your will I'll keep them still." This is where I am now, I can't go back to that life style... A complex Relationship | Reviewer: V ------ About the song Between The Bars performed by Elliott Smith this song is not about alcholics, it is not about stalker(s) or anyone stalking. What I think is going on, is pure tradition. Just having one of those moments with you and your lover, and drinking to drench out the negetivity that the world has made. "Drink up baby, look at the stars I'll kiss you again between the bars Where I'm seeing you there with your hands in the air Waiting to finally be caught Drink up one more time and I'll make you mine Keep you apart, deep in my heart Separate from the rest, where I like you the best And keep the things you forgot" It prooves too, how much this person really commits himself to the drinker and how much He/she really loves the other person, meaning by giving the drinker their free will to drink. plus no one is discouraging it, just letting the other person drink only because of their own beliefs, such as trying to forget about everything else that sucks. It is a really passionate song and it explains how complex love really is. ohh elliott | Reviewer: nomel ------ About artist/band Elliott Smith elliott is the most genuine musician i listen to. i live in portland, and catch his little references to places in town, places i am every day, and i think, wow, if i hadn't started listening to him on the day that he died (which is when i first heard one of his songs), i might have seen him getting on a bus somewhere, or just walking down the street, in the late '90s, when i might have had the chance. elliott's music fills me with an overwhelming emotion that can only be described as little explosions of sweet melancholy. i've had the most vivid dreams about elliott, watched interviews, listened to him talk in the beginning of some of his less popular songs, and melted every single time. if he was alive all i'd want is just to talk to him for a second, just to catch a glimpse of his smile face-to-face, because although i'm very familiar with him as a musician... it seems like, because of the way he is with music, he would be even more lovely as a human being. we miss you elliott, thank you for leaving us with something so wonderful to remember you by. xoxo A treasure among gems | Reviewer: CanUK Girl ------ About the song Between The Bars performed by Elliott Smith It's true that one of the beautiful things about Elliott's songs is they are open to the listener's interpretation and this song is probably the best example of this. This song is a paradox- heart-wrenching yet comforting, sad yet somehow sweet. Even the title- could be a reference to a jail cell or it could be a reference to hitting a flask as you stumble from one pub to another. I once heard somebody say they thought that this was a love song sung by a bottle of whiskey to Elliott (and I think he's right, which is heartbreaking if you think about it for too long). Or, it could be a love song about his own "Sweetheart the Drunk" (apologies to the Jeff Buckley fans, but it's the term just fits here). Or it could be about a really messed-up alcohol and lord knows what else-fueled realationship between two troubled people who love each other regardless. Elliott- you really understood the human condition, XO. strange | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Needle In The Hay performed by Elliott Smith It's so strange to listen to songs by someone who's long dead, who killed himself. When I listen to his voice, try to understand his words and feel what he felt, I have the impression of doing something forbidden, illegal. Dont You? You could review the artist/band Elliott Smith in Biography page You could review Elliott Smith album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Elliott Smith song by clicking the song which you like  Download "Elliott Smith" Music | |
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