![]() – Say Yes (Either/Or album): People love it, may be because it sounds happier than the other ones? It has this catchy-soothing melody and always brings this melancholic smile on people’s face. Elliott said it could be about a feeling you get from a city or from a person or from a situation,… the feeling being more important than the subject. ![]() – Angeles (Either/Or album): It is a favorite of many, just like 'Between the Bars’, this guitar picking runs through your brain and touches you in the most mysterious way, may be because it is impossible to know what the song is exactly about. It’s simply impossible not to be captivated by the haunting intricate combination between melody and lyrics. – Between the Bars (Either/Or album): Before noticing how clever and meaning-layered the lyrics are, you just feel the aching fluidity of the acoustic music. ![]() The ascending sound brings the song from the darkest place ( I can't prepare for death any more than I already have) to the light (Instruments shine on a silver tray/Don't let me get carried away), through an explosive instrumentation at the middle of it. – King’s Crossing: (From a Basement On The Hill album): This is an intense and heavy one, with all kinds of layers and hidden vocals in the complex mix. It is first a drum-driven song, then the vocals come with these heartbreaking lyrics ‘I’m never gonna know you mow, but I’m gonna love you anyhow’ that became the fans’ rallying cry after his tragic death. ![]() – Waltz #2 (XO album): I have turned a lot of people to Elliott because of this song, it is catchy and it brings so much emotion through this waltz tempo. So here is a list of ten Elliott Smith’s songs (in no particular order), which may make it: If we were trying to get a song by Elliott Smith on the UK and US Charts, what would be your best bet? Which song could actually make it? It is a tough choice, especially when you are a fan nevertheless there are obviously some of them which are more popular and have more potential.
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