Resurrected unified MUSIC thread.

[DallasShalDune]

Hmmmmm, more acoustic jewels that I enjoy...

Well I love playing Modest Mouse's song called "Lives"

Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt"

Libarian - My Morning Jacket

Golden - My Morning Jacket

The Garden of Gethsemane - The Nightwatchmen (Tom Morello)

Deep Water - Portishead

The Mosquito Song - Queens of the Stone Age

Please Read the Letter - Robert Plant / Alison Krauss

Diablo Rojo - Rodrigo y Gabriella

Split Needles - The Shins

[barelyawake]

Damn Dallas, nice call on "Hurt." That seems like so long ago, I had to look-up to see if that was still this decade. That's absolutely a top one. And I missed the Queens, Modest Mouse and Portishead tunes. They belong on the list. Never heard "The Garden of Gethsemane" before. That's a killer tune. Rodrigo y Gabriela certainly belong. As does Andy McGee. That Plant album was so critically acclaimed. I never cared for it for some reason. But, that's certainly the best song on it. And I have no idea what I have against the Shins. I think I heard so much about them before I actually heard them that it sort of killed them for me. But, I dig that tune you listed.

Thanks again. Nice post.

PS...

Bob Dylan – “Someday Baby”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBWzug0CxH4

Was rockin' that last night. How good is that tune? Man, most artists get old. Dylan is such a vintage that he just gets better. There are very few famous people left whose death I would actually mourn (the last was Carlin, before that Vonnegut, Elliott and Kurt). Dylan, Letterman, Nelson, White (Jack, not Betty), McCartney and Howard Stern. Oh and, of course, Obama. I think that's it. Might get wistful over Stan Lee's or Neil Young's passing. Ben Gibbard better not kick the bucket either. He's got more work to do.

PPS...

Just classic...
Jack Johnson & Ben Harper - Banana Pancakes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJs9c__Xvf4

[barelyawake]

A'ight ya sons of b*****es. How come no one told me about Carbon Leaf? Man, I hate being the last to know junk -- especially about local bands.

Carbon Leaf - Life less ordinary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmMbrXypXJU

Carbon Leaf - Let Your Troubles Roll By
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWfSA8mx ... re=related

Carbon Leaf - War Was In Color
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf29IIQu ... re=related

[DallasShalDune]

"Someday Baby" is awesome. I'm a huge fan of Dylan in general, but his modern stuff particularly rubs me the right way. Especially his "Love and Theft" album. "Po' Boy" on that CD is a hilarious song. Great knock knock joke lol.

here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqqJ4uzRpPI

[bulletproof_32]

A'ight ya sons of b*****es. How come no one told me about Carbon Leaf? Man, I hate being the last to know junk -- especially about local bands.

Carbon Leaf - Life less ordinary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmMbrXypXJU

Carbon Leaf - Let Your Troubles Roll By
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWfSA8mx ... re=related

Carbon Leaf - War Was In Color
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf29IIQu ... re=related

My bad, barely. I'll take the blame for not posting them in this thread.

A good friend of mine went to Randolph Macon with Carbon Leaf and is really close with those guys. He and the lead guitarist were actually in each others wedding parties and I've seen/ met those guys a number of times (I'm sure they couldn't pick me out of a lineup though). They've been grinding for a long time now - they've developed a pretty loyal following in Nova and Richmond but for whatever reason never really ascended beyond the local/ regional level even though they have somewhat of a "Mix 107.3"/ top 40/ adult listening appeal. (BTW I believe a couple of their albums were produced by Dave Lowery of Cracker).

While I'm plugging friends of friends bands might as well pass this one on. My brother lives in Austin and he's recently been helping promote (semi manage?) one of his good friends, Graham Wilkinson, who is starting to gain a little bit of steam/ press locally in Austin (and beyond).

He's an acoustic folk/ rock artist and has a little Tom Wait in his voice so I thought he'd fit in nicely with the acoustic discussion. Can't find a great recording on youtube but here's a simple acoustic diddy I kinda dig (I mean, c'mon how can you not like a song written for your grandma?):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjNnsWkZ ... re=related
(Go to about 1 minute to get to the actual playing)

Here's his myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/undergroundtownship

At the moment, I'm partial to the songs Blame, Ragamuffin and Personality Disorder.

By the way, I'm loving the acoustic stuff on this page that you and Dallas have offered up. I've got a s-load of catching up to do, though.

Here's a semi-related question for you guys:

if you had to recommend 2 (5? 10?) relatively easy must learn songs (read not an entire song of bar chords/ arpeggios/ finger picking but rather simple chord progressions/ rhythms) on acoustic guitar from the list above (or just in general) what would they be? Keep in mind I'm an "advanced beginner" whose only been "playing" less than 2 years (in my limited free time). While I can play "my version" of some of the songs (or other songs by the artists) listed above, I'd appreciate any input on "easy" acoustic guitar songs. Just looking to expand my library.

[barelyawake]

A'irght Bullet, ya bastard. Kidding. No, I've heard Carbon Leaf's name a couple times in passing. I've just never been told to listen, so I never did. Now that I have, way late in the game, I dig a few of their tunes.

As far as guitar, you should start on really easy stuff, sure. But, I would quickly transition into something challenging. Just one piece you really want to play. And spend a good while just learning that piece. That's what I did. A semi-hard piece that has complex chords, finger picking, pulls etc will allow you to skip the learning slow stage. Because once you learn it, suddenly the "easy" songs will seem easier. Like putting a donut weight on a practice bat in baseball. But, as I mentioned earlier, many of my favorite songs are easy. Punk songs are usually three chords. Nirvana is easy. Foo's version of "Have a cigar" is fun as hell. AC/DC tunes, sans solos, are basic. Reggae tunes. "Your love gets sweeter." "Jammin.'" "Them belly full." etc...

From my list up top, Neutral Milk Hotel – “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea;” Panda Bear – “Bros;” & Death Cab for Cutie - "A Lack of Color" are fairly simple tunes. Ummm check Nick Drake songs. Superman by R.E.M. is easy. Land Down Under. Rudie Can't Fail. Beatles - "I'm so tired." Arcade Fire - "Wake up." Bright Eyes – “First Day of My Life" (this song sounds good just as chords, if you want). Capo the fourth. Check http://www.ultimate-guitar.com for the chords. Print out a chord chart from online, and you'll see that one is pretty easy. Then, hit a hard song.

For the semi-hard song, I always suggest Blackbird by the Beatles (it was my nickname in jr. high because I played it so much). That song will teach you hammers, slides, finger picking, complex chords, etc. And it'll be a pain in the ass. But, once you get it, you'll find it opens up a lot of doors. Or, if you don't like that song, then maybe something by Ben Harper or Cat Stevens. Something with a few elements in it. Jason Mraz and Jack Johnson songs are good to teach you strumming patterns and semi-complex chords, while staying fairly simple.

P.S. Graham Wilkinson performs "People" was a great video. TY for that.

P.P.S. Yep Dallas, I love "Po' Boy" too.

[barelyawake]

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003)

Just a small sample of an utter genius:

Elliott Smith - Everything Means Nothing To Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dye5BmmEdco&NR=1

Elliott Smith - Say Yes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8oLojgT ... re=related

Elliott Smith - Miss MIsery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8-lQ9CeyI

Elliott Smith - Roman Candle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcK0DsFw-RA&feature=fvw

Elliott Smith - Independence Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8iWDrln ... re=related


To memorialize Elliott Smith, how about I break down another one of his songs.

Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ygcdR1orJI


"First the mic then a half-cigarette
singing Cathy's clown.
That's the man she's married to now.
That's the girl that he takes around town.
She appears composed, so she is, I suppose.
Who can really tell?
She shows no emotion at all.
Stares into space like a dead china doll.

I'm never gonna know you now,
but I'm gonna love you anyhow.

Now she's done and they're calling someone
such a familiar name.
I'm so glad that my memories remote
'cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note.
Here it is the revenge to the tune
you're no good
you're no good, you're no good, you're no good.
Can't you tell that it's well understood

I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow

I'm here today and expected to stay on and on and on
I'm tired, I'm tired

Looking out on the substitute scene
still going strong
XO, mom, it's ok, it's alright, nothing's wrong.
Tell Mr. Man with impossible plans to just leave me alone
in the place where I make no mistakes
in the place where I have what it takes.

I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow."


If I broke down the entire song, it'd fill a book. It's that way with many Elliott Smith tunes. So, I'll just take select phrases. First, if you didn't guess, the song is about an abusive stepfather moving in and a son moving out. Now, the word waltz in Elliott Smith's hands is like Johnny Rotten writing odes to his puppy. One immediately knows something is off. Waltzes are jovial. Obviously, Elliott is not. Waltzes are frivolous and often grinded out by a monkey to the trapeze artist. So, we know Elliott's choice of music is meant to parody the tragedy of this all too typical, American family.

Let's fast forward through the first stanza. Basically the first section outlines the lives of the stepfather and his trophy wife with the son gone. The chorus is the son telling his mother he's never coming home.

"Now she's done and they're calling someone
such a familiar name."

She's done can be read a couple ways. She's completely dead inside under the stepfather -- as her will is supplanted by his (especially with the son now gone). Now, she's only a china doll -- beautiful and unfeeling. It can also be read that the relationship between mother and son is dead, as he moves away forever. The pair are now completely removed from the son. They have moved on and found a replacement for the son in other relationships that they call "familiar names." Names the son doesn't know.

"I'm so glad that my memories remote
'cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note"

The first line reads two ways. "My memory is remote" meaning he's losing his memories. Or "my memories remote" meaning my memories flip channels like a TV. The words that follow emphasize both meanings. By "hour to hour," he's describing living for the moment, and not looking back at old memories. It also has a twinge of AA, addict speech -- tackling the "disease" one day at a time. By "note by note," we have now decreased the time frame from living one hour at a time to living moment to moment (as if he's constantly battling the return of the memories, and having to find more frequent distractions). And now, he's occupying himself by playing through notes like flipping channels on the TV -- never lingering enough to allow memory or thought to creep back in. "Just fine" is obviously what someone who isn't doing fine says.

"Here it is the revenge to the tune
you're no good.
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good.
Can't you tell that it's well understood."

"Here it is." So, we were flipping channels in our memory (and building note by note to the crescendo) and finally have come to the pinnacle. We've reached the reason for the song being written. He's finally removed enough from the situation that he's able to fight back. And he tells his stepfather plainly what a bastard he is. The next three "you're no goods," like a rap song, are sampling. So, to understand this song, we have to hear the other one -- which begins "feeling better now that we're through." The reference isn't just Elliott declaring his independence from his stepfather, it also is a nod to his mother. The song is from her era. It's a song he wished she would sing.

Betty Everett - You're no good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S1VmqyTUBk

The "you're no good"s obviously mimic the 60's song. And in the 60's song analogy, Elliott would be the gentle and true boy who was left with a broken heart -- left by his mother. As I said, I could write a book about Elliott Smith songs, but I'll end with this line:

"XO, mom, it's ok, it's alright, nothing's wrong."

One writes XO (as if this is a letter he's writing his mother), one doesn't say it. And the line patterns itself after the "you're no good"s. So, he's using the "language of his mother" and flipping the "no good" part to reassure her that he's alright. I'll leave you to figure the rest of the puzzle. Focus on the rhymes, half rhymes, assonance and alliteration. In Elliott Smith songs, they aren't there by accident because they sound good. They are used to send underlying messages or highlight/emphasize various words or phrases. For instance, check the "she sells seashells" use of s in the first stanza. And look how the s-words offset the non-s-words -- not to mention the line breaks and half-rhymes.

As I said, Elliott Smith was a genius. Thus ends my all too brief memorial to a brilliant, brilliant soul. The man who singlehandedly turned folk music into punk.


Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd-zwe1fWB0

[daSwami]

Here's a semi-related question for you guys:

if you had to recommend 2 (5? 10?) relatively easy must learn songs (read not an entire song of bar chords/ arpeggios/ finger picking but rather simple chord progressions/ rhythms) on acoustic guitar from the list above (or just in general) what would they be? Keep in mind I'm an "advanced beginner" whose only been "playing" less than 2 years (in my limited free time). While I can play "my version" of some of the songs (or other songs by the artists) listed above, I'd appreciate any input on "easy" acoustic guitar songs. Just looking to expand my library.

I cut my teeth on the Beatles catalog. They use just about every chord imagineable and their songs are so ubiquitous you won't even really have to learn the melodies - you'll know them already. I bought an E-Z play piano book of their songs - I like piano sheet music because it gives you both the chords and melody lines. Songs I particularly enjoyed playing were "Strawberry Fields" (some cool D chord progressions in the chorus). Other random tunes I've enjoyed strumming on the acoustic include:

"Africa" by Toto
"Safe European Home" by the Clash - cool ska vibe
"Burn One Down" by Ben Harper
"Redemption Song" - Marley
"Miss Misery" - Elliott Smith
"Throw your Arms Around Me" - Hunters and Collectors
"Suzanne" - Leonard Cohen
"Injured Bird" - Vic Chesnutt/Michael Stipe
"The One I Love" - REM
"Wasted and Ready" - Ben Kweller
"A Minor Place" - Bonnie Prince Billy
"Tangled up in Blue" - Dylan
"What do I get?" - the Buzzcocks
"Morning Has Broken" - cat stevens
"Love Removal Machine" - The Cult
Anything by CCR
Anything by Weezer
ditto Nirvana
"Just Like Heaven" - the Cure
"I'm the One" - Descendents
"Babylon" - David Gray
"Can't get you out of my head" - ELO
"love my way" psychedelic furs
"a song for you" gram parsons
"after the gold rush" - neil young
"in the city" - the jam

[DelaneyRudd]

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003)

Just a small sample of an utter genius:

Elliott Smith - Everything Means Nothing To Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dye5BmmEdco&NR=1

Elliott Smith - Say Yes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8oLojgT ... re=related

Elliott Smith - Miss MIsery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8-lQ9CeyI

Elliott Smith - Roman Candle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcK0DsFw-RA&feature=fvw

Elliott Smith - Independence Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8iWDrln ... re=related


To memorialize Elliott Smith, how about I break down another one of his songs.

Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ygcdR1orJI


"First the mic then a half-cigarette
singing Cathy's clown.
That's the man she's married to now.
That's the girl that he takes around town.
She appears composed, so she is, I suppose.
Who can really tell?
She shows no emotion at all.
Stares into space like a dead china doll.

I'm never gonna know you now,
but I'm gonna love you anyhow.

Now she's done and they're calling someone
such a familiar name.
I'm so glad that my memories remote
'cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note.
Here it is the revenge to the tune
you're no good
you're no good, you're no good, you're no good.
Can't you tell that it's well understood

I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow

I'm here today and expected to stay on and on and on
I'm tired, I'm tired

Looking out on the substitute scene
still going strong
XO, mom, it's ok, it's alright, nothing's wrong.
Tell Mr. Man with impossible plans to just leave me alone
in the place where I make no mistakes
in the place where I have what it takes.

I'm never gonna know you now
but I'm gonna love you anyhow."


If I broke down the entire song, it'd fill a book. It's that way with many Elliott Smith tunes. So, I'll just take select phrases. First, if you didn't guess, the song is about an abusive stepfather moving in and a son moving out. Now, the word waltz in Elliott Smith's hands is like Johnny Rotten writing odes to his puppy. One immediately knows something is off. Waltzes are jovial. Obviously, Elliott is not. Waltzes are frivolous and often grinded out by a monkey to the trapeze artist. So, we know Elliott's choice of music is meant to parody the tragedy of this all too typical, American family.

Let's fast forward through the first stanza. Basically the first section outlines the lives of the stepfather and his trophy wife with the son gone. The chorus is the son telling his mother he's never coming home.

"Now she's done and they're calling someone
such a familiar name."

She's done can be read a couple ways. She's completely dead inside under the stepfather -- as her will is supplanted by his (especially with the son now gone). Now, she's only a china doll -- beautiful and unfeeling. It can also be read that the relationship between mother and son is dead, as he moves away forever. The pair are now completely removed from the son. They have moved on and found a replacement for the son in other relationships that they call "familiar names." Names the son doesn't know.

"I'm so glad that my memories remote
'cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note"

The first line reads two ways. "My memory is remote" meaning he's losing his memories. Or "my memories remote" meaning my memories flip channels like a TV. The words that follow emphasize both meanings. By "hour to hour," he's describing living for the moment, and not looking back at old memories. It also has a twinge of AA, addict speech -- tackling the "disease" one day at a time. By "note by note," we have now decreased the time frame from living one hour at a time to living moment to moment (as if he's constantly battling the return of the memories, and having to find more frequent distractions). And now, he's occupying himself by playing through notes like flipping channels on the TV -- never lingering enough to allow memory or thought to creep back in. "Just fine" is obviously what someone who isn't doing fine says.

"Here it is the revenge to the tune
you're no good.
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good.
Can't you tell that it's well understood."

"Here it is." So, we were flipping channels in our memory (and building note by note to the crescendo) and finally have come to the pinnacle. We've reached the reason for the song being written. He's finally removed enough from the situation that he's able to fight back. And he tells his stepfather plainly what a bastard he is. The next three "you're no goods," like a rap song, are sampling. So, to understand this song, we have to hear the other one -- which begins "feeling better now that we're through." The reference isn't just Elliott declaring his independence from his stepfather, it also is a nod to his mother. The song is from her era. It's a song he wished she would sing.

Betty Everett - You're no good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S1VmqyTUBk

The "you're no good"s obviously mimic the 50's song. And in the 50's song analogy, Elliott would be the gentle and true boy who was left with a broken heart -- left by his mother. As I said, I could write a book about Elliott Smith songs, but I'll end with this line:

"XO, mom, it's ok, it's alright, nothing's wrong."

One writes XO (as if this is a letter he's writing his mother), one doesn't say it. And the line patterns itself after the "you're no good"s. So, he's using the "language of his mother" and flipping the "no good" part to reassure her that he's alright. I'll leave you to figure the rest of the puzzle. Focus on the rhymes, half rhymes, assonance and alliteration. In Elliott Smith songs, they aren't there by accident because they sound good. They are used to send underlying messages or highlight/emphasize various words or phrases. For instance, check the "she sells seashells" use of s in the first stanza. And look how the s-words offset the non-s words -- not to mention the line breaks and half-rhymes.

As I said, Elliott Smith was a genius. Thus ends my all too brief memorial to a brilliant, brilliant soul. The man who singlehandedly turned folk music into punk.


Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd-zwe1fWB0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYfpTjTmTzY

This is still my favorite Elliott Smith You Tube. You might be interested to know I was fortunate enough to be at Elliott's last show ever. Unfortunately I don't have a stub since my student ID was my ticket. It was a great show, I wasn't really aware of his problems so didn't really notice anything weird.

[bulletproof_32]

Thanks Swami and barely. Lots of good info/suggestions. I'm working my way through some of the songs now trying to narrow it down to a few to focus on this week.

And just to provide a little context, the reason I was looking for suggestions for "easy songs" is just to have some songs to fall back on when things ain't going so well with the more advanced things that I get from lessons.

Sometimes I just get frustrated with spending hours on the same "little" thing over and over and over and over again. Things that on the surface appear so freaking easy that I feel like an idiot for not being able to grasp initially (but it's always a sweet reward when you finally "get it"). And so while I recognize the repetition/ practice is a necessary evil, it still doesn't mean it's not easy to get discouraged at times. So, I was just looking for feedback from more experienced guitarists on what you guys consider "easy" in order to have some more "go to" songs to play when I feel like throwing the guitar at my TV.

Thanks again for responding, guys. Really appreciate it.

[bulletproof_32]

Btw, Barely. XO is my favorite Elliot song. Thanks for the breaking down the lyrics - I've never been able to articulate the feeling I get when I hear that song so thanks for applying some color (which seems pretty dead on considering the context you provided).

Btw #2, Whenever I hear any Elliot song I usually segue to Ben Folds. You probably already know this but Ben wrote an Elliot Smith tribute song called Late. I love that song, man.

There's a great iTunes Original download of Late where Ben sets up the inspiration for the song and his interactions with Elliot. Great stuff about them playing bball and why Elliot has such a calming voice on his songs (paraphrasing here but he basically told Ben "if you grow up with yelling in your house, that's the last thing you want to do on your records").

[barelyawake]

DelaneyRudd, that's very cool. I keep saying in this thread that I feel Elliott was the greatest artist of this generation -- up there with Kurt, Lennon and Dylan. Was that "Say Yes" video from the show you saw? BTW, that "lucky three" was a great video. Thank ya for that. Beautiful. I'd love to know if there is any other Elliott stuff on the net/YouTube I have missed. I got to see Elliott once too. Seeing him live made you want to cry, even before his untimely passing. I remember when I first saw him, it was on T.V. and he looked homeless. He had a scruffy beard and tattered, jean jacket. And out of this guy came the most angelic words and voice. I knew he was a special soul the moment I heard him.

Bullet, glad you liked what I wrote. And that the guitar stuff helped. Yep, I knew about the Ben Folds song, and am a fan of his too. I was going to do a bit on all piano bar pieces eventually and include a few Ben tunes. But, glad you brought it up. Belongs in an Elliott tribute. And Elliott certainly deserves a nice tribute in this thread.

FYI, it's really hard for me to pick my favorite Elliott song, but I guess it would be "Say Yes." Two reasons. First being it's the only punk love song I've ever heard that worked. And I call it punk because he is able to pull off cursing and spite in a love song. And next, because the breath before he says, "Say yes," kills me. It's like he's laying his entire emotional self on the line for her to either accept or crush. It's damned beautiful.

[barelyawake]

Radiohead isn't making albums anymore. Or, so they say. But, there's a new Radiohead song.
So, go figure what that means...

Radiohead - These are My Twisted Words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Rvz-z5 ... re=related

[DelaneyRudd]

DelaneyRudd, that's very cool. I keep saying in this thread that I feel Elliott was the greatest artist of this generation -- up there with Kurt, Lennon and Dylan. Was that "Say Yes" video from the show you saw? BTW, that "lucky three" was a great video. Thank ya for that. Beautiful. I'd love to know if there is any other Elliott stuff on the net/YouTube I have missed. I got to see Elliott once too. Seeing him live made you want to cry, even before his untimely passing. I remember when I first saw him, it was on T.V. and he looked homeless. He has a scruffy beard and tattered clothes. And out of this guy came the most angelic words and voice. I knew he was a special soul the moment I heard him.

Live at the Oscars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbQ4sFGmANk
His discomfort is endearing.

Electric version of Needle in the Hay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4gs4rSL5Os

I like this version of Twilight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoffronUUpU

[DelaneyRudd]

And the play list of the show I went to, his last. Say Yes was his final song ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELt42je5VEI

This is it, it's a rough recording.

[barelyawake]

Such cool stuff, Delaney. Thank ya for all that. You're right it's endearing seeing Elliott so out of place. And that suit. As my uncle would say, "Elliott that's a nice suit. Do they make that in mens' sizes?"

Some Elliott covers to go with my covers section ealier in this thread:

Elliott Smith - Because (Beatles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvSdFr3niQM

Elliott Smith - I Me Mine (Beatles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4ngK0o ... re=related

Elliott Smith - Revolution (Beatles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l22kGWbx ... re=related

Elliott Smith - For No One (Beatles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-DCZwWs ... re=related


And a lil Heatmiser
Heatmiser - Plainclothes Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UR61it ... re=related

FYI Chinatown is also my favorite movie. So, great minds...

[barelyawake]

R.I.P. Les Paul

Chet Atkins & Les Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByGsHTlK ... re=related

Chet Atkins & Les Paul (more)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfjD680w ... re=related

[DallasShalDune]

Radiohead isn't making albums anymore. Or, so they say. But, there's a new Radiohead song.
So, go figure what that means...

Radiohead - These are My Twisted Words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0Rvz-z5 ... re=related

This new Radiohead tune is pretty tight, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88VPZ74zk6w

It is called Harry Patch (In Memory of). Their guitarist Johnny Greenwood is such a great musician all-around. His work on the film There Will Be Blood was great and it is a shame he didn't get nominated for an Academy Award.

[DelaneyRudd]

Brand new Flaming Lips song -- It is fantastic:

http://pitchfork.com/news/36217-hear-th ... he-leaves/

Click on continue reading to get the player to open up.

[Wizards2Lottery]

I've been loving some Alice in Chains lately.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTBWOJekJng