Elliott Smith "Either/Or" (lyrics, singer, indie, pop)

**sleepy jack** · 03-11-2008, 04:46 PM

Uh, obviously he had to use a band live but he had no set "band" he'd occasionally have a guest musician doing something on the track but it was pretty much all him.

sweet_nothing · 03-11-2008, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

Uh, obviously he had to use a band live but he had no set "band" he'd occasionally have a guest musician doing something on the track but it was pretty much all him.

Pretty much
Additional musicians on XO
Jon Brion – chamberlin and vibraphone on "Waltz #1", "Bottle Up and Explode!", and "Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands".
Tom Rothrock – drum loop on "Independence Day"
Rob Schnapf – guitar on "Baby Britain"
Joey Waronker – drums on "Bled White" and "Bottle Up and Explode!"
Bruce Eskovitz – Bass saxophone, Baritone saxophone, and flute
Ray Poper – Trumpet
R. James Atkinson – French Horn

**sleepy jack** · 03-11-2008, 05:24 PM

That's really not that much considering how many songs are on XO and how many different instruments are on it. Hardly a full backing band, like I said guest musicians.

sweet_nothing · 03-11-2008, 05:29 PM

ok, whatever helps you sleep.

ComingUpRoses · 03-11-2008, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing

ok, whatever helps you sleep.

he's right though.

sweet_nothing · 03-11-2008, 05:37 PM

Additional musicians on Figure 8
Sam Coomes - bass on "Everything Means Nothing to Me," "In the Lost and Found (Honky Bach)," "Stupidity Tries," and "Pretty Mary K"
Pete Thomas - drums on "Junk Bond Trader," "Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?" and "Can't Make a Sound"
Joey Waronker - drums on "Stupidity Tries"
Jon Brion - backup vocals on "Happiness/The Gondola Man"

ComingUpRoses · 03-11-2008, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sweet_nothing

Additional musicians on Figure 8
Sam Coomes - bass on "Everything Means Nothing to Me," "In the Lost and Found (Honky Bach)," "Stupidity Tries," and "Pretty Mary K"
Pete Thomas - drums on "Junk Bond Trader," "Wouldn't Mama Be Proud?" and "Can't Make a Sound"
Joey Waronker - drums on "Stupidity Tries"
Jon Brion - backup vocals on "Happiness/The Gondola Man"

The majority of his music he did himself.
Have you read Elliott Smith and The Big Nothing?
It can back that statment up.

**sleepy jack** · 03-11-2008, 05:47 PM

You don't even need to read elliott smith and the big nothing you just need to look at his CD credits and not to be so obsessed with being right all the time that you're deluding yourself into thinking something wrong.

sweet_nothing · 03-11-2008, 05:50 PM

I know sometimes he did all the work but sometimes he didn't, so what? He still made great music.

tkpb938 · 03-12-2008, 08:03 AM

That was a rather silly argument^

Anyway I just got into Elliot Smith. It surprised me how much I enjoyed it. I'm generally not into soft indie stuff like I said before, but Elliot does that kind of thing exceptionally well.

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03-11-2008, 04:46 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,244	Uh, obviously he had to use a band live but he had no set "band" he'd occasionally have a guest musician doing something on the track but it was pretty much all him. __________________ You're so evil and I'm so good, I'll make it up to you someday.

03-11-2008, 05:24 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,244	That's really not that much considering how many songs are on XO and how many different instruments are on it. Hardly a full backing band, like I said guest musicians. __________________ You're so evil and I'm so good, I'll make it up to you someday.

03-11-2008, 05:47 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,244	You don't even need to read elliott smith and the big nothing you just need to look at his CD credits and not to be so obsessed with being right all the time that you're deluding yourself into thinking something wrong. __________________ You're so evil and I'm so good, I'll make it up to you someday.

03-12-2008, 08:03 AM
tkpb938 Lvl 70 Troll Hunter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunny Phoenix Posts: 451	That was a rather silly argument^ Anyway I just got into Elliot Smith. It surprised me how much I enjoyed it. I'm generally not into soft indie stuff like I said before, but Elliot does that kind of thing exceptionally well.