Elliott Smith - Fond Farewell

Well, I hesitated to post this, but since it's out there and From A Basement On The Hill has made it to amazon, might as well. The first time I listened to this track, I felt a shiver straight up my spine, and as I write this I regret that I didn't take the opportunity to visit with Elliott Smith more often. His untimely death is still under scrutiny by his most hard-core fans and we'll probably never know what really happened, but I can predict that in 20 years as the Cult of Elliott grows, a film will be produced to inflate the legend. I'm sure the irony of this song is not lost on too many, but like the pink elephant in the living room, let's not pretend that we don't see it.