Elliott Smith - New Disaster original version (Grand Mal Studio Rarities) disk 7

[@matthewsolina4920]

Elliot’s voice is so natural and easy sounding and the mix makes it sound like he’s right over your shoulder. Like he’s singing right to you.

[@markgaipa500]

That's exactly right. In this version, Elliott's vocal is overdubbed in different speakers, so you basically get two of him singing together, in stereo, which is a beautiful choral effect. It's just the opposite of the version on New Moon, where the instrumental is great but the vocals sound a bit thin and distant to me.

[@jimtroeltsch5998]

one of my absolute favourites from our guy

[@Jonnydubbel]

Oh my, this version is so beautiful. Could listen to it every day.

[@knives5489]

I do

[@dobrilapetrovic2235]

This is so sad but so beautiful.

[@-solidsnake-]

Welcome (belated)

[@shytownstatic1447]

Ominous warning. "Waiting to start, waiting to light, wait until dark, I told you man, I told you."

[@SerialSinner27]

how I love this song, pretty eerie and sad.

[@romarina2687]

Lyrics: The ghost of your smile is always looking for new Bodies to haunt And its been here And disappeared Its hanging around aloofly for awhile Gradually gone Its pleasing And freezing Well I wonder what it is you're after Keeping company with this disaster You looked all over town Got turned around To walk back through the mud The kind you had left behind you Everybody is the same in this long no-win game Where every new blood gets time to Become resigned Now I wonder what it is you're after Keeping company with this disaster Why you never tried to tame your master You just blow through the coals Blow through the coals Blow through the coals Till everyone knows That your smile is just a ghost The ghost of your smile was seen on a body in the park Its old news You see that its no use Waiting to start Waiting to light Waiting till dark I told you man I told you Well I wonder what it is you're after Keeping company with this disaster Why you never tried to tame your master

[@nunyab8972]

Take care everyone

[@ElJoelitoTV]

I think I hear "waiting to like" instead of "light" might be only on this version tho

[@horaciobenitez3617]

I love you Elliott! thanks for your music!

[@Bfrsgjmvdwwerrfg7]

Absolute genius

[@EmperorofMu]

This track is dope dawg!

[@asaantoine9485]

i like most of this version better, but the higher production of the blow through the coast part(the best part) makes it more impactful on the released version.

[@chipwhich]

damn if the new moon version just had those hard panned vocals with the rougher take

[@jaredhiebert7334]

I told you, man. I told you...

[@cheemsrei]

The way he says it is so fucking haunting, it’s almost like a cry out in frustration, angry at whoever didn’t heed his warning. This version will always be leagues better than the mix on New Moon.

[@carsoccerpain]

GOAT

[@mcfcxx9849]

Anyone know what that scraping sound is in the background?? It's also in the Last Hour from FABOTH

[@tylermarsh1231]

just background hiss it’s normal

[@mcfcxx9849]

@@tylermarsh1231 Alright, kinda sounded like someone was filing something lol

[@GabrielCamorim]

It's a reel tape recorder sound

[@mcfcxx9849]

@@GabrielCamorim Ohhh okay cool thx

[@brushstrokemedallion]

it's the sound of the actual tape hitting the take-up reel on a reel-to-reel recorder. when the take-up reel is too low or too high (i.e. not aligned perfectly with the tape heads and supply reel), the tape rubs against the take-up reel with each rotation, making that sound. hope that helps!

[@daianaleiva7252]

😭😭😭

[@riffraffrichard]

Prefer this to new moon version though I like the drum kick at the end of that one

[@alliwantedwasyou]

well i wonder what it is you’re after keeping company with this disaster

[@claudiomargheri2087]

This song is something else. Really. Sounds like something i already heard but how and where! Is it any possibly in a film? This melody... I swear i know it!

[@theo02222]

Nah man just the genius of Elliott smith

[@claudiomargheri2087]

@theoguy7 (:❤️😏 yea... Cheers mate

[@dr_schneeplstein2637]

why couldnt this version be on new moon

[@saimak7079]

Treat

[@JaneDoe-zc2zn]

One of my favorites. Not my favorite version of this song, though. I prefer a different vocal track as well as a different version of this track I had on my computer. Like how he sounds more strangled, poisoned, and like he was hit in the head by more? More abused?

[@JaneDoe-zc2zn]

You just blow through the coals, 'til everyone knows that your smile is just a ghost.

[@JaneDoe-zc2zn]

2:20

[@JaneDoe-zc2zn]

20 is Judgement. I am Judgement. I am everything. "The judge is on vinyl." Decisions are final. What's sarcasm?

[@JaneDoe-zc2zn]

2:02

[@-solidsnake-]

It’s the sound of salvation

[@thepetpawscause921]

You can hear John Lennon influence all over this .

[@hessehessen4334]

What kind of songs for example?

[@winterbeaches]

@@hessehessen4334 Nowhere Man, Across the Universe and Norwegian Wood come to mind. More so in the atmospheric feel, a little in subject and sheer poetic elegance. The vocal (overlay?) in Nowhere Man with a slight delay stands out to me.

[@matthewsolina4920]

The double tracked vocal is awesome.

[@DougerArt]

i don't hear it at all in this one. maybe it reminds you of the xmas song? though in that case flowers for charlie has a lot more john lennon all over it.

[@DougerArt]

@@bansheecrofton very little in common with girl, a little in common with julia, but it's not like john lennon's the only man in the world who ever fingerpicked a guitar.