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Oh god..., i just found this................it dosent matter what i listen to it all leads back to Elliott and i cant listen to him anymore, its too beautiful it just make me want to die..........
FLAMING LIPS STAR REMEMBERS ELLIOTT SMITH
Steven Drodz pays a warm tribute to his old friend...
THE FLAMING LIPS'' STEPHEN DRODZ has told
NME.COM of his sadness on hearing of ELLIOTT
SMITH's death.
Speaking to NME.COM last
week, Drodz, drummer with the Flaming
Lips, spoke of his regret that the singer could
not have been helped more. He had been in the studio with Smith in recent months.
"When I first heard, I was devastated and
crying. It was just that initial reaction; you're never prepared for that,"
explained Drodz. "I just really feel like if he could have
got it together and been happy on some level, the potential for really great
music was there."
As previously reported on NME.COM
Elliott Smith died on Tuesday last week (21). He was found in
his apartment in Los Angeles with a single knife wound to the chest. Most
famous for the Academy Award nominated 'Miss
Misery', from the 'Good Will Hunting' soundtrack,
Smith released five albums during his career, most notably 'XO' in 1998.
"The first
time I met him was in 1996," explained Drodz "I was touring
with Those Bastard Souls. We were opening up for
Sebadoh and Elliott was on first. It was
before he had any real notoriety or fame, we hit it off, but he was always
in his own world."
"When we toured in 2000, I got to know him really
well, I knew he was always struggling just to get through the day," he
recalled. "For me, my fondest and most disturbing memory of him was when we did ecstasy together one night and we were listening to Elton John's greatest
hits. That song 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' came on and he
started bawling his eyes out."
"We did some recording together and we
hung out a lot. I think Elliott had a thing about him," added
Drodz. "That obvious sadness and depression, it wasn't fake
at all, and people will miss that a lot."
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