Friday, September 7, 2007

Heatmiser - Plainclothes man

my first exposure to elliott smith. happened to catch it on 120 minutes. as much as i loathe mtv it actually turned me on to alot of good music in the late '80's early '90's. whigs, nirvana, janes'addiction,etc.
always really liked this song. on the surface about an undercover cop, it's alot less "miami vice" than the subject matter suggests.
he was a fantastic songwriter. great guitar player. "i remember why i dream in black and white". what a great line!
his is a sad story.

1 comment:

MO'SH said...

I'd never seen, or heard, that. He's great. Remember when he was really popular? That was strange. The first I'd ever heard of Elliot Smith was when Paul got that CMJ with "Rose Parade" on it. Stranger still that here we are...