Elliott Smith: Heaven Adores You

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Heaven Adores You Teaser #1 - YouTube

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[chris_sc77]

Looking forward to this. ES is my favorite musician of all time

[bootsy]

Just got into his music. He's really good.

[MTRodaba2468]

Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Looking forward to this. ES is my favorite musician of all time

I wouldn't go so far as to say he's my all-time favorite (that would be a tie between Led Zeppelin and Pearl Jam), but he put out some damn good music, and I'm certainly interested in checking the release out...

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Bonus Features
Performance of 'Heaven Adores You' by Aaron Espinoza
An hour of extended interviews with many of the contributors to the main film

Source:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...f_rd_i=desktop

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Regarding the bonus feature "Performance of 'Heaven Adores You' by Aaron Espinoza":

The name of Earlimart's singer is Aaron Espinoza. They were friends with Elliott Smith.


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Elliott Smith Casts A Long Shadow Over Earlimart’s Treble
Late singer acted as friend and mentor to California band.
by Rodrigo Perez 9/30/2004

The first time Earlimart’s Aaron Espinoza met his hero Elliott Smith, he was not only nervous, but embarrassed too.

“I had on brown pants, a T-shirt with a thermal underneath and a little beanie,” the Earlimart singer laughed. “And it was like, ’Oh my God, I’m dressed exactly like him.’ ”

This chance meeting was at Earlimart’s first show in Portland, Oregon, and over the next few years, Smith would become a friend and mentor to the group and their friends in the “Ship Collective,” which also includes fellow Californians Grandaddy.

But Earlimart have a history of being saddled with tragedy (see “Earlimart Lose Friend In Aaliyah Crash, Come Back Stronger After Breakup” ). So when Smith died last October (see “Singer/Songwriter Elliott Smith Dead; Friends, Fellow Musicians Pay Tribute” ), it was yet another personal heartbreak for the band.

“When [Smith] passed away, that definitely set the tone thematically on the [new] record,” Espinoza said. “[His death] was going to be in the songs — there was no way around it.”

Earlimart’s third offering, Treble & Tremble, juxtaposes taut rock songs with atmospheric, melancholy ballads. At least three songs, “Heaven Adores You” (the album’s first video), “It’s Okay to Think About Ending” and “Hold on Slow Down” all contain lyrical references to their departed friend.

While Smith casts a long shadow over the album, Espinoza emphasizes that Treble also has bigger themes.

“It’s a record about love, basically,” he said. “And that’s a broad thing — like loss of love, missing and gaining love, and all that. So yeah, maybe you might have one or two instances where [a song] will get you going in a certain direction, but it turns into a lot more than just that one thing.”

That idea is perhaps best exemplified in “Hold on Slow Down,” whose lyrics at first are about a budding relationship but soon turn toward their deceased companion: “Well, I miss you my friend/ Will I see your face again? And will you be smiling then?”
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Source:
http://www.mtv.com/news/1491513/elli...imarts-treble/

Earlimart - Heaven Adores You - YouTube

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I was not impressed with the documentary. There were too many (new) shots of Portland which felt unnecessary and took up way too much time. After a while I thought the camera man just wanted to try out his new dolly. I also expected more never-before-seen footage. The whole documentary was just not in depth enough.