Does anyone know what the hidden messages in Elliott Smith's songs are saying?

Question

Its fairly well known that there were quite a few messages and clues hidden in Elliott Smith's last album "From a Basement on the Hill." Its apparent in some of the parts that feature layered vocals that the words being sung in the background are not the same as the lyrics to the songs. Does anyone know what was being said, or better yet, is there a website that will let you listen to isolated tracks of the background vocals alone?

Answer 1

The song that I'm most reminded of by your question is Elliott's "Coast to Coast" from his last album. Elliott talks about this song in his last interview.

"I asked this friend of mine to make up something he could say as fast as he could in fifteen minutes about people healing themselves or being unable to heal themselves. While he's saying this thing there is a main vocal that goes over that."

It's hard to decipher the two seperate poems in the background, but if you would like to try, go to http://www.elliottsmithbsides.com/BasementDemos.htm and you can download an instrumental version of "Coast to Coast" with the poems being recited in the background.

I hope this helped!

Answer 2

try going to jeff milner or miner idont know his last. or go freewebs.com/thetfactor and click on the real music