you can really hear the texas in him in this song. must be where he got it from.

Why do i love EVERETHING this man did!

fun fact - this was re-recorded for the Basement album. I would do anything to hear that recording.

My god...this is the man I wish I met in my life.

played this and sang it on guitar a few years back. Remember it making my dad laugh after the great grandpas line.. Rest in peace dad

I cannot even being to express my gratitude to you, this perished man saved my life and my soul, and for that, he is cherished. I mistakenly believed myself to have experienced all of his phenomenal pieces, but you have proved me wrong, and I couldn't be happier for that fact. Bless you, may your life be full of truth.

I love the way he sardonically plays with the music and lyrics of traditional American folk songs. That cowboy chorus is gold.

One of my favourite Elliott songs. I love all of his unreleased stuff. I play this song a lot in my home town where everyone listens to country music, and people always really like it.

it hurts to think you're gone elliott...

It's so interesting to hear him singing in so much lower of a key then his later years. You can here Texas in it.

When he sings kiyey yippee yay yo I laugh and cry all at the same time

What a great song. Not used to hearing more folky stuff from Elliott. Though I have been lacking on searching his stuff.

My daddy was shy, he lived in Cheyenne He turned as red as I've ever seen a man And his skin was thick, and he was hard as a brick And just couldn't talk to no one And that must be where I get it from My uncle worked in a plutonium mine His job was to set up the dynamite And he got too close to a charge underground And all of his feelings went numb And that must be where I get it from Kiyay, yippee eiyo My mama was ten feet tall She wasn't afraid of nothing at all And she said her prayers to be proper and all She swore on a grave and a gun And that must be where I get it from Great-grandad went mad, he was totally tweaked He wore the same suit every day of the week And I asked how it feels to be such a freak And he said, "You tell me, son" And that must be where I get it from Kiyay, yippee eiyo Dad's little hands sat in his lap Like a couple of crabs who got caught in a trap And he shook my hand from so far away that He looked like a spot on the sun And I guess that's where I get it from And I guess that's where I get it from And I guess that's where I get it from

holy fuck I've been listening to elliot smith since I was 14 Ive never heard this gem...and thought I was a fan THIS RE-POPPED MY ELLIOTT CHERRY!

Ive listened to this song atleast 10 times today. I love hearing songs I havent yet by him, because Im always so sure Ive heard them all.

No other music out there quite like Elliott Smith's.

i absolutely love these lo-fi recordings

I remember that video mymayapapaya... the one where a fan in 2001 or 2003 asks him to play condor ave, he plays the first four chords then stops and says, "I cant remember how to play it... I wrote it when I was 17" but he did a lot of writing when he was 17, so unless someone knows definitively that he wrote this later, who's to say this wasn't from that years notebooks as well? Either way it's timeless now... thank you almighty KZfaq community...

Thank you so much for sharing - Just discovered these today, and he still never ceases to amaze me!! Thank you again - Love it!!

this is pure gold...what a great song...great lyrics.... I love him so much..for so long now....and I'm just thankful

i love this song! So glad that all these amazing songs that most wouldn't hear are being shared! Elliott will live in our hearts forever xo

I love Elliott's music so much Not once I have used his tunes as a crutch When I'm lonely out here, and in the last years I feel in my heart there's a song And this must be where I get it from

i've read many times how he kept pulling old ideas from his college demos and reworked them for new songs. like how that part from 0:10 - 0:20 sounds kinda similar with 'No Name #2' from Roman Candle.

Just came back to this song… Elliot’s metaphoric storytelling rly hits spot on

So the No Name #2 song was born

Kiyaaaaaaaaayyy yippeeeeeee eiiiiiiiiiyooooooo.......Goosebumps everytime!!

thanks mayapapaya you rock for all ur es uploads!! ELLIOTT SMITH LIVES ON FOREVER AND WILL NEVER BE REPLACED OR FORGOTTEN!!

How didn't I hear this song before?!?!?!?! Beautiful!

if anyone is trying to learn this song, it's best to tune down a 1/2 step. other than that it's simple

Sounds like an old country folk song. Its beautiful.

God damn I love this song

He looks so sad in this picture...like he is about to cry.

Best song ever wow

this is incredible

This is a father day song for me

I head that as well, and you can definatly tell because i also remeber hearing him saying his late teens he was in a bob dylan phase, so that wouldn't suprise me at all hhaa

fantastic.

It rarely ever happens these days that I find a rarity that I didn't hear before. New stuff resurfacing. It's like if he was still here, somehow.

I would love to hear that!

Absolute tune.

Covering this. Thank you! Such a great song

Listen close, there is talking in the background at 1:45 Listen close with headphones

wo, gr8 writer, sure miss him

His best work.

Wow creepy.This sounds just like my best friend who sadly passed away singing this song.I guess that's why he liked Elliott as much as he did.Can't believe i never heard this song before.Thank you very much for this upload.

College recordings really like that lo fi sound

wow. never heard this one. great lyric.

thank you !

Thank you.

Not high school or college, this is JJ Gonson's guitar used on roman candle. it was probably recorded anywhere from 1991 to 1993.

Elliott as Bruce Springsteen.

In a perfect world, I would have married this man....

One of the worst things is imagining all that could have been with Elliott.

💟

love that pic

He never wrote a bullshit song, or at least, never recorded one. Over the years, we'll probably have more and more stuff released written by Elliott and it'll be just as interesting.

WOW

Yippie XO

*pure*

he was younger at the time of this recording.. high school or college years before he even was in heatmiser

@mymayapapaya on a related note, I heard him say during some live recording that he wrote "Condor Ave" when he was in high school. To think!

Haha this is great, made me laugh :)

15,000th viewer, what an honour

grandad, what a freak :O

He was a genius

@mymayapapaya I can't find it..but I can hear it in my head...him saying in a live recording I wrote this when I was 17. now thinking back I'm pretty sure it was just a live recording someone put up with some pictures as the video. most definitely this song.

He wrote this his freshman year in college

The return of Hank Williams

@mymayapapaya damn no I don't even remember what it was, IIIiiiii wanna say it was those ones on here where he has blonde hair still and there is a bunch of songs from the self titled...and I just remember him saying he wrote it at 17. I'm kinda delirious right now just got home I'll check.

@Ehenderson88 I think that was condor ave

Do you have the heavier version of Brand New Game? I can't find any of my mp3s and I don't think that version's anywhere on KZfaq. The one with the electric guitar turned way up and the piano buried in the mix.

Love this. Is this one of his originals or maybe Krebs? Or Is this an old country somg

@CodexRedBlueGreen I was actually planning on tabbing this out for the same reason :) I'll get on it.

His singing style sounds so different here!

wow

in the picture thread on sweetaddy, I think

is there a tab for this song anywhere?

where did you get the picture? it's so nice! please tell me

I NEVER KNEW YOUR NEW ELLIOTT uploads EXISTED, what era? please let me know. thank yu

@TrapazoidSwinger me too :D Its funny how amazing these songs are yet he never used them..

you're thinking of a live video of condor ave.

@Ehenderson88 really? wow, do you have a link or can you tell me where you heard that

I saw a video where he says he wrote it when he was 17

no dislikes. how it should be

could you send me the pic please? it's beautiful! btw thank you so much for uploading all these songs! :)

Anyone know roughly what chords this song is made of? There used to be a old cover of this somewhere on KZfaq that I’m guessing is completely gone.

Those are the same high notes as those in Angel in the Snow

MAYA!

Any chance you could PM me the pic as well?

I just pm'ed you the pics... let me know if it doesn't work

12 string!!

I love it how mysterious elliott is now days, it's so hard to find information on him purely because he wasn't liked whilst he was with us :/

I can hear a lil' Dylan in his voice XD

kie yay yipe eye o

Does anyone know the chords?? It would make me so happy!! :)

Where the fuck has this song been???

101% sure this is Elliott Smith

who how, etc. is this certainly elliot? very similar cadences but something.....

so thats where he got IT from:/ I was wondering