Dusty Brown Elliott Smith Tribute
Posted by Scott
My friend and yours, Dusty Brown, recently covered Elliott Smith’s "Can’t Make a Sound" for a tribute album and it turned out incredible, dare I say, better than the original. You be the judge, have a listen below.
Dusty Brown – Can’t Make a Sound (Elliott Smith Cover)
Available on the album Hope You’re Happy
Incidentally, the last two images above are of the wall in Los Angeles that was used by photographer Autumn de Wilde as the backdrop for the Figure 8 album cover. Since Smith’s death it has become a sort of memorial for fans.
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Andre Griffin says:
February 27, 2008 at 4:59 pmAs a huge Elliott Smith fan, I can’t say it trumps the original, but it is surely well done. The instrumentation and beat are especially well done, but I miss the raw sincerity of Elliott’s vocal, rather than the super polished vibrato laden vocal done here. But any Elliott Smith tribute is a treat to me.
Gareth says:
February 27, 2008 at 5:16 pmI wonder why the designer left his right hand ‘pink’ in the top picture, gotta be intentional
Scott says:
February 27, 2008 at 5:52 pmGood eye Gareth. I do know that the original photo was in full color and they just removed the color from his image, but obviously they’ve left the hand in color. I think this color image is from the original shoot.
Phil says:
February 27, 2008 at 7:48 pmI like the new Dusty Brown sound…
It’s terrible that their gear was stolen though :(.
Thieves = the suck.
Kappu/Tomatoplasma says:
February 28, 2008 at 4:14 amScott, what’s the typo on your titles ? I see it everywhere and don’t even know what it is… :/
Scott says:
February 28, 2008 at 5:45 amKappu-
That’s Trade Gothic LH Extended Bold, great font, as is the entire Trade Gothic Family.
Jeremy Stereo says:
February 28, 2008 at 6:10 amlove this song, love this album, love dusty brown, love tycho
no more word needs to say
Justin Meyers says:
February 29, 2008 at 2:08 pmAmazing version. Good job. Did the female half of Dusty Brown perform live with you or were you just doing live samples of her voice?
Patrick says:
March 2, 2008 at 2:41 pmThat wall has had a lot of attention lately.
Love the look of your site, as well as its contents.
Bhawk says:
March 6, 2008 at 2:40 pmMan that way to polished and far to melodramatic instead of Smith lengendary meloncoly style. Voice is way to high pitched, kinda hurts.
olagtdbjau says:
April 23, 2008 at 6:47 pmWow, cool man, big thanks! http://acxakxtdbg.com
C-LO says:
August 16, 2008 at 9:11 amInteresting cover, but to even hint that it might approach, let alone trump, the original is a bit ludicrous and slightly insulting. Very little of Elliott’s range, subtlety, dynamic range or sincerity is in this version. Sorry, just the way I feel.
SMaD says:
November 7, 2008 at 3:15 amtolles concept und umsetzung!
weiter so,wa!?
check:
http://www.smad-dasek.de.tl