So, just heard this song for the first time and the verse about his hero playing to no one in a parking lot brought back a personal memory from waaaayyy back in 2003.
There was a New York area music festival called "Field Day Festival" in June, 2003 which was moved from the green fields of Long Island to Giant's Stadium in NJ. Long story short, most bands bailed, and by the end it was the likes of Blur, Beck, Beastie Boys, and Radiohead playing the main stage within the "arena" while a secondary stage outside and adjacent to the parking lot hosted the likes of Bright Eyes and Elliot Smith. It was POURING rain that day and the crowd at Elliot's set was small to say the least, more like a group of soaking wet diehards. A young Conor Oberst apparently watched Elliot's set from sidestage. One of the final live shows Smith would ever perform (he was dead within months), it was by all accounts (there are few) a good performance and included a cover of the Beatles song "Long, Long, Long" which coincidentally would be the last song Smith ever performed live.
@litetravelr thank you so much, it's always so cool to see where inspirations come from and to compare how inspiration comes to you with personal experiences. I write a ton of stuff and I wonder if Connor would write abt this stuff the way I do if he experienced it. and also I didn't know about this festival, these bands are the biggest inspirations to me and the music I write. I was raised on beck and radiohead because my dad, and I've really connected with blur, elliot smith, and bright eyes recently. and again thanks so much this song...
@litetravelr thank you so much, it's always so cool to see where inspirations come from and to compare how inspiration comes to you with personal experiences. I write a ton of stuff and I wonder if Connor would write abt this stuff the way I do if he experienced it. and also I didn't know about this festival, these bands are the biggest inspirations to me and the music I write. I was raised on beck and radiohead because my dad, and I've really connected with blur, elliot smith, and bright eyes recently. and again thanks so much this song means a lot to me and it just because that much more special.
So, just heard this song for the first time and the verse about his hero playing to no one in a parking lot brought back a personal memory from waaaayyy back in 2003.
There was a New York area music festival called "Field Day Festival" in June, 2003 which was moved from the green fields of Long Island to Giant's Stadium in NJ. Long story short, most bands bailed, and by the end it was the likes of Blur, Beck, Beastie Boys, and Radiohead playing the main stage within the "arena" while a secondary stage outside and adjacent to the parking lot hosted the likes of Bright Eyes and Elliot Smith. It was POURING rain that day and the crowd at Elliot's set was small to say the least, more like a group of soaking wet diehards. A young Conor Oberst apparently watched Elliot's set from sidestage. One of the final live shows Smith would ever perform (he was dead within months), it was by all accounts (there are few) a good performance and included a cover of the Beatles song "Long, Long, Long" which coincidentally would be the last song Smith ever performed live.
@litetravelr thank you so much, it's always so cool to see where inspirations come from and to compare how inspiration comes to you with personal experiences. I write a ton of stuff and I wonder if Connor would write abt this stuff the way I do if he experienced it. and also I didn't know about this festival, these bands are the biggest inspirations to me and the music I write. I was raised on beck and radiohead because my dad, and I've really connected with blur, elliot smith, and bright eyes recently. and again thanks so much this song...
@litetravelr thank you so much, it's always so cool to see where inspirations come from and to compare how inspiration comes to you with personal experiences. I write a ton of stuff and I wonder if Connor would write abt this stuff the way I do if he experienced it. and also I didn't know about this festival, these bands are the biggest inspirations to me and the music I write. I was raised on beck and radiohead because my dad, and I've really connected with blur, elliot smith, and bright eyes recently. and again thanks so much this song means a lot to me and it just because that much more special.