Library Rock's Backpages

Elliott Smith: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

RJ Smith, Spin, 18 February 2004

WHEN ELLIOTT SMITH played Los Angeles in the fall of 2002, after more than a year of semi-seclusion, he didn't look so good. His hands scrabbled across the guitar strings like they were strangers to his arms. He appeared grubby and unshaven and wore a watch cap pulled low over his skull. He stumbled on a Beatles song -- his beloved Beatles! -- and seemed only partially acquainted with his own work. He looked in pain, and it was painful to hear.

Total word count of piece: 1407

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.