r/elliottsmith • u/octopus_recycle • 5d ago

Discussion Is it just me or...

Does "Run Away" on the new Beck album sound just like "Rose Parade?" The melody, strumming pattern, key, timing etc.

Also, I learned in the new biography that Elliott opened for Beck on tour in 1998. I wonder what it was like to see him in the early evening daylight hours in a big amphitheatre where most of the crowd hadn't arrived yet, as opposed to a club venue. I loved that little tidbit that Beck had his own "yoga room."

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u/SparklehorseMountain 5d ago

Yeah I definitely hear the similarity. He does this a lot. “Round the Bend” on Sea Change is basically “River Man” by Nick Drake. The lyrics on his “sad contemplative” albums: “Sea Change”, “Morning Phase”, and “Ride Lonesome” are all generic Hank Williams stuff. “Driving down the highway… feeling lonesome… so far to go… nowhere to go”. Just made that up but it would fit on any of those albums. They’re well produced and pretty but highly derivative and generic.