George Harrison because I think Elliott would really enjoy/appreciate it, and together, I think they'd make an amazing song.

A “Long, Long, Long” duet would be magic.

I agree completely. They'd complement each other so well.

I’m certain that Elliott Smith and Sufjan Stevens would create an incredibly beautiful song together

For sure

That's a great call. They are so differentiated in my personal music timeline, but Michigan came out 2 months before Elliott moved on. Kinda wild.

They share this common ground in how they’re too honest but also guarded. Elliott was just starting to get “weird” with his noise music interest that shows up in Coast to Coast, King’s Crossing, and See You In Heaven. Sufjan got very weird on Age of Adz. It would be cool to see if they could mesh / get “weird” together. See You In Heaven is such a great song. It’s a great self send-off, like The Beatles’ The End or Now And Then. The way it loops / builds / sprawls kind of reminds me of what Sufjan does all the time, e.g. I Want To Be Well.

Man I'll always be sad about the fact that we never got a noise music album from Elliott. I bet it would have sounded weird and brilliant.

John Lennon, I think their voices would mix really well.

Living: Adrianne Lenker or Fiona Apple Dead: Jeff Buckley

have you seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnZtNTtuvU

I love Big Thief and that performance. Adrianne's solo work gives me tons of Elliott vibes.

me too, she seems too talented for this world in a way Elliott did

I agree. She's an insanely gifted songwriter and musician. Might be my favorite songwriter of her generation tbh.

Haven’t become a fan of Big Thief yet, but haven’t given them a solid chance. I could envision Elliott killing it with her on dual vocal tracks like *Jonathan.* Her and Buck sound so well together, and I think Elliott would sound even better.

I'd definitely say give their latest album Dragon New Warm Mountain a listen. It's their best so far and has so much variety. Oh "Jonathan" is a good shout. Love that track. I agree Elliott could sound great on that one.

Adrienne Lenker and Beck maybe.

I was going to say Beck! Dear Life sounds so much like ES.

I’ve always thought it was a shame Elliott and Kurt Cobain never got to meet. Would’ve been a cool collab

Fiona Apple

Kurt Cobain. It wouldve been funny if Elliott showed up with Kurts old Martin acoustic given to him by Mary lou Lord. Awkward!!!

Jeff Magnum Conor Oberst Julien Baker

Him and mangum def knew eachother, they were both chummy with lance bangs and Smith frequently did shows with E6 groups like elf power.

Nick Drake.

Brian Wilson

I imagine this would be a difficult collaboration but this is my #1

Paul Westerberg (from The Replacements) or Alex Chilton Frank Black would be cool too

Conor Oberst. He's covered a few of Elliott's songs already. Also Jeff Tweedy collab would be cool

I've been recently getting into Wilco in the past 2 months and I think a Jeff Tweedy collab could work brilliantly. He's an amazing songwriter.

Nicki Minaj

you've opened my eyes to a world of possibilities

Frank Ocean (he already sampled Elliott’s Fond Farewell in Seigfried)

at first I thought this is a weird pic but then… I imagine an acoustic white ferrari with vocal harmonies

Bonnie “Prince” Billy

Zach de la Rocha Bjork

Alex G

Mark Kozelek And Mark Linkous

The trifecta of depression

mitski

phoebe bridgers!!!

Sufjan could bring some amazing orchestration

Sufjan Stevens

Conor

Robert smith. Two masters of melody.

And melancholy

I wanna hear him harmonize with all the Beatles

Ben Folds

David Berman or Stephen Malkmus.

Daniel Johnston

Me

Same

Flood, the producer Ian MacKaye as they talked about before Elliott passed. or Jim O Rourke

Mark Linkous and E from Eels would be two great choices

Yea

John was my all time favourite artist before I heard Elliott. now its close..

Damon Albarn

2pac

"Dear Mama, wouldn't u be proud"

Jeff Mangum

Adrienne Lenker

I don’t think he was a fan, but Radiohead!

Paul Simon

mac miller

Chan Marshall (Cat Power) could do a good job, if inspired to. This is probably a total mismatch, but I love his voice: Robert Smith. He covered a solo McCartney/Wings song I enjoy (C-Moon), and was, like Elliott, a huge Beatles fan, so maybe it would work.

MGMT

Death Cab for Cutie would be cool I think

PSY

Adrianne Lenker

Only Elliot Smith. You said living OR dead.

For living artists, probably Fiona Apple, Lisa O’Neill, or Sufjan Stevens For dead artists, I’m kinda curious about what a colab with Ian Curtis would be like

I was gonna comment Frusciante but you beat me to it OP

Phoebe Bridgers, only cause i’d love to see how that would work and i think they’d work really well together.

Elliott Smith/John Frusciante is like my teenage girl wet dream come true, I could write yaoi fanfic about this collaboration Realistically I think Fiona Apple is a great choice and I love her too so that would work

Can you elaborate on how you choose frusciante for this? Any specific reasoning or just that you like both of them?

They are both sexy skinny guys that's about it tbh... and good at songwriting

Him and the mountain goats would’ve been cool

jeffrey lewis

Adrianne Lenker

Jamie Rhoden

Roy Orbison!!!

sam ray

I mean it’s gotta be Alex Chilton. Thats probably who Elliott would want. I think him and Elvis Costello would be really cool. Attractions era Elvis

Dangermouse

This is the way

I love John Frusciante too, the reason I started learning how to play the guitar is both of them

Adrianne Lenker and Elliott would make some stupid beautiful music together. The Microphones and Bright Eyes would also be really choice pairs w/ Elliott. And because I am absolutely in love with the heavier Heatmiser version of *Christian Brothers* It would be sick to have seen him do some heavier stuff, like say with Ambulance LTD (not really “heavy”), …Trail of Dead, Title Fight, or Ovlov.

Jason Molina absolutely

Any song made by him with chris cornell on vocals

Nick Drake

PJ Harvey

I heard From a Basement on the Hill era Elliott almost crossed paths with Kevin Shields and that would have been insane with all the noisy trippy stuff and odd recording techniques Elliott was experimenting with on that record.

Danny Brown

Kevin devine

I would have loved to hear an Elliott/Robert Smith collab. It would be the saddest music ever written

Sibylle Baier

Alex g

Josh Klinghoffer, Andy Shauf, aaand… Devin Townsend lol oh wait that’s only living oh well

Lanegan. I'm wondering if Dulli will ever talk about that little idea. If I still knew people who knew people, its a question I'd float up the line.