After the opening track “Silence Kit” from Pavement’s second album “Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain” is “Elevate Me Later”, a song which I believe is Stephen Malkmus’ critique of celebrity lifestyles and other things that are considered to be of higher statuses. He clearly doesn’t give a shit about those, and the song title shows that he’d rather pass on being associated with them.

It took me a while to get into it. Didn’t think it was that great of a track. But the ascending guitar riff got stuck in my head one time and I just wanted to listen to it repetitively.

The song itself is very laid-back and easy to listen to.  There isn’t a lot to it except two verses, both of which are sung with a very simple but enjoyable melody and a part where the band execute this faux big rock ending where they ploughing in as much noise as they can from their instrument, with Malkmus yelling something which is buried deep in the mix….. only to begin playing the guitar riff again until the song actually ends and the album continues with “Stop Breathin'”.

It sounds simple. That’s not a bad thing. Simplicity is all you need sometimes.