Elliott Smith-2.45 a.m.&condor avenue live

[GSarovich]

If I ever had the chance to meet him, I'd kiss those magical hands of his and thank him for all his music.

[wirsindhelden0]

mmmm what a nice guitar...and how fitting that such a beautiful, beautiful man is playing it. no words can describe the things elliott smith's music makes me feel...unless, of course, he could write them. i'm sure he could have put them to words...

[KruegerNation]

Elliott should have started every show with "Miss Misery" so we wouldn't have to listen to the idiots shouting for it between every song. Almost every video of him performing live has some mongoloid shouting, "Miss Misery"...go home posers! I love that song too, but he had hundreds of other great ones.

[farglow]

Hi - I am wondering if this show was recorded in Los Angeles? I think I'm in that audience - it's all very familiar but maybe I am wrong....thanks for posting.

[LynneDiann82]

I never heard this lyric change before at 5:12 ("that's the one thing that I could never do" was changed to "that's the one thing that he could never do"). Small but maybe very important. hmm. I especially love how he has the cigarette tucked in the guitar (at the end of the video he takes it out and takes a puff). I thought someone behind him was smoking, then I realized the cigarette was in the guitar LOL how clever!

[Vamphaery]

I hypothesize (perhaps incorrectly) that a lot of times songwriters say "he" or "she" when actually referring to themselves. So little changes like this could indeed be important to the song's interpretation. Though I suppose in the end, our interpretations will always be subjective.

[LynneDiann82]

I agree and think that a lot of elliott's songs are probably like that (saying "he" or "you" when he's actually talking about himself). Most the time one can only wonder, so it's neat to see it acknowledged here. Though I also remember elliott being quoted as saying "sometimes I write songs and even I (emphasizing "even I") don't know what the song's about." I believe it.

[BandWagon07]

hahaha.

whats the next line?

[tzohfeld]

this is the only time I've ever seen him play condor. He always "doesn't remember it"=P

it's one his best written songs, absolutely amazing

[titsprojects]

@tzohfeld lol, he forgets the lyrics as he's singing it

[PinkCloud37]

2:45 ends at around 2:45

That's awesome

[ModestMousekateer]

whenabouts was this?

[ModestMousekateer]

whenabouts what this?

[orebronx]

GREAT RECORDING!* *;>;>;

[SherryBoy]

Condor Avenue is one of the few elliott tunes that can rival the brilliance of angles....agree?

[redrock505]

i don't know man i really like roman candle, pitseleh, i don't know. he had sooo many

[DUBtheTIGER]

tomorrow tomorrow

angeles isnt even that brilliant, its just great guitar. as far as poetry, condor ave is far above. and Dancing on the Highway? are you fuckin serious? how does that song exist? many greats from a great musician

but Tomorrow Tomorrow is something else

[lizeski]

You're a fool if you think Angeles is anything less than an amazingly witty poem about the music industry.

[DUBtheTIGER]

yes im a fool...and you are???drumroll....someone who doesnt know me

no shit all of elliotts music had skill beyond most peoples but IN COMPARISON, condor avenue is more of a...you know POEM....dancing on the highway is just insane in all ways. and as far as guitar nothing he made is as hard as tomorrow tomorrow.

[vivamyblink]

Disagree...however, he only wrote Condor Avenue when he was 17

[brenden12345]

condor ave is so good

[Tayl0NP]

I don't see why people didn't suggest condor ave. more often... I had no idea this existed, Thanks!

[zwfwrestling]

oh but they did. the only problem was elliott would always say "i don't remember it," or he'd tease the crowd by starting it and then stop, saying he couldn't remember the whole thing.