Elliott Smith "Bled White" 9-2-00 Seattle, WA

[theunsheep]

Well, drinks all night...

[madasmorning]

who the fuck is the backup singer the guy from the fucking decemberists? stop crowding out elliotts voice.

[dradfromthebu]

@madasmorning Shut the fuck up. I hate that everyone on YouTube does this, they comment on live performances talking shit about the other band members for no reason. Elliott multitracked his voice on the recording... the bass player does the backup vocals live. There is nothing wrong with his voice, suck a dick.

[acousticbeats808]

chils...



[Luccasneo]

I love his happiness face at 00:12 hahahah :]

[nosonofhan]

Was there too. Great show. Was in Key Area.

[Amulius]

Anyone know which stage this was played on?

[Amulius]

@Amulius That is, which stage @ the Bumbershoot Festival he played at.

[amerocker]

@Amulius It was in the arena. I had to lay down on several handicapped chairs, with me facing up to the ceiling. I'd undiagnosed Hypothyroidism. Couldn't walk, stand, sit, etc. This is the first time I'm actually "seeing" Elliott's performance from Bumbershoot 2000. This mix is much better than what I heard in the arena during the show.

[cmfishburn]

im jonsing, i love the dr orderd drinks line, to me, and i repeat its my interpretation, hes jonesing, looking to score, citys dry,drinks to take away being dope sick always make u feel worse

[sklegg]

I was there! This was at the Bumbershoot festival.

[stellarlove21]

I... love... you...

[zaprudermacphee]

cuz ill have to be high to drag the sunset down

[Dirtmurder]

Hes doing early Heatmiser style vocals, and thats not a bad thing at all.

[dankula007]

D is in a Gmaj7 chord its G's 5th, depending on the position of it it may just be an inversion.

[Amulius]

Yea, it took me a while, but I figured out the chord. It's an open voicing of a Gmaj7, starting at the 10th fret.

[Benzmusic]

yeah he looks like death here

[DFCPadre]

Elliot is amazing but he did not look happy :(

[obeseobelisk88]

@DFCPadre I was thinking that too...

[yousuperpussy]

save yourself...

[perezlovegirls]

fuckin good song my favourite in summer

[31starless31]

The Best Singer Ever.

A Very Good Person.

[fertuiee]

holy shit, when you get to 30 its easy to forget how much you love music, "yesterday dreaming is just a waste of time" well said that man

[riotact90]

we all heard it man

[beaglehowl]

But, when you hit 40, you discover people like Elliott who make you look forward to 50! :)

[fertuiee]

This is true my good man. ;)

[hectorleon87]

"yesterday dreaming is just a waste of time"

[charlieCP481516]

what kind of guitar is he playing?

[headphonicsok]

it looks like the gibson version of a casino.

[pshnewb92]

gibson

[Transmissionwould]

the drummer from Quasi is a woman

[maxizzlefrizzle92]

Hahaha

[peterhamilrules]

i alwas hate his back up singers, they never have that majestic voice elliott uses on the album.

-peace

[scotjonesxs]

totally agree, with the exception of the letterman performance. sam coomes nailed the backing vocals on that one.

[chunkofjunk]

I love each and every one of his albums.

[isolationeitheror]

ace performance

[maxizzlefrizzle92]

EPIC.

[racingsnake28]

I may not seem quite right

but im not fucked,not quite.

brilliant.

[BaudeLaire78]

Elliott Smith = triste, brillant, nostalgique, infini, trivial, céleste, discret, monumental, passionné, mort...

[Villageiddyit]

whats the last part there... bastard.

[arexthetrex]

LMFAO

\ i think dead?

[Villageiddyit]

haha yeah..

[arexthetrex]

he looks so happy ha!

love it and the backing vocals are amazing to me. There not like studio recording but usually live is way better than recordings

[knivesout1234]

He doesnt look very happy at all?!

[thisisstupidashell]

Love it.

[arexthetrex]

Ya this song is really good. Its actually one of my favorites by him now. He did a really good show from waht i can see.

[simonw00t]

i love this song! who says he didn't write happy stuff

[jstow01]

This isn't a happy song.

[ICantAnswerYou]

have you listened the lyrics simon?

[arexthetrex]

What album is this song from?

[simonw00t]

it's from XO

[elliott245]

truly amazing thats the only way to express elliott smith

and i love that hat it is my favorite hat that he had i love all the pictures in it

he was so down to earth he didnt go out and by a new set of cloths every time he went out in public

[jeo616]

probably my favorite live version of Bled White, I <3 Elliott.

[pvprodigy1]

Yeah, he probably wouldn't spell his own name wrong, but his real name was Steven Paul Smith. He actually went by Elliot with one "T" all through late highschool and college, he only went by Elliott once he started regularly putting out albums through Heatmiser n' whatnot, so the name evidence really isn't anything. Honestly, he was really fucked up with depression and stuff, so if he's really feeling down, he's not going to take off his shirt like a regular suicide.

[thelasthour132]

i dont know if he reaaly meant it but elliott did say exactly this

"I think that record gave me a reputation for being a really dark, depressed person but I think I'm just about as happy as all the other people I know."

[manwaring]

Yes, elliott also said he didn't need to be in a mental hospital because he wasn't suicdial, and yet he had a habit of walking down the subway tracks at night alone.

People don't generally go in public and start shouting "yeh, I wanna die".

[quarryman88]

The cop that filled out the police report later admitted that the spelling of "Elliot" on the post-it note, was a typo on his behalf, and that it actually read "Elliott" if that means anything.

[TymonBrown]

i remember the day he died like it was yesterday. I still can't believe it.

[Ca8Amy8]

what happened to him how did he die?

[kyleANDkyle]

2 Stab wounds to the heart.

Majority rule says it was suicide, but there's a lot of factors that could imply that it wasn't.

[Mrbungleface]

I personally believe he was murdered, dude was into bad shit (heroin, meth, crack), he wasnt depressed, he was an addict, a boozer, dude used drugs for years and that has a way of wearing a man down obviously, But he was rich in spirit, you can see/hear/feel it through his music, ive been obsessed with his song writing since i heard it, its sad dude had to go out the way he did, all the rumors behind it, im just glad he left a huge catalog of music for us all to learn from!

[ICantAnswerYou]

You can't escape the fact that no matter how "rich in spirit" you think he was. The dude did have a history of at least 2 possible suicide attempts, and that's not including attempted drug overdoses, or walking down the subway tracks.

However, I agree with you. I've found a copy of the Coroners report online, and it raises some doubts.

[Endorphoenix]

don't talk about that here, just the music.

[thelasthour132]

this one of the only songs where the electric version is better then his acoustic

[NINandNirvana]

I love his electric versions, they add such an edge to some of his angrier work. But he is just all around amazing.

[elliott245]

so true so very true

[ragsyrags4mr4]

so

fucking

good

[radicalricky]

elliot smith is kind of like god, buddha, the hindu, xenu, and jesus all rolled into one

[whineyface]

why are you fucking dead.

why.

[rhiasorous]

The man was truly a genius.

[filmito]

love elliott

[TMCRyan]

what a wonderful musician. makes me cry every time

[esxo777]

amazing song elliott we will meet again

[logwind]

drinks all night

[renoufarnold]

what a great song, a happy,upbeat, mellow beat, accompined by extremely depressing lyrics...brillance..its a shame this dude aint around anymore, one of the last good musicians that we had left

[crashincyberspace]

Blinding!!

[ItunesONtheYouRube]

I love you loveishell.

[quadence]

Legendary and genius artist. RIP