Believe me, I don't want to be the guy to criticize this. Elliott is my favorite musician of all time. But this song is so lacking without the harmonies. The harmonies in this song give me chills. Every time. He was such an amazing writer. His melodies are so haunting.
@pushherinthesnow the highlight of this song is the lyrics, "a dying man in a living room." that's all, everything else is as great as always, but that's the highlight.
It's terrible to see him in these videos that are from right before his death. You can see him withering away and it's sad, yet he still performs so well in every one that I've seen. It's absurd, but I'm glad that his musical prowess didn't fade along with the rest of him even then.
@dinkus92 i like how the fact that someone died early ends up creating this whole myth that he was "withering away." first off this performance was 3 years before he died - how is that "right before his death." second off, this show was littered with sound problems. finally, i suggest you go and watch the videos of shows "right before his death." he is in great shape, looks happy, healthy, and was completely sober.
@zwfwrestling Wow, so astounding. Golly, I'm sure glad we've got someone like you here to enlighten all of us. Man, you must have known him REALLY well. and I LIKE the fact that you seem to be under the impression that someone who spiraled out of control and stabbed himself to death was sober and happy right before. If you've ever read anything written by his producers, friends, and girlfriend, they seem to say something quite different. So. . .sorry, I find your comment a bit unnecessary.
@11salparadise Right, so that means he was perfectly fine. The fact that your statement ends by acknowledging his death, his very untimely death, proves my point. I made a simple comment about how it's sad that my favorite artist is dead, and now the hoard of pretentious Youtube "experts" decide that must be put in my proverbial place. WOW.
@dinkus92 p.s. i'm not an expert (sarcasm noted) im just another teenager with wikipedia who is simply stating you're wrong this was not, "right before his death," it was 3 years before. I'm simply putting you in your proverbial place...bitch.
i remember when he was alive... i was in highschool.. people typecasted him as "emo" (oremember the days when that term didnt exist)
maybe a year or two after he passed away.. heard a heatmiser song... loved it... than i heard angeles.... i cant believe i believed that bullshit hype when he was alive
i already know.. hands down... he is my favorate song writer of my time... no makes music like this guy... never have... never will.... enjoy people... elliot smith
Elliott Smithwas the fucking man. Half of the comments i read on Youtube are from stupid assholes... thank you loveishell7 for putting these videos from this performance up....They are pristine! His playing is like impecable....He was the closest thing to John Lennon this world will ever see...hail satan
@joefantabulous He was stabbed in the chest twice with a kitchen knife. The LA county coroner has classified his death as "undetermined", aka they are not sure if it was a suicide or a homicide.
I think eliot smith is great, yet in this video he very much resembles a drunk fisherman. It's as though while singing the chorous he's pondering as to where to purchase some good tackle and some cheap vodka for a night of angling off the side of the freeway somewhere. It's really terrible what drugs do to people. He looks terrible, and he's singing about his own downfall as a human being. If that isn't depressing I don't know what is.
It depends on how you look at the song. I've heard people interpret as him not so much singing about his downfall as a human, but the downfall of the addiction. Possibly he just sings about himself as the addict, and with "fond farewell" he bids that part of his life bye.
Can't be too sure I guess.. But when you hear "this is not my life" it seems plausible
It's funny how I can give you a really good estimate of how much heroin was playing a role in his life at any given moment based on the hat he was wearing at the time
FG-180. anyway I dont really think he would care about how much all us people liked/loved him - He only cared how much really close friends and family liked and loved him. which is and should be the same way all of of us approach life.
One of my faves! But i wish i could have heard songs like memory lane and this earlier. Probably very difficult with all the chord changes and singing live. Thanks for the 4track Les Paul!
That guitar wasn't actually his - The action seemed really high ... Besides that, This is definitely one of the Highlights of Elliott's Musical life! I wish he was still alive, so he could see how much people cared.
It looks like its diffucult for him to sing and play later songs. Given that, It takes him to a new level of songwriting. In my opinion to be able to connect on multiple songwriting levels.
you obviously liked/like them if you know the origin of his name and still i fail to see where liking blink 182 has anything to do with liking elliott smith
Because the world is filled with ignorant fools who don't know what to look for in good music. This man was a lyrical artist and had a sense of what made good music, he also never sold himself out to the record companies like most other artist did. another thing wrong with people and music today is stations like MTV that label what is cool and what's not and that isn't what music is about and that is why people won't open their minds to this music.
well that martin is a cutaway which tends to take away the fullness of the guitar..and the pickup in the guitar sounds like its under the saddle which typically is cold sounding....he still rocks it tho...
just because it takes some people longer to find elliot doesn't mean they mean any less to them, i mean a lot of people were still pretty young when he died, much less when most of his albums came out
wheather when he was alive or dead his music touches people.
elliotts' song writing skills are more mind boggling than any invention. light bulb, air plane you name it. Watching him on video only enhances the surrealness of it. i didn't know he made this song in 2000. my fav
I know it's cliche for people to say every Elliott song is about drugs, but this one is. It's probably the most poignant song about drug addiction I've ever heard.
Great lyrics, though I'd still rank Fond Farewell higher. It's more nuanced and has prettier, more polished lines. I agree that the outpouring in "True Love" is heartbreaking, though.
wow ive never heard of elliot smith until a week ago when i heard this song...a week later and this song is still stuck in my head, this guy really looks like he lives for music
agreed..... that whole story is still a mystery.... so much shadiness...... esspecially during a happier and healthier part of his life.... doesnt make any sense to me either
where'd you get your info??? just trying to sound like a music mogul???? give the man some respect. 1000$ a day you dont know what you're talking about the human body couldn't withstand a week of that.
read the bio "elliott smith and the big nothing". it was more like 1500 in crack and heroin per day. such a sad story and such a haunted man. always my favorite elliott.
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It's true. What's really unfortunate is that this is one of his BETTER performances at this point in his life. He was missing notes throughout the song.
He was a disaster at the end of his life. Even Wayne Coyne pointed out that he was just letting his life spin out of control. Don't get me wrong, I love Elliott Smith and I absolutely love this song; it just makes me sad to see him like this.
Quit trying to magnify and romanticize the very played out and exaggerated image of the dark suffering of an artist in the prime who is falling of the band wagon in the final stages leaving to his death. just enjoy the great performance
yeah he is deffentally on alot of drugs at this point so maybe y hs face is liek tht but i do not think it is opiate i think it is more heroin to me but this is still a realyl good song
maybe he seems like he isnt into it cause hes really high? im not sure did that dwell on anyone else? Cause he is definetly doing the opiate blink i get the same thing when im high on opiates.
not trying to be a jerk, but lets just leave drugs out of the music, you either can be high on something and let it mess you up , or it doesnt effect you at all and it actually cuts the edge off for you, and elliott was one of those types of people, if you read his biography you would realize this
o no doubt man im not knocking drug use im actually in the same boat as Elliot its all good im not knockin him i love him man. Great artist. But drugs and music go together mostly u cant leave drugs out of it it just seems that all graet artists have there vices. I have mine as well but u cant leave it out. But the way he looks in this is because its seattle the best place for heroin in America besides the east coast in Philly. ok
I agree. He may be performing the song well but it just seems like he wasn't into it. From the other performances you can usually tell hes enjoying himself.
I dont think it was that he wasnt into it, look at the other videos from this show. he seems pretty upbeat about playing his new song. even in the "dark era of shows" (mid '01 - late '02) he tried his hardest to show off his new songs. the twangy string looks like it was pissing him off, a lot.
it was still magical to be there im sure. but its not one of his best performances. and dont get me wrong, im a HUGE Elliott fan who would never say anything negative about him....but this wasn't one of his cleanest times.
I don't think it really matters to him because he wrote the song and he can play it how ever the hell he wants to...and you know why...CAUSE HE'S GOD DAMN ELLIOTT SMITH!
every single tab I get for this song is wrong, can someone please jot these chords down?
TheNcd24 1 month ago
@TheNcd24 sometime in the next 5 years maybe?
TheNcd24 4 weeks ago
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TheNcd24 1 month ago
best artist ever....greets from Chile
dleonven 2 months ago
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Diskotraxxxxx 2 months ago
How can you NOT have gotten the guitar in your shot? Damn it!
yossarianf 4 months ago
Believe me, I don't want to be the guy to criticize this. Elliott is my favorite musician of all time. But this song is so lacking without the harmonies. The harmonies in this song give me chills. Every time. He was such an amazing writer. His melodies are so haunting.
pushherinthesnow 4 months ago
@pushherinthesnow the highlight of this song is the lyrics, "a dying man in a living room." that's all, everything else is as great as always, but that's the highlight.
rosewallaceg 2 months ago
goddammit now im sad
fruitbats52 6 months ago
aww he hae a martin, what happen to his yammy. 1 lucky soul has that :)
reeceyburt 7 months ago
commentors just don't get it...
blankingonaname 10 months ago
i tried my hardest to sing along with him but it was too sad :(
infinity00011 10 months ago 3
I hate how most electric-acoustics sound. So whiny.
urmacdonahue 1 year ago
this whole concert he was trying so hard to cry, that shit is amazing
fossilfuelmusic 1 year ago
GODDAMN. RIP. SO SAD THIS DUDE STILL AINT DOING THIS. CRY
fossilfuelmusic 1 year ago 2
a friend indeed.
KMurderful 1 year ago
A girl I never understood used to love this song.
All I have is her memory now.
They played this at her Services.
I want this played at my services.
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Does anyone know what tuning this is in?
jivebandit 1 year ago
Does anyone know what tuning this is in?
jivebandit 1 year ago
@jivebandit standard tuning, capo on 2nd fret
duegold 1 year ago
This isn't just a performance, it's an experience.
AwayinSpace 1 year ago 5
It's terrible to see him in these videos that are from right before his death. You can see him withering away and it's sad, yet he still performs so well in every one that I've seen. It's absurd, but I'm glad that his musical prowess didn't fade along with the rest of him even then.
dinkus92 1 year ago
@dinkus92 i like how the fact that someone died early ends up creating this whole myth that he was "withering away." first off this performance was 3 years before he died - how is that "right before his death." second off, this show was littered with sound problems. finally, i suggest you go and watch the videos of shows "right before his death." he is in great shape, looks happy, healthy, and was completely sober.
let's end these myths.
zwfwrestling 1 year ago 2
@zwfwrestling Wow, so astounding. Golly, I'm sure glad we've got someone like you here to enlighten all of us. Man, you must have known him REALLY well. and I LIKE the fact that you seem to be under the impression that someone who spiraled out of control and stabbed himself to death was sober and happy right before. If you've ever read anything written by his producers, friends, and girlfriend, they seem to say something quite different. So. . .sorry, I find your comment a bit unnecessary.
dinkus92 1 year ago
@dinkus92 its like 3 yrs before his death
11salparadise 1 year ago
@11salparadise Right, so that means he was perfectly fine. The fact that your statement ends by acknowledging his death, his very untimely death, proves my point. I made a simple comment about how it's sad that my favorite artist is dead, and now the hoard of pretentious Youtube "experts" decide that must be put in my proverbial place. WOW.
dinkus92 1 year ago 2
@dinkus92 Right WOW
11salparadise 1 year ago
@dinkus92 p.s. i'm not an expert (sarcasm noted) im just another teenager with wikipedia who is simply stating you're wrong this was not, "right before his death," it was 3 years before. I'm simply putting you in your proverbial place...bitch.
11salparadise 1 year ago
i remember when he was alive... i was in highschool.. people typecasted him as "emo" (oremember the days when that term didnt exist)
maybe a year or two after he passed away.. heard a heatmiser song... loved it... than i heard angeles.... i cant believe i believed that bullshit hype when he was alive
i already know.. hands down... he is my favorate song writer of my time... no makes music like this guy... never have... never will.... enjoy people... elliot smith
Mrbungleface 1 year ago 3
what kind of hat is he wearing? I like it (:
bradennn1 1 year ago
It's a bucket hat.
BeatBy4 1 year ago
It's almost hard to believe he was real.
Skypen123 1 year ago 3
Elliott Smithwas the fucking man. Half of the comments i read on Youtube are from stupid assholes... thank you loveishell7 for putting these videos from this performance up....They are pristine! His playing is like impecable....He was the closest thing to John Lennon this world will ever see...hail satan
legalizegassett 1 year ago
@legalizegassett lol hail satan, you are a dork
powerkor 1 year ago
Guitar sounds great in this performance, but his voice is a bit off. Either way, love E Smith!
andrewptob 1 year ago
@joefantabulous He was stabbed in the chest twice with a kitchen knife. The LA county coroner has classified his death as "undetermined", aka they are not sure if it was a suicide or a homicide.
toodeadfordreaming 1 year ago
great song
timmytango 1 year ago
great song
timmytango 1 year ago
i heard he had problems with his heart
utarefsonbeetlebum 1 year ago
I think eliot smith is great, yet in this video he very much resembles a drunk fisherman. It's as though while singing the chorous he's pondering as to where to purchase some good tackle and some cheap vodka for a night of angling off the side of the freeway somewhere. It's really terrible what drugs do to people. He looks terrible, and he's singing about his own downfall as a human being. If that isn't depressing I don't know what is.
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utarefsonbeetlebum 1 year ago
@drezler5
It depends on how you look at the song. I've heard people interpret as him not so much singing about his downfall as a human, but the downfall of the addiction. Possibly he just sings about himself as the addict, and with "fond farewell" he bids that part of his life bye.
Can't be too sure I guess.. But when you hear "this is not my life" it seems plausible
mogwais 1 year ago
foget about his personal life his hat his guitar that makes no difference anymore... he's gone... that guy was a genius...
utarefsonbeetlebum 1 year ago
so this is elliot oh
poisonspider89 1 year ago
this song is fuckin tight
crfossil 1 year ago
It's funny how I can give you a really good estimate of how much heroin was playing a role in his life at any given moment based on the hat he was wearing at the time
itsbeatnick 1 year ago
his real fave guitar was the Yamaha
FG-180. anyway I dont really think he would care about how much all us people liked/loved him - He only cared how much really close friends and family liked and loved him. which is and should be the same way all of of us approach life.
spickspack 2 years ago
One of my faves! But i wish i could have heard songs like memory lane and this earlier. Probably very difficult with all the chord changes and singing live. Thanks for the 4track Les Paul!
jomosamify 2 years ago
stunning. thanks v much for posting
MarkJPearson 2 years ago 3
this is a beautiful song, why do the best people feel so insecure, I guess they fly too close to the sun.
bourgoisereader 2 years ago 52
Just a really clever and beautiful hook and guitar.. it's got a Replacements and Nirvana feel to it.
11xzxzxz 6 months ago
That guitar wasn't actually his - The action seemed really high ... Besides that, This is definitely one of the Highlights of Elliott's Musical life! I wish he was still alive, so he could see how much people cared.
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this asshole must have been drunk
xwallinx 2 years ago
He was anything but an asshole, asshole.
stellarlove21 2 years ago 34
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TheHazyGungan 2 years ago
I like it better than the original.
makavelimavi 2 years ago
It'd be cool if Sam Coomes was there doing slide guitar and backup vocals.
JiangZiyaTabooDays 2 years ago
. . .this is not my life.
wreklessabandon 2 years ago
i love you elliott,i really do
JMascisIsMyHero 2 years ago
It looks like its diffucult for him to sing and play later songs. Given that, It takes him to a new level of songwriting. In my opinion to be able to connect on multiple songwriting levels.
jomosamify 2 years ago
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jomosamify 2 years ago
shame i only discovered him after his death. Elliott smith is truely amazing
. RIP
duegold 2 years ago 5
hmm, how the fuck is it while this man was alive- the charts were topped with artist like sysco and 3 doors down? dont get it.
wreklessabandon 2 years ago 9
Because people don't pay attention to lyrics and don't look for meaning in music anymore man
zooyorksk8man 2 years ago 9
how is it that you have a name based off of a blink 182 song?
BaYoNeTTRiaLS 2 years ago
you obviously liked/like them if you know the origin of his name and still i fail to see where liking blink 182 has anything to do with liking elliott smith
ohheykevin 2 years ago 3
Because the world is filled with ignorant fools who don't know what to look for in good music. This man was a lyrical artist and had a sense of what made good music, he also never sold himself out to the record companies like most other artist did. another thing wrong with people and music today is stations like MTV that label what is cool and what's not and that isn't what music is about and that is why people won't open their minds to this music.
Eviltv4all 2 years ago 5
preach it, brotha. I have said something to that extent so so many times.
headbangdrummer1 2 years ago
i kinda like that most people dont or didnt get it. Most people like their music superficial and bland, that couldn't be any further from eliiott.
johnhatkinson 2 years ago
amazing. RIP
eamsy89 2 years ago
damn this video made me pretty upset, sucks hes gone
bosomfondler 2 years ago 2
I miss you elliott. I wish I could have been there to hear you play. :(
cloudlessgreyday 2 years ago
elliotts cheap yamaha sounds better than that expensive martin. not nice at all realy buzzy.
whitestripebuzz 2 years ago
ya i agree
bosomfondler 2 years ago
well that martin is a cutaway which tends to take away the fullness of the guitar..and the pickup in the guitar sounds like its under the saddle which typically is cold sounding....he still rocks it tho...
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1. elliott smith
2. bright eyes
3. mountain goats
4. fleet foxes
5. kevin m. kirker
but elliott smith will always be #1! we miss you and love you elliott! we'll never forget you! rest in peace
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bosomfondler 2 years ago
i love hearing him perform without 12 year old fans screaming at the top of their lungs
wsytnik 2 years ago 2
so underrated... and he's a great guitarist... its just hard to tell cuz its not showy
adervee13 2 years ago 3
I wish I could have seen him in Seattle. I was kind of young when he died, and it makes me so sad.
I would give anything to see him. He's such a beautiful person.
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he sounds like he has something stuck in his thort in this recording.
LexmarkLesser 2 years ago
i luv how he gets the last chord wrong, smiles and starts hittin the guitar :)
bmc92 3 years ago 2
One of my fav ES songs, and thats saying something.
binzing 3 years ago
OMG, this is so sad, but I feel this exact way often. Honestly.
I became a huge Elliott Smith just after "Basement on a Hill" came out. I miss you soo much Elliott.
This songs owns all other singer/songwriters.
notyoursavior78 3 years ago
errr huge fan...just after......
no one could ever be Elliott. Damn, bad missed word by me. Shit.
notyoursavior78 3 years ago
just because it takes some people longer to find elliot doesn't mean they mean any less to them, i mean a lot of people were still pretty young when he died, much less when most of his albums came out
wheather when he was alive or dead his music touches people.
redhawk239 3 years ago 11
u should stop trying to figure out all these hidden details about what elliott was about and the shit he got into, and just jam on his music.
blinkeratnight 3 years ago
another singer i won't be able to see live. Damn i should habe lived 20 years ago so i could see all of them!
Elliott rocks!
kennybis03410 3 years ago 2
i wish i could have met him or at least seen him live. so amazing
-peace
peterhamilrules 3 years ago
Drunk Elliott is drunk.
LTaiZolton 3 years ago
"Disconnecting from the miissng link" -- is that breaking up with someone whom you once thought to be the love of your life?
He just forgot the words on that one line. You can tell by how he smiles and looks over at the end.
benmeltzer 3 years ago
It's disconnecting from humanity. The missing link is what separates humans from animals.
thelavabrothers 3 years ago
waltz#2 is a great song but I haven't heard anybody mention "last hour" that is one of my favorites!
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carmelchix 3 years ago
he was such a great performer.
thetalkingbird 3 years ago
elliotts' song writing skills are more mind boggling than any invention. light bulb, air plane you name it. Watching him on video only enhances the surrealness of it. i didn't know he made this song in 2000. my fav
burnedoutstillglowin 3 years ago 4
beautiful and broken video. its interesting how he left "a little less than a human being" out of the song. youre timeless elliott <3
CoUnTeR0rDeR 3 years ago 4
hm. i can't tell if it was on purpose or maybe he just temporarily forgot the words and recovered quickly. wish i knew!
LynneDiann82 3 years ago 2
It's obviously about someone he had a relationship with, maybe he was feeling it was a little to harsh to say now.
carlisrickjames 3 years ago
I know it's cliche for people to say every Elliott song is about drugs, but this one is. It's probably the most poignant song about drug addiction I've ever heard.
thelavabrothers 3 years ago 2
What about "True Love"?
Wodey25 3 years ago
Great lyrics, though I'd still rank Fond Farewell higher. It's more nuanced and has prettier, more polished lines. I agree that the outpouring in "True Love" is heartbreaking, though.
thelavabrothers 3 years ago
wow ive never heard of elliot smith until a week ago when i heard this song...a week later and this song is still stuck in my head, this guy really looks like he lives for music
JohnnyJavierNunez 3 years ago
He really did, a shame he doesn't anymore. Listen to Waltz #2, it's really good too.
VilhelmNielsen 3 years ago
waltz #2 is really good, i also love somebody i used to know and between the bars. but fond farewell remains to be my favorate at the moment :)
JohnnyJavierNunez 3 years ago
you're in for a real treat if you're just discovering his music....enjoy
onasunday 3 years ago 4
I love elliott smith but this vid is hard to watch. he sounded pretty bad..he was a broken man indeed R.I.P elliott
briane777666 3 years ago
this is rough
poor elliott :(
iiirhd 3 years ago
whos elliot smith o.o
TheodoreCao 3 years ago
We all love and miss you Elliott.
whiteboypain 3 years ago 4
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wait so this song hadn't actually come out yet right? cos it didn't come out until 2oo3 with basement on a hill after he died.
dude, he's on crack and he's still awesome. it just wouldn't be the same if he actually sang on key.
erin0was0here 3 years ago
i dont think he killed himself no matter what anyone says.
justinwwwalin 3 years ago 3
agreed..... that whole story is still a mystery.... so much shadiness...... esspecially during a happier and healthier part of his life.... doesnt make any sense to me either
Mrbungleface 3 years ago
when overcoming addiction like his, people often get severly depressed long after they are sober and healthy
cinnabin 3 years ago
He was using over 1000$ of crack and heroin each day at this point, and living mostly off of vanilla ice cream. True Love is his saddest song.
onapoda 3 years ago
god damn thats alot of smack.
RIP
pinbacksc 3 years ago
where'd you get your info??? just trying to sound like a music mogul???? give the man some respect. 1000$ a day you dont know what you're talking about the human body couldn't withstand a week of that.
end4045 3 years ago
read the bio "elliott smith and the big nothing". it was more like 1500 in crack and heroin per day. such a sad story and such a haunted man. always my favorite elliott.
blinkeratnight 3 years ago
You can read his biography aswell as many stories from the people who surrounded him during his last days at his official website sweet adeline.
onapoda 3 years ago
Oh the guitar sounds so pretty.
bevel3 3 years ago 4
Thats a sweet hat n hair
Z0OL 3 years ago 2
his hair is longer than mine! yay!
nerdfudge 3 years ago
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this is sad, he looks awful.
sultankinkari 3 years ago
why do you all hate this comment? yes Elliott Smith is amazing, but he looks horrible! thats why he stabbed himself, cant deny that
VideoRasta 3 years ago
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It's true. What's really unfortunate is that this is one of his BETTER performances at this point in his life. He was missing notes throughout the song.
Such a shame.
cottinghamk 3 years ago
What's that suppose to mean?
AnconaR 3 years ago
He was a disaster at the end of his life. Even Wayne Coyne pointed out that he was just letting his life spin out of control. Don't get me wrong, I love Elliott Smith and I absolutely love this song; it just makes me sad to see him like this.
cottinghamk 3 years ago
Quit trying to magnify and romanticize the very played out and exaggerated image of the dark suffering of an artist in the prime who is falling of the band wagon in the final stages leaving to his death. just enjoy the great performance
mizterblack 3 years ago 2
killer pink pants
mooninites755 3 years ago 3
The only maker that you want to meet.
barangatang 3 years ago 2
Sounds like he's having a cold..
patatmetkip 3 years ago
he sounds great though, the shame is that it sounds like his guitar pickup is having a cold...
7upIsLove 3 years ago
I disagree, i really think it's his voice :P
patatmetkip 3 years ago
They are talking about the ringing the strings make.
sk8tolive123 3 years ago
good and evil matched perfect its a great romance.
wowlookatyounow 3 years ago 5
holy shit. amazing.
scoop2230 3 years ago 7
sometimes when everything gets to be too much, and i just cannot stand it, i can just turn on this song and it all goes away
redhawk239 3 years ago 7
This world is a killer, and it loves to destroy beautiful things.
ProudAnselmo 3 years ago 6
R.I.P. Elliot,your the best guy that ever lived,see you in Heaven
tiffanyleann1492 3 years ago 5
QFT
I probably couldn't have said it better
shizzle412 3 years ago
This breaks my heart.
Stolensharpies 3 years ago 3
I'm obviously temporarily blind sometimes, never mind!
condicondi 3 years ago
Does anyone know specifically when this is?
condicondi 3 years ago
September 2nd, 2000 in Seattle, Washington @ the Bumbershoot festival.
loveishell7part2 3 years ago
Doesn't change much
potentialcarnie 4 years ago
One of my favorite songs, with The Last Hour.
Abubenny 4 years ago 3
why did he had to kill himself, he had too many people that loved him...
licocipoton 4 years ago
but how could he ever go on?
FyodorMyshkin 4 years ago
Heroin is an Opiate Steve
Bigwizzy 4 years ago 6
yeah he is deffentally on alot of drugs at this point so maybe y hs face is liek tht but i do not think it is opiate i think it is more heroin to me but this is still a realyl good song
StevenPualSmith14 4 years ago
it's not that hes not into it.. it's just because this is the first time he played this song live
MissMissery 4 years ago
maybe he seems like he isnt into it cause hes really high? im not sure did that dwell on anyone else? Cause he is definetly doing the opiate blink i get the same thing when im high on opiates.
Bigwizzy 4 years ago
not trying to be a jerk, but lets just leave drugs out of the music, you either can be high on something and let it mess you up , or it doesnt effect you at all and it actually cuts the edge off for you, and elliott was one of those types of people, if you read his biography you would realize this
skarocksemomom 4 years ago
o no doubt man im not knocking drug use im actually in the same boat as Elliot its all good im not knockin him i love him man. Great artist. But drugs and music go together mostly u cant leave drugs out of it it just seems that all graet artists have there vices. I have mine as well but u cant leave it out. But the way he looks in this is because its seattle the best place for heroin in America besides the east coast in Philly. ok
Bigwizzy 4 years ago
Ahh! Twangy string!
kyleANDkyle 4 years ago
the whole vibe of this show seems off...he's still a badass mutha though.
c1h2e3s4t5e6r 4 years ago 2
capo.
shredbackthenight 4 years ago
I think somethings messed up with his fret-holder-thing (forget what its called)...great song though
eagle2dips 4 years ago
his capo
ithinkimdumb 4 years ago
brilliant. his music has helped me get through some tough times.
RIP
markusfagervall 4 years ago 2
Stop looking at his pants and listen. The man is saying something that will change your life.
MrLaVay 4 years ago
He is wearing some fucking badass pants.
sixxers 4 years ago 4
this is really sad,
you can tell he was really not feelin it that nite
plumbhills 4 years ago
I agree. He may be performing the song well but it just seems like he wasn't into it. From the other performances you can usually tell hes enjoying himself.
pan760 4 years ago
I dont think it was that he wasnt into it, look at the other videos from this show. he seems pretty upbeat about playing his new song. even in the "dark era of shows" (mid '01 - late '02) he tried his hardest to show off his new songs. the twangy string looks like it was pissing him off, a lot.
zwfwrestling 4 years ago
he looks sad,
i don't like seeing when he seems hurt, he's too beautiful
aca94030 4 years ago
it was still magical to be there im sure. but its not one of his best performances. and dont get me wrong, im a HUGE Elliott fan who would never say anything negative about him....but this wasn't one of his cleanest times.
supradude7891 4 years ago 2
i don't agree... it's a great preformece
Stillillgal 4 years ago
god i love this song
timms30 4 years ago
makes me sad...=[
baller2121212 4 years ago
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he sounds bad, too...
ove8hkin 4 years ago
i dunno why he's not puting the capo on 4 fret
it's much more easy
o_o
Stillillgal 4 years ago
I don't think it really matters to him because he wrote the song and he can play it how ever the hell he wants to...and you know why...CAUSE HE'S GOD DAMN ELLIOTT SMITH!
kidlim 4 years ago
well...yeah...
Stillillgal 4 years ago
it's HIS song.
tabby163 4 years ago
he looks terrible...
mooninites755 4 years ago
great song!!!!
Gorvjksajdaa 4 years ago
Even the most extrovert of us sometimes feel that people should pay attention to our innermost suffering.
Elliot Smith illustrates this with a beauty unmatched by any of his contemporaries.
God Bless
gussage85 4 years ago
thanks for this. sad to see though.
felmotes 4 years ago