Don't Fear the Reaper - Elliott Smith

[Zepster77]

I love this cover because I'm a ROCKER and this kicks major ASS

[Shakey719]

I don't get your cowbell references (Maybe because I'm wearing solid-gold diapers...). Nice cover, Elliott!

[AndrewEyedea]

I got a fever...

[Oxidized181]

what a sick cover

[CorpusJurisSingalong]

Excellent Tribute! I can't express how lucky I feel to know that I saw him do this cover live ... just months before his untimely death. To quote Ben Folds - "the songs you wrote - got me through a lot - just wanna tell you that."

[TheBradenL]

He looks so happy in this pic. :D

[PwnZoneification]

@TheBradenL Eh, just because he struggled with depression doesn't mean he was incapable of being happy or smiling, apparently he did it a lot.

Depression is a part of everyones' lives whether they like it or not.

[bvolsky]

cowbell or not, death travels with a whole box of percussion instruments.

[kieran514]

i wonder if that's him playing the solo ... ?

[kieran514]

he nails the solo -- although he would, elliott was a supreme guitarist

[Levelride311]

All you people saying more cowbell are seeming to overlook the whole flawless middle section of the song

[jesuscat29]

Loved it Elliott but... we need more cowbell.....

[reclusivesage]

This cover was clearly not thrown together on the spot. They put some serious effort into this one, because it sounds dead on.

[owentong44]

You can sometimes get more of an insight in to an artist's mind by their covers than their originals.

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

This is just a great song no matter who performs it. I refuse to let classic rock radio ruin it by over playing it.

[dancing0being]

@TIMOTHYSAARINEN

No matter who performs it? There are lounge latin pop versions of this ha ha.

[ZWC777]

Really cool cover...Its kind of a shame people only know this song of Blue Oyster Cult because of the "More cowbell" skit which was hillarious but people dont realize Blue Oyster Cult were and are godfathers to early metal and punk bands and very under rated

[goldflakedpaint123]

it just hit me how horrible it is that he is dead. it makes this song almost unbearable. almost. but not quite. its just unexplainable, how amazing his music is. it feeds my soul

[pathammond]

It needs more cowbell! Gotta have more cowbell baby!

[robair9911]

wow this is unbelievably good

[Papadupulous]

This is brill! And it works because they both have quiet, ghosty voices!

I need to have this version...

[gordonw01]

Apart from no Cowbell lol...this is a great live cover.

Great guitar,and his vocal is even better than the original.

[iammatt00]

I got a fever, and the only cure is MORE COWBELL

[eazyduzitjacob]

MO COWBELL!

[deargrindy]

This actually happened? So great!

[theternalword]

Yes! I saw him play it at Beacon Theatre way back when I was in high school (graduated in 2001). I was blown away. He was so serious the whole show... saw him twice... two of the best shows I have ever seen!

[AWALKINGSTD]

A genius at times, but a freaking wreck the times I was around him. Some of the guys he had in his touring band could go all night  wink wink

[trueeugenian]

interesting.

[mudoctave223]

great cover but the dood singing with elliott is ruining it ugh

[alachhimself]

@mudoctave

true

[Bottlenek6]

@mudoctave223 NO "DOOD". YOUR RUINING IT. TURN IT UP LOUDER AND STOP COMPLAINING, TAMPONS ARE IN AISLE 3 NEXT TO THE JONAS BROTHERS DVDS!

[mudoctave223]

so is YOUR vagina

[Bottlenek6]

@mudoctave223 and you get 5 finger discount so you better make me cream

[mudoctave223]

wwESd

[kieran514]

elliott has so much respect, he does an almost EXACT cover of the song, so faithful to the original

[azrial4421]

Good cover but he could have used a cowbell

[shakemeshakeme]

yea needs more cowbell

[kirkpatrick321]

@shakemeshakeme WE COULD ALWAYS USE MORE COWBELL!!!

[mrpantsonfire]

@shakemeshakeme hahahahahahaha

[ganuenen]

elliot smith is such a great influence, he brings me chills everytime i hear his music, i've always LOVED music but never had the urge to play, but after hearing elliot smith he actually made me want to play. i also tried introducing e smith to over 10 people and not one of em actually got in to it and liked him. i see so many people on YT who love him, are all my friends just jack asses or what?

LOVE YOU ELLIOTT SMITH HAPPY B-DAY

U WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AND DEFINITELY NEVER BE REPLACED!!!

[mrnoodles3]

his birthday is august 6th.

[ganuenen]

yeah it was a lil belated but im sure he appreciated it anyhow!!!

[ksagdiyev]

Yes your friends are jack asses. They could never be able to appreciate this awesome cover

[whitestripebuzz]

hey man now its my turn to follow you aroud youtube haha i know how you feel. i must have shown elliotts music to like 50 people. all of them react in the same muted unimpressed way. and my sister can't stand him. but it doesn't bother me one bit. the way i see it, they are just unlucky that elliotts beauty doesn't register with them. we are the fortunate ones.

[ganuenen]

yeah im glad there's people like us out there, who can truly see the beauty in elliott, which i dont find hard to do, but others do haha!!! anyhow, u seem like a cool dude, keep on rockin!!!

[candymiser]

can you correct the spelling of elliott in the first part of your comment? and yes your friends suck and probably could never play or write music nearly as well as he could. so they have no room to talk. anyway... i will just post this up to be a know it all. his b-day is aug. 6, 1969. and he passed oct. 21, 2003. and yeah, there is a MUCH better version of this one.. i've heard blue oyster cult play this song live and well.. elliott rocked some socks off with the cover i'm talkin about.

[tatelabianca]

yes, all your friends are dumb. keep discovering more beautiful Elliott Smith songs and you won't need any other friends. cheers

[charlieAKS]

Oh, Elliott :(

[plr112387]

i wish Smith had feared the reaper...

It robbed us of yet another brilliant musician

RIP elliot

[SlipknotMaggotKurt]

I think elliot smith's version is the best because his voice is softer and makes the song have me emotion.also guitar sounds better.but you gotta love blue oyster cult too.personaly this is my favorate version.

[gonzomaggot]

Not that anybody cares, but I write goofy folk music, and in terms of songwriting and performing, this guy is my idol. I love this song, and that was amazing.

Thanks for posting this!

[TheZombieFlanders]

Elliott is the single reason I picked up guitar last December, and why I continue to play music today. The guy was just a brilliant songwriter, and he gives me something to aspire to be.

Cheers!

~Trevor

[certaintragedy871]

@TheZombieFlanders couldnt of been said much better. he more affected the way i write.

[GrigoriSom]

@TheZombieFlanders That's a great reason to pick up the guitar! Hope you kept up with it.

[certaintragedy871]

@gonzomaggot check out jeremi simon on facebook, and on you tube. songs; my big dumb head, shes gonna stay here for awhile

[BatteriesAreIncluded]

@gonzomaggot I went from playing power chord punk rock/grunge to finger picking a classical guitar because of Elliott. I will always be grateful for knowing and enjoying his music too.

[futoncat]

more cowbell, elliott...more cowbell.

[halfbaked44]

i love the picture at :30

[Devilslittleimp]

I love this.

[lambootra]

Amazing!

[mwilliams333]

hahaha i deffinately did not expect this to exist

[TheZombieFlanders]

It didn't, so I had to fix that.

Always love to share Elliott's work, even if it is a cover.

Glad you enjoyed! ^_^

[SpastikMooss]

Haha wow

[pulkitgera]

Amazing. Just wonderful!

[daydreams82]

So good

[TheZombieFlanders]

Since today is the 21st, I figured I'd say something to Elliott:

Elliott, you changed my life. Your music continues to shape me, now 5 years after your death. I just wish I could have known you... you were truly amazing.

Love and peace, wherever you are,

Trevor

[dergan1471471]

this is just awesome. nice one zombie. great find.

[nicholuscer88]

this is pretty fucking sweet

[plexusnexus]

must of been good if you cant remember :)

love you elliot

xo

[courtkneeyo]

i think i was at this gig.

[elliott245]

i love this i cant believe it this is amazing

[OKEYETHIN]

those guys were shredding that night

[Vamphaery]

Wow I've been looking for this forever. I lost my wav of it somehow lol. Thanks so much for posting it! His covers were always so meticulous.

[lewismatthews123]

Some great rare pics!

Great song too he sounds brilliant!!!

[ShokyShrox]

Wow I absolutely fucking love this. This is so funny that I stumble across this. I'm actually going to see Blue Oyster Cult tonight :D

[TheZombieFlanders]

I was surprised to see that no one had uploaded a version of this to YouTube. I don't think there's any video recordings of shows in which he played this, or I would have put one up. But, yeah. Elliott did a really good cover, imo.

[candymiser]

hell no! LOL way too lazy!