Elliott Smith - Angeles

[Arnogorter]

I just learned something perfect does not have to be flawless

[chickenlicken]

I miss the top comment about where how he messes up and gets all bashful, ALL the ladies in the audience and watching this got all wet. True story.

[jakcha]

JUST PLAYED THIS ON AMERICAN IDOL~ THANX FOR RECOGNIZING A REAL AMERICAN IDOL

[beardedswine]

@jakcha yeah talking about that chick in the tent. that's what made me get straight to a computer to hear it again

[d7b44]

@jakcha A lot of people recognised him globally before such pop tripe ever did.

[mariavp88]

I love him....

[TheIvanMihajlovic]

best gag ever :) beautiful song

[evilvon]

Performances like this where the musician fucks up a little, through their vulnerability shows how they are still very much human like the rest of us. It's a nice little reminder how similar we all are to each other.

[Berniewahlbrinck]

@evilvon

I do agree - cool comment

[its5amyawn]

Elliott Smith has to be by far one of the most under credited musicians that have ever lived, i swear the man was brilliant and even when he fucks up he can just hop right on it like nothing and start again

[FrancescaMuntoni]

che carino! non riesco a guardarlo senza sorridere. Elliott.... è l'artista che più soddisfa i miei gusti musicali! Elliott è.... indescrivibile, indescrivibile come qualsiasi emozione!

[jodysoldman]

I love how he can't believe how bad he is performing, then from the 2 minute mark onwards he just nails it...

[sabrinyful]

Morro de dó tda vzs que assisto....

[mspence120]

thank you so much for posting these videos. i have been listening to elliott smith non stop and literally he's amazing. his transitions and way he composes his songs are out of this world. i also love how the way he comes back into the song after he fucks up..he like increases volume in his voice at the word he left off..amazing. absolutely amazing

[condorave87]

anyone notice he changed it from "with my poison arms" to "with my broken arms"

[Angilbeth]

@condorave87 - He did this a lot live. And, if you know more about it him and how much he changed his lyrics before deciding on them permanently, it's entirely possible he preferred the earlier version with 'broken' in it and reverted back to it despite the lyrics on Either/Or.

[condorave87]

@Angilbeth Unfortunately I only found his music a few years ago, so I never saw him live. I'd have killed to have listened to him in person. I really like Heatmiser too, though I was maybe 8 or 9 when they broke up heheh.

[thestudlybudly]

happy birthday elliott.

[BrunoMDA97]

and... Fuck.

[jjfizzle729]

the two people who disliked this were probably Hitler and.........I guess satan?

[Wings198888]

@jjfizzle729 probably god, since satan is enjoying his music in hell every single day :D

[boogerkingcrown]

@jjfizzle729 maybe they just had tha shakes?

[evanlima]

Capitol Theater in Olympia, WA during Lakefair. Such a good show, I was there.

[Speeser]

true music!

[shankedbyfrank555]

Why's he so hard on himself? Shit makes me cry.

[Cyrilthemonkey]

@shankedbyfrank555 this

[kosnow11]

wish you were still around mate...hope you found your peace

[FsharpAsharpInfinity]

EVERYONE GOT LAID THAT NIGHT

[Tool9395]

@FsharpAsharpInfinity godspeed, fuck yea bro

[harshman121092]

mind block on stage. this video shows it happens to the best of us. and he still nailed the rest of the song!

[luandefloripass]

Ghost in the background in 2:30 xD

Beautiful music .

[GlobetownArt]

I recommend every fan listen to the Morning Is Eclectic radio sessions ES completed in CA to promote Either/Or. Elliott is my main inspiration. Check out my songs at Youtube.Com/GlobetownArt.

[TheAlexander56]

uh, they were offended by it, there was a huge to-do about it, she got suspended, and probably would have lost her job if Tiger hadn't stood up for her. then golfweek magazine got criticized for putting a picture of a noose on its cover for the story.

CloverPvP 1 timme sar18

5 timmar sedan How is nobody offended by number 9? She said, "lynch him in the back ally." I take it nobody knows what that means these days. I assure you it's nothing to chuckle at.

The rest were comedy though.

[jodysoldman]

he makes a mistake, picks up where he leaves off and just KILLS IT !!  ...great performance

[beanlandgm]

Does anyone know what effect the sound engineer's using to get a double tracking sound live?

[RaketeRoll]

@beanlandgm That effect is not comming out of the engineer's sound lab, its elliotts hands, his hands!

[LfunkeyA]

@RaketeRoll

he's asking about the effect on elliott's voice, and yes there is an effect.

[sbennett14]

@LfunkeyA I think that the cameras filming him have mics on them that are picking up the actual singing Elliott's doing while also picking up the echo of the speakers in the background.

[brb2323]

@beanlandgm It could be some kind of reverb unit, or there are effects in software that could layer vocals on the fly. Possibly a delay effect maybe also.

[bennykimasian]

r.i.p elliot smith

magical!:)

[blinkonekatietwo]

Lol I was driving home from work listening to this and I was signing it with the 'fuck fuck fuck fuck' made me smile.

[magicbag6790]

he sounds like cedric from mars volta on a bad. good guitar playing tho. folky

[Rikanen1]

Best live show I've seen since Oasis.

[jakhoggan]

i bet that angeles is the hardest song to learn on guitar

[rayman627]

@jakhoggan its not that hard...u just have to be good at fingerstyle guitar

[indoom666]

@jakhoggan pretty easy but beautiful

[farmhandfilms]

absolutely beautiful...you know I hit up the long beach festival a few weeks after he died (I still can't believe it) and lou barlow sang some song for him..I still can't believe it..'dont' do heroin'..it really can make you that sad for no reason.

[zombieari]

How many people were there? LOL

[umovelikehoney]

gahh!! i love this!!

[creepske]

Such a great guitarist! doing those chords and strumming pattern and it doesnt even look like hes trying. Check :30!

[BlackRibbonTV]

such talent, this song brings a tear to my eye

[isolationeitheror]

he resumes this song EXACTLY where he stopped...

[creepske]

@isolationeitheror haha are you saying he did it on purpose?

[isolationeitheror]

of course not....he just remembered where he stopped and started right back

[InsertNameHere145]

"Whats a game of- fuck fuck fuck" That was awesome, we all dearly miss you Elliott Smith

[appelklootzak]

@InsertNameHere145

i missed something,

why do you miss him?

[appelklootzak]

@InsertNameHere145

never mind, found it...

[Wodey25]

Lovely. What I'd give to just say "hey man, your music had a big impact on me." I'm listening to a dead man's music, though, as always.

[TheFrankyboy75]

Sad in a way. You can see by the look in his eyes that this is a tormented soul trying to appear as if it doesent affect him messing up. Must have taken a lot to finish the song. But what a sing/songwriter and how awfull that we have been deprived of him and his talent.

[brando1922]

Miss you so much dude!

[yeaitis]

perfect even when he messes up.

[catpigshadow]

when they cheer when you fuck up, you know your fuckn good

[Berniewahlbrinck]

@catpigshadow

Now that's what I call a cool comment

[BloggerMusicMan]

When he screwed up and stopped he was probably thinking "oh boy I dug a big fucking hole on this one didn't I?" XD

Still awesome. He's one of those artists like Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix who have many imitators but no one who can quite equal him.

[lookhector]

i wish he was still alive

[brotherbrando]

dude said at 1:18 "watch some seinfeld"

[Kay1227]

everytime i watch him i just wish i could give him a hug. watching him makes me wanna smile and cry at the same time. even though he messed up he kept going, hes human...people mess up..but he didnt let his fuck up stop him. poor elliot..miss him horribly...

[Amulius]

What does the man shout that Elliott Replies "what?" too?

[brotherbrando]

watch some seinfeld he said at 1:18

[lessthanyoudeserve]

I smile everytime he does :]

[hitmanhart670]

wow thats kinda embarrasing lol

[Amulius]

@hitmanhart670 Even so, the fact that everyone seemed so disappointed when he wanted to skip to another song must have been really reassuring to him that they really did love him and the songs he wrote, each one being a masterpiece in itself. So at the same time, this video just seems kind of, you know... heartwarming to me .

[220Media]

Playing guitar and singing is milestone for mere earthlings, but Elliott is beyond the atmosphere regardless of his slight aberrations.

Ur a angel Elliott, smile down on us brother!

[alightinflesh]

He is the metaphysics of beginning.

[antonyo93]

the note he hits at 0:16 is fucking perfect

[220Media]

yeh...sounds like a hammer-on...

[aarossell]

@antonyo93 you like-a-da-hammer, no?

[alexei691]

He was so beautiful, inside and outside ....

[sadeyez72]

When Elliott smiles...

most beautiful thing I've ever seen :)

[sterilexfortress]

song makes me so sad. girlfriend is away at college in los angeles and every time i hear this song it brings me close to tears

[bourgoisereader]

how did he slip under the radar

[JonahMicheaJudy]

Oh, it's ok Elliott.

Man. He just melts that guitar.

[jacmas]

ALL the chicks got wet when he messed up and was real bashful

[wolfpacguy]

ahahaha

[jacmas]

no shit lol, they did... some of em probably haha!

[SATURDAYateSUNDAY]

@jacmas rofl hahaha you could feel the moisture in the air that night ahahahahahah

[theodorodepangrazia]

@jacmas oh blah!  Jealous!

[jacmas]

Lol

[jacmas]

thanks smartass, i was a bit drunk at the time

[jacmas]

did he just mess up at 0:57? lol funny

[isolationeitheror]

yes

[partylikeits1944]

The best singer song writter ever. BETTER THAN DYLAN DONNOVAN DAMIEN RICE OR ANY OTHER FOOL WHO WANTS TO BE A SINGER SONG WRITER Elliott Smith tops the genre and makes all others redundant, not that i agree with genres but you know, one man bands or whatever. i love this song so hard

[lative]

"i love this song so hard" hahaha thats such an erotic thing to say. hahaha

[wolfpacguy]

I definitely think he's one of the best. He's absolutely amazing and probably the most underrated singer songwriter.

[ProblemsInNumbers]

@wolfpacguy He's not under-rrated in the least...hes probably one of the only artists I've seen that no one really ever has anyhting bad to say.

[latin4buttercup]

shy and bashful, that was really cute.

[banky33]

I'd become a homosexual for Elliott Smith.

[PrisONYO]

me too

[DonnntBeACoconut]

if i were a man...I'd be homosexual for him too. lol

[justacure]

beautiful man.

[kelly4green]

I love it.."whats a game to..fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck"

I love this man.

[atlon]

excellent (Y)