Elliott Smith - Strung Out Again

[jsnell126]

i think this might be the most heart-wrenching song i've ever heard.

[PearceTimmy]

I love you elliott. sorry you didn't see you as you were to so many of us

[Liquidskeleton]

stabbed himself TWICE in the heart. Fucking Ouch!

[GambinoDamico]

Elliott did not make music because he wanted to, he made it because he had to. He was compelled to paint these masterpieces with words, I feel sorry for people who are not moved by his music. This man a true artist and I can not think of another one that has come close to his depth in the last 30 years.

[onemorebrando]

the balls to write this song and then sing it in public.

he was a brave person.

wish he wasn't dead.

[MrMedeam]

He will live on In are harts forever, he was a wonderful man..

[MusicCityManiacs]

I bet alot of people that got to see him play live held their breath in wonder.

[MiserySmith327]

Was this around the time he passed? I'm thinking his last year or so?

[MusicbyMitar]

elliott why'd you leave so soon?

[TheYaotubeExperience]

"ok here's a speech" :)

[oranjjjggg]

i wish his songs didn't break my damn heart so I could listen more than 5 minutes at a time.

[ItalianLoveMuffin]

i miss him....and his Sister.

[GSarovich]

@vincentprice111 well he's not sober now is he?

[tcornellbusiness]

christmas eve. strung out again.

[shhmellshlikeasshhhh]

I listen to Elliotts songs everyday,

I love him, and I get goosebumps sometimes listening to him

He was so amazing! I love him<3

Elliott rip<3 forever love.

thank you for completing my life with your amazing songs.

[TheEr14ic]

R.I.P Elliot Smith, one of the best musicians of the 20th century

[veverzay]

hole are a good band

[relsismada]

heroin fucking destroyed his body...but his mind always made sense of all the insane reasoning behind doing it...love this song.

[ourladyoftheflowers1]

@relsismada

no, it didn't.

[RachelClark00]

I miss Elliott so much. Just through his songs he gave the world so much. I just wish he could have seen those things within his self.

[ulfern90]

i wish that he could teach me guitar

[goldflakedpaint123]

this is like right beofre he died if it was in 2003:( god i miss him.

[breeeegs]

It was a year before his death

[breeeegs]

almost

[lardosapien]

i discovered elliot when i heard the news of his death on the radio. they played his music in the backround and i thought "whoa fuck this is great". then i downloaded every song i could and listened to that for pretty much the next year or two.

[jaseroo457]

dearest elliott, not seeing you was the worst mistake i may have ever made.

[arpalarpa1]

This song is so meaningful, I can totally relate to him on this one heroin fucking sucks =(.

[tzohfeld]

So hard to believe this was 7 years ago...

[CSchwarten]

Yeah I know. Where do the years go?I used to listen to Basement a lot on my discman when I was riding to school. All of the songs on it remind me of my journey to and from school. I was a bit late on discovering Elliott. I'd just heard him a bit before this. Then he died almost a year later just as I was really getting getting into it. When Basement came out I really soaked up every part of that album.

[goodmusicguy97]

"Just looking in the mirror

Will make you a brave man"

This line really resonates with me 'cuz my therapist tells me looking in the mirror, will help me gain more self-confidence.

[Somethingpower]

Can you imagine what it would be like if he was still around? I'm not saying it'll be anything pretty cause his bad habits, but i wouldn't care, I could talk to Elliott for hours I just have a million questions for him.

...some things just change invisibly RIP

[VincentPrice111]

@Somethingpower Well he was sober for a long time before he died.

[iamxnothing]

Fuckk :[

Gives me the chills so bad.

[LynneDiann82]

I wonder what he meant when he said "okay, here's the speech."

[bassmaster1465]

i miss elliott

[stellarlove21]

Me, too.... :(

[ganuenen]

me 3...

[BosleyDown]

the lyrics to this song are fucking amazing

"there was a parliament of owls,

flying over a city of canals,

there goes a body,

floating face down"

such cryptic imagery, look it up on songmeanings

[antiscium]

got a broken heart and your name on my cast

[lau1771ual]

This was my favorite song from the show that night—I was haunted for weeks. And I was so disappointed when From a Basement came out, because I was hoping the album version was going to come out more like this. Thank you so much for posting this!

[rtbradle007]

The album version sounds so chaotic and that seems to fit the mood quite well in my opinion, though I like this acoustic version a lot as well.

[Transmissionwould]

Yeah totally. I love how there is just a blast of chaotic noise and Elliott's voice is clear as hell.

[stickman225]

I'm strung out again...

[theasianyee]

Thanks a lot maxximoo.

This concert is one of my favorites.

Were you there? What did you think about the show? of Elliott?

When I was younger I had found the entire set on soulseek. It was amazing and what originally got me into Elliott smith.

You F***'in rock.

[vegastr0n]

thank you so much for this MAXXIMO.

great, just genious. My favorite track off 'basement'.

standing...smiling...tide's coming in, and i'm strung out ... again

[junkybob]

so am i, but all life is for me now is periods of kicking breaking up my life soaked in the blackness of h. fuck. amazing song though, just wish it wasn't true

[tatelabianca]

your life's alot like mine

[plxplxkthx]

the h in my area went from great to shit (im pretty sure it was mostly morphine) so ive been weaning myself with codeine

its not a touch on the big h but you can buy a ton of it OTC for no price at all, just look up 'cold water extraction' on google

might be a good way of getting out of the habit :)

[nahaskell]

thanks for posting this. Unfortunately I am strung out again but I'm working on it.

[ginoballon]

can anybody put the right chords for this song please?

[MissSofa]

where u there? what was it like to go to an Elliott Smith concert?!

[zwfwrestling]

maxximoo were you the original taper?

and also, i'm assuming the mislabeled "say yes from his last show" is from this same source/recording? or was there a second taper?

thanks so much.

[pluginthird]

good call finding that balcony man. great view.