Elliott Smith - Miss Misery

[LSBroseph777]

I don't mean to sound weird, but I really want to learn to draw, just to do a portrait of him. There's just so much emotion in that face.

[maskanio1]

A man inthe park

read the lines in my hand

told me im strong

hardly ever wrong i said man you mean

[TheSeph1984]

All Elliot Smith's CD's should come with a bottle of whiskey... or gonna need it to understand/listen/appreciate anything he sings/plays.

R.I.P. Elliot Smith--- maybe you and Cobain are doing some good tracks in the afterlife...

[iHoady]

@TheSeph1984 Apart from Cobain blows. He writes lyrics as terrible as my deaf-from-born aunt and plays music that my great nan could play, she she only had one finger. Elliot is leaps and bounds ahead of Cobain.

[TheSeph1984]

@iHoady "I may disagree with what you say,But I will fight to the death for your right to say it" -Voltaire-

\m/ >_< \m/

[jkd914]

there was and will be no one could sing like this man

[metrosexualconpelo]

I finded that jewel of music in 'Good will hunting'.

And the end of that film is perfect, this song sounds when Will drive the car. Perfect!

[FelixtheMai]

@metrosexualconpelo "Son of a bitch...he stole my line."

[DgoFlourishes]

Two people are jealous they dont have enough balls to stab themselves in the chest like a real man .... Hari kari

[xxDaisuki]

@DgoFlourishes what are you saying?

[leadmixer]

@DgoFlourishes I don't think I'm ever gonna forgive Chris Brown for this one. Hara-kiri, people. Hara-kiri.

[DgoFlourishes]

@leadmixer thank google because thats where i got it i dont listen to that dude nice job assuming though

[leadmixer]

@DgoFlourishes Never said you did. Still blaming him for perpetuating that misspelling. It's gotten much worse and generally more accepted after his song.

[Inquisition101]

who thinks elliott smith kind of looks like severus snape?

[annieeeedotcom]

@Inquisition101 i hate you for pointing that out haha

[RosannaH95]

Elliott Smith have always from the first time I heard his songs been catching my mind by his whisper and always will

[RaeRae914]

@RosannaH95 Agree :)

[OrlandoBlooPSN]

Impossible to count how many times I came to this page to hear this song and Elliot Smith in general.

[tosabeast0]

the dislike button should be disabled for all Elliott Smith songs

[Alexispelling]

There are many reasons people want to commit suicide, the majority of the time being a coward isn't it so don't judge him unless you actually know the truth

[PopCultureSucks]

Another of the great artists that doesn't get the recognition they deserve. RIP Elliott Smith

[jo0k]

RIP Eminem

[MissCriminalCari]

@jo0k the fuck?

[rmed30]

@jo0k : i dont know why that's funny but it is. 

[rynmurdock]

lol navajo is one shitty troll. "we treat others like shit in hopes we just catch a whisper of sweet sweet music" Well he tries to at least /eyeroll

[TheMegaKitty2000]

Elliott Smith was a great artist and made amazing songs, though sad. I wish he made more songs.

R.I.P :( </3

[Alexispelling]

Good will hunting 

[WithoutTheFezOn]

It's for songs like this that I wish the "dislike" option wasn't implemented on youtube. I trust my ears and I trust my heart and while music is subjective, there's no conceivable way I could imagine any person not appreciating at least something about what Elliott achieved here.

A song like this is a necessary invention in the history of music. To me it's like "disliking" the typewriter.

[rayXklish]

I didn't come here to argue, I came here to listen to good music.

[RVAGirl13]

So 2 people are deaf..

[truefreestylerATL]

@RVAGirl13 ikr... what the hell is wrong with ppl

[blackincestbaby]

kinda killed the song as i read the fukin retarted comments on the bottom.. i mean who the fuk mixes the words, cynical, naive, and then passive? wtf? do u guys even know what ur talking about?.. what a bunch of morons.

[somebodyjones2]

@blackincestbaby probably shouldn't let it bother you that much. just sayin'

[jollibee007]

thank you Elliot Smith, your songs carry me through those depressive streaks that much better

[navojoARISTOCRAT]

So i guess alot of self-pitying pussies listen to mr smith. Pull yourself together and enjoy the music. we live, we die, everyday, every second.

[switz222]

@navojoARISTOCRAT Mister tough-guy. You'll never get it, the message'll never get in.

[navojoARISTOCRAT]

@switz222

oh sure junior, still listening to elliot smith in the comforts of your parents house in you little bedroom, fuck you! elliot smiths music is a work of beauty but in the end he was a coward and killed himself, the medium is the message bitch!

[TheManMostMysterious]

@navojoARISTOCRAT Calling the deceased a coward? Ever heard of showing respect for the dead? Elliot Smith was a great musician and produced beautiful works of art. I doubt you have the ability or talent required to do that. Have you ever done anything or worth in your life? Or is that why you troll on Youtube? To satisfy your ego by trying to make others feel stupid? You think you are such a badass. Well I've got news for you: everyone here thinks you a worthless cunt.

[nate3595]

@TheManMostMysterious Agreed, don't look down on any of the deceased...

[navojoARISTOCRAT]

@TheManMostMysterious

well shit, look whose all grown up (giggles) wha wha, respect for the dead, how bout respect for the living, the dead are with the dead in divine peace, we treat other like shit in hopes we just catch a whisper of sweet sweet music that speaks to us. I think you get caught up in the moment alot in your life, I think your cynical, naive and passive. As for my ego, bitch please, don't be talking bout my ego. Look you have six thumbs shoved up your arsehole

[TheManMostMysterious]

@navojoARISTOCRAT What the fuck are talking about? "divine peace"? "we treat others like shit in hopes we just catch a whisper of sweet sweet music"? Is that your attempt at trying to poetic after I called you out on your lack of any artistic talent? Because all I heard was bullshit sophistry The living have to earn respect, which you have not. You're a worthless, cowardly asshole who obviously is going nowhere in life because all you can think to do with your time is troll on youtube.

[navojoARISTOCRAT]

@TheManMostMysterious

poetry?!?! wtf, we are talking bout music, catch the sarcasm you twit, and quit whining like a bitch, i think you should of stabbed yourself in the chest repeatedly, fuck, and i appreciate art, i could careless of the artist, i love how you love to play lawyer of damnatio memoriae kid, obviously you write again predictably, never disappoint, thanks for coming out though, try again!

[TheManMostMysterious]

@navojoARISTOCRAT What the fuck are talking about? "divine peace"? "we treat others like shit in hopes we just catch a whisper of sweet sweet music"? Is that your attempt at trying to poetic after I called you out on your lack of any artistic talent? Because all I heard was bullshit sophistry The living have to earn respect, which you have not. You're a worthless, cowardly asshole who obviously is going nowhere in life because all you can think to do with your time is troll on youtube.

[HillsideFights]

@TheManMostMysterious regardless of my opinion, which i feel the same as you. but respect given where respect is earned. suicide is cowardice. that said i still have a great deal of respect for Elliott Smith as a musician. not so much as a man.

[Malocclusiontenfour]

@HillsideFights You didn't know him as a man and you don't know what he went through. Who are you or any of us to judge?

[HillsideFights]

@Malocclusiontenfour you're right, i didnt know him personally as a man, but, i do know that he took his own life, that is cowardice. therefor losing my respect.

[Malocclusiontenfour]

@HillsideFights Suicide isn't about cowardice. It's about being in a tunnel and not being able to see anything but your own darkness. If you can't understand that, you're lucky. I hope you never do understand it.

[HillsideFights]

@Malocclusiontenfour I've been depressed, and I've contemplated suicide. but at the end of the day, all it does is bring misery to those surrounding you, the same as handing off your problems to others, this is cowardice.

[Malocclusiontenfour]

@HillsideFights I have, too, and you and I were both able to reason our ways out of it. He might not even have been rational in the end. He might have just snapped. We don't know what happened. Even the Catholic Church doesn't take the cold-hearted stance it used to. They now take the view that a suicide may not have been "in his right mind." That seems to be the most compassionate way to see it.

[wherestheherbals]

@navojoARISTOCRAT

haha the official police report said he killed hmself, but just like kurt who actually believes it? he was stabbed in the chest multiple times, and and different angles you tell me you believe someone has the strength after they stab them self in the chest to pull the nife out and do it two more times? just like kurts arms were long enough to hold a full sized shotgun two feet from his face??

just saying dont beleive everything your hear.

[ruin3r]

RIP Elliott.. was watching The Royal Tenenbaums the other day and thought about him during that particular scene where Needle In The Hay plays.. saddens me that he took his own life, but I guess when you make this kind of music you must have something to be depressed about.

[ProfessorDumbass]

Damn it, end theme of 'Good Will Hunting', I can even hear it even when I'm asleep.

[hugboat808]

I wish he hadn't stabbed himself in the chest.. 

[EmoLo5lo]

I cried at school thinking about Elliott smith and the teacher asked whats wrong? ELLIOTT SMITH IS DEAD! she gave me a hug and said i'm crying inside for him to. <3

[Malocclusiontenfour]

@EmoLo5lo Tell your teacher she has renewed everyone's faith in teachers. Nice lady.

[navojoARISTOCRAT]

@EmoLo5lo

fucking funny...(giggles)...whimp!

[EmoLo5lo]

@navojoARISTOCRAT Funny my ass

[RobzFTW]

@EmoLo5lo -hug- :( <3

[HarryHayesMusic]

why the fuck does he have to be dead? RIP Elliott, i wasn't old enough to hear your music when you were about but i miss you . XO

[chongwanna]

i listen to this loads,cant stop, pure quality should only be for the honest true and decent ears of this world

[toneone16]

imma hip hop head but this is 1 of da greatest songs ever!

[fossilfuelmusic]

@toneone16 I honestly believe that Elliott has more contemporaries in Rap than in Rock.

[fossilfuelmusic]

Respond to this video... There are also a lot more studio engineer / musicians in Hip Hop. Elliott was a major LabRat in the studio, and a nerd when it came to recording. That is probably why most rock musicians seem to still be light years behind Elliott when it comes to overdubbing vocals.

[Malocclusiontenfour]

Amen to that. Have some respect for Elliott and behave yourselves.

[tomedkins]

For God's sake people, just enjoy the song for what it is, a great bit of heartfelt songwriting, rather than insulting each other and fuelling these petty arguments about whether it's better or worse as a result of being used in Good Will Hunting.

[89jobo]

i wish more ppl would know him here in Germany ..

[BnlsSknls]

R.I.P. Elliott Smith

[nov28gt]

It was never written for the film , it was reworked for the film .



[EmoLo5lo]

i wish this song was longer



[TheTaohana]

wow, you go on about how ignorantly people post comments online but how irrelivant to song is your idiotic comment?? i didn't know this song was written for a movie i found it just by luck and it rocks whether or not it was for a movie including all his others.

[raffaeleriddle]

From will funting....... *_____*

[anonimosur]

Great song. Descansa en paz Elliot. Nunca olvidaré tus melancólicas canciones.

[shadowalonehat]

I can't hold

my liquor but I keep

a good attitude.

[Stribzavision]

Yo..

[staphinfection]

I miss you Mr. Misery.

[JosephPage]

Cheers, Elliott.

[jephro1977]

But I keep a good attitude. Thanks G!

[RayoOFFSky]

love it <3

[jjk696969]

i love how you put a mediocre song youd never give a shit about on the radio in a movie then all of a sudden its brilliant

[gunny2219]

@jjk696969 You realize that he wrote the song for the movie right? I love how people ignorantly post comments on youtube videos.

[jjk696969]

@gunny2219 no shit. thats why i said what i did you fuckin idiot. write a shitty song and put it in a oscar worthy movie and it's a lot more brilliant and popular than it would of been as a single. kenny loggins, phil collins and plenty of other artists have taken advantage of this.

[BadCompany2113]

@jjk696969 wait, do you think it's brilliant or do you think it's shitty? when you accept the fact that it was, indeed, written for a movie, then aren't you voiding your own point in saying anything at all in the first place? it works well in the movie, for whatever it's worth, so is that not the point of the song? i don't think elliott smith had any pretensions that this was anywhere near his best work, and most of us don't think so either. it's a good song though, in its own right

[woodstock8905]

@jjk696969 your an idiot. nuff said

[QuistTV]

best american solo songwriter in decades..

[nocrazyyou]

"like you say, you do"

[pappyguy1]

He is amazing. I have listened to every single song of his at least thirty times a piece and they never and will never get old. Even the harmonies in the background are just amazing

[pappyguy1]

He is amazing. I have listened to every single song of his at least thirty times a piece and they never and will never get old. Even the harmonies in the background are just amaznig

[TheGeetarPlayer]

I miss him :(

[matthewtaronno]

@TheGeetarPlayer RIP mr. smith.

[DjDMixer]

i get high to this song all the time!!! great song to listen to when your high!!!

[TheKaylei97068]

I hate that he died, he was such an amazing singer; I know his music will live forever. RIP Elliott. : (

[BFTLP]

1 fan justin bieber

[TinyBitOfChaos]

@BFTLP TWO Bieber Fans now T_T

[PasTaPhysique]

@TinyBitOfChaos I lol'd

[darcodraco]

whio stabs themselves in the heart not once but fudffuking twice. * this guy right here!!*

fave smith song !

he looks like professor snape.

[MrFunkyourself]

academy award nominated song from the movie good will hunting

[PhiI93]

Omg, I can't comprehend how amazing this song is.

[berimbau111]

@kakake12 that's why he's a singer, not a model

[obsoletemach1ne]

You said it Elliot...

[calebbb722]

If you guys want to see someone who is ugly, just look in the mirror.

[denns0r]

Ellito Smith was one of the the best musician ever! Rest in peace, Elliot!

[kakake12]

One ugly motherfucker, but a good singer n shit.

[yousuperpussy]

@kakake12 he's not ugly, you are ugly.... you ugly piece of shit.

[colourfulwithaU]

@kakake12

Sure, he's ugly. You'd be ugly too if you were dead for 8 years.

But when he was alive he was pretty.

[frenchie21]

wow...at the end of Good Will Hunting, I damn near cried at this song at the end. And I'm a guy.

[Gallowofsharks]

R.I.P Elliot...... We miss you..

[catherinet227]

no, more like tragically beautiful. yeah that sounds right. :) i love elliott smith

[catherinet227]

hauntingly beautiful.

[catherinet227]

this song is absolutely beautiful. elliott was so talented.

[TheJou333]

Id never heard Miss Misery, or of Elliot Smith before i watched Goodwill Hunting.

I was absolutely blown away by the movie and this song.

I recently read a bio of Elliot Smith. Perhaps a perfect example of "flawed genius".

[Linguaphonie]

Every time I come here to listen to this song I listen to it like 5 times WHY CAN'T I STOP

[BmoreSandlots]

RIP> We miss you Elliott. Or should I say your real name Steve Smith!

[gwenstella]

my heart aches for some unknown reason whenever i listen to this song.

[Svetsarkirurgen]

for some reason I've never heard this man before. second time I listen to this song and I'm kinda blown away. what a composer

[elliottsmith55]

I miss you Elliott.....you've helped me cry healthy tears for so many years. I wish I could have helped you in some way.

[HisJessy]

love it

[AlternativeUses]

this song is beautiful

[zarc0n]

Its a comedy of errors, you see

Its about taking a fall

To vanish into oblivion...

[gypsyola]

I think I listened to this song about 200 times in the last 3 days.I like it more and more each time.here it plays again.

[simonborn]

@gypsyola it keeps getting better when listened to in a loop. i say it's true.

[thebailey67]

@gypsyola just dont stab yourself!

[gypsyola]

@thebailey67 ah ah no mate I'm still here...listening to it.

[bigtkettle]

he still got his point across there slick...

[Arenicolous]

You spelled genius wrong...

[steadilyshine09]

lol.

[nationMW]

genious..