Elliott Smith- Either/or

[TheEnchantingWizard1]

@briannaorbust

1. Self-titled

2. XO

3. Roman Candle

4. Either/Or

5. From A Basment On A Hill

6. Figure 8

7. New Moon

[sirloine123]

@TheEnchantingWizard1 i think figure 8 is the best but still this list is pretty good

[TheEnchantingWizard1]

I have to translate this song to Spanish for a school project. My teacher's cool as shit.

[briannaorbust]

Is great

[tristanpuig]

lets say you take out cupids trick & punch and judy from the original album & replace it with this and the last hour....possibly one of the greatest albums of all time.

[VanessaRose4]

this song needs to be longer!

[Alexandra14anarch]

@VanessaRose4 I KNOW RIGHT?!

[ParkerKraft]

THUMBS UP IF ELLIOT SMITH IS YOUR FAVORITE!!!

[laurenbecker420]

When i Hear this song, i know everything gonna be OK!

[Brudda2daman]

The drums. Just... The drums.

[dressrehearsalrags]

grunge kid. I think you have to believe in destiny. you are depressed for some very good reasons, but that's only the beginning of your true purpose here. but you can become a phoenix or "future butterfly" if you decide you have something to live and die for. know what you want to see in the world - then give your life to it. You will never be depressed again. listen to your heart. It will know what you have to do.

[matthk3]

@dressrehearsalrags made my day bud

[breeeegs]

Well at least you're not judgmental. I'm guessing you know what it's like to struggle with trauma from child abuse, clinical depression and drug addiction, because if you don't, you probably shouldn't judge people based on things you don't understand.

[fheisk]

oh my god so good

[dakotacarp]

I love elliott smith he is my hero and the most inspiring person ever. RIP elliott.

Im a girl on my cousins account haha

[GSarovich]

@TheDinnerTimeBoys It was released as a single.

[sabrechooth]

i really need to know which album this song is from. an official tracklisting of "From a Basement on the Hill" does not contain it. please help.

[pnggolfer9]

@sabrechooth Its from the same titled album....Either/Or

[liam6363]

@sabrechooth New moon.

[TheDinnerTimeBoys]

i blame him for his own suicide. if you make your whole career about focusing on sadness, then what do you expect to happen? He was negative as a rule, and that only leads to one place

[stoneymcpottheboro91]

@TheDinnerTimeBoys dude dont blame it on himself!! do you know the childhood he had to deal with if you dont i thinnk you should find out guy!!

[StarvingForTruth]

@TheDinnerTimeBoys It's like that other guy said. You don't know where people have traveled to get to where they are. A lot of people obsessed with sadness are simply people who've been saddled with it for longer than they've had a way to share it. If you can't relate, just be glad.  It's insane to think you can understand how everybody else feels inside, bro. Easier to dispense with the blame game, if you ask me. Everybody loses.

[ElVeintitres2323]

@TheDinnerTimeBoys Yo man, you ever been depressed? It's not as easy to get rid of as just saying "Okay, I'm gonna start being happy now." Playing sad music was probably the best thing he could do to feel better. Whatever pushed him over the edge, I doubt being optimistic would have helped.

[Grungekiid]

@ElVeintitres2323 I totally agree with you on that one, I'm very depressed, and I'm tired of people telling me to just be happy or explaining happiness to me cause i just don't know what it is. I do music too to cope with my sadness. Your right, for thedinnertimeboys, you cant just wake up one day and say I'm gonna be happy now. It doesn't work that way.

[aaronmyers1982]

I wonder when this picture was taken. He looks soooo young in it.

[galenrflynn]

@aaronmyers1982 I don't think that he got the LA 84 shirt until he moved to LA, so that would have been around Figure 8 I guess? when he wears in on the cover. I don't know, I could be wrong.

[Gettinghitonattheban]

A=A :)

[Theoppositesex]

This is like gospel music that's not about god.

[aaronmyers1982]

@Theoppositesex I think it was George Carlin who said, "The only good thing to have ever come out of church was the music"

[cozmosmashzu]

so am hero too

[DemonicGman]

rip 2003

[Theoppositesex]

Elliott Smith was no mere folky. This, to me, is genuine gospel music. :)

[vdwjohannes]

Elliott Smith read Kierkegaard? Nice to know!

[tillyandthepoo]

That's what my ex husband said.. Hope you are not him haha.

[HoopGirlThea]

he got a degree in philosophy.

[emissionspectra]

I like how he double tracks his vocals with him singing really, really low.

[Somethingpower]

Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith RIP

[sofia71green]

ahhhh! NINJAS EVERYWHERE!!! :O

[bacardi119]

Yeah, a true fan should know that.

[jrmagic43]

Sorry. These were songs I uploaded when I only first heard his music, I don't mean any disgrace to his name as I didn't know at the time.

[lioweif]

Don't apologize ever. A lot of us fans sometimes can be complete smugs sometimes. I'm sure Elliott wouldn't mind

[Gregowens1975x]

@lioweif Except for the fact he named himself Elliott Smith, and ELLioTT for reasons. Respect the artists name tards.

[wregerg1]

@lioweif bullshit im offended and elliot smith would be rolling in his grave but really it's okay lol thanks for the post!

[shinesinpines]

is it that hard to edit it?

[RavellaMusic]

@jrmagic43 Sorry about that Bacardi guy. You just have to ignore people like that. Focusing on minutiae like how you spell someone's name detracts just a little bit from honest appreciation of the music. Elliott Smith should be about joining people who are unhappy together and giving them something noble and honest to rally around. Congratulations of having enough taste to put his music up.

[breeeegs]

Don't worry about it

[kalden42]

eliiott isnt even his real name. a true fan would know that.

[sofia71green]

yeah he changed it to elliott cuz he thought his old name sounded to much like a jock name.

[purpledrohaze777]

@kalden42

Wow what an asshole!

[mrbungs]

@bacardi119 Elliott would probably dislike you for being such an oppressive jackass. Mistakes happen. Try doing the Ferdinand thing instead of giving someone trouble over the slightest error. Count the flowers dude.

[sofia71green]

elliott is spelled with two tees everybody.

[1810993]

hey r u their?

[slaughterxsandii]

My hero forever too, sugar. <3

[BungleMainia]

Genius. Absolutely brilliant -- can you imagine that a song like this would be considered second rate? (By it's author). He was the greatest of a generation -- I hate most music, Elliott and Mr. Bungle for life!

[iamlikereallykooll]

One of my fav songs by him

[theomegacell]

one of the best, he is missed beyond words.

[kalden42]

i cant believe im only the 1000th view of this! all the other elliott smith vids have much more... kind of saddens me in a way, but then not at the same time if you know what i mean lol

[thoma2099]

one of my favorite songs :]

there's only 490 views on this video, what a shame haha. maybe all the fans just listen to it on their 'new moon' cds. hah. i hope so

[halfbaked44]

haha i was just walking back to my house singing this song to myself. miss you elliott

[Davidvilla017]

Wish i could get him back...