Elliott Smith"Waltz #1" 5-19-00 New York City, NY

[deadfishthesecond]

beautiful.



[aarossell]

Thanks Elliott, good night! Thanks for coming

[pushherinthesnow]

I am having the HARDEST time picking out all the chords. Anyone happen to know how to play this? I'm learning it and the tabs I found are god awful. Learning it by ear.

[aarossell]

@pushherinthesnow that's the best way-- you'll grow closer to knowing his and your own methods for song-writing.

[theunsheep]

The chord progression makes one feel so safe.

[legolamb]

Don't know about the annoying drunk people but I was at this concert and I think I am a better person for it.

[MattyMattThing]

9 months ago.

[TetrisPilot]

If this doesn't make me cry each time I hear it, it makes me want to.

[MattyMattThing]

i love the glowing drums......

[blknik]

This song makes me cry,'pert near every time I hear it

[NIMRODakaNIMROD]

@blknik

And that's certainly one the very few songs on which I'd wholeheartedly agree with such a statement! Geez, that's the first time I've heard this song and that line "I wish I'd never seen your face" just GOT ME COLD! – So simple yet one the saddest things I've ever heard...

[TrikkBorgnine]

He shook someone's hand before he left. What a sweetheart.

[peterdelatorre]

God, what a ballsy song to play at a rock show with annoying drunk people in the audience... and he nailed it. Nothing better then some E.Smith at 4:45 in the morn.

[ganuenen]

elliott smith defines failure, "playing things safe is the most popular way to fail!!"

[TheAlmostOrphans1]

Sorry?

[ganuenen]

there's an interview where elliott smith is asked to define failure, and his response was "playing things safe is the most popular way to fail". So when I noticed someone comment that this was a ballsy song to play with this drunk audience but he nailed it, totally reminded me of him saying the previous quote. god i love elliott and i hope no one thought i was saying he as a person defines failure, sorry bout the confusion.

RIP ELLIOTT U WILL NEVER BE REPLACED OR FORGOTTEN XO

[kmdn1]

yeah i think some people misinterperated that.... what a wise saying. :) I'll have to remember that. elliott's the best.

[tillyandthepoo]

lol It 3 am when I decided to listen to him on this day.

[alltherobinsbring]

My very favorite Elliott Smith song. Ever. It is simply too beautiful *not* to cry, you know?

[Roysito]

no words to describe this...... simply no words.... only feeling

[thebaloob123]

I want to give him a big hug.

He's so brilliant.

[xlearghx]

this song is so dreamy..... he's such an amazing songwriter, all of his songs are extraordinary lyrically and musically.. he's a genius

[genaphir]

Elliott's death is still "undetermined". If you care, please write the detective to look back into this. His fans need to help him.

Det. King

LAPD, NE Division

3353 San Fernando St.

Los Angeles, CA 90065

Ref Case #2003-07948

(213)847-4261

[ElimRem]

such a beautiful song

[Bevy76]

my soulmate..can't wait to be with him

[sucramnormark]

You dont know him though, do you?

[douch98]

It lasted because it is timelesss.....

[Disappearer88]

Wow, that video felt like it lasted an eternity. I wonder what it must have been like to actually see this performance in person.

[samskipti]

in short: amazing. a few weeks after the show took place, a stream of this show was put on his official website. i would watch it after school everyday just to relive it.

[Giajoynt]

Haunting

[Happy250505]

Couldn't agree more.

[JoaoOliveiraPT]

His best song

[benmeltzer]

Wow! A million thank-yous for this. I never knew he played it live other than as an instrumental before the words were written. This is amazing!

[sucramnormark]

One of Elliotts greatest songs.

[Stillillgal]

UNREAL!

it's like a dream....

unbelivable

[Muaxler]

its true its in the book about elliott smith by Autumn de Wilde. In an interview with some of his close friends they mentioned that he wrote this after doing mushrooms and listening to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road for about 18 hours. I'm really glad he did, because this song is by far one of my favorite songs of all time.

[jeo616]

not saying its not true, it wouldnt suprise me because this sounds like something you would write/listen to on shrooms this sounds like hallucenating to me. but I thought I heard that the autumn de wilde book that the sources arent very reliable. but we wont every know.

[sallyheartjack]

r.i.p.

[xGhostoftheRiverx]

Beautiful piece of music

[smacklooshis]

I know! The wikipedia page for the song Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.

[ertwyu]

Because wikipedia is a very veritable source.

It's taken down now anyway.

[smacklooshis]

Nope, it's still there.  Just look at the song GYBR.

But yeah, take it with a grain of salt.

[ertwyu]

I'm sorry, I looked at the album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," and not the song.

[smacklooshis]

I just read that Smith wrote this song after listening to Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" for 18 hours straight and on mushrooms.

[SuperTaisho]

Yeah... I just got dumped. Well, two weeks ago, at roughly this hour. It... destroyed me. But at least now I can appreciate the beauty and deep sadness of this song. I've never felt such a connection with one piece of music before. Thank you, Elliott.

[fernandoruirodrigues]

beautiful - elliott smith is truly the best musician ever. i really like this waltz.

my favourite walyz are this one and the blue danube waltz by strauss II. but this one has elliott smith's toutch :P

[intheden]

sweet, haunting, lyrical, sonorous, sad, AND in 3/4

i miss you

[sucramnormark]

haha, yes, AND in 3/4 :)

[greyhound87530]

My favorite Elliott song at the moment. Such a beautiful sad song.

[heyvenus123]

Yep same here. Beuatiful song and lovely but sad lyrics.

[Stillillgal]

how he sings so high

[isolationeitheror]

i wish i never saw her face

[scatmanwfm]

the world needs more songs like this

[Vamphaery]

Wow, I've never seen a live performance of this song. Certainly one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I've ever heard. It haunts my thoughts whenever certain emotions are felt or certain situations arise. It's such an honesty depiction of how certain scenarios feel, and pulls no punches in its melodrama. Because some situations FEEL that melodramatic, whether people think they should or wish they did or not.

[BaudeLaire78]

I don't like the drum on this live version, this wonderful song has to be more discreet and intimistic. That's my opinion.

[aaronredcat]

intimate

[BaudeLaire78]

Right... Thank you

[aprellix0o]

i wish i could have gone to one of his concerts =\ he was amazing

[iwokojance]

This song always makes me teary. This is one I wish I would have written. I saw him live twice in Seattle. He was a huge influence on me as a songwriter. He was brutally honest lyrically and beautifully melodic in his chord arrangements. His death was a huge loss to the music world, imho.

[sweetyj674]

no its waltz #1. so good. wish i could have seen him live.

[gsbn86]

xo is a masterpiece and waltz#1 is the most haunting song of it.

[jupis20]

wow, that is absolutely amazing... brilliant elliott

[Stillillgal]

amazing song

[daysleepernewton]

the bass player fucks up in the last chorus

damn him

[awmstm]

I'm never gonna know you know, but I'm gonna love you anyhow.

[millerwoodfilms]

That's Waltz #2.

[sherocks88]

agree with the previous poster: WOW

[prefabsprout]

Wow! I was at this show. Thanks for posting!

[golfguy182]

Amazing. He was a genius.

[liprincessprincess]

This song is even more devestating to me than Waltz #2.

[BlackieHugeHands]

I'm in love with you.

[clucaspik]

Brian Wilson and John Lennon seem to come together in Elliot. This is about as beautiful song as anybody ever wrote. What would be more so? Talk about time standing still.

[brokenimages]

fuck this makes me sooo sad ...i just cant get over it

[neurotik]

wow

[Steve31000]

amazing stuff. This guitar riff that he plays at the start before the other instruments come in is so errie. Haunting....so many ways to describe it.