You don't have to be currently using to suffer from addiction, especially with heroin. Heroin withdrawal brings a horrible, make-you-want-to-die sort of pain- one that recurs and doesn't just "go away" after you've stopped for a year or so. It breaks my heart that Elliott had to endure that at any point, but he did- and I'm forever grateful to him for using that suffering to inform what are some of the best songs ever written, that have given us hope and comfort and understanding over the years.
god I wish I could go back in time and tell him just what an effect his music has on so many people. That thousands of his fans would watch videos just like this on youtube and feel pain, regret and love. We miss you Elliott
he looks happy to me. the sentiment of the song may be a bit sad, but he's not reliving the memories, he's turning them into something more. he really abandoned art for this one, it's very pure.
@UnreleasedOriginal thanks i was actually wondering that , its crazy that only months before he looked so clean cut and somewhat healthy... either way love this guy soo much .
Yet he has so many songs that are so much more than 3 chord songs. Some of his song number damn near 25 chords, he was a master at chord progression and changes, cant deny that.
@billyboneshisfancy I mean this is kind of a dumb response, dude. He wasn't asking if the guy was dead in the video or anything. He wanted to know when this recording was in relation to his death. In other words, was this a month before Elliott's death or 5 months before Elliott's death or a year before (etc, etc, etc)? Clever response though.
Anyways, one of my favorite songs ever. Such a beautiful man.
This man right here, is reallyone of the greatest songwriters I've ever listened to, he's a great guitar player with an awesome voice, and above all, his lyrics are so wonderfully beautiful.
So I have just one thing to tell you elliott, may you rest in peace forever...
this is painful to watch. the angel sings of the pain of living, only for the sweet melodies to dissipate into the voices of the indifferent collective.
im not full of myself man, it just pains me to see that during this time he used heroin as a means to prevent him from dying inside, yet it was ironically killing him even more. I don't give a shit about myself. Don't be so judgmental.
It was hard to watch the crowd not care, and to see him so wrecked - but it's nice to see him singing this song live. I watch once in a while. It's one of his best, and he seems happy somehow...
@sluggojfm You know after his death, they did a toxicology exam and didn't find any drugs in his system. Knowing that always makes me smile.... because as you said, I'm sure there was a time in his life that he was fighting that horrible addiction. heroin is a horrible horrible drug!
How can you tell if someones a "full-blown" heroin addict just by watching them sing a song? Not sure when this video was shot, but apparently he kicked the habit towards the end of his life.
@inheritancerecords yep. he kicked the habit in late 02, was clean for a good year, but people love to wrap themselves in the media-fueled drugged rocker fantasy of him dying a long slow death. these people ignore or don't know about FACTS: his 2nd to last recorded song ends with him declaring "feeling stronger every single day". his last song suicide machine is a full length complaint about people labeling him a sad sack. his inconclusive death. his improving performances in 2003. i could go on
@sluggojfm That's ridiculous, regardless of how many thumbs up you receive. If you watch his performance, it was spot on here, he looked genuinely content and sang the song perfectly. If you weren't focused on his addictions (that you've read about), you'd never know the guy performing this song (which was brilliantly executed, by the way) had any problems. And that's the real shame here...people can't seem to separate Elliott's music from the reports of his abuses.
@doomrat Well, his comment is spot on, it's pretty damn sad. Just look at Elliott here compared to concerts posted on youtube that he did 3-4 years before this...it almost hurts to see him look like that. His performance here was still great, however, in Heatmiser and up until around 2001 he was clean-cut and looked healthy. When I see an Elliott video and he looks like this, I instantly know it's around 2003 when he died. Heroin really did take a toll on him -- both mentally and physically.
he looked here really spooky, but still, even being stoned he was able to sing and play so insanely beautiful! I'll be always in love with his music, and 'Twilight' is the song that will always remain something special in my heart. I won't forget the moments I was going through similar story as in this song. R.I.P my sweet prince, Elliott.
Yikes, you're right dude. Umm all I can say is that my sentiment was well intended, but clearly I wasn't thinking about how he died at the time I wrote that. Sorry. Dipshit move on my part.
man...he looks horrible...wish i coulda met the man...i feel close to him through his music...yet i feel so sad i'll never get the chance to actually see him play his beautiful music...
whom ever filmed this, bless em...I love that all this magik is happening and you can hear a few daft people in the background clueless getting suds'd up and probably guffawing over a snooker ball table ball while the magik is flowing just in the moments now lost forever...wow. Elliott Smith...one human I am sad I never got to meet...
something i never hear anyone comment on is elliott's technical savvy. Did you know he mixed and engineered many of the songs you hear on his studio albums? He could take a soundboard apart and put it back together with 20 beers in his gut and a mind full of heroine. He was a genius technically and artistically. RIP elliott...
The talking has always annoyed me... It happened during a lot of his sets. But yeah, it was a bar and I guess people didn't know a genius was playing metres from where they were standing.
the 3$ shows were elliott's way of making sure the local people who supported his talent early on could easily afford the door. He cared more about his listeners than they cared about him...and his listeners loved him so very much. I feel fortunate to have been witness to this musical genius and his brotherly love.
@helenbrook they're not annoying...they're stupid insipid cunts...on the other hand...you are beautiful for loving his music and sticking up for him...im glad there are folks like you around...cheers.
Mate what gives you the right to act like you know what elliott was feeling like and ridiculing someone else for saying their opinion. He is a prick for not keeping it to himself but at least he didn't try to act like he knew the reason behind Elliott's suicide. For all you know his girlfriend might have done it. My point is that you shouldn't act like you know what 'is' or what 'was' going though someone's mind or how they felt like.
i dont agree. but i aint telling anyone to do anythine either so peace out :). so long as the actual reason for the suicide isnt just for being cool im down with that man. great song great artis great writer. miss im.
I'm mad that he is dead. I never got the chance to see him in concert. I know that sounds selfish but he was more selfish by killing himself. I still love his music though
the most selfish act some one can commit is killing themself... in my opion. I don't care if it is Elliott Smith, Kurt Cobain,Nick Drake, or anybody else. All of them are selfish
It really makes me angry when people say that killing yourself is a selfish thing to do. My uncle killed himself a while ago, and i, at first thought it was selfish... but , you never really know how crappy someones life can be going...and really , if it actually is going to make the person ( lets say in my uncles case ) feel happy and at peace to kill thereself, then i actually accept it... I probably sound crazy to you guys, but whatever...we all have our opinions..
No one can really exsplain why a person kills their self! It really is a selfish thing to do,because that person is only doing it for them self and no one else. That's why people call it selfish. Their reasons are their own.
You seem like the type of person who would be pissed if someone died because they crashed into your mailbox; now you've gotta buy a new mailbox, right? His suicide was not selfish at all. It was his life, not yours. Selfish is keeping him alive, troubled, and working just so YOU could hear a few more albums.
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COMMENT TO:cottinghamk -YOU DO NOT KNOW ME AT ALL!!If you are responding to a comment I made 3 months ago,I said no such thing about I Mysef BEING SELFISH!!My comment was just an observation not an Opprobrium. And I dont give a FUCK ABOUT A MAILBOX! AND IF SOMEONE KILLS THEIRSELF, THATS THEIR BUSSINESS!!!
people who think like you are part of the reason he was so miserable. a lot of people thought of him as mere entertainment and didn't pay the slightest attention to his lyrics or how he felt. he said that if you ever want to try to understand him, you should read "a hunger artist" by franz kafka.
okay listen I love Elliott Smith's music i listen to the words and all that jazz. I my best friend killed himself... I tryed to kill myself. And I still think it is selfish... I think I'm selfish for even trying I think my best friend was selfish for doing it. That is my oponion you don't have to believe it.
You know the expression "God's children". When I heard "Already somebody's baby" that's the first thing I thought of. Like, no one can have me because I'm already gone.
it's a song about a love affair that everyone can relate to. he speaks of a girl who can finally make him laugh, how she is pretty, and how he much he cares that the poor choices she makes in life (drugs) are affecting her in a negative way. the problem is that neither of them are without significant others. he even goes on to say "and if i went with you, i'd disappoint you too" meaning he even considers leaving what he has for her, but feels that its easier to stick with what he's got.
i always saw the first verse was him talking to a girl and the 2nd verse is the girl responding back to him, "those drugs u got won't make u feel better" thats why in the 2nd chorus its "but you're already somebodys baby" rather than "im already somebody's baby". the 3rd verse is his response to her response in the 2nd verse. its call and response.
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silverbullx 2 weeks ago
none of the people talking understand how lucky they are.
:(
pettythieff 3 weeks ago
"better stop now
before i start cryin"
wow
igrowhydro 4 months ago
This is the most confident and assured I have seem Elliot Smith play, Think I love him
IanMoore777 4 months ago
You don't have to be currently using to suffer from addiction, especially with heroin. Heroin withdrawal brings a horrible, make-you-want-to-die sort of pain- one that recurs and doesn't just "go away" after you've stopped for a year or so. It breaks my heart that Elliott had to endure that at any point, but he did- and I'm forever grateful to him for using that suffering to inform what are some of the best songs ever written, that have given us hope and comfort and understanding over the years.
sluggojfm 6 months ago
Just fantastic.
Miss you
hillman175 7 months ago
god I wish I could go back in time and tell him just what an effect his music has on so many people. That thousands of his fans would watch videos just like this on youtube and feel pain, regret and love. We miss you Elliott
themurge 8 months ago 2
I rather feel he made every shut up in the middle...
MrMarmeladeSky 9 months ago
If people would listen the audience quiets as soon they hear him always a few assholes
jeo616 10 months ago
I miss this man...a true spokesman for that which is eternal.
treid100182 1 year ago 2
he looks happy to me. the sentiment of the song may be a bit sad, but he's not reliving the memories, he's turning them into something more. he really abandoned art for this one, it's very pure.
frightbear 1 year ago 2
beautiful raw and heartbreaking... truer words never lived..
flowerdead12 1 year ago
for those who care, the date of this show is 10-14-2000, at the "belly up tavern," the start of his final US tour.
this was the first time he had ever played this song live in the US (premiered it a week before this in england).
UnreleasedOriginal 1 year ago
@UnreleasedOriginal thanks i was actually wondering that , its crazy that only months before he looked so clean cut and somewhat healthy... either way love this guy soo much .
jcupsmells1 8 months ago
oh man, he looks rough here
ChablesMan 1 year ago
Ugh, people shut the fuck up!
alitamf84 1 year ago
and throwing in a C here and there. its all common music since the turn of 1900's in western music at least.
magicbag6790 1 year ago
@magicbag6790 Art is art. Technicality does not equate to art.
leftsaiddead 1 year ago
Am-G-F common progession in Elliott's music
magicbag6790 1 year ago
@magicbag6790
Yet he has so many songs that are so much more than 3 chord songs. Some of his song number damn near 25 chords, he was a master at chord progression and changes, cant deny that.
gayfarmerboy 1 year ago 2
These fuckers all talking during an Elliott Smith concert. They should be the dead ones, not him.
oeddawg 1 year ago 8
Was this just before he died?
chairmanmeow1973 1 year ago
@chairmanmeow1973 no, just after
billyboneshisfancy 1 year ago 2
@billyboneshisfancy I mean this is kind of a dumb response, dude. He wasn't asking if the guy was dead in the video or anything. He wanted to know when this recording was in relation to his death. In other words, was this a month before Elliott's death or 5 months before Elliott's death or a year before (etc, etc, etc)? Clever response though.
Anyways, one of my favorite songs ever. Such a beautiful man.
spinrunner91 1 year ago
:( i love this song so much R.I.P elliott smith
Giselle1544 1 year ago
This is sad. He looks dead already/.
weenbaby 1 year ago
Just to see him in that condition makes me want to cry.
InsertNameHere145 1 year ago 3
Poor Elliott. He sounds wonderful, but he looks awful...
Capriccio01 1 year ago 3
who is playing the keyboard in this????
-at 2:00-2:20 elliott looks like a skeleton. so depressing to see/watch
magicbag6790 1 year ago
greatest song writer ever... sorry bob dylan >_>
analbuttshit 1 year ago 2
R.I.P
utarefsonbeetlebum 1 year ago 2
this is so amazing, so sad and awesome.
elliott is a brilliant songwriter
furtherthanithought 1 year ago
R.I.P.
DHLHC 1 year ago
R.I.P
sambersupreme 1 year ago
R.I.P
Detth2you 1 year ago
I could make you Smile,If you stayed ahwile
lapekosapeligrosa 1 year ago 4
those drugs you got wont make you feel better
eh414141 2 years ago 8
possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever written
wolfpacguy 2 years ago 14
one of the best live performances of this song/any of his songs ive seen. I miss him dearly.
NismoBdon 2 years ago
little part of your life your keeping together...
figure8photography 2 years ago 4
So heartbreakingly beautiful.
Hope you're happy wherever you are.
dogproblems 2 years ago 3
I love you elliot smith. your music helps me keep a relationship with music.
melodymaker361 2 years ago 2
he was such a beautiful person.
ancook58 2 years ago 5
Compare how he looks here (october 2000) with just a few months earlier....shockingly quick transformation...
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azrial4421 2 years ago
This man right here, is reallyone of the greatest songwriters I've ever listened to, he's a great guitar player with an awesome voice, and above all, his lyrics are so wonderfully beautiful.
So I have just one thing to tell you elliott, may you rest in peace forever...
completeclapton 2 years ago 28
@completeclapton won't be another one thats for sure
kevinmlewis24 10 months ago
he has such a great voice
fiendorgyfetisha 2 years ago 6
i love this man!!!!!!!
when he is jamming on the guitar in the middle, he looks so happy and beautiful!!!
RIP ELLIOTT SMITH <3
ganuenen 2 years ago 10
dont talk bad about this man
Somethingpower 2 years ago 5
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Curtainsplz 2 years ago
he looks so unhappy!
polo86414 2 years ago
at least i didn't say he was already somebody's Fuhrer
jkylerstjohn 2 years ago
i still don't understand why he had to die...miss you x
L0K3 2 years ago 8
that smile he has at the end brings tears to me
mondaymorningaffair 2 years ago
im crying right now
ganuenen 2 years ago 5
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xingyihsiung 2 years ago
spelendide parole...
WilSoNconscience 2 years ago
I really really wish i saw him play live
TonySarandrea215 2 years ago 3
Poor Elliott.
:(
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He looks like Adolf Hitler @ 0:19
jkman42 2 years ago
Crossed with snape
rohan316 2 years ago
a little...the half-grown junkie mustache
jkylerstjohn 2 years ago
i bet you have a hitler mustache
polo86414 2 years ago
my god he looks like shit
SpaceCorporal 2 years ago
No dude, you're right. This is so hard to watch. Elliott looks so... my god, I can't even find the words.
This is very sad. Poor Elliott...
abcmex 2 years ago
this is painful to watch. the angel sings of the pain of living, only for the sweet melodies to dissipate into the voices of the indifferent collective.
Impulse799 2 years ago 3
what the fuck? could you be any more full of yourself?
TuMira85 2 years ago 2
im not full of myself man, it just pains me to see that during this time he used heroin as a means to prevent him from dying inside, yet it was ironically killing him even more. I don't give a shit about myself. Don't be so judgmental.
Impulse799 2 years ago
i was comparing him to his younger self, whilst in his prime. i don't say it derogatorily, not at all. its just sad to watch.
SpaceCorporal 2 years ago
He looks like Jesus Christ @ 1:52
hueroski 2 years ago
That was hard to watch... a beautiful song and a beautiful soul up against an indifferent crowd and what was clearly a full-blown heroin addiction.
Thanks for the music, rest in peace.
sluggojfm 2 years ago 30
It was hard to watch the crowd not care, and to see him so wrecked - but it's nice to see him singing this song live. I watch once in a while. It's one of his best, and he seems happy somehow...
badgernation74 2 years ago
@sluggojfm You know after his death, they did a toxicology exam and didn't find any drugs in his system. Knowing that always makes me smile.... because as you said, I'm sure there was a time in his life that he was fighting that horrible addiction. heroin is a horrible horrible drug!
Alkoholic666 1 year ago 3
@sluggojfm
How can you tell if someones a "full-blown" heroin addict just by watching them sing a song? Not sure when this video was shot, but apparently he kicked the habit towards the end of his life.
inheritancerecords 7 months ago
@inheritancerecords yep. he kicked the habit in late 02, was clean for a good year, but people love to wrap themselves in the media-fueled drugged rocker fantasy of him dying a long slow death. these people ignore or don't know about FACTS: his 2nd to last recorded song ends with him declaring "feeling stronger every single day". his last song suicide machine is a full length complaint about people labeling him a sad sack. his inconclusive death. his improving performances in 2003. i could go on
UnreleasedOriginal 2 months ago
@sluggojfm That's ridiculous, regardless of how many thumbs up you receive. If you watch his performance, it was spot on here, he looked genuinely content and sang the song perfectly. If you weren't focused on his addictions (that you've read about), you'd never know the guy performing this song (which was brilliantly executed, by the way) had any problems. And that's the real shame here...people can't seem to separate Elliott's music from the reports of his abuses.
doomrat 6 months ago 4
@doomrat Well, his comment is spot on, it's pretty damn sad. Just look at Elliott here compared to concerts posted on youtube that he did 3-4 years before this...it almost hurts to see him look like that. His performance here was still great, however, in Heatmiser and up until around 2001 he was clean-cut and looked healthy. When I see an Elliott video and he looks like this, I instantly know it's around 2003 when he died. Heroin really did take a toll on him -- both mentally and physically.
htownallday281 5 months ago
Sam Coomes
sonicboom 2 years ago
he looked here really spooky, but still, even being stoned he was able to sing and play so insanely beautiful! I'll be always in love with his music, and 'Twilight' is the song that will always remain something special in my heart. I won't forget the moments I was going through similar story as in this song. R.I.P my sweet prince, Elliott.
blackberrylemon 2 years ago 3
fucking epic
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top five indie bands
1. elliott smith
2. bright eyes
3. mountain goats
4. fleet foxes
5. kevin m. kirker
but elliott smith will always be #1! we miss you and love you elliott! we'll never forget you! rest in peace
astonishing00 2 years ago
if you think this is bad, search, Elliott Smith sunset junction -
that is easily the worst I've ever seen him look - it breaks my heart just seeing him under the influence of that evil evil substance.
shadrussell 2 years ago
Amazing song, amazing guy. He could reach into your fuckin chest and clamp onto your soul. R.I.P.
badgernation74 2 years ago 3
You know what you just said, right? Jeez, dude.
Great singer, though. I feel bad for not having dicovered him for so long.
RIP
notyourmartyr 2 years ago
Yikes, you're right dude. Umm all I can say is that my sentiment was well intended, but clearly I wasn't thinking about how he died at the time I wrote that. Sorry. Dipshit move on my part.
badgernation74 2 years ago
It's okay, man. You appreciate the music.
notyourmartyr 2 years ago
its okay youre a dick
ginonix 2 years ago
Love you too.
notyourmartyr 2 years ago
man...he looks horrible...wish i coulda met the man...i feel close to him through his music...yet i feel so sad i'll never get the chance to actually see him play his beautiful music...
fuckinsasha666 2 years ago 5
He looks like shit.
Tarquin9012 2 years ago
At my age of 57, I think he was one of the greatest!
evil892207 2 years ago 5
I really don't see why the people around keep talking and laughing.. Like they don't care. Wish I could be there instead of them
NiGhTeMpEsT 2 years ago 7
Wasn't it released post-humously?
Cliech 2 years ago
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I saw the full movie in HD at Vioku. com was GOOD!
Adr101x 3 years ago
I was there
matthez 3 years ago
its too hard to watch this video, especially this song. you can really tell which shows elliott seems more "broken." I miss you brother...
CoUnTeR0rDeR 3 years ago 6
aww.
TheFruitThtAteItself 2 years ago
Yah, I love him, but he looks really terrible. He is so missed. This video pains me to watch.
banjosuicide 2 years ago
oh man, that Wurlitzer sounds so good with the guitar. a rare addition to his already perfect sound.
tatelabianca 3 years ago
"You don't deserve to be lonely
But those drugs you've got won't make you feel better
Pretty soon you'll find it's the only
Little part of your life you're keeping together"
sounds like my life. hopefully soon i can say "it sounds like my old life"
lagstronaut 3 years ago
changed my life
lindseythurs 3 years ago
whom ever filmed this, bless em...I love that all this magik is happening and you can hear a few daft people in the background clueless getting suds'd up and probably guffawing over a snooker ball table ball while the magik is flowing just in the moments now lost forever...wow. Elliott Smith...one human I am sad I never got to meet...
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lovin this video!! leave me a comment nq
9261995 3 years ago
this is one of my fav songs. love it
almj9 3 years ago
"Elliott Smith $3 show", how great is that!Feel so sad that he has gone.
amiechenangel 3 years ago 2
something i never hear anyone comment on is elliott's technical savvy. Did you know he mixed and engineered many of the songs you hear on his studio albums? He could take a soundboard apart and put it back together with 20 beers in his gut and a mind full of heroine. He was a genius technically and artistically. RIP elliott...
nightfightsday 3 years ago 10
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ES' songs killed him.
institusyon 3 years ago
you couldn't be more wrong. they are the what kept him going
stacklestahl 3 years ago 6
anyboby know what date/show this is?
MrCliveStaples 3 years ago
he was so amazing im so disappointed i didnt get to see him live or even meet him
aprellix0o 3 years ago 3
i love you man
isolationeitheror 3 years ago 3
I LOVE THIS MAN! When I die I know he's gunna be one of the people waiting to meet me, he's like family to me...this song is so beautiful
Sarinella12 3 years ago 4
The talking has always annoyed me... It happened during a lot of his sets. But yeah, it was a bar and I guess people didn't know a genius was playing metres from where they were standing.
grattrags 3 years ago 8
I agree 100%. I came across a flyer online from when he performed at La Luna and it said "Elliott Smith $3 show"
I was like WHAT? $3??? I almost fell over that you could see him for $3
LynneDiann82 3 years ago
HAHA 3?!...i don't have the money for what i would pay to see him perform even an insrumental...he's fucking priceless...i miss elliott =[
alamedaxo 3 years ago 2
the 3$ shows were elliott's way of making sure the local people who supported his talent early on could easily afford the door. He cared more about his listeners than they cared about him...and his listeners loved him so very much. I feel fortunate to have been witness to this musical genius and his brotherly love.
paperdaniel 3 years ago 2
who cares if it's a bar, when i go to a show i keep my mouth shut and soak it in cos you never know when you'll see them play again if at all.
o0kittyfetus0o 3 years ago 6
"the millions of fans, ignoring the bands"
brutal. I miss you Elliott.
See you in heavan.
AlexXxB 3 years ago 8
Brutal?
The man was musicaly and lyricaly inclined, not brutal.
what do you even MEEN brutal?
BandWagon07 3 years ago
what do you mean 'MEEN'
aprellix0o 3 years ago
mean, obviously.
BandWagon07 3 years ago
THEY SHOULD STOP FUCKING TALKING DURING HIS SET. jesus christ. people are annoying
helenbrook 3 years ago 27
Its a bar.
BandWagon07 3 years ago 2
@helenbrook they're not annoying...they're stupid insipid cunts...on the other hand...you are beautiful for loving his music and sticking up for him...im glad there are folks like you around...cheers.
stankerpooch 1 year ago
He wasn't just a great musician, but a poet too.
I fucking miss this man.
JackBz 3 years ago 10
what year is this?
deekay629 3 years ago 4
Thats so beatiful, with the piano to, what show was this?
AnconaR 3 years ago 6
He played that song good live.
RIP elliott
arexthetrex 3 years ago 5
amazing song. love elliott smith so much! RIP.
chelseyos 3 years ago 9
My favorite song by him. <3
R.I.P.
CaixaDeSol 3 years ago 4
This version is better than the record in my opinion. God, it makes me miss him...
mooserooy 3 years ago 9
i also love it more then the version from the album - it has more pride here
Elainerocknoir 3 years ago 2
Too bad to see him this way..
Vandoooorrr 3 years ago
shut the fuck up and listen
Tomislav86 3 years ago 15
My thoughts exactly...LISTEN!
QueenConsternation 3 years ago 10
its so great. the way he does it...
im so sorry...
i got known him just 3 days ago and im deeply sorry. i wish he was alive.
its the best music i ever heard.
its hard for me to realize he is dead.
Elainerocknoir 3 years ago 7
It's my opinion, too.
I got known him 2 months ago.
It's horrible I will never see him.
=(
fosoki 3 years ago
Word, could not agree more.
ratherpuzzling 3 years ago 2
that crowd is fucking annoying their not at a cradle of filth concert they wont shut the fuck up
PhoneLad 3 years ago 19
he looks very different, what year is this from?
redhawk239 3 years ago
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killingalltheflies 3 years ago
Mate what gives you the right to act like you know what elliott was feeling like and ridiculing someone else for saying their opinion. He is a prick for not keeping it to himself but at least he didn't try to act like he knew the reason behind Elliott's suicide. For all you know his girlfriend might have done it. My point is that you shouldn't act like you know what 'is' or what 'was' going though someone's mind or how they felt like.
killingalltheflies 3 years ago
mogwai is sick
analoganimal 3 years ago
haha, fuck yeah.
bodogo 3 years ago
true true hunted by a freak:)
AnEndingAscent 3 years ago
i dont agree. but i aint telling anyone to do anythine either so peace out :). so long as the actual reason for the suicide isnt just for being cool im down with that man. great song great artis great writer. miss im.
jedi098765 3 years ago
ungrateful crowd, grrr.
boyshamus 3 years ago 4
Here in Chile, We loves you, and we remenber you everyday. I Know now, what the sun touch your hearth
CristobalOlate 3 years ago 2
he has one of the most beautiful voices i've ever heard! Love elliott!
N00RTJE 3 years ago
I agree
tragg2 3 years ago
its not selfish, its not unselfish. its just too bad he wasn't happy.
alanross999 3 years ago
unselfish is actually known as selfless
PhoneLad 3 years ago
I love this song sooooo much
evaluuu 3 years ago
what a masterpiece
Pills526 3 years ago
Uh, well...he's right. So shut it.
LobeWan 3 years ago
Who made you the judge?
jesusjones1024 3 years ago
I'm mad that he is dead. I never got the chance to see him in concert. I know that sounds selfish but he was more selfish by killing himself. I still love his music though
fishmanfromfaar 3 years ago
"but he was more selfish by killing himself" lol...........
jesusjones1024 3 years ago
the most selfish act some one can commit is killing themself... in my opion. I don't care if it is Elliott Smith, Kurt Cobain,Nick Drake, or anybody else. All of them are selfish
fishmanfromfaar 3 years ago
It really makes me angry when people say that killing yourself is a selfish thing to do. My uncle killed himself a while ago, and i, at first thought it was selfish... but , you never really know how crappy someones life can be going...and really , if it actually is going to make the person ( lets say in my uncles case ) feel happy and at peace to kill thereself, then i actually accept it... I probably sound crazy to you guys, but whatever...we all have our opinions..
aeroplaneovertheseaa 3 years ago 2
i agree man.
i could never throw something bad at my mother like that but there certainly can be reasons that over power the entire idea of it being selfish.
christsbassist89 3 years ago
No one can really exsplain why a person kills their self! It really is a selfish thing to do,because that person is only doing it for them self and no one else. That's why people call it selfish. Their reasons are their own.
OptimusPrimus001 3 years ago
You seem like the type of person who would be pissed if someone died because they crashed into your mailbox; now you've gotta buy a new mailbox, right? His suicide was not selfish at all. It was his life, not yours. Selfish is keeping him alive, troubled, and working just so YOU could hear a few more albums.
cottinghamk 3 years ago 6
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COMMENT TO:cottinghamk -YOU DO NOT KNOW ME AT ALL!!If you are responding to a comment I made 3 months ago,I said no such thing about I Mysef BEING SELFISH!!My comment was just an observation not an Opprobrium. And I dont give a FUCK ABOUT A MAILBOX! AND IF SOMEONE KILLS THEIRSELF, THATS THEIR BUSSINESS!!!
OptimusPrimus001 3 years ago
Take it easy, it was a joke. You just came off a bit insensitive.
cottinghamk 3 years ago
it hasnt been proved any of them killed themselves.
bansheeofthenight 3 years ago
people who think like you are part of the reason he was so miserable. a lot of people thought of him as mere entertainment and didn't pay the slightest attention to his lyrics or how he felt. he said that if you ever want to try to understand him, you should read "a hunger artist" by franz kafka.
DavidBlaine1 3 years ago
okay listen I love Elliott Smith's music i listen to the words and all that jazz. I my best friend killed himself... I tryed to kill myself. And I still think it is selfish... I think I'm selfish for even trying I think my best friend was selfish for doing it. That is my oponion you don't have to believe it.
fishmanfromfaar 3 years ago
You know the expression "God's children". When I heard "Already somebody's baby" that's the first thing I thought of. Like, no one can have me because I'm already gone.
rmoon01 3 years ago
so this song is about that he is married and has a love affair whith somebody. and he even considers leaving with her but he cant why?
and what does this mean"the problem is that neither of them are without significant others"?
ahmadshaeee 3 years ago
this is painful to watch. he looks so rough it honestly makes me teary
PhoneLad 3 years ago
thanks a lot robsage7
ahmadshaeee 4 years ago
it's a song about a love affair that everyone can relate to. he speaks of a girl who can finally make him laugh, how she is pretty, and how he much he cares that the poor choices she makes in life (drugs) are affecting her in a negative way. the problem is that neither of them are without significant others. he even goes on to say "and if i went with you, i'd disappoint you too" meaning he even considers leaving what he has for her, but feels that its easier to stick with what he's got.
robsage7 4 years ago
i always saw the first verse was him talking to a girl and the 2nd verse is the girl responding back to him, "those drugs u got won't make u feel better" thats why in the 2nd chorus its "but you're already somebodys baby" rather than "im already somebody's baby". the 3rd verse is his response to her response in the 2nd verse. its call and response.
jagster525 3 years ago
i dont understand it somebody please tell me whats it is about
ahmadshaeee 4 years ago
cant anybody tell me what this song is about please i need to analyze it its an essay
ahmadshaeee 4 years ago