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  • This is like the music version of Mecca for me, I haaave to go here before I die. & if the graffiti is bad when I finally go, I'll spray paint ELLIOTT SMITH in some color over it, bitches. ;) idgaf if some crips or bloods or whatever shoot me, soooo worth it.

  • the biggest lie: Have You Read The Terms And Services? Yes

  • o we so very precious you and I. and everything that you do makes me wanna die.

    o I just told the biggest lie.....

  • Those assholes graffiti Elliott Smith's wall again! I'm so pissed!

  • Everyday I think of what he went through and still produced some of the greatest songs ever, and it inspires me to get up and do something with my own life. He brings out the best in me. RIP.

  • whoever doesn't understand Elliot should just not even bother

  • Just put in on the documentary. Finally, someone is telling his story.

  • @Sneakonometry THANK YOU! Spread the word, we could use all the help we can get 'til the end!

  • He always loved it when we made the meat loaf, it was his favorite.

  • why did you have to die so young and leave the rest of us here alone and desperate and missing you, Elliott? Every day I listen to your music and I can't listen to anything else because that honesty in your voice makes everything else sound like the biggest lie. You have made me a better guitar player and a kinder person. Your songs soothe my soul and i conform in that warmth that you have left us!!! Despite the pain of your loss... I AM IN TEARS KNOWING I WILL NEVER SEE YOUR FACE!!!!

  • Everyday I listen to Elliott. I have 300 songs on my phone of live and unreleased songs. 3 years straight everyday. I love Elliott soo much. I feel like I know him. I even visited the house he died in.

  • FINALLY someones making a documentary on elliott smith, he deserves one.

  • @clydefrog217 Did you put in on the doc? I did.

  • @Sneakonometry Thanks!

  • @Sneakonometry i would, but i don't have a credit card... too young.

  • Not a day goes by I don't think of how much inspiration you've given me and the courage you've given me. Namaste

  • love this? me too.  davesplaylist.co.uk

  • 8 years and 9 days ago R.I.P. not a day will go by without your music in my heart

  • I'm never gonna know you now but I'm going to love you anyhow, RIP Elliott Smith

  • Rest In Peace Elliott, A true artist.

  • 8 years later this video still brings the tears, Love you dude

  • I love you, Elliott. After all those years, I still do. You're missed.

  • He changed and helped so many people and still is, he is the most amazing person ever.

  • Anyone who dislikes this...is the biggest lier...

  • Elliott Smith a man... but not just a man.... a man sent from god himself RIP Elliott Smith

  • I remember seeing this video almost 5 years ago. Like many of you, Elliott Smith changed my life and this video/story stuck with me all these years. I am from Eastern Maine, and I recently had the chance to go to northern California. We drove all the way down to L.A. and searched around for this wall. When we got there, it had been covered in graffiti, and I felt broken. I then discovered that it gets vandalized frequently, but people keep fixing it. Whoever has been fixing this wall, thank you.

  • Jesus Christ! Someone should have told this dude there are more fish in the sea, you get dumped by one girl, you move on, you don't go killing yourself for no good reason, oh I lost best pussy in the world, I gotta die, no wait dude, there are others out there, chill the fuck out. Geez....

  • @Ryuuken24 He was with her when he died, literally. They weren't separated.

  • @Ryuuken24 dude he was struggling through so much in his life it wasnt just his g/f his entire life was messed up

  • @Ryuuken24 they never broke up dude, she was there when he died -_-

  • His voice makes me cry every time. Def the most beautiful voice by any musician ever. Thanks for helping me through everything. We love you Elliott. XO

  • i wanna make a video of a bunch of people hugging and holding hands to this song for some reason

  • so im a sensative guy but usually only to my life. this made me cry like i lost a best friend. i felt all his words so well i feel like i really knew him

  • I can't stop crying when I watch this video.

  • thank you. thank you elliot

  • Who, Hell Would Dislike This. Unless that they think it mean dis i like

  • 0:46 you were someone

  • @VerilyMusic he still is

  • ive been heavily advertising this song to everyone i talk to lol

    such a amazing song.

    rip elliott smith

  • happy birthday too a true artist!

    always missed.

  • happy birthday, elliott.

    we miss you, endlessly.

  • The biggest lie is 28 people disliking this video

  • Who the hell dislikes a video in honor of someone's death/suicide?

  • this is amazing tribute, thank you for posting, were is this place?

  • has always made me cry.

  • This is such a great song, in so many ways. I am totally let down knowing that he is gone and I didn't hear of his music until after his suicide. I wish I could have met him, and expressed to him how much his music means to me.

  • i cry every fucking time i watch this.

    i'm running out of tissues over here.

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  • @nickolasrossi Oh also. My favorite part of your video is probably the part that showed the writing that said

    "You were someone." It makes me tear up a lot. Kind of reminds me of things people have said to me before. So thanks for this.

  • Who dislikes this seriously?

  • @Sullzy I have no idea why people even hit dislike on a song. Why even have a dislike button? If you like it, give it a thumbs up, if not, move on to whatever music rocks your boat. Elliott rocks mine. RIP.

  • sad what the walla become now...

  • @shananigans1039 How is the wall now? I'm not from US., but I'm a big fan of Elliott and I wish I could go there someday. His music changed my life

  • @0xOBIEx0 the wall is all graffitied now...i always wanted to go see it but i was pretty young when he passed now im 16 i know some people were petitioning to get the wall re painted over idk if they did or didn't though...i have seen the pictures of how bad it looked. i think his music changed everyones life becuse it was nice to know there was some one just like us struggling in the same ways.

  • Definitely the greatest fan made video I'm seen for any musician or band's music.

  • Who the fuck could click "dislike" on this video? If it didn't interest me I would just simply leave the page. RIP Elliott you were a beautiful person.

  • one of the most beautiful songs ever written

  • Its often the brightest stars that seem to fade,too quickly it seems...but remember them for the times they shone brightest!!!

  • We still have each other <3

  • If you own Elliott Smith's self titled album, you have a best friend for life.

  • this is a beautifuly done tribute

  • I have good days and bad days. On the rare good days I embrace them for what they are. On the bad days I often say fuck it, I don't wanna be here anymore. Somehow Elliott pulls me through those days. Thank you brother, I owe you my life.

  • @manwhassup1 what you wrote is beautiful. I can just say I feel the same way, if music like this didn't exist, I d fall too deep everytime I feel too useless for this world. I don't know how long I can continue this life, but I heard someone say everyday counts, even if I don't know what I'm counting really - anyway, I just wanted to thank you for this comment, you speak right out of my heart.

  • Brought tears to my eyes...

  • miss him

  • elliot became a part of my personality

  • im gonna be honost.. this guy is a straight up ghost.. like all his videos and his recordings have an errie feel to it. I love it! i lov ehis music its so authentic and soulffull. its a shame he passed

  • I agree with most things said here, especially Jearbear's point about how great it would be to have just one more album, maybe from the(relatively) optimistic period that could have been around the corner. Nugwrangler, I'd refer you to the song "stick man" (recorded in his final period) where he discusses suicide and being clean at the same time.  The fact is(as a dependent user of opioid pain medicine,) I'd say Elliott needed a slower, oral transition to "clean."

  • Thank you Elliott for staying by my side when I wanted to be alone. RIP...

  • My whole house hold cried for days after he died, I saw him in san diego shortly before his death and he was a mess, I felt the end was near but was never ready for it. And to further the blow a dear friend of mine took his own life in the same way just 2 months afterwards. For me, his music lives inside of me everyday as he illiterated what I've always felt, but in such an elloquent way. He is sincerely missed

  • @Nugwrangler I absolutely agree with you, but recent events have unfortunately proved otherwise. One of my very close friends took his own life a week ago. The sad part is that none of us saw it coming. But again, I think it was his girlfriend, Jen. So I don't necessarily know if one can predict that. But goddamn do I miss him...

  • @MrSeanHellman I miss him too.

  • As a fan of music and artists I have to say this is one of the most emotion provoking video I have seen in awhile. I always like to see people's soul live on in remembrances, whether they be as simple as a watermark on a webpage, to as complex as a remembrance website. Elliott Smith was a true artist and a patriarch of free speech and of freedom through expression. May he rest in peace and may his essense and soul remain throughout music forever.

  • I can't express how much I wish I could wake up tomorrow, and here a new album by Elliott Smith just got released. The world truly has lost a brilliant man.

  • @IsItOnTab holly shit that was unfunny,

    

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  • I cried as I watched this. Oh god, Elliott. I miss you so much. RIP mate.

  • I came across this video a couple years ago, and it was the first time I heard Elliott's music. Now, a day doesn't pass when I don't listen to at least one of his songs. His music is unlike anything else I've ever heard. I can't fully explain why. Maybe it's the raw emotion that radiates from every song he performs. Whatever it is, it's amazing to take in. I know I'm just one of many that feel this way. Thank you for posting this, and thank you, Elliott.

  • No words express my love for this artist.

  • every time i see his face on my arm it makes me happy

  • If i had the ability to cry i would be right now. nothing will ever match this recording but if you want to here another one of the greatest indie artists do it look up bright eyes-the biggest lie. thats the only thing that comes close

  • Everytime I watch this makes me wanna cry. So beautiful. We all miss You,Elliott. RIP.

  • Even if its only through your listeners and the Internet, Elliott Smith has been immortalized. Because of him, the world is a few hundred songs more bearable <3

  • I`m so glad my mermory's remote, cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note.

  • his music is holy.

  • thank you for posting.... and the goose bumps and tears :''(

  • Yeah, this video makes me cry every time.

  • I used to play this song all the time... <3

  • I can't listen/watch this video without just bursting into tears. Elliot's music mean so much to me and saved me so many times. You were really someone special Elliot.

  • It's mainly because his lyrics are "everyday". Music these days Are just a string of words, if at all using any poetic techniques, following the structure of end rhyme. These lyrics however, speak to us because if we were to take the words he sang and simply speak it, it just like a conversation. That's how he reaches and relates to us

  • Song is too short =(

  • i mean, did elliott read those letters?

    and what happened to all that stuff? did someone just throw it out?

    i would've taken that stuff. if i was there that day.

  • @IARE1031 Well considering that Elliott was and still is dead, I think it's quite safe to say he didn't read them. I hear what your saying though, none of those letters and candles and things stayed there. They got pitched by someone. Probrably a street cleaning crew or something, which is a shame. I'd rather know they were taken home, saved and preserved as part of his history too.

  • Elliot you are currently helping me with my issues. I love you man. You are so missed. See you on the other side one day hopefully.

  • if it wasn't for you elliott, i'd be dead. thank you...

  • if it wasn't for you elliott, i'd be dead. thank you...

  • I disliked this video because I dislike the fact that he's dead. I like to think that the other 27 people that 'disliked' did so for the same reasons.

    Elliott Smith is probably the only artist who could say that all of his fans were more his friends than his fans. There was something so personal about him that you couldn't help but feel like you were his friend. That's probably why his death is still so devastating.

  • Elliott Smiths best song ever! were is this wall?

  • @ElliottSmithSayYes its in silverlake,still there but almost completely painted over

  • @RecordsAdNauseam666 When you say painted over, You mean repainted right? Please tell me its not painted over with something else is it?

  • @RecordsAdNauseam666

    oh my god, this is so disrespectful. whats leftover? i would love to see it one day, but im afraid its not so easy cause people will spoil it more and more. sorry but this moment is like having a car crash.

    (maybe you have some recent information that you can mail me. where are you from?)

  • @ElliottSmithSayYes i drive by there everyday

  • Anyone who has ever TRIED to kill themselves and probably has ever WANTED to kill themselves knows this songs...i'm in the TRIED part (twice)...it's a sorrowing soul hmph...I dunno past that point...it's a song that makes you think...

  • Really hard to hold back the tears for this one. One day I will visit this wall and light a candle for Elliott.

  • I held it together until 1:23

  • apparently this wall is fucked up by graffitti now

  • Remember,

    Its better to burn out then to fade away.

    We all love you, man. Just for being who you are.

  • Elliott, u saved me bro, ur lyrics and ur melodys, made me feel somethin even when I was down and out, I hope ur out there smilin somewhere man, like previously said, I fukin miss u sooo much, and I didn't even know u..

  • this is absolutely my favourite video, ever. Thank you so much for making this.

  • Too little too late

    His last mistake

    was his first

    Swimming in sand,

    dying of thirst

  • The best song written by the best songwriter ever. Nuff said.

  • :[

  • thank you

    Elliott youre great

    thanks for all

  • damn it

  • The best die young

    Rest in Peace Elliott

  • I miss you.

  • great job on this video...

    "it wasn't music as much as medicine"

    RIP elliott

  • Dear youtube,

    there is a problem with the video

    it has a dislike button

    can you please fix it?

  • I never listened to Elliot Smith when I was younger. I've just recently got into his stuff and it's so sad he isn't still making music.

    Love your friends and don't let them go.

  • I used this video on a speech I gave about Elliott. The teacher started tearing up towards the end.

    Needless to say, I got an A on the speech

  • for some reason when listening to his music, when looking up his bio, i had a weird feeling he'd be dead. All the best musicians die young. r.i.p elliott smith

  • for some reason when listening to his music, when looking up his bio, i had a weird feeling he'd be dead. All the best musicians die young. r.i.p elliott smith

  • This video always gets me in tears. Rest in peace man

  • the biggest guy :))

    such a wasted lie!!

  • He was in a lot of pain. He had attempted suicide many times before. This time his mania was just too strong. I can't believe it's been over 7 years.

  • hey, I love you guys, happy holidays :)

  • I love how awesome the comments are on this video. Not the usual "insert musician" is better than Elliott Smith or people bashing each other. I wish more people would listen to Elliott, the world would be a better place because of it.

  • Thank you Elliott! I can't stop listening to your beautiful soul!

  • que pena mas grande :(

  • I miss him and I never knew him.

  • @jainsworr same here

  • @jainsworr never met him*

  • @jainsworr look at your comment now! it has exactly 111 thumbs up! thats so cool

  • I suffer from Chronic Depression, but whenever I feel down I listen to Elliott's music and I just feel better. He takes my pain away

  • Elliot, This world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you.

  • I'm never gonna get to that wall so ill say what i wanna on this wall

    R.I.P. Elliot Smith. You got me through one of the hardest times in my. when it felt like no one else could understand, you were a true voice of the emotion i felt inside. I hope people will continue to discover your music and be helped the same way i was. I'm a happier person now and your songs now amplify that. Sometimes you have to taste blood to know you've fallen, but if we make mistake at least we're making something.

  • In our times of abysmal sorrow, when life gets to be too much, we are not alone; we are never alone. There is so much to life and it is hard at times, but we should never give up on ourselves. Indeed we are the only ones we can rely upon to make things better for ourselves. There is always someone who, no matter what, will love and care about you. Know that I love you, whoever you are. I have been there too. I wish you the best. RIP Elliot, you were something else and I love you.

  • If more people listened to this song, I think we'd have more peace in the world.

  • This is a beautiful video. Thank you for making it and sharing it.

  • I've never heard this one before, his vocals are so raw and honest. One of the best songwriters of his generation 

  • This bullshit cant hurt).

  • this song is so beautiful... just like every of his songs.

    And with this vid, I can't describe it. Just so beautiful, just so sad.

  • This brought a tear to my eye. One of the last great artists of our time. His music will always be with me. RIP x

  • i still miss him every day. it's such a shame :(

    what more can you say?  RIP, kid.

  • I can't believe people had the nerve to his memorial with shitty graffiti

    the only words on that wall should be our love to Elliott

  • @michellejesica It's terrible but... I feel like it's a kind of metaphor for his life and life in general. It was beautiful and amazing, but it had to go sometime. As much as everybody wanted it to be permanent, now all that's left is pictures, videos, memories, and songs.

  • If you read this I miss you,

    please talk to me because I dont know how

    to talk to you x

  • I wish someone could have saved him like he saved me. 

  • @Rhapsodyss He saved me too, but the man that showed me Elliott's genius just passed away a week or so ago.. I know exactly what you mean to be saved by shared pain.. I miss them both..

  • Ditto. 

  • @Rhapsodyss Maybe he didn't want to be saved.

  • I recently discovered Elliot Smith. I got pissed when I heard he'd died. This is real music. R.I.P. Elliot Smith.

  • This would be the only thing in LA I'd give a shit to see.

  • I found XO and either/or in a library when I was about 15 and I fell in love with Elliotts music and gentle spirit. I will never stop missing him and I'm happy to see so much love for him. thank you for posting this. He can fly with angels he doesnt have to feel the pain anymore. RIP Elliott <3

  • I miss him and I didn't even know him. Unfortunately he died when I was 10 and I live thousands of miles away so I would never have got the chance to see him live... which is a crying shame.

  • ugh. This video is gut wrentching. R.I.P.

  • i cry.

  • An amazingly thoughtfully compiled video for a genius, whose awe-inspiring and beautiful music will live on in the hearts of many....

  • i was born too late... 1997

    i wish i was alive when he was

    well i was but i was a baby and just now got into him

  • Elivs - The King of Rock

    Tupac - The King of Rap

    Elliot Smith - The King of Indie

  • @shootnmove Lol.

  • aw feels too sick as if im about to cry

  • your music haunts me in my darkest days and my lightest nights. Your soul was finally able to fly with the voice that was already from heaven... thank you for bringing it down to earth with us for a while... you're and always have been our angel. Rest in peace, my friend.

  • I still miss you, E. I hope you heart feels better. 

  • We still miss you, Elliott. Thanks for everything.

    <3

  • Its strange how someone so beautiful can feel so sad, and his happyness be more legitimate than anyones...I just wish I wasn't born so late, all my favorite artists except for a tiny few are dead, and I'll never get to seem him play his music...I hope that now he is resting easy, and not worrying about all the stupid things which plagued him on earth. He burned out according to his candle, and its brightness reaches in the mind to the farthest places...rip elliott.

  • <3 es

  • Seven years later and we're still trying to express how much you mean to us. Words are never enough, but thank you for everything. I love and miss you terribly.

  • We miss you Elliot.