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He seems to have been so perceptive of the irony of how his pain and sensitivity fed his creative output, but the price was that, in a way, he sort of exploited himself. In one of his songs he writes of 'turning my insides out'. I love his music and wish he could have found a way to stay around. He certainly lives on in his great artistry...
I don't think he was thinking about this while writing it, but, I feel like I cab really relate to the feelings he describes, because I'm a (closeted) part of the lgbt community. Especially the lines~ "if it's your decision to be open about yourself, be careful or else" and "isolation pushes you past self hatred guilt and shame, down the only road it ever takes" and "all everybody knows is your not like them..."
Conor isn't very much tortured at all. He just writes whatever is on his mind at the time and the majority of the experiences he sings about are based on other people's struggles and challenges, not typically his own.
I love you Smith. I'm glad you made this beautiful music for all of us. We appreciate all you've done for us, and I wish you didn't leave us the way you did. Rest in peace brother!
Neutral Milk Hotel LOL Are you kidding me????? Every band and artist has their place. Bon Iver is far far FAR from being someone you should have the audacity bring up here. Elliott Smith is a genius unlike almost any other because he was able to satisfy the musical complexities so many other great lyricist don't even acknowledge. I am including ALL songwriters from Schubert to Gershwin to Lennon to Dylan. Elliott Smith is my favorite and this is coming from someone who prefers classical!
"more or less tortured" is really very subjective... obviously Elliott was a very sensitive person, or he would not have been able to put such emotion into his music. so when it rained, it poured.. and evidently he had some sort of childhood demon following him through life. he was probably just down that night, im sure he didnt feel that way all the time.
@panicrulesmcr I find that hard to believe, Conor doesn't have a public-known history of drug abuse. you could see Elliott's emotional pain, and if you look at Monsters of Folk, conor seems to be pretty content
@panicrulesmcr i doubt hes just as tortured as elliott, elliott comitted suicide... cant be any more tortured than that. And to me i feel like thats what makes elliotts music so beautiful, u listent to his words and u know he meant every painful word he sang.
this is such a great song....this recording is from may 3rd at The Steamboat in Austin, TX....
you can listen to the whole show on the The Live Music Archive... I'd post the link but youtube seems to have some system to prevent people from putting links in comments..
just search Elliott Smith 2003-05-03 it should be there......he finishes with a sweet blackbird! :D
Man it's hard to watch such a beautiful song being played by such a broken man... The ominous dim blue light really fits the obviousness of his drug/emotional problems at the time.
@jonpianobass Man he had peace before he died, he stopped abusing substances, got off his main addiction, gave up refined sugar and red meat. He was doing very well for himself.
@jonpianobass Why? did you just assume that since he had substance abuse problems that he would never conquer them? No. He was clean as they come at the time of his death, had been for Six months or so.
@VincentPrice111 No not at all. That's just what i'd heard. But i read the toxicology report not too long ago and he was clean so good for him. It's not as though i think Elliott was some drugged up junkie who wrote a few tunes. I just thought he was still abusing at the time of his death. glad to hear he wasn't though.
the fact that your even comparing the 2 makes me sad inside. get elliott smith and get all of them. THEN you can get bright eyes. I love bright eyes but he doesnt compare to elliott
They are both very, very precious. To me, and many others, Conor and Elliott are both equal. Similar, different, but both equally important to me. I feel protective of them both. I hear that Conor is inspired by Elliott, which makes me feel so warm inside, but I often worry about Conor. I see so many qualities in him that I now recognise in Elliot. I wish I could have done something. I couldn't save Elliot but I hope to hell Conor isn't headed the same way.
@Jarederaj Conner is a terribly mean person in life.........music is ok..but not real....just for money to pay back is father. Elliott, Nick Drake, Bon Iver, Neutral Milk Hotel......many people to buy before "bright eyes"
yeah I can't stand anybody whose voice is affected to the point of brighteyes. It's kinda like . . . just sing, man. I mean Elliott certainly had a very distinctive voice but he just sang with the what he had. Not some fake rasp/cracky/emo bullshit.
It's in standard tuning, or down one whole step, though that doesn't really matter as he's using a capo on the 5th fret (you could just put the capo lower).
That bit at 1:55, wtf, even if he was a bit drug fucked he still defied physics. Only those who have obsessively analysed the song will know what I'm talking about but jeeeesus...
this might be my favorite video of him on youtube (which might make it my favorite youtube video, period). super high quality sound and an amazing performance. thank you.
This is not nearly a true representation of Elliott. Look at his earlier stuff, he was an artist of true talent. Its really too bad he hit bottom as he did.
his last record recorded ( from a basement on a hill) was recorded with everything a little out of tune because Elliott wanted to create somthing that would be hard to duplicate so rock bottom?... not at all just more artistic... just because you enjoy his earlier material doesn't make this album rock bottom... it took him over a year to record because he was going through neurotrasmitter restoration so he was getting over all his addictions... regardless he did an amazing job on this record.
Elliott smith wasnt always dpressed, he was just reflecting everything around him. alot of people dont realize that, havent you read the insert in new moon?
the limit is so so thin, but i think the genius and eccentricity of an artist can exist also within a sad, shy or depressed or whatelse soul (think about Syd Barrett or Kurt Cobain)
its a full step down because it makes the strings a bit looser and easier to play with, gives it guitar wider range of notes and makes it easier to sing his already high pitched songs. i play a full step down the majority of the time and probably wont ever switch back.
I play it with a capo on the second fret, standard tuning. All the tabs dumb down the bass notes, I had to listen to it on repeat and isolate the bass notes - awkward bugger he was!
I read somewhere that after people have been rehabilitated from a long period of drug addiction or sought help for years of depression that's when they're likely to commit suicide.
His girlfriend stated that when they were having a fight she locked herself in the bathroom, heard a scream and found Elliott with 2 stab wounds in his chest. She pulled the knife out and he bled to death before the paramedics could get him to a hospital. Both their fingerprints were on the knife. It was a steak-knife.
Both their fingerprints were on the knife because obviously both of them used it for purposes other than murder. She was probably a suspect but they can't prove that her fingerprints weren't on it for another reason, say, cutting meat. Or even when she pulled the knife out of him. It's the same thing that happened with Kurt Cobain, contention goes on that Kurt might have been murdered, but, in my opinion, the way a person dies is of little importance when that person is dead.
bababarrel before elliott commited suicide he was doing very well .He was off all drugs, alcohol ,refined sugar,and red meat . He was also planning to record and album in the coming weeks . So there is still a chance that he did not infact commit suicide.
but with addiction, one of the dangerous times is right after you get clean. cuz hey, youve been using drugs for years to help cope with stress/emotion and suddenly you no longer have that option. its the healthier thing to do, but the harder thing too, especially in the start. as destructive as his addiction was, it served a purpose. (not that he didnt try many times b4 to suicide, but being clean doesnt equal mental resilience/health)
You can tell by the tremble in his voice and the way he looks that this really was the end of the road for Elliott Smith. He must have known at this point that he wasn't going to make it. Nothing left to do but look back on memory lane. Incredibly sad
this is one of my favorite Elliott tunes, absolutely heartwrenching - uncomfortable apart, it's all written in my chart and I take whats given me most cooperatively, I do what people say and lie in bed all day, absolutely horrified, I hope you're SATISFIED!!! whatever demons were haunting him, they caught him... it beyond sucks that he's gone. what a huge, huge, huge loss for humanity...
I suppose his falling apart became clear the year he decided to say his final farewell. It's sad to know he was this broken down before he died. I wish someone could have helped him so his genius could still grace us all today. Rest in peace Elliott Smith, may you never be forgotten
i completely and totally agree w u he is so underappreciated and un recgonized maybe its better that way, cause maybe some ppl cant really understand his music
It's so weird, you look at pictures of him like a year before this, and it looks like he's aged ten since them. It's so sad :[. I just wish he understood how much his fans appreciated his music .. but then again his modesty is really one of his biggest attributes. Ah, he's a genius.
I must say I started getting a little misty first time I saw this when he starts singing "All I used to be will pass away and then you'll see that all I want now is happiness for you and me" I am not sure what it is, either its his voice which is a bit on the shaky side or that he just seems overall very sad that makes that line very haunting and pretty damn emotional.
Just to put this out there for some of the skeptics, Elliott Smith is a fucking amazing guitarist. It's a totally different perspective trying to play his really hard songs and sing at the same time. Just goes to show how amazing he was.
Also, he did play the guitar on this song. Since he was clean at this time, I think the drugs just messed him up so he couldn't play as well. But again, this song in particular, is very hard to play.
This version is actually a waterd down version of the album track, this is easier to play, but yeah he was a brilliant guitarist, you just have to listen to tomorrow, tomorrow to understand how amazing he was!
He sounds like a deer caught in the headlights. I've never seen someone look so nervous. Elliott Smith was such a genious and such a star at the same time. I love him soooo much. This is one of the best songs he's ever written, and watching this performance made me sad and uncomfortable, yet in awe that such a shattered person was so brilliant and so sad. Thank you for posting this.
Yes, Elliott was clean for a couple months before his death. He was just in a really bad place. Has anyone seen the Sunset Junction show? God, it's just awful. THOSE are the drugs. He's clean here. I just can't imagine having to go on stage and play songs for people when you're trying to put your life back together... plus it's a hard fucking song to play. He was also having some trouble with his playing hand towards the end of his death which I'm sure must've been frustrating.
true, really sad but it makes it better...however, from a fans perspective im glad i dont know what caused the sadness..but it is one of my favorite songs of his
wow never saw him doing this song live he can't really play it its a shame hes about to die months after this i guess is that wy he cant't play or the memort lane was played by another guitar in the recording does anybody know somenthing about it? beautifull song by the way, and hi to elliot werever he is...
this is right before he died. listen how horrible it sounds...you can tell he was real depressed and drugged up. couldnt remember how and what to play...man...it's a shame that happened.
how the hell can you "tell he was on drugs" and that "he was real depressed" keep reading the shit that the media feeds you so you can buy into that bullshit sad rocker story.
this is a great rendition and on top of that, he was clean, and on top of that, he wrote this song in 1997. he thought it would be nice to re-record it for the last album.
It's just such a terrible thing that he's dead, I'm reading his biography and apparently during the last few months of his life he was doing really well. He was supposedly to be 100% clean for the first time in years, talking about how he wanted to get get married and be a dad and all that.
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christmaslightsmusic 1 week ago
This song is so, so sad...his saddest, I think, because it was probably the most autobiographical.
lvk104 7 months ago
so tremendously strong and deep...
MrMarmeladeSky 10 months ago
He seems to have been so perceptive of the irony of how his pain and sensitivity fed his creative output, but the price was that, in a way, he sort of exploited himself. In one of his songs he writes of 'turning my insides out'. I love his music and wish he could have found a way to stay around. He certainly lives on in his great artistry...
utubephile7 11 months ago
what a masterpiece
scratchneck 1 year ago
3 people have no soul
Stillillgal 1 year ago 2
elliott influenced my music
GSarovich 1 year ago
very unique and brilliant musician. i wish to fuck he was still alive.
limbs32 1 year ago
i love his music but hardly listen to it. why would i wanna make sad lol
JLredspottedDrum 1 year ago
elliott's songs (steve's actually) make me wanna cry and yet i cant stop listening to him, its a real out of body experience
Daanissa 1 year ago
He looks in this video like one of the aliens from the movie cocoon after everyone sucked their life force out of them so they could feel young.
dersolipsist 1 year ago
I don't think he was thinking about this while writing it, but, I feel like I cab really relate to the feelings he describes, because I'm a (closeted) part of the lgbt community. Especially the lines~ "if it's your decision to be open about yourself, be careful or else" and "isolation pushes you past self hatred guilt and shame, down the only road it ever takes" and "all everybody knows is your not like them..."
abbypeoplehands 1 year ago
Conor isn't very much tortured at all. He just writes whatever is on his mind at the time and the majority of the experiences he sings about are based on other people's struggles and challenges, not typically his own.
YTAOK123 1 year ago
I love you Smith. I'm glad you made this beautiful music for all of us. We appreciate all you've done for us, and I wish you didn't leave us the way you did. Rest in peace brother!
SsarverSumed24 1 year ago
Neutral Milk Hotel LOL Are you kidding me????? Every band and artist has their place. Bon Iver is far far FAR from being someone you should have the audacity bring up here. Elliott Smith is a genius unlike almost any other because he was able to satisfy the musical complexities so many other great lyricist don't even acknowledge. I am including ALL songwriters from Schubert to Gershwin to Lennon to Dylan. Elliott Smith is my favorite and this is coming from someone who prefers classical!
WithoutTheFezOn 1 year ago
man i love this song, so glad he got through it here
lifeemusicelife 1 year ago
"more or less tortured" is really very subjective... obviously Elliott was a very sensitive person, or he would not have been able to put such emotion into his music. so when it rained, it poured.. and evidently he had some sort of childhood demon following him through life. he was probably just down that night, im sure he didnt feel that way all the time.
Dugansdew202 1 year ago
too bad conor oberst is an incredible songwriter and isnt a jerk. He's just as tortured as elliott
panicrulesmcr 1 year ago
@panicrulesmcr I find that hard to believe, Conor doesn't have a public-known history of drug abuse. you could see Elliott's emotional pain, and if you look at Monsters of Folk, conor seems to be pretty content
jawhn1 1 year ago
@panicrulesmcr i doubt hes just as tortured as elliott, elliott comitted suicide... cant be any more tortured than that. And to me i feel like thats what makes elliotts music so beautiful, u listent to his words and u know he meant every painful word he sang.
jcupsmells1 1 year ago
@panicrulesmcr why doesn't he kill himself?
nogoodbastid 1 year ago
hard to watch, heartbreaking state he seems to be in. Genius lyricist. RIP Elliott.
annyid8 1 year ago
this is such a great song....this recording is from may 3rd at The Steamboat in Austin, TX....
you can listen to the whole show on the The Live Music Archive... I'd post the link but youtube seems to have some system to prevent people from putting links in comments..
just search Elliott Smith 2003-05-03 it should be there......he finishes with a sweet blackbird! :D
mase5701 2 years ago
/esmith2003-05-03.flac
mase5701 2 years ago
5 stars!!!
mase5701 2 years ago
Man it's hard to watch such a beautiful song being played by such a broken man... The ominous dim blue light really fits the obviousness of his drug/emotional problems at the time.
mark1800 2 years ago 3
Not a bad performance considering.
jomosamify 2 years ago
he looks like he's in horrible shape in this... i never say this but RIP Elliott... you have peace now..
jonpianobass 2 years ago
@jonpianobass Man he had peace before he died, he stopped abusing substances, got off his main addiction, gave up refined sugar and red meat. He was doing very well for himself.
VincentPrice111 1 year ago
@VincentPrice111 did he? i was under the impression he was abusing drugs at the time of his death?
jonpianobass 1 year ago
@jonpianobass Why? did you just assume that since he had substance abuse problems that he would never conquer them? No. He was clean as they come at the time of his death, had been for Six months or so.
VincentPrice111 1 year ago
@VincentPrice111 No not at all. That's just what i'd heard. But i read the toxicology report not too long ago and he was clean so good for him. It's not as though i think Elliott was some drugged up junkie who wrote a few tunes. I just thought he was still abusing at the time of his death. glad to hear he wasn't though.
jonpianobass 1 year ago
@jonpianobass Yep, everything was good with him.
VincentPrice111 1 year ago
@VincentPrice111 well i'm glad to hear that
jonpianobass 1 year ago
@jonpianobass fuck off prick
psnapplebee 1 year ago
worn out elliot. makes me feel sad to see him sing that song in such a bad demeanor.
meisterkajo 2 years ago
amen
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should i get elliiot smith cd or bright eyes
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&&wht album
Jarederaj 2 years ago
the fact that your even comparing the 2 makes me sad inside. get elliott smith and get all of them. THEN you can get bright eyes. I love bright eyes but he doesnt compare to elliott
scottman182 2 years ago 6
Hey now...
They are both very, very precious. To me, and many others, Conor and Elliott are both equal. Similar, different, but both equally important to me. I feel protective of them both. I hear that Conor is inspired by Elliott, which makes me feel so warm inside, but I often worry about Conor. I see so many qualities in him that I now recognise in Elliot. I wish I could have done something. I couldn't save Elliot but I hope to hell Conor isn't headed the same way.
mashitup08ebony 2 years ago 2
umm who says i'm compairing them
Jarederaj 2 years ago 2
definately get:
bright eyes - i'm wide awake it's morning
elliott smith - xo
!!
kidsofsquids 2 years ago
Both! I don't know why there are four thumbs downs....
Buy Noise Floor - Bright Eyes
XO - Elliot Smith
mashitup08ebony 2 years ago
@Jarederaj Conner is a terribly mean person in life.........music is ok..but not real....just for money to pay back is father. Elliott, Nick Drake, Bon Iver, Neutral Milk Hotel......many people to buy before "bright eyes"
deathflamingo 2 years ago
yeah I can't stand anybody whose voice is affected to the point of brighteyes. It's kinda like . . . just sing, man. I mean Elliott certainly had a very distinctive voice but he just sang with the what he had. Not some fake rasp/cracky/emo bullshit.
shwingyshwing 1 year ago 3
@shwingyshwing absolutly agree
andraz89 1 year ago
This isn't in standard tuning.. What tuning is this? open C? D? I'm dying to know. Any everyone else on this site gives a really vague explanation.
kitchenmachine 2 years ago
lol open c... nice try buddy
ohheykevin 2 years ago
move the capo in drop d and youll answer the prob
jomosamify 2 years ago
notice the capo on the fourth fret. he often tuned different almost every show and would adjust the capo to the key he wanted to sing.
jomosamify 2 years ago
d with capo on the 5th
smau86 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure it's standard with a capo on the 4th fret
pacopichawko 2 years ago
This is 100% standard tuning. Capo on 4th fret.
Christianyurt 2 years ago
It's in standard tuning, or down one whole step, though that doesn't really matter as he's using a capo on the 5th fret (you could just put the capo lower).
manwaring 2 years ago
Thank you everyone for your excellent advice!
kitchenmachine 2 years ago
You are so missed:(
dazizina 2 years ago
ouch. heartbreaking.
thisbemyteevee 2 years ago
Seems you can't find a performance of this where he wasn't in the worst of his days. It's a shame, this is probably my favourite song.
tikalal 2 years ago
That bit at 1:55, wtf, even if he was a bit drug fucked he still defied physics. Only those who have obsessively analysed the song will know what I'm talking about but jeeeesus...
tikalal 2 years ago
Explain?
deadheartzbeat 2 years ago
its hard to comprehend just how much pain and discomfort some people have to endure! fucked up parents no doubt selfish
Squishygronk 2 years ago
this might be my favorite video of him on youtube (which might make it my favorite youtube video, period). super high quality sound and an amazing performance. thank you.
rocketsfall 2 years ago
This guy could be in any shape and he'd still be the best at what he did. I miss Elliott Smith and I'll never ever stop listening to him.
metalowen 2 years ago 14
@metalowen me too man
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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
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your my obsession man, id do anything to see you or meet you man.... theres one thing i could do..
creepske 2 years ago
i am inlove with this song!
MicaelaDesrosiers 2 years ago
excellent songwriter. sad he had to pass away... he was amazing.
sublime95 2 years ago
His albums kept getting better and better. suidfghsfilzgufhgi i'm so mad.
taketheveilpluto 2 years ago
the most awesome songwriter on the face of the earth.
i can relate to the lyrics in all of his songs
isolationeitheror 3 years ago 24
@isolationeitheror than ur life sucks!
villasixx 1 year ago
@villasixx it does!
isolationeitheror 1 year ago
every muscle aches
isolationeitheror 3 years ago 5
painful
abrahamjacobfriedman 3 years ago 5
this is probably my favorite elliot song. too bad I got into him after he died... :( rip. love you
Savannahjoi 3 years ago 8
i hear ya. its amazing though, he is such a huge influence on my life, musically, and as a person. rip elliott
whois14116 3 years ago 7
your telling me... my brother and his gf would always go see him live... and i never went until now.. look im all into him and i cant go see him
gahu101 3 years ago 2
This is not nearly a true representation of Elliott. Look at his earlier stuff, he was an artist of true talent. Its really too bad he hit bottom as he did.
steamwhistle28 3 years ago 2
are you insinuating that this video does not depict great talent? From A Basement On The Hill is my favorite Elliott record, and I have them all.
WhereAreYouArienette 3 years ago
Definately man, this song and Kings Crossing are absolutely amazing. Definately amongst his best!
DookNun 3 years ago 2
he's not insulting elliott. It's clear that he having withdrawals from drugs and is not in the greatest shape of his career. I love elliott smith.
nolimitsdude313 3 years ago
his last record recorded ( from a basement on a hill) was recorded with everything a little out of tune because Elliott wanted to create somthing that would be hard to duplicate so rock bottom?... not at all just more artistic... just because you enjoy his earlier material doesn't make this album rock bottom... it took him over a year to record because he was going through neurotrasmitter restoration so he was getting over all his addictions... regardless he did an amazing job on this record.
RaCeRx197814 2 years ago 3
never saw him live ... or alive well hmm. big loss for human kind and even bigger for the music world.
what a pity
subterreanhighrise 3 years ago 26
@subterreanhighrise AMEN TO THAT! WELL PUT!
ahhh Elliott where art thow? In the depths of the amzon or in the endless stretch of space and time?
fairynita 1 year ago
there's thousands of solo acoustic guitarists out there, but none are like Elliott. very moving music, so well written.
RIP,
numbchucking 3 years ago 5
elliott (A)
Jeska0 3 years ago
love this song, love elliot.
Jeska0 3 years ago 2
this song is soo crazy hard on guitar
whatup590paul 3 years ago 3
R.I.P elliot we miss you mate
DrDreams 3 years ago 2
love you elliott
see you again topside
xo
plexusnexus 3 years ago 2
Elliott smith wasnt always dpressed, he was just reflecting everything around him. alot of people dont realize that, havent you read the insert in new moon?
CHAOSFEST 3 years ago
no, I haven't, but I'd like to know what it's about. Can you let us know?
by the way, I totally agree with you, people generally don't reflect at all, elliott was an exception
lorak74 3 years ago
elliott smith was a god. he was so ridiculously talented. you feel privileged to even listen to him.
august111966 3 years ago 9
true
elliott245 3 years ago
amazing
Stillillgal 3 years ago
a bright world where you can make a place to stay
plexusnexus 3 years ago
R.I.P. Elliot. We are missing you.
matteobanfo 3 years ago
this is a great fuckin kickass song..from one of the most artistic and eccentric and genial songwriter ever
cozmicsleepin 3 years ago
eccentric? really?
I agree with the rest...but not on eccentric.
ModestMousekateer 3 years ago 2
the limit is so so thin, but i think the genius and eccentricity of an artist can exist also within a sad, shy or depressed or whatelse soul (think about Syd Barrett or Kurt Cobain)
bye! ;D
paoloflog 3 years ago
kickass kickass kickass
amazing song.
learned to play it with a capo on the 7th fret and now i knwo its the fourth!!!
christsbassist89 4 years ago
the lyricsn to this song are amazing
fucking awesome
isolationeitheror 4 years ago
its a full step down because it makes the strings a bit looser and easier to play with, gives it guitar wider range of notes and makes it easier to sing his already high pitched songs. i play a full step down the majority of the time and probably wont ever switch back.
kurtlennon22 4 years ago
I play it with a capo on the second fret, standard tuning. All the tabs dumb down the bass notes, I had to listen to it on repeat and isolate the bass notes - awkward bugger he was!
wungabunga 4 years ago
i wonder why he did it a full step down.
shizzle412 4 years ago
maby for singing purposes he sounds a little shakey = [
abdsaid 4 years ago
I read somewhere that after people have been rehabilitated from a long period of drug addiction or sought help for years of depression that's when they're likely to commit suicide.
bababarrel 4 years ago
may be true...doesn't mean that he did it.
shizzle412 4 years ago
The fact that we can only speculate about whether he killed himself or was murdered makes Elliott's death just as cryptic as his music.
bababarrel 4 years ago
His girlfriend stated that when they were having a fight she locked herself in the bathroom, heard a scream and found Elliott with 2 stab wounds in his chest. She pulled the knife out and he bled to death before the paramedics could get him to a hospital. Both their fingerprints were on the knife. It was a steak-knife.
bababarrel 4 years ago
And there is proof that Elliott was obviously insufferably miserable (and possibly suicidal), thereby exonerating her if she in fact did do it.
bababarrel 4 years ago
no one should think that just because only their fingerprints were on it, means it was one of them, though.
he/she could have been wearing something over their hand.
just saying
shizzle412 4 years ago
Both their fingerprints were on the knife because obviously both of them used it for purposes other than murder. She was probably a suspect but they can't prove that her fingerprints weren't on it for another reason, say, cutting meat. Or even when she pulled the knife out of him. It's the same thing that happened with Kurt Cobain, contention goes on that Kurt might have been murdered, but, in my opinion, the way a person dies is of little importance when that person is dead.
bababarrel 4 years ago
bababarrel before elliott commited suicide he was doing very well .He was off all drugs, alcohol ,refined sugar,and red meat . He was also planning to record and album in the coming weeks . So there is still a chance that he did not infact commit suicide.
PENNYBOXx 4 years ago
but with addiction, one of the dangerous times is right after you get clean. cuz hey, youve been using drugs for years to help cope with stress/emotion and suddenly you no longer have that option. its the healthier thing to do, but the harder thing too, especially in the start. as destructive as his addiction was, it served a purpose. (not that he didnt try many times b4 to suicide, but being clean doesnt equal mental resilience/health)
ghcoffin 4 years ago
(..<--in response to pennyboxx)
ghcoffin 4 years ago
i dont think anybody could have put it better than what you did, your so right...i know from experience...
j3ohnny 3 years ago
You can tell by the tremble in his voice and the way he looks that this really was the end of the road for Elliott Smith. He must have known at this point that he wasn't going to make it. Nothing left to do but look back on memory lane. Incredibly sad
breeeegs 2 years ago 5
cliche..advances every day
Jmonsterrrr 4 years ago
i really think it sounds like the lyric is "i'm comfortable apart" in every recording of this song i've ever heard
stface 4 years ago
i agree
apackofgum 4 years ago
this is one of my favorite Elliott tunes, absolutely heartwrenching - uncomfortable apart, it's all written in my chart and I take whats given me most cooperatively, I do what people say and lie in bed all day, absolutely horrified, I hope you're SATISFIED!!! whatever demons were haunting him, they caught him... it beyond sucks that he's gone. what a huge, huge, huge loss for humanity...
arthurgillis 4 years ago
I suppose his falling apart became clear the year he decided to say his final farewell. It's sad to know he was this broken down before he died. I wish someone could have helped him so his genius could still grace us all today. Rest in peace Elliott Smith, may you never be forgotten
herokilledtheclown 4 years ago 6
shakes
dogbyte420 4 years ago 2
i cried.
supradude7891 4 years ago 3
wow that performance is heartbreaking.
torper 4 years ago 7
My Lord, he looked so much older near the end of his life.
aro5006 4 years ago 2
amazing
Stillillgal 4 years ago
As if he voice wasn't heartbreaking enough. The cracking in his voice just slays me.
Malquey 4 years ago 2
i second that =[
longveiw1 4 years ago
I sencond (third?) it <3
parfoisbeau 4 years ago
Elliot Smith is one of the last great geniuses of the singer-songwriter genre. "The doctor spoke a cloud; he rained out loud"
RIP Elliot Smith
We'll see you on the other side.
gussage85 4 years ago
i completely and totally agree w u he is so underappreciated and un recgonized maybe its better that way, cause maybe some ppl cant really understand his music
renoufarnold 4 years ago 2
It's so weird, you look at pictures of him like a year before this, and it looks like he's aged ten since them. It's so sad :[. I just wish he understood how much his fans appreciated his music .. but then again his modesty is really one of his biggest attributes. Ah, he's a genius.
DanielleBawls 4 years ago
oops. Wrong video for the last comment. I meant for it to be on the happiness + memory lane one;
Growe415 4 years ago
I must say I started getting a little misty first time I saw this when he starts singing "All I used to be will pass away and then you'll see that all I want now is happiness for you and me" I am not sure what it is, either its his voice which is a bit on the shaky side or that he just seems overall very sad that makes that line very haunting and pretty damn emotional.
Growe415 4 years ago
Just to put this out there for some of the skeptics, Elliott Smith is a fucking amazing guitarist. It's a totally different perspective trying to play his really hard songs and sing at the same time. Just goes to show how amazing he was.
Also, he did play the guitar on this song. Since he was clean at this time, I think the drugs just messed him up so he couldn't play as well. But again, this song in particular, is very hard to play.
Growe415 4 years ago
This version is actually a waterd down version of the album track, this is easier to play, but yeah he was a brilliant guitarist, you just have to listen to tomorrow, tomorrow to understand how amazing he was!
HotRats86 4 years ago
Yeah thats funny because I finally just figured out Tomorrow tomorrow. Its a doozie.
Growe415 4 years ago
his lyrics are amazing
August25th1981 4 years ago
it's only selfish that you're asking yourself a question, you selfish person!
mawk88 4 years ago
Does it make someone selfish to enjoy this sad marvel of music? Call me selfish if it does.
Calla7Lily 4 years ago
No. It's sad that you consider it sad. But not selfish.
permanenthursday 4 years ago
this is my fav song...so great
allspit0and0spite 4 years ago
He sounds like a deer caught in the headlights. I've never seen someone look so nervous. Elliott Smith was such a genious and such a star at the same time. I love him soooo much. This is one of the best songs he's ever written, and watching this performance made me sad and uncomfortable, yet in awe that such a shattered person was so brilliant and so sad. Thank you for posting this.
illone45 4 years ago
Yes, Elliott was clean for a couple months before his death. He was just in a really bad place. Has anyone seen the Sunset Junction show? God, it's just awful. THOSE are the drugs. He's clean here. I just can't imagine having to go on stage and play songs for people when you're trying to put your life back together... plus it's a hard fucking song to play. He was also having some trouble with his playing hand towards the end of his death which I'm sure must've been frustrating.
murphymumm 4 years ago
true, really sad but it makes it better...however, from a fans perspective im glad i dont know what caused the sadness..but it is one of my favorite songs of his
doctordoug30 4 years ago
wow never saw him doing this song live he can't really play it its a shame hes about to die months after this i guess is that wy he cant't play or the memort lane was played by another guitar in the recording does anybody know somenthing about it? beautifull song by the way, and hi to elliot werever he is...
Chapitas2006 4 years ago
Yeah from what I've read he actually was clean in the months leading up to his death so it's a shame. One of my favorite songs though.
weezkidaj 4 years ago
this is right before he died. listen how horrible it sounds...you can tell he was real depressed and drugged up. couldnt remember how and what to play...man...it's a shame that happened.
stussystrings 4 years ago
it makes it more beutifull
and he didn't use drugs for the last months
Stillillgal 4 years ago
how the hell can you "tell he was on drugs" and that "he was real depressed" keep reading the shit that the media feeds you so you can buy into that bullshit sad rocker story.
this is a great rendition and on top of that, he was clean, and on top of that, he wrote this song in 1997. he thought it would be nice to re-record it for the last album.
zwfwrestling 4 years ago
It's just such a terrible thing that he's dead, I'm reading his biography and apparently during the last few months of his life he was doing really well. He was supposedly to be 100% clean for the first time in years, talking about how he wanted to get get married and be a dad and all that.
adderockXR 4 years ago
one of a kind.
phiraidai 5 years ago
Awh, sounds like he's about to cry :(
Such a gorgeous song.
TehHansell 5 years ago
Beautiful. I miss you so much.
SynRaine 5 years ago
I wish someone could get some songs that he used a lot of intruments on like "Shooting Star" or something like that, you know?
Sinatrixx 5 years ago
aww he sounds reli sad in this one:(
markmccormack 5 years ago
one of my fav elliott smith songs.
amandolin 5 years ago