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  • why is he gone?

    I fuckin love the sound of music... it's not like this clean-pop-shit it's a used and dump sound.... and it totally fits to his voice, the meaning and everything else.... I wish there could be more guys like him.... makin music for us.... workin for us, to make our lives more liveable.....

  • just finished good will hunting and it made me search for this song.

  • Top Comment.

  • I wish he was still here..

  • Why ? . . .

  • This is amazing! So beautiful, I think he's the greatest artist ever... xx

  • pretty little liars brought me here <3

  • @nicaaalalala tnx 4 the ad ;)

  • no top comments?! quick someone say penis!

  • @cokeattack1 I say dickhead! ¬¬,

  • love this song. like i say. he's not a sad person, he's a happy person in a sad place.

  • @mastermoran1 : =)

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  • this music is soooooooooooooooooooooooo deep...hit my heart

  • raymondlittle.bandcamp.co

  • if you like elliott listen to this cat.

    raymond little. search bandcamp or itunes

  • @RaymondLittleJr Why not Listening to Limbo Crysis then??

  • ... There is so much love and understanding in these comments..

  • HE WAS AMAZING

  • Hey guys and gals. We're an underground, idie-folk band looking for some love. Give us a listen and we hope not to waste your time

  • I Wish I Could Go Back in Time and bust in his apartment, grab the knife away, and give him a hug

  • He was nominated for an Oscar,But lost to Celine Cumstain Dion,For a song she didn't even write herself.Being a Canadian,I apologize for her,and Loverboy,among others.At least we still have Neil Young and the Dayglo Abortions....

  • @MsBoognishman no need to apologize, hahaha.  Besides, you're a WEEN fan, and an Elliott fan as well... 2 excellent qualities! :)

  • @Alkoholic666 Thank Yew...Elliott Smith doesn't need a trophy for us to know how brilliant he was....R.I.P Mr.Misery...we miss you.

  • 3 million 3 hundred thousand views??? Really?  Where were you fucking people when he was alive?

  • @Alkoholic666 dude are you fucking retarded or did you have to work on it, He won an Oscar for this, HURP DURP, you have to be a child.

  • @loverainydayz17 I think you misunderstood my comment. I love the fact that this song has received so many views, it's a beautiful song! The point I was trying to make was that his music should have been heard by more people when he was alive... It's no secret that he wasn't a multi-platinum record selling artist in his life time... But he should have been.

    Also, he DID NOT win the Oscar. Celine Dion did. You are the child. Know the facts before speaking them. hurp durp?

  • @Alkoholic666 ah dear friend... I agree 100% but great music nowadays is not appreciated at all, it's all about neon lights and plastic, a comedy of errors indeed. Nevertheless, the fact that his beauty existed means that there are other people that are just beautiful around us nowadays, we just need to open our minds.

    Regards Alkoholic, hopefully you'll slow down on the alcohol soon :)

  • @alternative10000 I wish it wasn't so hard to get people to understand what I was trying to say.

    Let me put it this way: I think it would have been great if 3,332,898 people would have known that there was an artist named Elliott Smith in the world, and they ALL bought his albums.. I think it would have been great for him to achieve that kind of success before he died. Not that he wasn't successful in his own right.

    FYI - Actually, I hardly ever drink. It's a JOKE name.

  • RIP Elliott 8..^ (

  • he wants to be john lennon but ends up being a richard asscroft copycat. as though the verve was not fucking bad enough. yikes!

  • @EITrollo C'mon. You can do better than that.

  • @MacDonagh go listen to miley cyrus twat.

  • everytime i hear his songs now it makes me want to cry cause i miss him soo freaking much,when i find out he died i criedfor days it made me felt worser inside to lose a brillant musician such as him rip elliott smith i still miss you my dearest sweet friend i never known you or met you but you still my friend.

  • If you like this kind of true-heart music you might like my music video. It's the only video on my channel. You don't have to watch it, not trying to spam. Just think some of you might enjoy it.

  • Wow, all of his songs make me want to kill myself, but, like, in a beautiful way.

  • I can't stop listening to this. The words needed to describe its beauty do not exist, at least in English.

  • @musicmarkMETALLICA

     It's undescribeble

  • Elliott, I never got to meet you but I already miss you. Your songs have really touched me.

  • hello everyone, we've only been playing for a together a short while now, and have a few videos up. Check us out and if you like it share the love!!

  • By far the greatest and most talented musician/songwriter of all time. This man helped me find myself, and his beauty literally forced me to pick up the acoustic. i can't stop playing his music. Thom yorke of radiohead is another genius, but we can't exactly compare apples to oranges.

  • @CodexRedBlueGreen I am in a similar situation. His music has touched my soul and mad me the song writer I am today. I just finished my first full length acoustic album (confront your world) Under the name The Tilt Room.You can hear samples on my reverb nation page, I think you would feel it. I am very proud of my work and hope to change many lives with the many expressions of my soul. Elliott gave me a new perspective on song writing. He really knew how to convey what he was feeling.

  • I've listened to this song at least 10 times today.

  • This is what i get from the song (in my humble.) He is talking about a girl he loved that either left him or died. He uses alchohol to help cope. He promises himself that he will be with her again someday and will regain the happiness they shared. He knows that this will probably not happen at least in this lifetime. Miss Misery refers to the way he feels about her and his life.

  • I really dont understand the dislikes????

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  • @youwinoneinternets That's a Christmas I can relate to :) haha

  • @PAULLONDEN You're one to talk about things meant for 13-year-olds, judging by the way you type on your channel.

  • @PAULLONDEN What a pathetic comment. How can you even make that assumption? Also, you type like a spastic on your channel.

  • he would've done a good christmas song

  • he is one of the greatest songwriter ever! the album xo is a work of art

  • shame on the people that only know him for this song

  • @stevieboy4 I know man, he's such a genius.

  • As good? /watch?v=sLhkElNoHIM

  • One of the best songs ever

  • yes, we miss you <3

  • His music makes me feel so worthless and insignificant and I love it.

  • @farbsucks

    I don't exactly think that's what he wanted, but i'm glad you like it? haha.

  • @TheKenTerry well, people don't exactly write music for others. creating something meaningful sometimes seems to be the only thing that's worth living for.

  • @farbsucks

    If he didn't make it for others, why did he have CDs?

  • @TheKenTerry I think you are missing the point...I believe farb meant that writing the music was Elliott's way of releasing a part of himself. We are just lucky he chose to share it with the world.

  • Gosh, I love Elliott Smith. When I found out about him I bought everything he ever did. I just wish there was more.

  • such a soft voice :) I just found out about him and I'm already liking it.

  • funny when Elliott feeds the parking meters wish he was still around. He is missed!

  • i know you whould rather see me go than see me the way that i am.... story of my life.

  • @Zanewolf1 i would rather NOT see you go sir !

  • RIP Elliot sir. Let's hope the people in heavens elite are enjoying your music genius as much as we on Earth are, <3 

  • james blunt's favorite singer!

  • COOL

  • I wish he knew how many people he impacted RIP

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  • sounds fairly simon & garfunkelish

  • i named my dog after you....he's awesome by the way!!!

  • Granero que buen gusto teneis !!!

  • @ChristinaLFP what does your comment means please explain????

  • @Tompettylady601 "Granero, you have got good taste." Esteban Granero is a Spanish athlete who has said he likes this song.

  • @Malocclusiontenfour thanks for the info and telling me what it means thank you

  • @Tompettylady601 i would explain but someone already has done so.

  • @ChristinaLFP yeah they dis but thank you

  • thumbs up if el pirate esteban granero sent you here

  • A man in the park,told me I'm strong and hardly ever wrong I said man I mean you...

  • This guy used to play with his soul.

  • @eduardohxcx until he stabbed a knife in it...twize, you mean ;)?

  • Why did he die? It makes me so sad what a good musician lost :( RIP elliot love you

  • This man was working, but it's hard to farm on the moon

  • never gets old x

  • I miss him so much.

  • Any recommendations for Roman Candle between the original album and the restored version??? Thanks.

  • @akathasamurai I would go with the restored. All the screeches and squeaks and snaps, crackles, and pops are distracting from the music. Wonderful album. Enjoy.

  • back in the day, when my family was broken and i was introduced to the foster care system, there were no family members to care or save me, it was just misery. and every time i tend to have happiness, even to this day, misery knocks on the door reminding me that I am indeed a black sheep and dont belong. I slam the door in her face and keep going, and i can hear her still asking me if I... "Miss Her"

  • @PurposelyFlawed A black sheep is still a sheep, I prefer to strive toward being a shepherd.

  • I know how u feel

  • i miss him soo much rest in peace elliott without u i wouldnt been able to go threw the broken social scene of high school.

  • the cop looks like a raper lol

  • Is it just me or did Elliott's popularity just rise dramatically this past year??

  • @Heathathnasoodua

    it seems to rise even more dramatically each year.

  • Can we not share this feeling, that he is with us when we call? Like his lyrics say, he truly IS there for you if you call.

  • God bless us all. To recognize Divinity walking among us, and watch it tainted and destroyed. We elevate wickedness and martyr our saints. Elliott be praised for you are divine

  • NGC-2999 (SRD)

    Josh^Fensterhaim, 24th Pct. (

  • I just saw Good Will Hunting for the first time.

    This song is amazing. :)

  • @amysteinberg1 me too! just watched it. lol delayed flight..

  • @fungus137 I love this song, and I never thought it fit in the film either. I always wondered if Gus van Sant loved it so much he didn't care if it fit, and gave it a prominent place anyway.

  • I think, its completly misunderstood that Elliot smith's music should make you feel good about yourself, or help you ad i qoute " through your darkest hours" No... his music explains the imperfectness of the world as we know it. he used Phrases like" what a shitty thing to say" and that little sentence boils everything thats wrong and so good and brilliant at the same time down to such a small sentence and that is elliot smith that is the essence of brilliance. Miss Misery sums up everything.

  • @TheJonasThomson Man youre brilliant xD

  • LOL @ this song. Beta males are clingy and needy.

  • Elliott Smith, you meant so much to so many people, including me. You got us through some of our darkest hours and helped us to save ourselves by giving us someone who understood who we were. Your music expressed the feelings so many of us went through and that was enough to ease all of our pain. I was very young when I started listening to you and from the first moment I heard you sing I knew I had someone to "go to", a place where I could look inside myself and find ME. u will b 4ever missed

  • I was also introduced to Elliot Smith from 'Good Will Hunting' when I was a confused, sad, and awkward teenager. For the first time in my life I felt that a singer really spoke to me and really reached me on a personal level. Thank you Elliot for getting me through those years. We miss you.

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  • For you huge Elliott Smith fans out there who have spent time learning his music on guitar, go listen to "Georgia Georgia" and see if you hear anything familiar in the guitar part : )

  • they spelled elliott wrong

  • RIP Elliot. Only GOD & you know what was going on in your head when you left this Earth.

  • @dedspin Nah, just Elliott.

  • tybg.

  • Hey there's a guy in the b/g fro plainclothes man.

  • elliot smith, for this song i love you. rest in peace sir <3

  • I discovered his music a year ago today. I finally understand the tragedy that was the death of Elliott Smith. I'll miss you, you helped me get by when nobody else was around. Rest in Peace, Elliott Smith.

  • this song helps me get by...

  • Beautiful. I heard this on Good Will Hunting and just had to hear more. so smooth. ..

  • 8 years.

    Hello my mentor. I'm here... just to tell you that your music in simplest way ever just changed my life. I met you by "Good Will Hunting" - my favorite film for all times. And I loved you like my brother, like Elliott. WE (Me and my Woman) had the best moments with your music. With your amazing feelings, voice, lyrics and fucking brilliant SOUL that you had to have. And we are still having. I hope that you see my words from the better land. We'll see each other in the better place. RIP

  • @krisxor This post is beautiful, but there is a depressingly low probability of an "other land".

  • @PolishBerserker Probability is determined by calculation. There is no calculation related to supernatural speculation. The two are incompatible.

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  • @krisxor Your woman? Wow.

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  • Let's all take a moment today to remember Elliott, who died eight years ago today. Rest in peace, Elliott, and God bless you always.

  • I love elliott smith sooo soo soo much. His music just has such a raw emotion and beauty that no other musician can express. I'm a musician and I try and write music that I think he would appriciate! I thank the world for allowing him to get his music out there. This is no where near his best song, so if he is a new discovery to you go out and buy an album, or listen to his other music! Thanks!!

  • elliott looks like a pimp in that suit :P

    always remembered xo elliott smtih

  • I'll fake it through the day with the help of Johnny Walker red...

  • so eerie and original... the changes... greatness

  • Classic tune, I've found this guy called Rob Bravery who has a similar vibe, would definitely recommend him.

  • classic song, then all of his are. you ll live forever with this music. timeless

  • -3 this song and video -3

  • @ShaneLover4Ever I believe his drug of choice was alcohol because its mentioned in some of his songs. Alcohol allows one to become spirited then eventually depressed. Then we want to get spirited again as a way out of our depression only to crash into despair again.

    Being alcoholic can become quite the vicious cycle.

  • I starting to hate how people keep comparing him to God..

    I mean he's decent and all but he's no Elliott Smith

  • @habsfan12325 you took that off a bob marley video

  • @monke8 I've seen it elsewhere, too. Oh well. The kid's clearly desperate for thumbs. Just let him have his fun.

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  • @BostonSchoolofGuitar aha everyone has those days man..things always turn around!

  • i would so ask that cop for a sticker.

  • are these people arguing over a comment someone posted about how arguing on here is futile? life really is a bitch

  • F** that creepy cop! Other than that, great song/video.

  • Ok um can we all just enjoy the music and just respect the Talent Elliot had while he was alive. I thought we were here to enjoy good music, not to see who gets the top comment. smh, let's just feel the music people and have anything we held in for today to just release it. Isn't that what music is here for? To find that release from your troubles? That along with praying to God is the reason why I live. Let's just enjoy ourselves please? Thanks you guys! =)

  • arguing on youtube is like running in the paralympics. even if you win, you're still a retard.

  • @zhokar STOP! Be Original! Please!!!! For once in your Life...Don't fallback on Cliched Expressions/Retorts.

  • @JohnAndRowForever Yeah, good luck telling youtube users that. Ever since they implemented the comment vote up system, the comment section has been reduced to whoring out for thumbs up in the most retarded and moronic ways, usually copying each other. I don't even know why I bother to scroll down sometimes.

  • @zhokar I didn't realize that a person could be offensive in so many ways at once. You could have thrown in a racial slur as well, just in case calling paralyzed people retards wasn't quite enough.

  • @lovefromeponine bit stuck up, are we? my mom's in a wheelchair, i have a carte blanche, so bugger off. In any case, I feel that I was making a good point.

  • @zhokar Oh so you were calling your mother retarded? I guess that makes it ok then. oh wait, no, no it's doesn't.

    If "making a good point" to you means "copy/pasting something without reading it" cool, but saying "oh my mom's in a wheelchair, I'm allowed to discriminate" doesn't make you look like less of an asshole.

  • @loveformeponine i'm not going to endulge further in discussing your narrow-minded set of cemented moral values. primarily because I don't give a fuck what kind of moral code an 18year old girl is trying to impose on me but also because I am no retard.

    Moral imperatives like yours are only good on paper. Maybe you'll notice one day. Judging from your self-righteous reaction, you probably won't.

  • @zhokar So not calling people who are paralyzed retarded is only good on paper. Nice. Such a huge moral imperative.

  • ELLIOTT SMITH GRACIAS POR DEJARNOS TU MUSICA,DANIEL,ABRIL,RAKEL,LARG­A VIDA A TU MUSICA.

  • i bet mrs misery misses him. 

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

  • Elliott would think of all this petty internet arguing as pathetic. Fuck sake why did you have to leave us, i wish i could tell you in as little words as necessary what impact you have made on my life.

  • Do you recognize my username?

  • @Pismodd so you go watching his videos and posting rubbish about him, why dont you go and listen to something you like ?

  • Wow......im sorry, but thumbs down the top comment. Elliott doesn't deserve to be used as a reason to get "Top Comment". No one deserves to die the way he did. Not Even Justin Bieber.

  • @xRVCAxROGUExBANGx I marked it as spam, don't you worry!

  • @xRVCAxROGUExBANGx You posted a comment on something im assuming was rude the top comment poster had said. I pretty sure they got a new top comment. im wondering if you remember what the old top comment was. im interested.

  • @xRVCAxROGUExBANGx please delete your top comment. perhaps u were being completely disingenuous and covertly attempting to achieve a top comment yourself; an endeavour which you have succeed. Elliot smith def deserves better than to have "Justin Beiber" referenced. If you truly believe what you said you will delete your comment, just as I will delete this comment should it become a "top comment". I implore viewers not to give me any thumbs up, save them for comments pertaining to the music.

  • @S0u11ess im not deleting Jack, and im not posting for "Top Comment". This should be a message to people. The message is to stop the Hate and bring Love , obviously a message YOU dont get. Im Sorry for you that you are so Focused on "TopComment"...haha ur just like the guy whos comment WE deleted. Go Spread Hate somewhere else, Kay?