Elliott Smith on Dutch tv '98 (Part Two)
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My two favorite Elliiott songs, in one beautiful mini-concert.
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elliott is the only musician who can make curse words sound beautiful, RIP man.
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Amazing! I wish it was in sync :(
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Such a beautiful performance
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don't read too much into this one love. i just enjoy this video, and i think you will as well.
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@QuinnMyers: well said.
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I think part of the reason most of elliott's live performances were bad vocally, was because of the mic used. A condenser mic is much better suited to his voice. Usually, he uses a dynamic mic live. Here he uses a condenser mic, hence the good performance.
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@VTHokie1001k 2 Meter Sessions was conducted similar to Live at Abbey Road. There was never a live studio audience. I simply meant that transition from one song to the other is very Elliot Smith, if that makes sense.
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Sometimes you just need to sit back, turn on Elliott Smith, and cry. Even if you have nothing to cry about, if you are in the right mindset, the tears will come. And they may be tears of sadness, or of anger, or even of happiness, but the specifics don't matter. What matters is that small window that you have to truly feel human. It's a rare, rare thing, and it's rather beautiful.
Not to be too sentimental and read too much into it.. haha... but at 2:21, when he finishes such a great performace... it just ENDS.... there's no crowd cheering, no people clapping, he doesn't say "Thank You", he doesn't even smile... its just silent, and that seems to me (in a very strange way that I can't really explain) to be a microcosm of his whole life. Anyways, very intimate and lonely moment.
sirnathan 3 years ago 54
This song is a prefect example of why Elliott was such an incredible musician.
andrewptob 2 years ago 36