This song is so dark: I love all the negatives of people who just don't get that they will soon be dust or worm food. Just be kind to people and do little harm while you have the chance.
@sum1butno1
16 жыл бұрын
He looks so miserable and vulnerable squirming up there, like he's just revealing his cutter scabs to a close friend... This is one of the most powerful, painful, sorrowful, beautiful songs I know.
@nikavdk4884
Жыл бұрын
bruh
@user-dr9he8eb8i
Жыл бұрын
Cutter scabs lol he's not a depressed 12 year old girl
@Jason-hw4tf
3 ай бұрын
@@user-dr9he8eb8i i mean its decently well documented. He did self harm, specifically he cut and burnt himself. He wasnt a 12 year old girl tho so thanks for that comment really helped clear up the confusion.
@indianikit741
2 ай бұрын
16 yrs later everyone is a cutter
@urchin13_
Ай бұрын
@@user-dr9he8eb8iHe went through so much family trama, possibly was sexually abused by his father, which led to him being depressed. He struggled with alcoholism and addiction. And started pushing his friends away in his later years being mean towards them because his health spiraling downhill.
@Alextrifying
16 жыл бұрын
It's just him and his guitar. Totally astounding. He never ceases to amaze me with how remarkable and powerful his songs are.
@WOKEBOGAN-bv7mx
5 ай бұрын
That’s cos he was one in a million
@andrew1903
16 жыл бұрын
i love it how it is just him sitting down on his own singing. No lights or anything such a raw performance
@whiteyfisk9769
2 жыл бұрын
Hes actually racist becase hes a whyte male and isnt supporting twerking
@ItsTakeingTooLong
Жыл бұрын
@@whiteyfisk9769 tf u talking about
@RealAsaMitaka
8 ай бұрын
@@whiteyfisk9769 what the fuck
@Deadlydanish
10 жыл бұрын
This song is hypnotic.
@Trenzalore-gn6xq
4 жыл бұрын
Deadlydanish hell yeah
@marcinek
Жыл бұрын
this is all about is song all about, but that the way you hear, walking to drink yourself or buy a junk, listent to me kids, wherever you are, it's not romantic i every way, i liked to listed to this song, now it's 15 years past, don't yyou ever go there i please you , sorry for my languaege, im from poland, it's all destruction and it always ends like this, rope and ending, please
@284436
13 жыл бұрын
I love how this is as big a venue that he would ever play, he looks like a kid at a talent show pouring his heart out
@cmfishburn
14 жыл бұрын
havent used for 20 days or so, miss you man, see you when my song is over
@caseyculpepper3574
4 жыл бұрын
How’ve you been man?
@cmfishburn
4 жыл бұрын
News Channel 420 still clean and sober thank god literally for the decriminalized status of marijuana in our great state
@Vandallolwut
3 жыл бұрын
good luck
@dabsol9137
3 жыл бұрын
@@cmfishburn hell yeah dude. so glad for you too
@dtecrust
3 жыл бұрын
I'm 17 days or something like that. Im not trying to keep count. I been dirty for years, when you're addicted you're also determined to stay well. These last 17 days have been nice to just relax and not stress about getting my next fix. I feel my will power getting stronger every day. I'm not all the way happy but I'm pretty fucking proud myself
@Capmcook
17 жыл бұрын
This guy flew under the radar for most of his career. I wish he was still around, he would have continued to make great music.
@loganross1861
3 ай бұрын
He had the soundtrack of Good Will Hunting. That’s how I found out
@nomorepinkowls
16 жыл бұрын
You can see his leg bobbing up and down, they say he used to get sick with stage fright before many of his shows. He just needed someone there to reassure him, to make him see how beautiful he was.
@morganbooth7412
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Tweaker twitches. Very obvious
@brrnay
Жыл бұрын
Or it's possibly a tempo thing.
@francescopaolomollo614
Жыл бұрын
It may but honestly I think is a tempo thing. I do the same when I’m playing an instrument
@zilttsep6273
16 жыл бұрын
RIP Elliott. I only discovered this guy's music the other day and completely fell in love with it. I never thought that since I have a MeloDeath-heavy taste in music that i'd ever adore this sort of music
@JohnPedder
3 жыл бұрын
Only just discovered him tonight. And it’s sad because it seemed like he was gone, but an awkward interview of him made me think that he might just be off doing his own individual thing. Sigh. Jon Foreman brought me here. Elliot Smith is as amazing as mentioned. Hope all’s good Zilt Tsep
@0ldar
16 жыл бұрын
i was introduced to his music by his cousin (sadly after he died)...very beautiful, emotional, he was gifted, it's a shame that some of the most talented people possess an uncontrollable depression aswell
@tylrr2476
2 жыл бұрын
It really is, 2 of my closest friends are some of the brightest and most talented people i know and they both struggle with mental health issues and I want to be able to just pull them out of it but I can’t, I just have to be there for them if they need me, fuck man, shits tough
@drillerman115
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Watching this on Sunday, May 16, 2021
@zippywaite
16 жыл бұрын
I cant sleep. I figured maybe some elliott smith videos would match my mood. cause there is obviously reasons why i cant sleep. Such a great song writer. I forget that he is gone sometimes. same thing with other musicians. So sad. Freaks me out. RIP Elliott Smith
@theviolist
16 жыл бұрын
Given what he sang about, the emotion that gives is enough to keep anyone away from walking down that path. Good luck in keeping true to yourself. Don't let peers/life/family/school or anything else pull you into drugs. Stay true to yourself, if you obey your intuition you won't have to use drugs.
@dsrecs
17 жыл бұрын
No use in trying to figure out how he died or who killed him just appreciate what beautiful music he left us with. His voice will live on.
@axlrozes1777
3 жыл бұрын
My buddy used to play / sing this song. He would play for money in Philly in center city and then we would go to hood to get H. Both hopeless addicted and homeless but now we are both doing better and he's now in NY still playing music just not on the street anymore lol. Song always reminds me of our times chilling in an alley somewhere in North Philly. Bittersweet
@oblomov222
16 жыл бұрын
A good song by a unique individual. That's what freedom's all about. Thanks for playing Elliott!
@schue113
15 жыл бұрын
makes me cry every time. brings back memories i wish i could forget but will never be able to.
@purpledrohaze777
15 жыл бұрын
I love this brilliant mind, his music gets me through a lot of shit. R.I.P Elliott You'll never be forgotten.
@charlesthethird010
10 жыл бұрын
@htownallday281 he is shaking his leg on the rhythm of the music, not because of anxiety, every musician who really enjoys playing music does that while sitting ;)
@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, when we really get into it, and it helps keep the time, the rhythm....this song really pounds underneath, imagine if his foot was running a base drum pedal? Sometimes I feel like I could have wrote this song...it resonates with me. It hurts to be an empath.
@Trenzalore-gn6xq
4 жыл бұрын
Lieke van der Pol I do it all the time lol, it just becomes natural
@homeoxygen3098
10 жыл бұрын
Like his voice here more than on the album version
@KFreders
4 жыл бұрын
I feel opposite. It feels more pressed here
@DTJ2024
3 жыл бұрын
The album version is over produced The live rock version of this song is easily the best
@Danpgood
15 жыл бұрын
re-discovering this song today was divine intervention
@MissMisery123
14 жыл бұрын
He breaks my heart then serenades the hurt away..... all in one song.... man he was a genius....
@nakedspaniard
13 жыл бұрын
he was probably an amazing guy. i wish i could have been lucky enough to know him
@Topspin89
3 ай бұрын
From everything I've read and heard about him from friends of his to people who worked with him or just met him once, he was the sweetest, gentlest, most compassionate person imaginable. His death was a HUGE loss to humanity because people that good inside are so very rare.
@popqueen77
11 жыл бұрын
What a talented super beautiful man.... His voice is so real and pure and comes straight to heart.... This planet needs more people like him...what a loss for us..., however he must be in a real good place right now :')... Miss him!
@eviljunglist
16 жыл бұрын
Eliott Smith is alive and well in my heart and my radio.
@ZyanoseBiggestFan
Жыл бұрын
Been listening to him since I was a little baby, my dad and mom would play his music around the house or in the car. I fell in love with his music then
@genaphir
15 жыл бұрын
I'm so depressed that he is dead. Elliott is my favorite musician. I didn't know his music until he had died. I would have loved to have gone to one of his concerts.
@whiteyfisk9769
2 жыл бұрын
Hes a straight white male, so hes actually a huge racist and anyone that supports him is as well
@Villageiddyit
16 жыл бұрын
i love elliott, i've been listening to him for the past couple months now. the music is sort of depressing but i always walk away feeling good. thanks elliott.
@anikacamilamiah
Жыл бұрын
A voice that you remember for the rest of your life
@nathanfolkemer8392
2 жыл бұрын
Missing him extra much today.
@Lewtubie
15 жыл бұрын
i started listening to him over 2 years ago and listen to him almost every day.. ... amazing.. good for you..
@MissMisery123
15 жыл бұрын
It is so great that you have discovered Elliott tell anyone who will listen about him! It is so hard to pick favorite songs but I would say definitely check out :Last Call, Angeles, Needle in the Hay, Riot Coming, High Times, All Cleaned Out, Some Song, Division Day, Rose Parade, Southern Belle, Pretty Mary K........ I can't stop! You will not be disappointed in any of Elliott's songs because he truly pours his heart out for us. I listen to Elliott everyday. He becomes medicine after awhile.
@kirk1123
14 жыл бұрын
i love his music but i do listen to it when im depressed. sucks that hes gone. so talented
@valahogy
13 жыл бұрын
this video made me realise how powerful music can be
@dankhanks
16 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your help man, everybody could use it every now and then. I'm actually on my narrow road to sobriety, and Elliott medicates it with every second of my life. Thanks though. :D
@casperguylkn
12 жыл бұрын
I totally agree. I am a person with depression, tired of doing the same thing over and over, and life's events told me something was wrong, before it was too late. I do know personally others who self medicated, but came out of it and sought help. I never went the self medicating route, just denial and trying to fit round pegs in square holes. I was lucky to have life hit me enough to finally see a problem i denied myself existed before. I use my music as an outlet and that helps too.
@ShockerTopper
6 жыл бұрын
I saw his last show when I was just graduating high school...I cried when he died. Everybody likes to think “oh people that commit suicide are cowards!”...people that think like that are fucking idiots. You don’t know what others have been through in their lives and what they’re going through. Sometimes the pain of being alive is worse than anything that can come after (although since there is no god, that would mean just being in the ground). It’s not selfish to take your own life, it’s selfish to force people to live in complete misery with no possibility of getting better.
@forgivemefatherforihavesinned
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@congasious
16 жыл бұрын
Great song, great Artist! Elliot for life!
@baronmorris
15 жыл бұрын
resounding talent that will not be forgotten. rip
@quieranpatricio
16 жыл бұрын
brilliant. this man is a prophet. listen to his witty and eloquent quips, never hesitating to jab at those who are incapable of defence. pure unadulterated brilliance. doesn't even need to bother himself to correct spelling. Elliot Smith will remain one of the greatest song writers on this earth for as long as his recordings can be heard. Aside from maybe a child with a sibling, what have you ever created?
@QuistJam
13 жыл бұрын
amazing song, great performance.
@hellollove
15 жыл бұрын
i love elliott smith and he seems amazing live, wish i could've gone to one of his shows..
@wowandrew5243
16 жыл бұрын
i agree it never hit me as hard until i began listening to him
@zoroisdead
17 жыл бұрын
they're are alot of amazing musicians nowadays, but you can't find them on the radio, except for the chili peppers and incubus, john frusciante's solo albums are amazing absolutely the most passionate alive today
@WOKEBOGAN-bv7mx
5 ай бұрын
This how this song should be played…a solo guitar,a poets heart and a tender voice….
@felixlove69
17 жыл бұрын
I love Elliott Smith, this song is amazing.
@joshreichental
16 жыл бұрын
I only just recentley started liking this song. Simple, yet beautiful.
@turtle7607
8 жыл бұрын
The song makes me cry for some reason, when i looked when this upload i started bawling. like look how life goes. this was in 2006!! where did the time go?
@CameronFB
8 жыл бұрын
this wasnt in 2006...
@doloresockeloen1425
6 жыл бұрын
He was allready dead in 2006... :(
@Daniel-pl1vh
5 жыл бұрын
Um... he died in 2003...? This video was uploaded in 2006 because that was when KZitem started gaining popularity. But yeah, it's crazy how time flies so fast.
@falstaffswims
16 жыл бұрын
Elliott Smith was so brilliant, I can't believe I wasn't startled by the flash once while he was still alive...took the great Wes Anderson film, which sadly skips over the most god-awful verse (thanks for including it here). The one with the words: I CAN'T BEAT MYSELF, I CAN'T BEAT MYSELF. God, those words terrify me. Being human can really suck, Elliott Smith knew that. From out of that genre of cliched drug-addict-dirges came this startlingly sad, sad, beautiful song about being human.
@adapterz
11 жыл бұрын
Elliott gave everyone something that time can't take away.
@tealgreenwebs
13 жыл бұрын
people need to resist their urge to dislike this video. elliott smith was a great, troubled, beautiful man and just leave it at that. let him play his music, wherever that may be.
@smileitsmag
16 жыл бұрын
i would do ANYTHING to see him live. to all of you who have seen him live, or even met him, my jealousy is not even comprehendable.
@PureScorpio23
16 жыл бұрын
Its better than the version I got on itunes. It truly shows its depressive chill with his crystaline,low, and quiet vocals. I get it more now. Thanks for uploading this.
@guahdonnhue
15 жыл бұрын
Miss Misery (early version), XO (waltz #2), Needle in the hay, Comming up roses, Wouldn't Momma be proud, Junkbond trader, Son of Sam, King's Crossing, Fond farewell, New Monkey.... ehh, pretty much everything. I listen to all of his songs atleast once a day. Most times while i'm going to sleep. Pretty masterful, if i do say so. :3
@synsinner
15 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your amazing talent... You are missed
@blueroslyn298
6 жыл бұрын
Guy was great in every single way.
@knux023
16 жыл бұрын
A truly great musician.
@pajarritolindo
10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful suffering.
@valahogy
14 жыл бұрын
i dont know what it is but i find sg very relaxing in the vibration of his voice.
@pellebravesskylar
12 жыл бұрын
Elliott was so talented & wonderful, a genius. I miss him.
@AJvolocity34
13 жыл бұрын
Drinking from Puddles during the mid '90's was one of the best public radio programs ever!
@CaptainPancakes
11 жыл бұрын
A lot of people don't realize this, but he wrote this song BEFORE he ever did heroin. It was in the last few years of his life that he started smoking thousands of dollars worth of crack and heroin a day (he didn't shoot up). - Other great E.S. songs about addiction - "A Passing Feeling", "King's Crossing", "White Lady Loves You More", "Junk Bond Trader", "Strung Out Again" - Also, Elliott didn't like to establish specific meanings to his music, he wanted to leave that up to the listener.
@jbliv831
5 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, but this is definitely about heroin. Falling out. Going to the man to make it all ok. 16 months off the shit. I totally get getting on the bus then walking forever so I could be quiet wherever I wanted.
@gnabgib
15 жыл бұрын
Elliottt Smithhhhhhhhhhhhh. If I could bring one person back.
@Jekyll_Island_Creatures
16 жыл бұрын
so beautiful it tears your heart out...
@rexnone
16 жыл бұрын
Can everyone stop fighting here. This is an amazing song and should be respected as so.
@israelcastelan4012
5 жыл бұрын
knowing the nature of the song, i always wonder the type of frustration elliot smith felt. this was probably elliot wrote on his darkest day. cheering him for a song about his own pain always baffles me.
@tenderbloodrose
18 жыл бұрын
One of the most talented artists...such a shame. His talent makes him immortal.
@HotRats86
18 жыл бұрын
absolute genius, nuff said.
@ariveronique
14 жыл бұрын
absolutely fucking brilliant. this man has inspired me to pick up the guitar.
@ashthetrashboat1982
Жыл бұрын
What an egregious perfect beautiful piece of art. So fucking sad he isn't here...yet it makes this a trillion times more precious
@casperguylkn
12 жыл бұрын
He had antidepressants in his system. As a person on Lorazepam, you can be half conscious enough to get it right, even twice. I finally sought help and the medicine helps my mind come to rest at night, or to subdue me enough to deal with the public without losing it. I can totally see myself being able to do the same thing if I wanted to on the medicine. No meds in the system, there should have been hesitation marks, or 'near misses', which i didnt see listed, but I am not a doctor, should ask 1
@AndrewEyedea
16 жыл бұрын
Seriously. Stabbing yourself through the heart is a powerful statement. Thats how I want to go.
@julydrake813
12 жыл бұрын
Genius Elliott, I love you!
@CoatCheckDream.
6 жыл бұрын
XO to y'all still watching.
@bonacker7496
17 жыл бұрын
hey, i'm glad you put these videos up, cause i've loved his music on CDs friends made for me, but i've never seen footage of him (or even a picture, come to think of it), so this is cool. thanks.
@esqueejy
17 жыл бұрын
he was not sad that people didn't recognize his talent masterchief455...he was sad that they didn't understand it can spend your life searching for the things that set you apart and prove you "get it" while everyone else doesn't...once you do and you start spending time trying to help understand it hurts when they dont
@darrinsiberia
22 күн бұрын
This song immediately puts me in 2002 being young and stupid romping around CA. Santa Cruz SF etc staying out late drinking too much smoking too much driving too much in my friend's volvo with his gf.
@johnnymagicmemphis
16 жыл бұрын
love it, miss him
@Dom213
14 күн бұрын
RIP Elliot. Hope you found peace.
@budddees
16 жыл бұрын
this is a wonderful performance. thanks for the upload.
@suomimelody
17 жыл бұрын
Gosh he was great... Why I discovered his music now? few years after he has moved on...
@Villageiddyit
16 жыл бұрын
I wish I could have seen him live :\ He looks great here.
@floatingpoint
16 жыл бұрын
NEEDLE in the hay. Is a metaphor for more than one thing in this song. beyond that, "..to the man he's gonna make it all okay, i cant be myself and i don't wanna talk, TAKING THE CURE, so i can be quiet..." are hints towards a theme of some kind of drug abuse I think. But it's all tied in with feelings of depression and stuff. That's what I make of it.
@samefateawaits
Жыл бұрын
the fact that i was only 2 when this video was uploaded is insane, rip elliott
@SpiegleinSpieglein
16 жыл бұрын
DusJacobson and wolfbreathmoney: This is what wikipedia says: Smith battled with depression, alcoholism and drug addiction for years, and these topics often appeared in his lyrics. At age 34, he died from two stab wounds to the chest. The autopsy evidence was inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted.
@w0rcr0ft
17 жыл бұрын
great musician, love his music
@ultramushy
15 жыл бұрын
his talent is greatly missed... rest in peace
@ShokyShrox
16 жыл бұрын
Elliotts the only and best music to get high to. His music helps ya cut back though :P
@easyrider87
15 жыл бұрын
the live rock version is amazing!!
@cityclasser
16 жыл бұрын
elliott smith + conor oberst = loves of my life.
@tahadaboussi7831
3 жыл бұрын
2021 and still here
@SuttonSantiniPaulo
17 жыл бұрын
I love this. Thank you for posting.
@oldandeerie
14 жыл бұрын
i really do love you more every day of my life
@RedDragon45
16 жыл бұрын
Pure genius. Seriously.
@CaptainPancakes
11 жыл бұрын
Alcoholism, crack + heroin addiction, crippling depression, paranoid delusions (he used to think people from his label were breaking into his house trying to steal his music + stalking him in a van). Take your pick. He was very troubled. Most geniuses are though.
@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785
4 жыл бұрын
What if he was right though? Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you...
@morganbooth7412
3 жыл бұрын
Paranoid only after 6 am. Rip young man would’ve been down to be there for u xox
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