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I love elliot smith so much

one of several direct and self-explanatory such sentiments on an entire album of anti-bush songs.

elliott, you'll always be a star...

he sounds like kermit the frog

I love his humility, he was so talented .

What has happened to this? Is it sitting on a shelf somewhere?

The guy had a great smile

Imagine remaking this song in 2023. 👏

Gud VILL HUNTING

great interview

I wish i could tell him how lovely he was. It sucks that he never seemed to have much trust in himself

They say brilliant people are usually only aware of what they don't know. Elliot exemplified this. He was so engrossed in his music he didn't have the bandwidth to have an ego, or care about his haircut, or have an iota of pretentiousness in him. We didn't deserve him.

It's interesting that Elliott stopped where he did. It's the climax of the song, and the lyric is: _"I'm here today and expected to stay_ _On and on and on_ _I'm tired"_ Makes me wonder if the lyric was reflecting his feelings about doing the interview and performing in that moment, and given the effort required to sing that section with the climactic feel it called for, maybe he just couldn't stand feeling inauthentic. Whatever the case, watching this makes me sad that one of my favorite artists of all time left us far too soon.

I was there at the Hollywood Bowl 2006 with Crosby Stills Nash & Young Barefoot on their Persian rugs

Man, he was a charming gent. I love his music, but I honestly had no idea what to expect that his regular talking voice sounded like, and this not only revealed that but really seems to have captured some of his personality. I miss you Elliott. RIP.

Why's he so greasy looking

Watching this and seeing other interviews with Elliot made me realize what really made him special was how authentic he was. And I hate to use a cliche like that, but it was the only descriptive word I could think of. The more I thought about it the more special and rare a gift I thought it was. I tried to think of other musicians or entertainers who had such a totally honest and un-contrived public persona. I thought of Amy Winehouse, Freddy Mercury, Liam Gallagher, John Lennon and Ringo and early Elvis. All those people had the ability to somehow be nothing but themselves onstage and onscreen. Anyone who has ever performed knows how much of a high it is when an audience really shows you there appreciation. And how easy it is to make the mistake of trying to be what you think the audience wants you to be. To put on a facade and play the character that got a big applause the last time. But Elliot was one of the best at never falling for that trap. You just got the sense that all his music was made for himself, as therapy, and as his way of coping with life. He wasn't preaching or trying to spread his philosophies or opinions with an audience. The songs were just emotions he had twisted up inside him and the only way he could vanquish the pain and emotions from his soul was to write them in a song. I guess it's the only way you can really ever feel a connection to anyone in this world, when they bare there soul to you with total honesty. It's only when someone can't deal with it anymore and they spill there guts to you that you realize "I've felt that same exact way or dealt with the same kinda hurt and pain" that you can ever bond with anyone. People don't become friends or lovers because they have the same taste in movies or the same political views. The people u connect with and want to spend more time around are the people who spilled there guts out to you once when they didn't know what else to do, or vice versa. Just some thoughts Elliot made me think just now.

"mwell... i said it because i think thats true... but i am not trying to avoid anything ... i just ... i'd just have to be more ... i am not ... i am the wrong kind of person to be really big and famous." - stammered the smiling yet still said looking guy on a spiderweb thin voice in a very modest way who has his songs included in a multiple award winning world wide famous movie, played at one of the oscar ceremonies, is one of the most influental famous indie artists ever. Tragedic story yours is. Thank you Elliott your music gives me a warm shelter to hang on while the storm of cold thoughts and emotions come and go by in life.

Is this that guy, Bram? He interviewed all the coolest people. Elliott is so beautiful.

"I'll fake it through the day with some help of Johnny walker red, send a poison rain, down the drain to put bad thoughts in my head" that's is so wrong and right

Yea we want to keep on rocking in the free world trump 2024 Neil is greatest song writer ever let’s go brandon

Let’s go Brandon trump 2024 to stop wars and keep the flags of freedom flying

Damn. All these years later, and this is still utterly epic. If I didn't understand back then, I sure do now- days wrap up... time winds down. "I know you'd rather see me gone..." It takes years to get this, to get it right. To learn.

History repeating its again..................... When is it going to stop we the world need to stand together and make it stop.✌️🇮🇪

I don't even really like that particular song and I was so mesmerized by how subtle and brilliant the guitar and his voice was in this version. When he said what's the point of playing it badly I was like WHAT?!. Man Elliott was so hard on himself, that's why I believe From A Basement On A Hill wasn't published in his lifetime, because he was so hard on himself. Gives you a lot of insight on his mind. He can do something so well and 1000 times better than anyone on the planet and he doesn't think it's any good. He said about From A Basement... that it was trash and shouldn't be played for anyone. It is my top 5 favorite albums of all time. It's so amazing, RIP ELLIOTT YOU WERE THE MASTER OF THIS!

music was his outlet

So, people went to see Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, knowing their music, and legitimately didn’t expect to hear any politics or protest songs? Really? This sh!t is hilarious. I vaguely remember hearing about this when it happened, but I had never seen this footage before. Too funny.

Dutch intro: We continue this episode with Elliott Smith. 2 years ago he was one out of tenthousands of musicians unknown to the greater public. Only around his hometown Portland Oregon he had a dedicated group of fans. One of whom was filmmaker Gus van Sant, who was at the time looking for music to his film Good Will Hunting. He asked Elliott if he could use songs off his latest record Either/Or and write one song specifically for the film. That song became Miss Misery. The film was a worldwide success, and was nominated for 3 Oscars. One of those nominations went out to Miss Misery by Elliott smith. He didn’t win the award in the end, but got to play at the evening of the award ceremony. Shortly after came the beautiful album XO that has been in stores for about two months. Elliott Smith has gone from unknown, to known, to world famous.

He was a peer to me. Met him briefly once in NYC. I’d admire and deconstruct his music to a point I knew exactly what he was saying. I miss you terribly Elliot.

His high male vocals on Waltz 2 😍

It’s the sensitivity and lack of ego that made it so great, and it’s the sensitivity and lack of ego that made him so fragile. It’s sad, but a lot of what we love about him is ultimately why he isn’t here. I mean, listen to him. He sounds ready to break. It makes for great art, but can you imagine trying to live with that level of sensitivity? Every day? Frankly, we’re very lucky to have had him for the time we did.

He never knew what a gift he was to this world.

16 year

Is this on Spotify?

Ugh I loved that version of waltz 2… I understand him being sick of it but to say he was playing it badly is crazy

had no idea he played piano. what an incredible, irreplaceable song writer.

Happy birthday

Did he wi an Oscar for miss misery? It's one of his weaker songs. If he one an Oscar for that, he should have won a pulitzer for 'I didn't understand '

My youngest (of 4) has the middle name Elliott. I meant to do a birthing playlist. I put 9 Elliott smith songs onto the mp3 player and didn't get around to putting anything else on. We spent 9 hours listening to 9 songs on repeat. We called him Arthur Elliott in tribute

He says he was playing Waltz 2 badly. My goodness, it was sublime. 💕😌 I wish he would have finished. If he was over it, he was over it.

Without him or his music my life would be so much more miserable. ...thank you for everything!!!! Thank you for being such a big part of my life although I never had the chance to meet him or even see him playing live.

Golden Chain LinKd C.o. Anton Kirchweger Iche Liebe Dich E.Smith

“It’s be better to play it and mean it than to walk through it “ as a musician I feel this 💯

"I'm the wrong kind of person" en dan ondertiteling: Ik ben niet de juiste figuur. Waarom wordt "person" niet gewoon vertaald met "persoon"???? Figuur is zo'n raar woord. Ik vind dit echt stom.

incredible musician

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Leider ist der Song, der sich auf den Irakkrieg von 2003 bezieht, auch in 2022 immer noch aktuell. Eigentlich müsste Neil Young ein Konzert in Russland geben. Vielleicht wacht dann endlich ein Teil der dortigen Bevölkerung auf und wird zum umdenken bewegt. Peace for Ukraine !!! Unfortunately, the song, which references the 2003 Iraq war, is still relevant in 2022. Neil Young should actually be giving a concert in Russia. Maybe then a part of the local population will finally wake up and be moved to rethink. Peace for Ukraine !!!

We need a song like this for Trump, friend of Putin, enemy of goodness .

I feel like I’m watching Van Gogh in real life… I can’t explain it

if the US constitution allowed for sanctions within the country, the Democrats and Republicans ruined each other lol