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  • čas přidán 3. 01. 2019
  • Lou Barlow's going away (to LA) party - uploaded 21 years to the day, MC Billy Ruane, "Mark" cam,
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Komentáře • 185

  • @Lauramarie-zy7ss
    @Lauramarie-zy7ss Před 3 měsíci +30

    I was there!! so wild. I'm 46 now :(

  • @frivovovovolhlhlh
    @frivovovovolhlhlh Před 2 lety +95

    Love how he's just sitting there like he's playing in front of friends.

    • @songsthatarecatchy
      @songsthatarecatchy Před 2 lety +18

      He was a natural. Truly.
      I've watched countless hours of him live. And that's my story.
      (Sticking to it)

  • @bobblack8623
    @bobblack8623 Před 3 měsíci +15

    Imagine being here, experiencing this and just loudly talking over it? Unbelievable. Would empty my bank account for the opportunity to watch this man perform one last time.

    • @z0x
      @z0x Před 23 dny

      Apparently Elliott would ask the audience to continue speaking while he plays as it made him feel more comfortable.

  • @alanmorganstein2699
    @alanmorganstein2699 Před měsícem +4

    His little quirks and quips put a smile on my face every time

  • @colehofberg8617
    @colehofberg8617 Před rokem +102

    40:48
    “It’s okay I’m not embarrassed, it’s just a bummer”
    Elliott was such a legend

  • @threebythestreet
    @threebythestreet Před 4 lety +267

    1. Everybody cares, everybody understands (early) 2:19
    Chats 5:29
    2. Division day 5:53
    Chats 8:28
    3. Waltz #2 (early) 8:54
    Chats 13:16
    4. Say yes 13:27
    Chats 15:52
    5. I didn't understand 16:26
    Chats 19:10
    6. Bled white 19:46
    Chats 23:11
    7. Clementine 24:14
    8. Waterloo sunset (the Kinks cover) 27:25 stop 28:35 con 29:31
    Chats 31:15
    9. Rose parade 31:54 stop 33:15
    10. Shooting star (early) 33:38
    Chats 37:05
    11. Angeles 38:49 stop 40:29
    Chats 40:29
    12. Miss misery 41:17
    If anyone knows what the date was when Elliott did this live show that would be great! I'd like to know how early these drafts of songs are!😊

    • @threebythestreet
      @threebythestreet Před 3 lety +1

      @subcomandante marcos thanks!

    • @threebythestreet
      @threebythestreet Před 3 lety +1

      @subcomandante marcos okay! Thank you so much again! I wasn't a hundred percent on the date listed here and glad it can be confirmed!

    • @riffraffrichard
      @riffraffrichard Před 3 lety +1

      Everybody care everybody understands alot more personqlised lyrics

    • @riffraffrichard
      @riffraffrichard Před 3 lety +4

      He hardly every played miss misery nice to hear it! Its got a nice melody

    • @claudiomargheri2087
      @claudiomargheri2087 Před 2 lety

      So when this took place?

  • @songsthatarecatchy
    @songsthatarecatchy Před 2 lety +41

    He expresses that he's sorry for not singing better and yet everyone is in awe...

    • @carleywelin4163
      @carleywelin4163 Před 8 měsíci +8

      it’s so easy to focus on our own mistakes, he was no exception, i don’t think he knew just how much he entranced people. the” ‘mistakes” were part of what made him beautiful. at least that’s what i think.

  • @paulbergner9713
    @paulbergner9713 Před 11 měsíci +65

    I seriously wonder how Elliott would feel if he lived in the modern age? I wonder how his songwriting would be affected? What he would think of society? He was such a gift to this world. His music will always resonate with me. RIP Elliott Smith

    • @christiangasior4244
      @christiangasior4244 Před 9 měsíci +6

      Yep. Most talented figure of the late 90’s and early 00’s. I wish he could have stuck around longer but that’s selfish of me. Dude was suffering. I am too so I don’t blame people who delete themselves but it so often happens to the nicest people.

    • @ijemand5672
      @ijemand5672 Před 9 měsíci +10

      he would have loved Tumblr

    • @PuddleBooks
      @PuddleBooks Před 7 měsíci +12

      Phoebe Bridgers probably would lie about him and get him cancelled no doubt

    • @cambi0111
      @cambi0111 Před 6 měsíci +5

      @@PuddleBooks???

    • @Empa-qk5np
      @Empa-qk5np Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@christiangasior4244
      Let's please not pretend he "deleted" himself.

  • @joecheckacoustic6582
    @joecheckacoustic6582 Před 2 lety +115

    His music was just featured in a huge movie, 2 months after this he would perform at the Oscars, and some b*tch repeatedly says “bye” when he got flustered at the end. Absolutely incredible. That kind of crap is hard to shake off when you’re a sensitive person. RIP Elliott. 🙏

    • @erkergul
      @erkergul Před rokem +15

      She stares into space like a dead china-doll.

    • @4L3X3M
      @4L3X3M Před 9 měsíci +11

      Just had a look - bit of a weirdness in there from some people definitely. It's sad how some people are uncomfortable to the point of hostility by people who are obviously unsure of themselves in some respects - bummer to see and hear here, especially when it wasn't even a bad performance - not like that should matter - some people just have to try and take people down and it stinks.

    • @Boatfam4
      @Boatfam4 Před 3 měsíci

      @@4L3X3MYes, it's unfortunate. Perhaps they're insecure themselves, or people did that to them when they were younger. Many times, strangers have been hostile to me as well. It's like they sense some kind of vulnerability.

    • @inshambles2
      @inshambles2 Před 23 dny

      When did they say that

  • @simone_asleep9953
    @simone_asleep9953 Před rokem +34

    I love the totally random exchange at 24:01
    - Person on the back: "Implode, implode right now.."
    - Elliott: "Ehm, I think that happened last week"

    • @poelitical5924
      @poelitical5924 Před 2 měsíci

      It was the chick to his left and she said "Let it flow" when he expressed self doubt, and then he said I think that happened last week and she thought it was a period joke and got up and left but Elliott was a cutter so it may have been dark humor or both. smh. Where have all the dancers gone?

  • @riffraffrichard
    @riffraffrichard Před 3 lety +34

    Its nice to see the guy talking at the start paints a picture of that world

  • @hazelhumor
    @hazelhumor Před rokem +31

    Elliott condenses a lot of feelings in me.

  • @SinnetSongs
    @SinnetSongs Před 3 lety +22

    It cracks me up when he stops Angeles and someone shouts "take a deep breath"

    • @lastsonshine
      @lastsonshine Před rokem

      why? i think they meant it as like "it's fine just take a deep breathe and continue playing"

    • @remindmesometime1855
      @remindmesometime1855 Před rokem

      @@lastsonshine you misunderstood him

    • @lastsonshine
      @lastsonshine Před rokem

      @@remindmesometime1855 what'd he mean?

    • @heather239
      @heather239 Před rokem +5

      @@lastsonshine help i just saw this account on like 5 other elliott videos r u bingeing aswell -

    • @lastsonshine
      @lastsonshine Před rokem +4

      ​@@heather239 i didn't realize i was commenting so much. i guess i am binging. i only recently started listening to him and i haven't been listening to anything else. love him

  • @creolecookin8854
    @creolecookin8854 Před rokem +7

    love how he is just sitting there.

  • @JP-dv9ts
    @JP-dv9ts Před 2 lety +24

    Reckon those parts where he stops (esp waterloo sunset) are just part of the Elliott package. These guys got quite a treat seeing Elliott in the raw.

  • @TorchSong
    @TorchSong Před 5 lety +77

    Cool to see another version of this performance. I was there that night (you can see me in a lot of the video :) and it was really special and cool. Was the last time to see Elliott in such a small venue/setting in Boston.

  • @ericisdead95
    @ericisdead95 Před 3 lety +23

    He looked so relaxed and happy at first lol

  • @hank-wg7or
    @hank-wg7or Před 5 lety +35

    He was so talented, thx for this dude

  • @brownycow22
    @brownycow22 Před 5 lety +14

    Amazing stuff, the version of I didn't understand was brilliant.

  • @johnablett6633
    @johnablett6633 Před 5 lety +19

    Here he is... the beautiful bastard himself. Great upload - thanks man :)

  • @headyBC
    @headyBC Před 8 měsíci +1

    I remember working at the Harvard Square Loews Theater the night of this show…. Just down the street, and very frustrated that i couldn’t make it. Billy put on great shows

  • @beastmonsterthing3
    @beastmonsterthing3 Před 5 lety +56

    im the dude at 7:05
    EDIT: TO CLARIFY i am not actually the dude at this concert. but in this moment he embodies my feelings

  • @mrfancypantification
    @mrfancypantification Před 7 měsíci +1

    it cracks me up he just chilling there while dude blabbles on and on and then decides to tune his guitar when he gets the mic. only Elliott!

  • @seee1402
    @seee1402 Před 3 lety +22

    Aww He was too hard on himself 🖤

  • @strange-parallel
    @strange-parallel Před 3 lety +16

    This is such a treat, can't believe this is the first time I've seen this clip of him! Thanks for uploading 🙏

  • @MrJohnpfisher
    @MrJohnpfisher Před 5 lety +179

    I was the maintenance man for the hotel he stayed at on this weekend. I didn't really know his music, but I knew his face from things I read. I saw him walking the grounds before he left. I remember thinking maybe I should try to get an autograph? Later after he checked out with his manager(?), the housekeepers asked me to help them clear his room because of all the booze bottles. I never saw so many empty, half-full and full hard liquor bottles in my life....it was so obvious he wasn't gonna last long.....

    • @dithirambos
      @dithirambos Před 3 lety +72

      anyway, even with so many booze bottles he was a great artist and did a lot more in a short time than most people do in a long and stupid life...

    • @TobiasHoendervangers
      @TobiasHoendervangers Před 3 lety +41

      part of him will last for a long long time through his songs, helping countless people along the way

    • @nickgrant2906
      @nickgrant2906 Před 3 lety +26

      probs just had pals round

    • @happytreefriends1fan
      @happytreefriends1fan Před 3 lety +11

      @@dithirambos I dont think they were trying to disparage him in anyway..im curious to know if they really thought he was near death or just he parties at the time or if hindsight is just 2020...

    • @undo4620
      @undo4620 Před 3 lety +4

      @@TobiasHoendervangers what u just said is poetry I swear

  • @vertyisprobablydead
    @vertyisprobablydead Před rokem +21

    The girl who was screaming in his ear and startling him just left around 25:00...was she kicked out? Are the most annoyingly enthusiastic people the least interested?

  • @JunkBondTrader
    @JunkBondTrader Před 3 lety +4

    Nice! One of my favourites in a different view.

  • @worldless4932
    @worldless4932 Před 2 měsíci

    I love how if you’re a smoker you can tell the people who are smoking to just fit the vibe and feel cool, from the way they blow the smoke out without taking it back🌬️

  • @JasonMeem-qv2wl
    @JasonMeem-qv2wl Před rokem +10

    He reminds me so much of Kurt. Such a gentle soul

  • @neilefc877
    @neilefc877 Před rokem +2

    Coming up on your anniversary, dear old friend. I hope youre being good up there. Im thinking of you. xxx

  • @songsthatarecatchy
    @songsthatarecatchy Před 2 lety +2

    He's so cool about the speaker being messed up.

  • @saophhire
    @saophhire Před měsícem

    omgggg this was on my birthday id die to have been able to see it

  • @gable
    @gable Před 5 lety +5

    Amazing video & quality, thanks for uploading!

  • @oldpaleridge
    @oldpaleridge Před 5 lety +4

    This is great! thanks for sharing.

  • @jefflambert8825
    @jefflambert8825 Před 10 měsíci +10

    I want to just love this concert, but the people talking in the background are so infuriatingly rude, and the woman that keeps shouting. It just blows my mind. They didn’t realize what they’re witnessing I imagine, it’s just incredibly rude. They have no idea how lucky they were.

    • @headyBC
      @headyBC Před 8 měsíci +1

      Because “Boston”…. Rudest city in the country

  • @stumbleine.
    @stumbleine. Před 5 lety +31

    AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @MatthewAndThings
      @MatthewAndThings Před 3 lety +17

      There's always that to consider....

    • @slofty
      @slofty Před 2 lety

      Phonetically that's a Neva Dinova song name.

  • @veronprevotat8113
    @veronprevotat8113 Před 5 lety +1

    Great show !! Thanks a lot !

  • @mrdaniel511
    @mrdaniel511 Před 3 lety +21

    Does anyone know what he meant after Bled White that he talked about him storming off last week? Sounds like there's a story there.

  • @atravelerofbothtimespace4172

    Great upload ❤

  • @helenlizzystewart4908
    @helenlizzystewart4908 Před 3 lety +23

    why the hell do people still need to bloody talk

    • @joshuasunn007
      @joshuasunn007 Před 3 lety +4

      Because they dont know the songs yet! If they did they would all be singing along as we would today! God I he wish is was still here!!
      RIP Eliott Smith

    • @riffraffrichard
      @riffraffrichard Před 3 lety +4

      He liked a little bit of chat, it probably made him more relaxed

    • @atticustay1
      @atticustay1 Před rokem +1

      @@joshuasunn007 they should still be quiet even if they don’t know the songs. How are they going to get to know them if they talk over them fs

    • @allstopblue5717
      @allstopblue5717 Před rokem

      Have you never been to a concert? It is what it is. Some people are just there for a good time. It’s fine.

    • @bittermelodies6265
      @bittermelodies6265 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@allstopblue5717 Eh, for a loud rock show or something I'd agree, but it does really irritate me when people blather through these types of intimate acoustic sets.

  • @derekdipietro2588
    @derekdipietro2588 Před 3 lety +5

    This is the bets thing I've ever seen

  • @DanRelayer_Ukraine
    @DanRelayer_Ukraine Před rokem +2

    Intersting, Everybody Understands has quite different lyrics.

  • @seee1402
    @seee1402 Před 3 lety +34

    The crowd was not worthy

  • @cloudcircusgaming5153
    @cloudcircusgaming5153 Před 9 měsíci +4

    What’s with the weird girl to Elliott’s left with main character syndrome? She’s all into the performance and then leaves partway through a legendary performance of Clementine 😅

    • @domplma
      @domplma Před měsícem

      Prob drunk/high is my guess. Seems like she's on crystal

  • @self1sworld
    @self1sworld Před rokem +8

    11:50 did he say i love you mom

    • @erierimy
      @erierimy Před rokem +2

      yes, that's the original lyric of the song. he changed it later and that's why he says "xo, mom" on the released song :) !

  • @Shroomy801
    @Shroomy801 Před 25 dny

    I can’t tell if he’s playing his Red Label.

  • @Gabes47
    @Gabes47 Před 8 měsíci

    The greatest ever. Not even fucking close.

  • @Topspin89
    @Topspin89 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Elliott could have shut down that woman with the short hair a couple times when she was acting like an idiot, like the times she screamed out of nowhere or told him to implode; instead, he always gave some tactful response so as not to hurt her feelings. Can you imagine someone like Drake, Adele, or any other performer at their level of fame being nice to such an obnoxious audience member? No chance, they'd roll their eyes, ridicule them, tell them to shut up, etc. Elliott was just TOO nice.

  • @calebnailson7508
    @calebnailson7508 Před 7 měsíci +3

    the person in the white shirt is on something 😂

    • @alsharpe
      @alsharpe Před 6 měsíci

      apparently it’s the songwriter Cat Power

    • @SG_7733
      @SG_7733 Před 3 měsíci

      @@alsharpe no it's not lol

  • @dalemartin5133
    @dalemartin5133 Před rokem +10

    The person in the jeans and white shirt behind him screaming is annoying af

  • @songsthatarecatchy
    @songsthatarecatchy Před 2 lety +9

    Okay can we find the very into it woman who's right behind him for quite sometime... I would really like to find her and see if she remembers ANYTHING from that night.
    Even a snippet.

  • @godblessblurry
    @godblessblurry Před 2 lety +10

    The guy talking in the beginning seems cool

    • @DanCohoon
      @DanCohoon Před rokem +3

      Billy Ruane Boston Legend.

    • @cherdevitt4982
      @cherdevitt4982 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Billy Ruane was a damn prince. He was such a champion for the local music scene here in Boston/Cambridge. He had a finger on the pulse and when he said, go to X,Y,Z show, you went, because he just KNEW what was up. That's how I ended up there. Was always a Sebadoh fan, but my god, Elliott Smith changed my life. I miss them both.

  • @burmaunderground
    @burmaunderground Před 8 měsíci

    All the smoking indoors going on...holy moly.

  • @juliesuzanne8011
    @juliesuzanne8011 Před 3 lety +11

    Did he say “12-stepping cop”?

    • @riffraffrichard
      @riffraffrichard Před 3 lety +3

      Alcoholic anonymous the song is about his friends intervention and sending him to rehab, less specific in the album version

    • @AcidRavelEffect
      @AcidRavelEffect Před 2 měsíci

      that's crazy if that's true coz scroll up and it says he drank beer in '98; also crazy coz he was actually on the forefront of legalizing heroin. saying he's seen the boss blink on and off because it's the blink between it should be legal through the paperwork law and it should be legal through the law of the land. but no one would kno if the demand would surpass the supply and if overdoses would go down. so i interpret it as a paradox: he's seen the boss in the crowd time and time again preventing legalization and yet a fan of the music.

    • @melissagreenwood1717
      @melissagreenwood1717 Před 2 měsíci +2

      ​@@AcidRavelEffectno, totally off the mark dude.

    • @joelglanton6531
      @joelglanton6531 Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@AcidRavelEffect"Christian Brothers" is about his stepfather, Charlie Welch. In "2:45 am" he also says "the boss that couldn't help but hurt you, and the pretty thing you made desert you," he's also talking about Charlie and his mother. Many of his songs are about his relationship with them, and Charlie is typically alluded to as some kind of authority figure, e.g. "the boss" or using a military motif (he was in the military)- "had a dream as an army man with an order just to march in one place while a dead enemy screams in my face," "Sergeant Rock broke the key off in the lock to where I come from." Sergeant Rock was a popular comic book character in the mid-20th century, he was like a mix between a superhero and a soldier. Smith believed that Charlie abused him, but his mother took Charlie's side and Smith ended up moving from Texas to Oregon as a teenager to live with his father. Based on his lyrics, I believe this was the single most defining thing to happen in his life.

  • @christiangasior4244
    @christiangasior4244 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Division Day would make an amazing single but you’d probably have to remove the sick exchange stuff. So catchy though. Such a genius.

    • @3m3m11
      @3m3m11 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Why would you have to remove that?

    • @joelglanton6531
      @joelglanton6531 Před 6 měsíci +5

      This is gonna blow your mind. Division Day... was released as a 7" single, in '97, with "No Name No. 6" as the B side.

  • @mrfancypantification
    @mrfancypantification Před 7 měsíci

    people wouldn't shut up until he got to Waltz #2. That shut them up! Go Elliott!

  • @nicholasderienzo7364
    @nicholasderienzo7364 Před 3 lety +12

    Ah, the crazy Green Street tweaker lady, I missed your loud annoying hollering and constant body movement. Lou Barlow’s girlfriend?

    • @cloudcircusgaming5153
      @cloudcircusgaming5153 Před 9 měsíci

      Are you talking about the girl that leaves in the middle of Clementine?

    • @alsharpe
      @alsharpe Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@cloudcircusgaming5153Yeah I think so. I can’t help but laugh at when she screams after Division Day, and Elliott’s just like “Well there’s always that to consider”. That lady had to be on something. No idea why she just left mid set lol

  • @cbartal1
    @cbartal1 Před měsícem

    These people don't even understand what they're listening to

  • @deanthomas7203
    @deanthomas7203 Před 7 měsíci

    Anyone know the type of guitar that is?

    • @joelglanton6531
      @joelglanton6531 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Yamaha F series, red-label made in Japan. Any solid-top Yamaha F series you can buy new will sound similar, they're very underrated guitars and the lower-end ones are very cheap. They're really loud for a dreadnought body style so they're great for playing without a pick. John Pearse brand strings.

  • @littlepigboy
    @littlepigboy Před 3 měsíci

    1:49 was that a cellphone?

  • @josaraammann6193
    @josaraammann6193 Před rokem

    B&w love story movie please

  • @DanCohoon
    @DanCohoon Před rokem

    Please Sit Down...

  • @robcole6785
    @robcole6785 Před 11 měsíci

    MC so high

  • @audioletturadecadente6903
    @audioletturadecadente6903 Před 3 lety +28

    I can't stand the screamer

  • @ohoto3896
    @ohoto3896 Před 2 lety

    43:00

  • @marcc.3513
    @marcc.3513 Před 2 lety

    Promoters

  • @ZoanoidKing1175
    @ZoanoidKing1175 Před rokem +1

    mr test you on your own move ;) elliott vs human trash.

  • @Zach-ls1if
    @Zach-ls1if Před rokem +4

    He was really upset. Probably starting withdrawals. He seemed loose, relaxed and feeling good at the beginning, then he got frustrated and tense, so the shit probably started wearing off too quick

    • @marcb.cardlab6750
      @marcb.cardlab6750 Před rokem +3

      Couldn't be more wrong; he hadn't begun using at this point.
      Why would you post something so erroneous and with such assurance?

    • @Zach-ls1if
      @Zach-ls1if Před rokem +2

      @@marcb.cardlab6750 ok, obviously had begun using. Difference of perspective. Cheers mate

    • @niandralades294
      @niandralades294 Před rokem +8

      @@Zach-ls1if According to his close friends, Elliott started using heroin and crack towards the end of 2000. Before that point he only drank alcohol, which he was addicted to.

    • @AcidRavelEffect
      @AcidRavelEffect Před 2 měsíci

      all i was seeing was his performance jilted by the announcer who must've been extremely nervous from allowing underage drinking. not the reason why elliott needed more watts in the future.. like -- telling everybody to sit down... was that an effort to not be seen through the windows?? this couldve actually surged pot to be legal because is it going to be so much worse if they're all too high to do homework. which didnt even matter if it was on a friday. youth clubs were speakeasys for minors to begin with!

    • @melissagreenwood1717
      @melissagreenwood1717 Před 2 měsíci

      Idiots. How absurd is the first and last comments on an ES video no less? You have the gull to post that slander without an ounce of self awareness or empathy, or apparently real life experience.
      Nevermind the fact everything you've been told about drugs is a lie, made illegal due to racism, kept that way to profit of those undesirables people like to look down on. The last commenter if they were serious clearly has no idea who anyone in this video is. You're supposed to expand your mind not close it.
      And Elliott's only misadventures with John Jameson's at this time. Thank God some of us are old enough to actually remember and have lived experiences instead of speculating on things we shouldn't be commenting on.