He’s top of my list. Solo musician who has lyrics everyone can relate to, speak from the heart, delivered in a unique voice that can rock hard or speak soft poetry. Technically up there with some of the best guitarists of the last 30 years, talented in multiple instruments and created masterpiece after masterpiece while also creating each with a different sound.
When I was a kid, my mom listened to Figure 8 on a cassette tape that didn't quite have enough room to fit the entire album on it. "Bye" was completely absent as a result, so when I found out there was a song after this one on the CD version...goodness. As if that wasn't haunting enough, this song cut off less than half a second after the line, "'til there's a ghost in every town." I never gave that much thought when I was younger, but nowadays thinking about it makes me feel somewhat misty-eyed. When my mom was purging most of her cassettes a few years ago, she asked if there was anything I wanted to hang on to. Figure 8 was the only tape I saved.
The thing I will always like about Elliott Smith is his smile and relaxed approach as he is playing. So many other players play all serious with their lip quivering as their eyes are shut and their head moving back and forth, but he just plays all relaxed and non-douchey. When he gets super into his playing he still comes off as a cool dude not taking himself too seriously.
He was just a Kid who believed in things different to everybody else, and yet he got himself fucked up because of it. But by losing himself, he helped others in realising who they were, and what they should do with this world. Thank you Elliott, You've helped us all in that little bit to get past all that is truly terrifying and beautiful in this social world of ours. I hope that the abyss didn't give you too harsh a hit.
There are just so many songs from him that I love, but this one.... that question should haunt all of us: why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
No doubt my favorite. Elliott at his peak. It’s nice to think there are still so many people out there who have yet to have had their lives changed by this man’s music.
amazing version, from a huge masterpiece by elliott. the last 2 minutes are epic. increible version de esta obra de arte de elliott. los dos ultimos minutos son orgasmicos, gracias elliott por aparecer en mi vida !!!! se te extraña por argentina, elliott. :(
His wave at the end is so familiar, .he was so humble and very very gracious. . his soft 'thanks' after each song just filled us with anticipation for what he would play next. You could hear a pin drop when he played. . we loved him, cherished his songs. . Gone too soon. . wayy too soon. .
Elliott Smith - Can´t make a sound (Figure 8) [Cmaj7]I have become a silent [C#dim]movie The [Am]hero killed the [D]clown can't make a [Em]sound can't make a [B7]sound can't make a [C]sound [Cmaj7]Nobody knows what he's [C#dim]doing [Am]still hanging a[D]round can't make a [Em]sound can't make a [B7]sound can't make a [C]sound can't make a [C#dim]sound [D]The slow [A]motion [C]moves me [C/B C/A] the [G]monologue means [B7]nothing to me [Cmaj7 C#dim Am D Am7 B7] [Cmaj7] Bored in the role, but he [C#dim]Can't stop standing [Am]up to sit back [D]down or [Am]lose the one thing [B7]found [Cmaj7]spinning the world like a [C#dim]toy top 'til there's a [Am]ghost in every [D]town can't make a [Em]sound can't make a [B7]sound can't make a [C]sound can't make a [C#dim]sound [D]Eyes [A]locked and [C]shining [G]can't you tell me [B7]what's happening? [C G A E Am B] [C]Why should you [G]want any [A]other[E] when you're a [Am]world within a [B]world? x4 [C G A E Am B] x3
A person I once would often pass as a pedestrian in inner SE Portland, see at open mikes listening to poets, or just see ordering a burrito on Hawthorne. I can only say he was a polite citizen who greeted others with a smile.
oui merci elliott, tu es et tu resteras le dernier à avoir fait des chansons qui vont directement au coeur, j'espère que je te trouverai là-haut et qu'on partagera les mêmes sentiments quand ce sera mon tour de quitter cette planète ✨💖
i'll always like from a basement the most. i think the direction his music was going in would have been very exciting. it was much more dark and dark and distorted but of course that fit elliott very well.
I think I like this better then the album version. Fuck I wish I was older, and got into him earlier, I just started getting into him a few months ago. XO Elliott
yup its wild to think that stuff like this was being released when the backstreet boys were the biggest thing... this is an amazing live performance and probably the best video on youtube
Who cares about their popularity. It is amazing that people in my generation are actively listening to and being influenced by the Beatles today, but their real genius does not concern their popularity. Rather, they were some of the best pop/rock songwriters ever who pushed the envelope of their craft and reintroduced sophistication of song into popular music. They carry the torch for Classical greats like Stravinsky and have been credited by many critics as saving Western melody.
I used to think Kings Crossing was Elliott's magnum opus but i am beginning to wonder if it might actually be this song.To me they have some similar qualities ; they both build layer upon layer lyrically and musically.
This tune makes me think of Elliott's progress as a song writer over the years. For instance contrast "Thirteen" to this little jingle. Had he been born in the fifties, when recording artists relied less on sampling and more on musical artistry and skill, Elliott Smith would have been a household name. Today's kids would crack open boxes full of old vinyls that their parents left behind in the attic and stumble upon 'Either/Or' or 'XO', spawning a desire to return to their folks' grassroots.
@Itai19aa That would be the mighty Sam Coomes, one half of the amazing Portland, Oregon band Quasi. Sam was also the last bass player for Elliott's previous band, Heatmiser.
nooooooooo. no band changed music the way they did and unless a whole new style of music is created they will never be touched. a lot of great bands have changed music dramatically (Led Zeppelin, Sonic Youth...) but they'll never be remembered like the Fab Four
Uhm? It's quite amusing how you enter a discussion saying: "PEOPLE SHOULDNT SAY WHICH MUSIC IS GOOD OR BAD, ITS ALL OPINIONS", and later write what you wrote about the beatles.
Probably the best musician ever
+Peacock Affect Picturing him playing every single instrument and making every decision listening to Figure 8 blows my mind.
You’re possibly correct
He’s top of my list. Solo musician who has lyrics everyone can relate to, speak from the heart, delivered in a unique voice that can rock hard or speak soft poetry. Technically up there with some of the best guitarists of the last 30 years, talented in multiple instruments and created masterpiece after masterpiece while also creating each with a different sound.
Are you guys high? He's not the best musician ever, but he's a genius songwriter and his music is dripping with soul.
Yeah i have to agree
When I was a kid, my mom listened to Figure 8 on a cassette tape that didn't quite have enough room to fit the entire album on it. "Bye" was completely absent as a result, so when I found out there was a song after this one on the CD version...goodness. As if that wasn't haunting enough, this song cut off less than half a second after the line, "'til there's a ghost in every town." I never gave that much thought when I was younger, but nowadays thinking about it makes me feel somewhat misty-eyed. When my mom was purging most of her cassettes a few years ago, she asked if there was anything I wanted to hang on to. Figure 8 was the only tape I saved.
The thing I will always like about Elliott Smith is his smile and relaxed approach as he is playing. So many other players play all serious with their lip quivering as their eyes are shut and their head moving back and forth, but he just plays all relaxed and non-douchey. When he gets super into his playing he still comes off as a cool dude not taking himself too seriously.
god, it's a shame that he's dead... he's a mastermind... his music is simply way a collection of masterpieces...
that little thanks at the end made me smile
He looks so damn happy here. Love the smirk that comes over him when he starts the solo.
He was just a Kid who believed in things different to everybody else, and yet he got himself fucked up because of it. But by losing himself, he helped others in realising who they were, and what they should do with this world. Thank you Elliott, You've helped us all in that little bit to get past all that is truly terrifying and beautiful in this social world of ours. I hope that the abyss didn't give you too harsh a hit.
Im crying
One of the most under appreciated elliot smith songs for sure. This is in my top 10. Thank you elliot ❤️
yes it's true, for me in my top 3
My goodness, when he played that lil guitar soloish material at 1:12, he smiled a little smile. You could tell he enjoyed it =)
how can you resist that charming little "thanks" at the end? True genius and full of humility. Damn those mad genius' and their addictions!
There are just so many songs from him that I love, but this one.... that question should haunt all of us: why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
My favorite song. You are so missed Elliott.
It's my favourite favourite song too. It hits me on so many levels. ES is the greatest musician I have ever heard
No doubt my favorite. Elliott at his peak. It’s nice to think there are still so many people out there who have yet to have had their lives changed by this man’s music.
También es mi favorita.
2024 and I still listen to Elliott often despite being young when he passed I discovered him in my teens and he has stuck since
Dude this literally made me cry. that ending part "I hope that the abyss didn't give you too harsh a hit." is amazing.
Thanks Elliott
amazing version, from a huge masterpiece by elliott. the last 2 minutes are epic.
increible version de esta obra de arte de elliott. los dos ultimos minutos son orgasmicos, gracias elliott por aparecer en mi vida !!!! se te extraña por argentina, elliott. :(
My favorite song by Elliott! :)
His wave at the end is so familiar, .he was so humble and very very gracious. . his soft 'thanks' after each song just filled us with anticipation for what he would play next. You could hear a pin drop when he played. . we loved him, cherished his songs. . Gone too soon. . wayy too soon. .
A tear runs through my cheek every time I hear this song.
Elliott Smith - Can´t make a sound (Figure 8)
[Cmaj7]I have become a silent [C#dim]movie
The [Am]hero killed the [D]clown
can't make a [Em]sound
can't make a [B7]sound
can't make a [C]sound
[Cmaj7]Nobody knows what he's [C#dim]doing
[Am]still hanging a[D]round
can't make a [Em]sound
can't make a [B7]sound
can't make a [C]sound can't make a [C#dim]sound
[D]The slow [A]motion [C]moves me [C/B C/A]
the [G]monologue means [B7]nothing to me
[Cmaj7 C#dim Am D Am7 B7]
[Cmaj7] Bored in the role, but he [C#dim]Can't stop
standing [Am]up to sit back [D]down
or [Am]lose the one thing [B7]found
[Cmaj7]spinning the world like a [C#dim]toy top
'til there's a [Am]ghost in every [D]town
can't make a [Em]sound
can't make a [B7]sound
can't make a [C]sound can't make a [C#dim]sound
[D]Eyes [A]locked and [C]shining
[G]can't you tell me [B7]what's happening?
[C G A E Am B]
[C]Why should you [G]want any [A]other[E] when you're a [Am]world within a [B]world? x4
[C G A E Am B] x3
Gonzeloth omg i love you thank you!!!!!
DAYUM. Never seen the boy work so hard.
A person I once would often pass as a pedestrian in inner SE Portland, see at open mikes listening to poets, or just see ordering a burrito on Hawthorne. I can only say he was a polite citizen who greeted others with a smile.
1 of the greatest songs ever recorded. Period!
Shamefully underrated
oui merci elliott, tu es et tu resteras le dernier à avoir fait des chansons qui vont directement au coeur, j'espère que je te trouverai là-haut et qu'on partagera les mêmes sentiments quand ce sera mon tour de quitter cette planète ✨💖
Miss you
Gone too soon
Damn
Most underrated guitar player ever
it kills me that I never got to see Elliott when he played at a venue that I go to regularly. This is most definitely one of my favs from him.
I miss him even though I only knew him through his music. Long live Elliott! ✨
Such an amazing song
wow. this is great. i love the tremolo picking towards the end in this one
i'll always like from a basement the most. i think the direction his music was going in would have been very exciting. it was much more dark and dark and distorted but of course that fit elliott very well.
best song of elliott for me, she's incredible
I always go back to this
1:12 guitar line!! ahhhhh!
soo goood!
Oh yeah
"'Spinning the world like a toy top 'til there's a ghost in every town"...(woow)
I think I like this better then the album version. Fuck I wish I was older, and got into him earlier, I just started getting into him a few months ago. XO Elliott
WOW!!!! this concert footage should be released on DVD!!
My favorite song EVER. Great live rendition. Thanx for posting!
this song is just perfect isnt it?
Provavelmente a minha preferida
Provavelmente a minha também!
yup its wild to think that stuff like this was being released when the backstreet boys were the biggest thing... this is an amazing live performance and probably the best video on youtube
so true. :) long live Elliott and the joy he got from playing his beautiful songs!
Utterly mesmerising.In my top 5 youtube vids of all time.
you can feel hes mind
the sound of the song is remind me a silent movie alot
also "in the lost and fond"
I was lucky enough to be at this show. Irving Plaza. 2000. Breathtaking gig.
I love to see Elliott like this.
Who cares about their popularity. It is amazing that people in my generation are actively listening to and being influenced by the Beatles today, but their real genius does not concern their popularity. Rather, they were some of the best pop/rock songwriters ever who pushed the envelope of their craft and reintroduced sophistication of song into popular music. They carry the torch for Classical greats like Stravinsky and have been credited by many critics as saving Western melody.
Must say I like how he sounds playing electric just at least as much as we like him playing accoustic...
Gracias Elliott por la música!!
I used to think Kings Crossing was Elliott's magnum opus but i am beginning to wonder if it might actually be this song.To me they have some similar qualities ; they both build layer upon layer lyrically and musically.
I think it's 'a fond farewell' personally, but I change my mind most days as it's tough to pick a best ES song
@@glacierfruits5350 Lol yeah i know what you mean.Fond Farewell is unbelievably good.
Thanks so much for capturing and sharing this! RIP Steven.
Probably my fav, I love the lyrics.
He's very humble 😌 🙏 ✨️
yes ✨
This is great stuff
i don't have anything new to add. i just think its an amazing performance. i have tears (happyish) streaming down my cheeks. X.O. elliott...
whoo, cool version,like it...
Just incredible!
Is it just me or is a live Elliott DVD long overdue?
Goddamned legend!
The last great rock instrumentalist
Best live version of this song in my opinion.
Agree!!!!
@viteksk8alot It is *long* overdue. They were working on releasing his set from the Yo-Yo A Go Go Festival, but it's been delayed :(
Love you Elliott, rest in peace
This tune makes me think of Elliott's progress as a song writer over the years. For instance contrast "Thirteen" to this little jingle. Had he been born in the fifties, when recording artists relied less on sampling and more on musical artistry and skill, Elliott Smith would have been a household name. Today's kids would crack open boxes full of old vinyls that their parents left behind in the attic and stumble upon 'Either/Or' or 'XO', spawning a desire to return to their folks' grassroots.
this is SO beautiful!
Awesome song.
the guy in yellow hitting the floor tom is the best
Elliott was such a bad-ass!
i like how he's smiling from 1:18 - 1:24 during the guitar solo.
you'll never know it elliott, but thank you so fucking much!
Rip Elliot
anyone else notice the second drummer at the end? hmm
oh yeah... awesome performance!!
Fantastic
A M A Z I N G! Thanks for sharing.
its even better live!
He is about to channel George Harrison. Love this song.....
I love this song so fucking much 👌
🥰
band comes in at 1:12
Why would you want any other when you’re a world within a worldd
@Itai19aa That would be the mighty Sam Coomes, one half of the amazing Portland, Oregon band Quasi. Sam was also the last bass player for Elliott's previous band, Heatmiser.
FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!
Does anyone know where the rest of the footage is to this show?
How can somebody dislike this? I dislike you!
@panamasado
if billy preston is the fifth beatle then damn right
Good recording!
Shame it doesn't play through the repeating couplet at the end of the song like it does in the album version.
Hey guys does anyone have the tabs to this amazing riff? thanks !
The beginning is something like C/G Cdim C/G Cdim C9 B7 Em B7 C/G etc
Is there an orchestra playing at the end of that?!?
God. OK. SHIT
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
who is the other singer ?
Heatmiser
why should you want any other...
nooooooooo. no band changed music the way they did and unless a whole new style of music is created they will never be touched. a lot of great bands have changed music dramatically (Led Zeppelin, Sonic Youth...) but they'll never be remembered like the Fab Four
hahahaha
Can't make a sound...
Uhm? It's quite amusing how you enter a discussion saying: "PEOPLE SHOULDNT SAY WHICH MUSIC IS GOOD OR BAD, ITS ALL OPINIONS", and later write what you wrote about the beatles.
Nah, it's synth.