Elliott Smith - Abused (Summer 1997 Rehearsal) 

Your making life worth lviing

it could be said about much of his other material but i dont understand how a person can sing about such terrible things and hold such a delicate tone. it's so easy to erase his personhood in grief or interest in the sheer mordidity of certain details - but beneath the publicity there was such a brave and gentle human. somewhere out there he is at peace, but its music like this that makes him feel closer to an ever present guardian angel. thank u elliott.

0:14 love that little riff .. “now that everybody’s worn the expression”

Love that there's an acoustic version to every song, even such a huge rarity. Thank you so much! The way he holds the falsetto for more than half the song is staggering. So fragile and beautiful.

I'm always amazed by how long so many of his songs were kicking around. If you listen to the live bootlegs, you'll hear songs from FABOTH first being played in the late 90s. He was playing most of Either/Or by early 1996. Such an amazing catalogue.

Elliotts voice is angelic my god.

Ah man if a new elliott smith song dropped I honestly don't know what I'd do

Imagine not putting such a banger on an album

Love the humming

Holy shit, this has got to be my favorite version of any song of his, ever

The quality of these “Summer 1997 Rehearsals” is amazing. Elliott was so prolific and on point during this time period and it’s so unique to hear him playing live acoustic, in a quiet room, and raw like this. I’m just super thankful that so many years after his passing, we still have new audio that comes out and it never fails to blow us away. There’s no other music that hits like this for me. Truly appreciate you putting these up @punchandamanda ❤

Oh my gosh! Right when I thought I have heard every song and every version of those songs that Elliott Smith created, there is something more. I hope more keep popping up in the near and far future.

for some reason i feel like this is a later song so it's crazy for it to be from 1997. This must have been a very productive time for him

I love it when it’s just elliott and his guitar

0:48 with Elliott humming the melody is perfect.

I wished so much there was an acoustic version of this and now there is. Stunning song. Thanks so much for uploading.

Thanks for sharing

Thanks! It's amazing hearing these songs surface. I'm glad they are out there now for all the fans to enjoy!

Beautiful. Thank you so much for uploading this

Thank you! I looked for an acoustic version of this for a long time. It's amazing

WOW, AGAIN ? Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much for these Sumer 1997 Rehearsals.

I needed this. Thank you. So much.

Thanks to all the people that upload these, they're the biggest treat on RU-vid

As always, thank you for providing us with yet another Elliott recording!

Totally unreal and awesome .Thank you for posting

this song is so sad and so beautiful at the same time, thank you so much

Well this just made my day. Love it!

Thank you!

So in love with this!

Thank you!!

This channel is doing the lord’s work

Wow I can't believe this exists. So incredible

This is amazing.

It's a real shame there aren't more acoustic versions on this song out there but I'm very grateful to at least have one recording of it.

incredible

Really special!!

Bless you 🙏 ❤

Hell yes. The only thing better than this would be a proper version of unlucky charm.

Amazing :,)

Dude you’re the best ever Elliott. Nice 😄

🖤🖤🖤

Nice song

Love it n.n

❤🙏

One of his best songs. Even though I find myself saying that about many Elliot Smith songs. 😂.

Omg wait is this a real recording that was only released to the public like a month ago? Except you @punchandamanda ... You're some insider⁉

Now that everybody's worn the expression Not that you wanted to use Seems untrue now But the funniest thing is It fits you now So perfectly [humming] You feel bruised now, body and mind you feel Used now, almost all of the time Been abused Abused Abused Sunday morning in the aisle with my brother Watching the man in black tell the youths how How they're supposed to behave, and tell the truth now You don't know what you're saying We've been abused Abused Abused Abused Abused Abused Abused

Are the files for these getting around? RU-vid audio is really subpar quality, especially considering it's kind of a transcode of the original.

😭

1:06 0:47

Does anyone know if he was talking to himself in these or who was with him?

authentic misery