He really plays well here. As we all know there are those few shows he played where he was just not in good shape. A nice reminder of how skilled he was as a musician and artist. I love his arrangements.
i love him... i don't like saying i love an artist cause i dont know how they are as a person... hearing his voice (elliott's voiceS) make me feel love for him.
Yup. Saw him pre fame. It was like watching someone perform real magic. And his output is so crazy, such a vast library of spectacular songs. He was a really funny/cool guy too, that first time I saw him was at an all ages club in an old firehouse during an afternoon, maybe 20 people in rapt attention. Afterwards he and Sam from Quasi (they opened) played basketball with everyone, Elliott was surprisingly good but he cheated ALOT, which at the time was extra hilarious for some reason. I miss that guy so much.
Love love love this song... it's cool at the beginning you hear the anxiety of the girls voice when he's not being filmed and she says can you PLEASE record it... I can imagine myself doing this. It's that "this guys is awesome don't miss a moment of it!" Wish I had seen him in real life....
REVERIES. Yeah I agree with you. My wording wasn’t correct when I drunkenly wrote this 4 years ago. What I meant is that I like it when beautiful melodies tell you sad things. It’s bittersweet.
Back then it seemed like good music was around every corner but those people had no idea what gold they were witnessing, which pans even truer today, as I doubt we'll see it again.
Smith allegedly didn't even get into heroin and crack until the Figure 8 tour. He used addiction as a theme in a lot of his songs but that doesn't really mean they are always specifically about drugs. This song, on the other hand, to me at least, is about losing someone and not being able to forget about them. Who couldn't identify with something as simple that?
Man, when I hear a song by Drake or Beyonce, I feel like I don't really know who they are, cause their songs have like 20 songwriters- meanwhile, Elliott Smith be making these songs by himself, and I feel like I can actually relate to an artist, and be interested in their songs and thoughts. Much love to Elliott, I hope.he is resting easy, you gave all your heart ❤️
Think its sorta ironic how people get angry when people are talking or yelling because we all have the capacity to not miss something until the moment we lose it. Of course if you had the chance to be a this concert and you knew the outcome of this amazing mans life you might have been compelled to...
@Liquidskeleton sometimes I just sit here and stare in aww at how quickly his hands move and I'm "WHY CAN'T I EVER DO THAT!? Oh wait thats right you're Elliott Smith, you were a musical fucking genius." Seriously my favorite artist of ALL times.
Yeah ive been trying, theres some guy on here with a cover from like '12, xxxxxjamesxxxx, that was superb and does a good of showing how he played if you can follow along maybe on a slower speed. Check it out
have you not heard "king's crossing?" "true love?" the entire "self titled" album? sure elliott didn't get hooked to H until 01, well after this song. but H was always a metaphor in his music. "the same sermon all the time", "we could do what we wanted," "leave me alone, you oughta be proud," "both of you can just fade to black," "then just leave it alone"...theme in all these songs is for E to be left alone with his 'love', which sadly became too real. luckily he beat it before he died
i'm almost glad he's not around to play live concerts...they're just full of people on their phones calling friends or trying to take pics/video constantly. you're there to enjoy the music.
Or, you can keep the letters the same, and have the song be whatever the fuck you want it to be about. It's ambiguous, and that's why we can spin it any way.
