Elliot Smith Interview, 2000

[@deepakchoke-ya2560]

“If you only have a little bit of free time you have to make the most of it. If you have a lot of it you’re kind of wondering what to do with it.” So very true.

[@user-zv7yb4yp9g]

great line

[@alisonderrick1067]

Idle hands …

[@RC-fi8nn]

It's a really great insight. Careful what you wish for.

[@ShineDawg]

Less is more feeling to me. RIP brother

[@gotf]

Finding new ES interviews in 2024 warms my heart.

[@TheDreamingJune]

For real. It's such a gift to find an interview from him I've never seen.

[@veronikalynn5084]

100%. What a star we had in our generation(s).

[@deaddeaddeaddeaddead5667]

"D Minor, saddest of all keys" Love the little Spinal Tap reference lol

[@crashley47]

Crazy how each month and year people still manage to find him again and again

[@JAYSONGS]

True Greatness will always find its place and be remembered. ✌🏼🧡

[@rainor771]

his music is timeless. i'm sure many generations from now people will still be finding it

[@GracefulJabberwocky]

it really is nice seeing uploads of elliot's music being consistently uploaded throughout the years, even back to the beginning of youtube.

[@darkjapan]

Is it weird to miss someone you never met and never could have had a chance of getting to know? It must be strange for his friends and family to see such adoration from fans. But this man and his work significantly affected my life. All we have are these clips now, and that's the only side of him I have ever known. But his words and music have been in my head half my life now. I don't know. I wish things had been so so different.

[@moonstoneabby]

“what if i told you i feel like i know you, but we never met” 🥺😭

[@Topspin89]

You can bet his friends and family wish things had been different, too. He deserved so much better than the pain he felt that drove him to abuse drugs and alcohol. While I know he was more than just a depressed sad sack, there's no doubt that he suffered a lot, especially toward the end if we're to believe his girlfriend and what she's said about her time with him. Abusing his prescription meds destroyed his brain, and he knew that. I wish he had found a better way to deal with his emotional problems.

[@ChrisBarnette-zk8iy]

It's crazy all the material this man left behind . Everytime I think I've seen it all, nope.. there's a new one. .. Miss you ,Elliott.. Merry Xmas to everyone... Have a blessed and safe one.

[@alisonderrick1067]

❤❤❤❤❤ forever ♾️

[@deathchips926]

The dude even chose jobs around the idea of being able to think about music. True artist.

[@MothGirl007]

He used to live down the street from me and I miss him terribly.

[@eccentricrockers]

WOW, was that when he lived in the house with Jennifer, or at the Snow White homes :)?

[@Topspin89]

What was his personality like?

[@quinnmchugh1362]

no u didnt

[@ThisUserIsOffline]

@@quinnmchugh1362he wasn’t some rare mythical being, it was possible to know him lol he was just some normal dude

[@revalone3944]

@@eccentricrockersbit strange m8 knowing where someone lived

[@JHallDaBoss]

I love his lil face so much

[@TheNolanWolfe]

Elliott has changed my life EDIT: *our lives

[@amargado445]

Our*

[@petergriffiths5537]

You'll forever be a better, albeit, sadder Individual for understanding him, and every other person whom society casts aside for being true to themselves and denying the mould society approve for you

[@nordmark16]

@@petergriffiths5537thank you Peter Griffin

[@louieo.blevinsmusic4197]

👍 agreed. Tho being a huge fan and growing up with his music basically on repeat can make it hard to settle for simplicity when writing music.

[@TheNolanWolfe]

@@louieo.blevinsmusic4197 totally true

[@agneebags]

it makes me so so deeply sad to know ill never see him live. rip elliott if only u were here

[@user-jc5lf6sf7g]

Even the most simplest things he said were profound. If Elliott were around today he would be massive.

[@JJGeldson]

No, people are too stupid now to really appreciate something like this.

[@user-jc5lf6sf7g]

@@JJGeldson I meant more if he still had his catalogue and were alive - continuing to make music and tour.

[@JJGeldson]

I am depressed about the world now. I feel like everyone is stupid and doesn't understand what's really going on. It seems like true art is dead... @@user-jc5lf6sf7g

[@hestercorner-smith7499]

I swear near everyday I mourn the fact that I can never see him live, but I realise now that perhaps a small reason I love him so much is because he's dead: nothing unpredictable to throw me off or loose touch with his oeuvre. Every part of him I've been exposed to I've loved with all my heart. He's perfect, and that can never change. This interview is such a godsend.

[@Topspin89]

What do you love, his music or his persona? I don't care for his music much, but he seemed like the sweetest, most gentle, compassionate, humble person. I wish he were still alive just so he could still be enjoying the beautiful things in life and his friends and family could still be making happy, or fun, or hilarious memories with him.

[@devil_pls]

Wow. And here I was thinking that every Elliott Smith interview out there has already been uploaded on youtube before. Apperantly I was wrong. So thankful for this, Seriously.

[@Codgerism]

No one can write chord progressions like Elliott Smith.

[@jackgreenway4646]

Hmmm, I would say someone like Noel Ghallagher from Oasis was far better as an artist who had a very prolific sound of his own which was all down to his specific chords, can't really argue seeing as he used the blue print set by the beatles.

[@anskfima]

@@jackgreenway4646 hmmm, no...

[@openone3183]

ummm definitely not, plus it was probly written by liam@@jackgreenway4646

[@Codgerism]

@@jackgreenway4646 I grew up playing songs by Elliot Smith and Oasis. The difference is Elliot's song structures often sound simple on the surface, like Gallagher's, but when you delve into them or try to learn them, you realise they are far more complicated to play than they sound. Meanwhile, Noel's songs are still just basic intuitive open chord progressions that any beginner can play.

[@tj03297]

@jackgreenway4646 Noel Gallagher wrote music that most beginning guitarists learn as their first song, Elliott wrote many songs that would take several years of playing to learn, and prolific doesn’t mean whatever you think it does, just delete the comment bruv

[@quinoa123123]

cool to see him quoting spinal tap

[@benwithab3679]

He could have written the song “Lick My Love Pump” and it would have been beautiful.

[@EvanNighswander]

Such a horrible loss. Even 20 years later

[@Ruby-eq1qg]

“If you got too much free time then you’re kinda wondering what to do with your free time.” Fr I get so clueless when I go on break from work 😭 that structure it gives is so valuable

[@glenhenderson3429]

Simpleton.

[@marsoblivi0n945]

@@glenhenderson3429exactly. Works keeps me from studying and writing songs and crating art to the point it makes my existence feel pointless. Like some slave.

[@DanRelayer_Ukraine]

less than half a year before he would start using big time in 2001. Those shows from late 2000 however can't be beat. Top form in everything! Very glad to see this interview in great quality finally.

[@timtrainer618]

💯🔥 that’s exactly when I saw him perform at the beacon theater nyc…late 2000 w full band. One of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen!

[@nosymbiosis]

such a generationally impactful man. i wish he'd had it easier.

[@petergriffiths5537]

I wish I could have been your friend. Repay you for the friend youve been to me for many years now

[@mixtap3w0rm]

The one consistency I hold dear in my life is my love for Elliott Smith.

[@logdizza]

Wishing this was 5 hours longer

[@Sithkiller]

Elliot Smith was an amazing artist and down to earth individual. He is sorely missed. 😢 😢

[@nikolastaylor2999]

Always nice to find a interview i havent seen before, thanks :)

[@ellieonscreen]

I miss you every day elliott.

[@soundcamper]

if you are out there listening. anyone. please upload more elliott smith interviews

[@scroogemccuck985]

I love that he quotes Spinal Tap

[@jamesheath7601]

I’ve never seen this before. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@lexremillard2549]

The saddest situation I can think of in art is losing him. He was the shit. Locked in.

[@maxbramadat4887]

so true. unmatched

[@louieo.blevinsmusic4197]

Agreed. I’d add Blaze Foley to the list of lost too soon.

[@Codgerism]

It's always sad when a great artist dies and takes all their potential future creations with them.

[@CleanFamilyVideos]

"he was the shit locked in" sounds like constipation. I guess im old now, struggling to understand the new slangs.

[@Topspin89]

​@@endlessnameless6494which breakup are you referring to? The one with the supposed love of his life Joanna Bolme? The one with Valerie Deerin, which happened right before he decided to get clean from drugs, or the one with his last girlfriend Jennifer Chiba (there was no breakup between them as far as any of us know)?

[@willbollman6246]

I was lucky enough to see Elliott on this tour. It was at the Filmore in SF. I was actually surprised at how amazing he sounded and how well he played considering I think he was in a pretty intense downward spiral at this point. This footage looks like it could be from that show tbh.

[@TheDreamingJune]

Such a tremendous artist. He was always so genuine in his music.

[@bobbibaker4685]

RIP, Elliott. Miss you always, love you always. XO ❤

[@ElstonsGun]

I see Elliott I click

[@adanosman7021]

He seems happy in this interview 😊

[@MikeHawk-er7bx]

Oh lovely, never seen this. There’s so few interviews with Elliott available… even fewer with video included

[@opheliajade1986]

Yay a new interview I've never heard! Yesss!

[@rvic11]

Great interview. As I was a teenage Elliott addict, thought I'd seen all his videos. Hope there's more out there!

[@Christy121000]

What a treat!! Never seen this before. Thanks man🖤

[@alper5]

This is the most happy I've ever seen Elliott in an interview

[@hadleygardner8671]

so many people are discovering who elliot smith is and I HONESTLYLOVE IT SM he is an amazing person.

[@matthewholtbymusic]

WoW Thank you! There used to be an amazing full concert on Rollingstone that I'd watch all the time.... Grandaddy opened. I love this so much. xoxo

[@veronikalynn5084]

God I could cry all over again.

[@TheArigreen23]

this one is new to me, thank you!

[@nickgrant6480]

He's got a pretty Zen hippy smokey vibe going. Pretty 2000s

[@ghoulboss7848]

every time I watch an interview of him I see so much of myself reflected back at me.

[@bridgetd6805]

I've listened to his music every single day since I "discovered" him 8 years ago. Every. Single. Day.

[@frafrafrafrafra]

Never seen this before, thanks for sharing

[@sloop3720]

Thank you for posting

[@goodness-may]

So much sadness in his sensitive soul. I hope he’s resting in peace.

[@stevesheldon2342]

I was really into the label Kill Rock Stars and they would include a mail catalog in all their releases. This is where I discovered Elliott Smith. The first album I bought was either/or. From the opening of speed trials I knew I’d found a special artist. He wrote lyrics that spoke to me and his guitar playing was just outstanding. The world lost a beautiful soul when Elliott passed away. They’re have been some decent singer/songwriters to come along, but no one of the caliber of Elliott Smith.

[@quietringaudio]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us Thank you

[@Clawgripsmoon]

Wow I don’t think I’ve ever seen this. Amazing thanks for posting 🙏

[@ceebee491]

Such a tight band! Wish I'd seen him live

[@millennialanimal]

Thanks for uploading this! Haven’t seen it before.

[@hardfolk]

I love u Elliott

[@toneohm]

Thank you!! I see this as a Xmas present lol,, never saw this one.. I love the bit about having a real job,, that's kinda where I'm at too,, I do construction type stuff and day dream hah

[@nissenilsson9158]

3:32 spinal tap!

[@AltJakes]

The drums sound amazing in the live clips

[@tolennon]

amazing man, thanks for sharing

[@StephenAndrew777]

I'd never seen that. Thanks

[@cozmos21]

Thank you x 💯

[@garfieldfan1303]

do you have any more clips of the interview portion? i'd love to see them :)

[@tunedime]

Seriously

[@kole6150]

I swear this is the only video interview where Elliott isn't completely uncomfortable because of terrible interviewers

[@spencerbrady6791]

Would have been great to meet him

[@redeyestones3738]

If this video hadnt popped up in my feed, i wouldve still never heard the mame elliot smith So i looked him up. I didn't recognize a single thing hes done. Weird

[@pentag0th681]

"Even tho I can G#..." AHAHHA

[@archstonecircle]

wow that band was tight- know any other videos of those shows?

[@scroogemccuck985]

I think some people have even been remastering the shows in high definition

[@opheliajade1986]

Really!!! That's freaking awesome. I really look forward to seeing that!

[@GeorgesCousinMyDude]

Damn this looks recent. Too bad its not.

[@lennoncoimbra4856]

Well we don't chose to come but...i think sometimes guys like him need to come to share something...love you.❤

[@zdsfhnbvhigf]

yipee

[@TheOfficialShwagsta]

hell yeah.

[@consumidorbrasileiro222]

in 2000 he was 31

[@unclvinny]

I guess I'd forgotten that he had a Ferdinand the Bull tattoo. Something about that is pitch perfect.

[@deaddeaddeaddeaddead5667]

genius songwriter

[@riffraffrichard]

I think Elliott might have been happier being a part time musician. Doing a bit of construction work and then songs in his free time.

[@ibelieveinyouyourmagicisreal]

"with this band we play more different kinds of things"

[@christianpalad5000]

The cap goes insane

[@mdtys]

sos is just perfect pop

[@DanRelayer_Ukraine]

3:31 - Spinal Tap reference lol ))

[@julialage9775]

Miss him

[@maddeypuppets]

its *elliott, with two t’s :)

[@vertyisprobablydead]

I am also a big fan of G!

[@matureyoungman]

You coulld really see that he was a real artist living the art life

[@Rulesarepews]

New time acurate machine

[@wellesradio]

Spinal Tap reference ftw!

[@bham01]

yep

[@johnatkinson3174]

The devil makes work for idle hands 💔

[@6stringstrum]

Genius.

[@hunterrahkonen3547]

Where did you find this

[@jasonswienckowski5373]

Interview is amazing, I love his insights. But Jesus Christ the sound guy at that show absolutely fucked the drums. It's all I could pay attention to, they sound like they're coming out of a styafoam cooler

[@BenSchillaci]

The snare drum sounds like a soccer ball bouncing in a gymnasium lol

[@notbydesign029]

what song is he playing live during the video?

[@urban4151]

son of sam

[@TheJoker-qf6zr]

What song is this?

[@yeet-dv8yk]

Hoorayyy

[@joelesque]

whats the song hes performing in the video?

[@TheHugsGoWild]

Son of Sam

[@sobaaasobaaa8564]

02:02

[@shakefishgamingpro]

Name of song?

[@assfukwut]

Son of Sam from album figure 8

[@corrienoellee]

what song is he playing?

[@666cowboy.]

Son of Sam

[@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc]

First song shows he's just a pop entertainer

[@obscuremusictabs5927]

One of my favorite musicians but I refuse to listen to him because the music is just too emotionally brutal.