Elliott Smith - Dancing on the Highway CLEARER STUDIO VERSION

[@ianbrowning2190]

man if this had followed "In the Lost and Found" on Figure 8 it would have elevated that album so much

[@davidlawrence6464]

i feel that. stupidity tries though.

[@grey8478]

meh, figure 8 is already perfect and doesn't need to be bloated out

[@blackstephh]

Yeah it's the reason I keep coming back to it. It probably was meant to be and got cut. I do agree with the decision to not put this on figure 8, if that's really what happened

[@Glassandcandy]

@@blackstephh this wasn’t from Figure 8 it was part of the demo tapes for From a Basement on the hill

[@mikogale]

when listening to the album i always jump on youtube after "in the lost and found" to listen to this. when stupidity tries comes after this, it's actual perfection

[@stevedemon1981]

Whoever is driving in the video is awesome for turning off his high beams whenever he passes the oncoming vehicles

[@lordohnehelm]

you know thats a law in some countries and common sense?

[@fancyspatula-g9m]

Your dad's earth bound dullness is infused in everything you do and say.

[@boris3705]

@@fancyspatula-g9moh brother we got a genius here

[@mysticfellow9843]

Elliott Smith is a great example of how you don't need to be complex or over the top to make fantastic songs. He had such a good grasp on conveying emotion in its purest form. His art and legacy will stand the test of time as a result.

[@RB-nl6qv]

I think even his most simple stuff is very complex, especially the guitar parts. He was a master of being complex without sounding like it. He doesn't have many songs that could be played by people with minimal instrument experience.

[@jayedwards7520]

I swear I'd never get bored of that drone loop. It's just soooo dark.

[@HillsSilent]

You know it's bad when you have this on repeat, Happy Birthday Elliott.

[@alexandersahs4971]

AshtrayWasp me rn

[@TechLive]

ive joined the party..

[@ebbtide4233]

Me rn too

[@xxmyharturhandzxx]

happy birthday elliott :(

[@xxmyharturhandzxx]

just hit midnight..

[@matthewm2528]

Ive tried to grow and change, but my heart still falls back into this space

[@aurelienmarie2201]

This song will be played at my funeral - I can't comprehend how this was never released, even posthumously - it's up there in the top 10 of his best work IMO

[@xtremecyycy1590]

Like how can anyone ever top Elliott man? I seriously think he’s gotta be the best musician to ever live. He really just is so much better than everyone lol, everything he made was beautiful man.

[@ImprovEyes-fc9fo]

Subjective skills and arbitrary judgement is the chaos which makes music freedom. People think my art is dog shit.. but every once in awhile someone gets it.. Alex G made a fantastic diy catalogue at a younger age than Elliotts Early Crow recordings like, a”Three” or “mailman thinks me dumb. Lookup Alex G Skin cells or just Alex G unreleased if this is new info to you. Maybe you might like it.

[@rebeccadayan3928]

I feel the same way. Started listening to him when I was 15 and I remember having a realization a few years ago that nothing I listen to will ever match what his music does for me. Many years later and I feel the same way. There are a lot of musicians I love, but Elliott is on his own plane with his songwriting alone.

[@Chicky1601]

When his songs end, I always have to take a moment of reflection to completely soak in all the genius I just encountered. Don't mind me. I just want to dance on the highway.

[@aoldatabase]

Olivia Baker this is an amazing comment. his songs have that effect on me after also, its like i need time to comprehend it

[@opheliajade1986]

Ikr? I am always left in awe of every song...Of course I favour some songs more than others, but, IMO he can't write a bad song. He's so talented that it's unbelievable.

[@sithspitdanikan4725]

@@opheliajade1986 I Love My Room. Look it up. I love Elliott, but christ.... Haha. Nothing but love from me.

[@opheliajade1986]

@@sithspitdanikan4725 That one is for jokes...like "Don't Call Me Billy". lol

[@leoscoo6135]

@@opheliajade1986 I love ur username, the cure is my favourite band of all time

[@PorticoDemos]

I’ve always found this little sequence after In The Lost And Found so entrancing. I’m content to know that it was a part of something bigger.

[@cfbasz]

I love how that little sequence leads to a whole new path into the album!

[@epicfunnygexfan3582]

This was actually meant to be from a basement on the hill, so it was more of a callback than a transition as Lost and Found is far from the last track on the album.

[@mapaul97]

this is probably his best song tbh i cry everytime

[@matthewsolina4920]

“Still here, if you want me... look at what I can do with empty time...” Awesome line.

[@RustinChole]

One of the most haunting tracks of his ever. Never understand why this and "stickman" never got released."

[@braedenarchambault9687]

Two of my favourite Elliott Smith songs ever and neither got an official release. Kind of tragic:( but as I've always said, it's a testament to how good of a songwriter he was that gems like these could even be thought of as incomplete or unworthy of release.

[@RustinChole]

Braeden Archambault and Taking a Fall. The Enemy is You. Grand Mal. It’s an endless list.

[@closedupshop4172]

@@RustinChole stained glass eyes, from a posion well, lets turn the record over, confusion... Yeah. Its an endless list.

[@asa.8691]

@@closedupshop4172 Abused, See You In Heaven, No Life

[@RustinChole]

@@asa.8691 stickman!!! So many it’s easy to forget

[@jonedwards9512]

NO WAY! I had no idea this was anything other than a sketch on Figure 8! It's so good with the bass pushed up... really dark.

[@MrLauwersJelle]

Jon Edwards I'm baffled too!

[@aaronmyers1982]

+Jon Edwards I know but its sooo awesome :-)

[@SiestaFourTen]

Same here but 5 years later

[@braedenarchambault9687]

Didn't even notice how hard the bass got pushed til I read this comment, thanks! Definitely carries the tune:)

[@blackstephh]

I've lost it a couple times and I always find it again cause it blows mine too. It's too bad it wasn't after the song in the album

[@mattsieglovesdietrootbeer]

e.s.; probably one of the coolest ppl to ever walk this earth.

[@robot-fireemblemheros2717]

The coolest

[@Alexis0kay]

@@robot-fireemblemheros2717 to ever walk the earth

[@ianbrowning2190]

you might not say that if you saw the peculiar way he wiped his buttocks

[@sithspitdanikan4725]

@@ianbrowning2190 What? Like what? I mean... Like, what?

[@eloiseripley]

Here if you want me Listening so close, from far away I memorized what you told me Like a foreigner on holiday I know to smile at confusion Don't forget the soul that smiles on me Dancing on the Highway The broken line that led from you to me Well, I'll be at my station all night So come on by If you feel like Still here if you want me Look at what I can do with empty time A lost love That likes to haunt me It's waiting round to meet me when I die Death surrounds Protects the living This is what you said And I agreed Not to be so unforgiving Just because your soul's untied and free 'Cos I'm here If you want me, my love Dancing on the highway But your sun still burns my eye Oh why, oh why?

[@spacealienjesus709]

Elliott is the only musician who makes me feel everything and nothing at the same time.. Rip you amazing gift

[@Maggieokeefevideo]

beautiful :;)

[@akkamal6999]

wonderfully put

[@dudeincredible5459]

Well said

[@helenfelton2845]

Im standing in my English garden swaying to this song of such beauty and disonnance... Elliott was a master of conveying emotions but, like many of us, looks like he couldn't deal with them.Im the same.Miss you,man

[@danny_boi5116]

A desperate voice in a sea of thousands. Thank you so much elliott. I'm alive because of people like you. We miss you.

[@HillsSilent]

Holy fuck, I've always loved the end of that song can't believe I hadn't heard this before!

[@HabeKeinMitleid]

+AshtrayWasp The end of in the lost and found. Yeah this song is good as hell.

[@veronprevotat8113]

I've just discovered now !!!

[@JonShade-fy2gm]

God what a glorious song. His voice is so intimate, like he’s whispering in your ear. Comforting and sensual at once. There’s so much sensuality in his music and his voice. It’s really strong in this song. So beautiful. He’s been saving me during this covid insanity and the profound loneliness that’s come with it. Then again he’s been saving me for over twenty years. RIP divine Elliott 🙏

[@maisiesherriff1334]

I’ve literally got goosebumps I can’t stop listening this is the best song I’ve ever heard

[@writersherlock]

Here, if you want me Listening so close, from far away. I memorized, what you told me Like a foreigner on holiday. I know to smile at confusion. Don't forget the soul, that smiles on me Dancing on the Highway. The broken line that led from you to me Well, I'll be at my station all night, So come on by If you feel like... Still here, if you want me Look at what I can do, with empty time. A lost love That likes to haunt me, It's waiting round to meet me when I die. Death surrounds Protects the living This is what you said, And I agreed Not to be so unforgiving. Just because your soul's untied and free 'Cos I'm here If you want me, my love. Dancing on the highway But your sun still burns my eye Oh why, Oh why?

[@christiankiernan4476]

writersherlock god bless you

[@truongtranthaiduy8959]

thank you

[@lynnroark4200]

I want to like it a billion times

[@XenomorphLV426]

I love that I still find new stuff from E.

[@lucassmith4524]

Enjoy it while you can. IT will soon be over if you keep looking...so don't look too diligently. I know the urge is there to find everything now now now but...resist. Wait...Stretch it out. Because he is dead and not coming back. There is a finite amount of his material and when you can no longer find more and know that for the rest of your life you will never hear a new Elliott Smith Song....well...that's a awful, empty, and lonely feeling. But that's life, ya know? SO take my advice and stretch him out. Make him last....Goddamn you Elliott Smith. I'll never forgive you....

[@golden-sun]

Lucas Smith you know theres always a ton of other artists out there, some who may speak to you better than elliott. But i agree about stretching it out

[@lucassmith4524]

my name jeff I know. And I try to find them whenever I can. Sadly there is garbage out there too. But one man's trash is another's treasure. I've known and listened to Elliott Smith's music since the 90s and I remember when and where I was when I heard that he died but his music did not really start to resonate with me until about two years ago at the start of a beautiful and sad chapter of my life. Since then hardly a day goes by without a little bit of his music. Even read a couple of his biographies. I think future generations will look at him like we look at Beethoven, Mozart, Van Gogh, and Earnest Hemingway

[@johnarundell7951]

You'll never forgive him for being brutally murdered by his crazy bitch girlfriend? Go fuck yourself Lucas Smith.

[@yabio8355]

John Arundell he committed suicide

[@anonamouse1957]

One of The most hauntingly beautiful songs ever written

[@kingozzy7075]

I remember when this was first posted. Damn it sounds brand new still, so ahead of his time

[@withneilw9146]

Oh my holy shit. God jus' remembered he likes me! An Elliott Song I haven't heard before, I will make up for lost time by playing it over and over this is amazing!!!!!x

[@skylabalancingscales]

😃😃😃!!!! Love it

[@ArkadianDream]

I heard that intro and i went wait a minute.. is this a jo-WHAT THE HELL. I went as far as 1.50 completely slack jawed. I closed my mouth only cause it was getting tired. I'm literally shaking. HOW DID I NEVER HEAR THIS. Then again, I wish I could go back to 3 minutes ago so I could live that momet again. Damn.

[@kscoolhatch]

Sara Mantilaro first timer here too 😧😮

[@aoldatabase]

What are you thinking of? I cant remember where else i have heard this

[@kscoolhatch]

Aoldatabasement at the end Of Happiness on figure 8 the guitar starts for this song then the next song comes on

[@aoldatabase]

@@kscoolhatch thanks so much!

[@kscoolhatch]

Aoldatabasement it’s actually at the end of “lost and found” sorry I wasn’t awake yet

[@patrick4833]

Damn, how did he not pick this for the album...

[@brendancskinner]

+Patrick James Staples yeah It's weird, maybe it was the repetitiveness of it? Elliott hated Pitesleh in the end because of it's simplicity. For me it's trance inducing, it's one of my favourite songs of all time. I can put it on repeat and never get tired of it.

[@patrick4833]

he did hate pitseleh that's true... i agree w u there's something to be said for simplicity though i think. shame this didn't make it

[@brendancskinner]

+Patrick James Staples Agreed. Although the loop is far more complex than it sounds, its rotates in 6 bars of 4/4 and has a bunch of layers to it. I made a close replica on a loop station using reverse reverb but couldn't quite get the exact sound. Its really quite amazing that he could make such a conplex song sound and have it sound so simple to the listener.

[@bigollo9708]

He often had to decide between a lot of different songs to put on his albums because of how prolific of a writer he was, and he always second guessed his decisions so that could maybe be why.

[@Kafkaworld739]

Wow! I can’t believe I haven’t heard this before, now I’m obsessed with this song and my freinds are annoyed cause I play it over and over.

[@lemonlord0132]

Elliott Smith is my favorite. I feel like there should be another album released. That'd really make me happy.

[@gorbochevy]

Elliott Smith, sadly, committed suicide in 2000. i don't like talking about why, but the context gives a new layer to his songs. So. the long and short of it: He stabbed himself in the chest four times while his girlfriend was being a twat. It staggers me every time i think what we could have had from this genius. if not for the twat. He left behind a crazy amount of songs. try 'grand mal' album - that's the unreleased stuff.

[@lemonlord0132]

First of all, he died in 2003 October 21. I remember the day because it's my sisters birthday, second, there were 2 stab wounds. I was talking about posthumous albums like basement on a hill and new moon. I would love a new album. He has so many great unreleased stuff

[@jonedwards9512]

LemonLord01 addendum to the above. It was never proved indubitably that he did/didn't kill himself. The case was botched. All that is known is that the inquest revealed wounds caused without hesitation; this did not correlate with "conventional" suicide through stabbing (the wounds are normally created hesitantly as the subject struggles to commit themselves to their actions)... Not that it really matters any more I suppose; a talented musician is dead and the world is poorer for it. :(

[@sadreactsonly]

+Daniel Demarse It was never declared suicide. the case is still open. It was either Jennifer Chiba or someone she hired to do it if you ask me. In the very few cases of suicide that involved a person stabbing themselves in the heart, almost everyone of them took their shirt off before they did it. his shirt was on and they found defensive wounds. everyone wants to think it was a suicide because that fits in to the whole 'Elliott was a sad sap' complex that most people have. Elliott Smith did not kill himself and his murderer is out their starting fundraisers for suicide awareness.. fucking pathetic

[@lemonlord0132]

+Jon Edwards I honestly don't think he did it. I don't believe he did it.

[@bellatonelli]

I can't describe how this song makes me feel. It's a feeling that doesn't have a name yet

[@kiarashforooharpak3332]

It's called "Acceptance"

[@matthewm9345]

This breaks my heart

[@zacharyclownphobic2316]

Just sitting here in my room alone at my desk, drinking, and listening to this

[@mark1800]

boggles the mind that this was never released. COME ON UNIVERSAL GIVE US A 1998 ONWARDS COMP PLEASE NOW

[@Maggieokeefevideo]

Never heard this before and it's amazing wow... So cool hearing this after listening to Figure 8 - In The Lost and Found

[@Maggieokeefevideo]

the guitar

[@christiangasior4244]

Dangerous music for people with chronic depression. Love this man but he def brings me down.

[@essemmetv]

I love this video, fits the song perfectly, more than any ES photograph could.

[@mr.anonymous4243]

How this & StickMan did NOT make it on the 'released' version of From a Basement... is beyond me... Its some of his best work in my opinion. Im sure had he been around to pick the final track listing; this would NO DOUBT be on it.

[@ThePickledOnions]

It's a really great song should have been on the album IMO, but great to find it fresh years on.

[@jacksonpriest2033]

HighwayObjective it was considered too sad but twilight was on it? That's a really sad one

[@fubarsmith7003]

Mr. Anonymous elliott actually hated stick man and constantly got stuck on it. He could never find its spot on the song. But I agree those two songs are gold

[@christiankiernan4476]

Yea I agree

[@boylilikoi8037]

oh my God.. how it's beautiful . it was impressive his skill to express feelings through music

[@klavierhaltern]

Such a fine tune. Again I feel sad and betrayed for losing him so early.

[@amurense]

always kept here by his music when my heart is broken

[@Divideo]

The coolest thing I've come across on KZbin in a while, also blown away.

[@Chicky1601]

My God. All the feels.

[@catythatzall4now]

“ still Here if you want me - - look at what I can do ….. “ yours in spirit eternal, Truly, Never stop haunting me !

[@KatherineHromanydog]

I adore this song! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Maggieokeefevideo]

this song is SOMETHING ELSE

[@unreliablenarrator2255]

now that I've found the full version of this, I think I may have a new top 5 Elliott Smith song.

[@frafrafrafrafra]

This song feels different if you hear it with the headphones. It makes me wanna cry.

[@Datgote]

Why wasn't this kept after Lost and Found? Why didn't this make Figure 8? Its so trippy, I love it!

[@Maggieokeefevideo]

wondering the same - beautiful song

[@Petertunes]

I had this instrumental and didn't know it had words O.O incredible!

[@BboyDoozY]

so haunting i love it

[@lananass9324]

repeat again and again and Again On Moon

[@ThePickledOnions]

Talent

[@alexandersahs4971]

Dude TY so much.. this is unbelievable

[@BonHomie87]

How can something sound so spooky spritely? Oh yes...this is Elliott Smith.

[@oliviapetrowski4553]

The perfect transition from In The Lost and Found! I wish it made it onto Figure 8

[@tinypaperboat]

your sun still in my sky

[@TheDreamingJune]

Man this is a haunting track. Wish it had been kept on From A Basement On The Hill

[@bryos77]

Yeah-thats the one...thanks for that,such an awesome musician and songwriter.

[@ajzn97]

Happy Birthday Elliott!

[@skylabalancingscales]

Mind blowing

[@Comedyteamz]

Always imagined an a song out of the gondola man, didn't think it would sound like this.

[@stevenhenderson4126]

it's actually the end of lost and found

[@Comedyteamz]

That's a fact, I mis-typed.

[@LyriczBeast]

So good

[@gzylukaramba]

Best song ever 😣

[@caramason56]

Awesomeness

[@jodywheeler5779]

I remember thee exact moment I first heard this

[@kennyjeno]

Great job!

[@ryansanders9273]

Oh god it’s beautiful

[@kevinseyedin4415]

thank you for this 🙏🏽

[@jmpsthrufyre]

That backward guitar lick is so sweet.

[@tomgentry5130]

Amazing

[@vincentfavel]

Gorgeous. Elliott Smith was the man.

[@yeah_with_the_yeah]

Never knew this song had words

[@xxmyharturhandzxx]

happy birthday elliott

[@lightuplearning]

soooo goooood

[@matwilliams3206]

Fml the man was a genius, great cover

[@nickhartman6372]

Easily the greatest songwriter of the last 100 years, even up there with Hank Williams and Kurt Cobain. Would have loved to see Cobain live and have him collaborate with Elliott, imagine what they would have created together!

[@JohnDoe-f8q]

The drum sound at 3 seconds with the background riff is so unnervingly cathartic

[@johnkalkirtz658]

It's the outro for the song lost and found but instead going into the song it fades out

[@9croissants]

To me, this song is what life feels like.

[@mardokbrannowski3117]

holy shit I've heard a hip hop song with this sample. didn't know it was my favorite musician.

[@Dionysoshaman]

That's crazy because I always thought it would make a good sample for a hip hop song. Especially if someone like Mf doom, someone from hieroglyphics, or wu tang would do it.

[@mardokbrannowski3117]

It waslike copywrite

[@ColombianThunder]

Mardok Brannowski What song?

[@lazyfun]

love love love it

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Thank you Cowboy Jesus, Rock on!

[@gokulnaidu122]

This is so haunting

[@timothebauer387]

Sounds oriental, I once mixed the sound of the guitare with the call of a muezzin after a trip in Istanbul, it was kinda weird but beautiful.

[@liracul]

This song makes me smile inside soo hard!

[@allisonwhite2134]

HB ♥️

[@Trenzalore-gn6xq]

This isn’t on Spotify so imma try to put this on my Spotify

[@ColombianThunder]

How do you go around to doing that? I'd love to have this on my spotify

[@Trenzalore-gn6xq]

@@ColombianThunder I forget how I did it but it did work, search it up and you will probably find how

[@mememan3799]

I should not be this depressed! Like damn at a certain point what the fuck is wrong with me

[@TatouZed]

Good trip

[@TonySarandrea215]

SOMEBODY SAVE THE SWEET ADELINE DOT NET WEBSITE!!! ITS SET TO EXPIRE! I don't wanna lose all those great tabs. That site is like my bible..6/11/14

[@daiseysays]

How many different versions of the lyrics for this song? Song is always been so tops just seems like I should’ve been a single beside her album secret song

[@Jessepinkmansgrandmother]

I need this on Apple music

[@rivercovey3906]

reminds me so much of the beatles, love u elliot xoxo

[@jaq8604]

*"You're Sun Still Burns My Eyes"*

[@opheliajade1986]

I just fucking love this song.

[@stevedemon1981]

They should have put this on Figure 8! Crazy

[@RustinChole]

Dear Thecowboygenius where did you get this!? My copy from the grand mal 8 disc set sounds super muffled in comparison.....distinctly hear a couple high hat clicks at the end that ain't on my copy......

[@fm_skyline]

wow TIL there was a whole song to this