Ever felt like you truly knew someone you never met?
@zyxh98992 ай бұрын
Everyday, most of my friends are ghosts/apparitions/imaginings of some sort. 🩵
@calabiyau92697 жыл бұрын
If you're not watching this incredibly drunk and depressed...well then congrats on having your shit together. Keep it up.
@matthewkarr83467 жыл бұрын
this is me
@anodynic7497 жыл бұрын
I'm just gonna jump on the comments here and say: Me too!
@shinoRS7 жыл бұрын
at least we are not alone, hooray.
@wademcgregor1345 жыл бұрын
just relapsed.... i feel ya i wish i never touched heroin. my life will never be normal again...
@mjmarron39765 жыл бұрын
I feel so CALLED OUT right now
@futoma217 жыл бұрын
"I was sticking up for my friend, when there's nothing much to defend, it's a lost fight, it's a lost fight, 'cuz when I talk to you on the phone, well it's just like being alone..."
@mikesmith-jm4xl5 жыл бұрын
He is the most under-rated song writer in this century
@hvghhefner4 жыл бұрын
imo hes the greatest song writer and composer of all time
@PeterKasen3 жыл бұрын
Mike, you are way off the mark here. He is heralded in the industry by all of us touring songwriters who were influenced by Elliott, since Heatmiser before he even wen't solo. He is considered above Damien Rice, Jose Gonzalez, and even Bright Eyes Conor Oberst, to most. He is right there with the Kurt Cobain, Lennon, Bob Dylan levels, just his best work was pre the Grammy's and his hype. His best work is his first two solo records, raw, emotional, not over produced, and not with a label's push behind what songs made a record. He was on KRS they were tiny when he was signed from Heatmiser. Trust me, Elliott is basically the American counterpart of a Nick Drake to England. Both genius songwriters, and both were not mainstream. Niche sounds, so they will never be lumped in publicly with the likes of a Lennon or Dylan or Cobain. Those songwriters sold millions of records for years plural. Elliott stayed independent, until he could no longer and than he ultimately died too soon. We have his work, and legacy which will live on as long as recorded music is listened to. It's an honor to get compared to him on many reviews as I have along the way, Elliott is the cornerstone to all of this.
@theviciouscircle15413 жыл бұрын
@@PeterKasen Elliott was far superior to cobain/lennon and Dylan.. combined never mind just individually! Staggering that you would mention cooperate music "stars" in the same breath..must be the conditioning that the most popular means the best lol.. Forget levels, Elliott was on a different plane of existence entirely compared to those basic music bitches!!! Kurt cobain, John lennon, Bob dylan..FFS, wow
@michaelpooler48383 жыл бұрын
That’s so true. I completely agree
@DrawtheCurtains3 жыл бұрын
Him and Paul Westerberg.
@chupacabra3331 Жыл бұрын
Christ. This guy can turn a melody and lyric into the purest magic.
@lucasvidana823610 ай бұрын
20 years today. “The candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long” thank you for the luminescence. helps me see better in my dark.
@achilleamiller4 жыл бұрын
I cry every time I hear this song even if I'm happy, it's so fucking beautiful.
@mattmeade9834 жыл бұрын
Have a listen to the Mikaela Davis cover with a harp...amazing
@simple8670 Жыл бұрын
This is genuinely one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard
@TheMsr19973 жыл бұрын
RIP Byron and Elliott
@TheNarutodude19952 жыл бұрын
I wish I could just hug Elliott. The day of his death, something. His music makes me both happy and sad and I can't just enjoy it 100% because it was made when someone was suffering. You're a beautiful soul, Elliott. Heaven Adores You.
@knuckle123562 жыл бұрын
Well, take to heart that he was repeatedly reported as not being anything like the sad sack character that stars in many of his songs. He actually grew to be annoyed by the perception that he was a wet blanket in his everyday life. Not that he didn't struggle with depression or addiction. But it wasn't his whole identity. Just makes for the best songs. I couldn't get through an Elliott Smith cover of Good Vibrations, for instance. 😀 ...also the family cat just died. Finished planting his garden as the rain fell, with No Name #3 playing quietly in the background.
@TheNarutodude19952 жыл бұрын
@@knuckle12356 I am really sorry for your loss. I hope this everything gets better, friend.
@louieo.blevinsmusic4197 Жыл бұрын
@@knuckle12356 my cat died about 2 years ago. Was burying it in the backyard when my neighbor came out and asked if he could play something. As a fellow musician I told him plz do. He came back out with bag pipes and I bawled my eyes out. Miss ‘ole Bob Buddha. Srry about your buddy, buddy.
@Topspin894 ай бұрын
@@knuckle12356 prior to 2001, it was true that Elliott wasn't always miserable and depressed, but once he got hooked on heroin and crack, his life fell apart and by 2002 he really was just a shell of himself, according to several people close to him. In his biography, Torment Saint, by 2002 the compassion, vivacity, and concern he used to have for others had leaked out and his mind was just a soupy mess even after he quit the street drugs (he was still using and occasionally abusing prescription drugs until maybe two months before his death). He even told his friend Rob Schnapf just months before he died that because of all the prescription drugs he was on, it was hard for him to feel any emotions. When he was not completely emotionally numb, he was crying like a baby and wanting to die. I'd say the last almost-three years of life were a painful hell overall.
@DrawtheCurtains3 жыл бұрын
Crazy how the stripped down version basically turns this into an entirely new song.
@sharonleigh52815 ай бұрын
With immense emotions right now, this song is a comforting lullaby. Thank you, Elliott.
@ratbones620Ай бұрын
Idk what I would do without this album, all of these songs are so comforting to me and it’s one of the only things that can help me sleep.
@PurpleZebras1507 жыл бұрын
I love the guitar. The whole thing kind of reminds me of laying down at the end of a beautiful day and pondering.
@aylward488 жыл бұрын
miss you elliott
@jeremyconsoleman1805 жыл бұрын
The most perfect song ever written
@BrunoSilva-fp1mc Жыл бұрын
It reminds me of 10 years ago,living in London,drunk every night. Kind of mixed feelings, I was very lonely and depressed,high as fuck all the time. It is weird in a way of I kind of miss it,though. It is not easy to explain.
@brooke929710 ай бұрын
Same, except Portland.
@seanking86185 ай бұрын
Just stumbled upon this 😢 years later. Damn I listened to his music after my mom died . Some how it got me through 🙌
@blytheheintz34816 жыл бұрын
I listen to this song way to much. Elliott is a god
@damouldo3 жыл бұрын
Me also.fortunately it dies not remind me if any lost loves ..I'm a guy..not that that matter..I like your comment..ty♥️
@hillaryburnham68103 жыл бұрын
You shouldn't talk to your yourself Well I pictured somebody else Someone that looks like What I look like Would you say that one of your dreams Got in you and ripped out the seams That's what I'd say That's what I'd say He was a sucker for your double dose Motherfucker turned white as a ghost Don't you say hi Don't you say hi With a broken sink for a face And a head that just takes up space He's not half right He's not half right It's already half past And it won't last I was sticking up for my friend When there's nothing much to defend It's a lost fight It's a lost fight Cause when I talk to you on the phone Well it's just like being alone It's not half right It's not half right
@manuela5142 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@reiserooney7114 Жыл бұрын
while I'd thought it was talk to yourself for a long time, I beleive it is in fact "well you shouldn't doctor yourself"
@damouldo3 жыл бұрын
Freaking great..does not have to be depressing..
@TexasViking_INFP-t_5w43 жыл бұрын
Exactly :)
@etamommy4 жыл бұрын
Does this count as an Elliot Smith song? Need a ruling here as it is technically a Heatmiser song but top notch and may be my favorite tune that he is associated with anyway. Glad it is included in this acoustic version on the New Moon collection. Beautiful!
@ellisking13x293 жыл бұрын
He wrote it, it’s his, heatmiser has different instrumentals
@edhelvey61193 жыл бұрын
It's a Heatmiser song but it still was written by Elliott. And it may also be my favorite song by him.
@seanmatthewking2 жыл бұрын
It’s definitely an Elliott Smith song. He wrote it, he’s playing it here, it’s his.
@flowerpower86042 жыл бұрын
I love this song so much
@shainesingh38365 жыл бұрын
Elliot = King. Cracking song
@wademcgregor1345 жыл бұрын
whats a "cracking" song?
@shainesingh38365 жыл бұрын
@@wademcgregor134 'Cracking' is Aussie slang for 'Amazing'. Greetings from Australia 👌🏾👌🏾
@wademcgregor1345 жыл бұрын
@@shainesingh3836 man i wish i had kewl slang words. its the same ol b.s still thrown around in the states =\. and thanks btw
@joewachtman94365 жыл бұрын
this is beauty
@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu3 жыл бұрын
Why does every prolific artist leave us? Can I have one person who truly kept me alive....well stay alive. But all the shit artist can live up to there 80s. Elliott thank you,you dont even know what you did for me. And all these other people.
@Justchev Жыл бұрын
Still lucky to have Frusciante, Byrne, Donovan, Cat stevens, Neil Finn etc.
@patrizia75357 жыл бұрын
love u Elliott
@viniciussoares20183 жыл бұрын
if you're someone who knows Elliott Smith, feel privileged
@projekctgonzo4 жыл бұрын
Ohhh shit shit shit shit, love you man, love you Elliott!
@akhslemonakhs78482 жыл бұрын
Miss you lots reck
@caramason563 жыл бұрын
Beautiful album ❤️
@azureguitars12759 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@SeanEMusic8 жыл бұрын
So good. It tickles my insides. Wow.
@darrellgaddis19762 жыл бұрын
Holy shit...this is great
@scottlavender7298 жыл бұрын
I love me some heatmiser
@Danny_On_Wheels447 жыл бұрын
Same like Plainclothes Man!
@tobyclarkthomson84432 ай бұрын
What a guy
@accompgui17938 жыл бұрын
Love you Ellioth.
@aligaterman2755 жыл бұрын
That is not enough views or comments jesus christ world
@gingergrrrl62424 жыл бұрын
I don't know, I kind of prefer keeping him close in our little miserable world.
@anthonyourbrother2 жыл бұрын
It's not a lost fight..it's never a lost fight... nvr giv up🌹🙏
@melodytorres71374 жыл бұрын
être heureux
@juanadrianarquinegogomez3610 Жыл бұрын
peak humanity
@avinmuharram34173 жыл бұрын
Well, you shouldn't doctor yourself Well, I pictured somebody else Someone that looks like What I look like Would you say that the one of your dreams Got in you and ripped out the seams? That's what I'd say That's what I'd say He was a sucker for your double-dose Motherfucker turned white as a ghost Don't you say hi Don't you say hi With a broken sink for a face And a head that just takes up space He's not half right He's not half right It's already half past And it won't last I was sticking up for my friend When there's nothing much to defend It's a lost fight It's a lost fight Cause when I talk to you on the phone Well, it's just like being alone It's not half right It's not half right
@codysimmons87893 жыл бұрын
❤️
@codysimmons87893 жыл бұрын
RIP Elliott.
@hans9205 жыл бұрын
on the first sentence, is it "torture yourself" or "doctor yourself" because to me it really sounds like "torture"
@verdict11635 жыл бұрын
it's "talk to yourself"
@johnnyblues7774 жыл бұрын
He’s known to have two voices. Even live it sounded like two voices singing.
@Jackson-ms8zs3 жыл бұрын
Doctor.
@patrizia75357 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of artist Iwan Rheon
@jamieian5 жыл бұрын
trixie it does.
@willlindsay18665 жыл бұрын
He died painfully.
@garyrouyea34502 жыл бұрын
Everytime someone uses the word, 'underrated', it gets shot down...
@Alpha-Testing2 жыл бұрын
If you're watching this incredibly drunk and depressed... Well then... Uh... Cheers? Comment Source: Calabi Yau. --Your first comment made me laugh
@mongogojjo59442 жыл бұрын
Eliott smith is even 20 times better than the legend already is when you're under the influence of alcohol or opioids. Downer music
@jamiewesson8986 жыл бұрын
stop it stop we can hear the lyrics we dont need you repeating them its so annoying
@wrongangle48815 жыл бұрын
Honestly giving insight to important lines isn't a bad thing. I find it to be soothing and caring that people understand. I don't see your what your problem is. You're just being mean when there's no reason to be mean. Elliott wouldn't have liked that.
@josezumbi31264 жыл бұрын
Fuck you
@codysimmons87893 жыл бұрын
You all take life too seriously. Quit disrespecting the dead.
@jakebee7205 Жыл бұрын
how we doing y'all
@vico8053 ай бұрын
Im worse but I’m trying to be a better version now/hope you hanging in there also!