Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit "I Wish I Was Sober" (Live @ EXT)

Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit stopped by to play songs from the "Recorded Songs" EP.

[@NikkMonay]

I just discovered Scott. I'm a depressed alcoholic, drug addict....you name it. I only in this moment found out he is no longer with us. My inspiration.

[@vikkisghost]

2024 still miss his music, still sad.

[@mwebb2019]

This guy is next level. His lyrics, music and delivery is incredible. A talent of a generation and its a horrible loss to the world he is no longer with us.

[@dons4europe]

'My love you should know the best of me left hours ago' Finest lyrics ever written. Rest in Peace Scott.

[@polygrafix]

Hits me like a hammer everytime i hear it

[@dovesandcoldplay]

I was savouring that lyric when I saw your comment...it's a ripper

[@bigerch85]

As someone who's battling drink , substance addiction and depression this song is just............ I wish that I was sober. Miss you Scott big man.

[@joshie1956]

I hope you manage one day to beat your demons I really do, please try and get help sending you best wishes for strength and hope .

[@karenfisher589]

Getting sober is the best thing I have ever done for myself. It was brutal, but so worth it. I hope you can find your way to sobriety. Life is so much better on the other side.

[@M077Y]

You can break out of it, don't let that shit consume another soul. Much love and strength to you.

[@user-ge4cp7ph3h]

Sending rabbits, pal

[@WEXTRadio]

Thinking of you.

[@superchuck500]

People cover Scott's songs but nobody plays the guitar lines like he does - he was a subtly fantastic guitar player

[@sunshaped]

every video i see of him performing just makes me want to hug him.

[@amandaleonhard6986]

sunshaped my thoughts exactly

[@sbcee2220]

Me too but also makes me sad af

[@alexbuckenham1663]

Same mate

[@pythonprogrammer7354]

I hope he knew how much he and his music was loved. RIP m8.

[@jamesanderson6882]

you bastard. i miss you.

[@user-fk4sw8gl7w]

Chocked down the gateway drug haven't we all in life 🎉🎉

[@dearmudable]

"We all thought I might change as I got older" resonates with me a bit too painfully

[@sbcee2220]

Going through the vids because, well, it's today. Really enjoyed this take of I Wish I Was Sober. Miss you, my man. Fuck, what a poet.

[@lincolndickison4905]

Was in a band that opened for Frightened Rabbit once. Exchanged pleasantries as we switched gear offstage. Very nice lads, all.

[@plainlyseen]

Forgive me, it's far too late. Rest in peace, Scott.

[@Derryckgrohl]

Never forgotten. Never will be

[@scottpaterson9735]

R.I.P powerfull song I've had problems with alcohol and depression wow u have left real music from a real heart your a inspiration to many

[@macestar3]

🙌🏻🖤🖤

[@coaldoubt2879]

@madarichards it gets worse, but then it gets better. Just hang on.

[@karak6827]

Do whatever you want, everyone. As long s it does not hurt people. Be drunk, be emotional. We NEED people like this to remind of us reality. @@coaldoubt2879

[@Laststepp]

I only spoke to him 3 times, and through a few Twitter banter sessions, but, selfishly, I feel like I lost a friend.

[@AlbertoHernandez-tr5zp]

This is a difficult song to listen to for me. I can't listen to this with dry eyes. It hits me even harder knowing that the person who wrote these words and who I know really understood what I feel is gone. I so wish you were still here.

[@jimbo5_7]

RIP Scott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@srg5654]

Rest in peace. So thankful to have his music.

[@DicyAnnSaylor]

Thank you for blessing us with your gift. I wish you had stayed longer

[@p4uli016]

RIP, one of the most beautiful souls

[@falconjames126]

His lyrics were absolutely WORLD CLASS. Best lyricist I have ever come across bar none.

[@rhodesn7bgg716]

This one always chokes me up. Beautiful in acoustic, but even more heartbreaking.

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

RIP Scott totally gutted going to go away and turn up the stereo really loud now

[@Mspigglywiggly09]

Amazing. RIP Scott😢

[@ThatGirlAmanda2525]

My heart just break's for him

[@vidacombs7332]

So sad you can feel his pain such a lost I wished there were more help for people living with the demons that are inside of one soul just a lost R.I.P SCOTT

[@callumalston5755]

Thank you Scott, Godspeed

[@random12use007]

RIP on the anniversary Scott 🐇

[@BrianWolftop]

Amazing a friend on Twitter just linked this holy cow and RIP

[@scottishdudeuk1]

love this song, rip my friend

[@Ajx888]

We still miss you Scott

[@Langkops]

He was such a talent.

[@MichaelDoherty1981]

Breaks my heart knowing what he was going through. I've suffered from depression for 20+ years, I know how bad it can be, but he wrote about the pain, and he wrote about his plans, how people weren't able to see what he was trying to say is totally beyond me. Every song is like a cry for help. Death Dream, The loneliness and the scream, the list is endless, EVERY SONG, he seems to be crying out for someone to help him. He even wrote about his own suicide in Floating in the Forth, and still nobody got him the help he clearly needed. Just goes to show, fame and fortune can't cure a tortured soul, and it is such a shame because he had such incredible talent. RIP Scott Hutchison. I wish people had listened to what you were trying to say, maybe if they had, you'd still be making beautiful music today :'(

[@C0k3k0C]

Floating in the Forth saved me from suicide. I know he is finally at peace. Legend.

[@tboss8157]

@it’s not a SMUG comment. A bit misguided maybe, and I understand your reaction. He obviously had many people trying to help him, who cared about him, it just wasn’t enough to ever get him over the hump into some sort of remission/ sobriety. The combination of depression and alcoholism is particularly difficult in this regard. You can have the most loving support system in the world and still lose the fight. Really it’s just profoundly sad, and people grasping for an explanation that isn’t there will say the cries for help weren’t heard.

[@karak6827]

It was his choice.... It is sad, but he is at peace. No one asks to be born, or depressed. Scott, you will never need to unsing the things you have sung, I love you as you are: Sweaty, emotional and raw. The world wasn't ready for you, and most did not deserve you. Do not shame people for suicide. Ever. @@tboss8157

[@dearmudable]

Jesus, course people knew about what he was saying and going through, do you think they ignored it and didn't try and help him every way they could? Nobody will ever know how many times they saved him from it happening much sooner, unless he told them after the fact of how close he'd been. For me depression is just this little demon on my shoulder constantly dropping into its black embrace the whisper "What about now?".

[@Anavriniravana]

Fall prey to the blizzard head Wrapped my hand around the glass again We all thought that I might change as I got older Fell down and nothing bled Wrapped in cotton alcohol again To the hill hear from the prick upon my shoulder Free pour the fruitless thoughts It's far too late to talk so much but Still not giving up though I wish that I was sober Forgive me I can't speak straight Forgive me I can't Forgive me it's far too late Choke down the gateway drug Opened the gates, in came the flood, it comes Like a blush of love, it hits me without warning Long nights of getting lost Iwalk beneath the bridge I don't know I need black suit for tomorrow, I'm in mourning My love you should know The best of me left hours ago so Shove it right into my mouth and let me smolder Fallout and the damage done I can't un-sing the things I've sung Still not giving up though I wish that i was sober Forgive me I can't speak straight Forgive me I can't Forgive me it's far too late Oh come and shake me till I'm dry Oh I wish that I was sober Oh come to me and kill the night off I wish that I was sober Oh come and shake me till I'm dry Oh I wish that I was sober Oh come to me and kill the night off I wish that I was sober

[@nicholaswidmer9101]

"Shove a rag into my mouth and let me smolder"

[@84mrcannon]

amazing song

[@chadnhender]

Goddammit

[@chrisg9080]

I wish I could stop drinking, it's so destructive.

[@joematthews8221]

We can do this

[@spindillio]

Absolute genius. Tortured soul. Really sad.

[@kevv9883]

one of the smartest men I've ever seen.

[@Thumtwiddler]

RIP Scott.

[@matthewkopeck8540]

I love you

[@patrickbrownson1]

Not that losing him could be any sadder than already it is, but to think that he (IMO) was only just finding his footing on “Pedestrian Verse” and “Painting of a Panic Attack” is another twist of the knife. I know the earlier FR stuff gets the most love, but I think those last two records saw him moving beyond the lo-fi hero stuff and into some U2/The Cure-grade material arena anthems. I wish “Painting…” esp. had gotten the rapturous reception that it deserved, and that the world had declared its love for him so loudly that his demons grew hoarse and gave up. Yeah, I know it’s never that simple, but it’s hard not to dream up some other ending than the one we got. 😢❤

[@BRO_v1]

This is such a very simple song, musically speaking, but deeply touching & I think there's such an incredible genius in that. It sounds a lil antithetical or oxymoronic or something but it's so hard to make a simple song, especially one that makes you feel the 4,000 painful "I fucked up/I'm fucked up" stories you know are behind it.

[@BikesAndBatallas]

R.I.P.

[@random12use007]

RIP

[@danishbacon4851]

Perfection 💔

[@C0k3k0C]

Such a beautiful, tortured soul. I hope you found what you were looking for, Scott.

[@karak6827]

Tortured and traumatized people often have the most amazing.... Just everything. Kindness, redemption, and love. I wish they offered it to themselves. But he is at peace, it was his choice, and that's good enough for me.

[@chaisclements6701]

well done.

[@kevv9883]

❤❤

[@carol8390]

Forgive us it’s far too late

[@seansmith2797]

harrowing lyrics

[@vittoriarapicano5571]

Sad news.rip

[@tct84]

Him and Jason Molina 😭🥺☹️

[@dependablestoner]

Forgive me... it's far too late

[@bbop3557]

😢😢😢

[@AJLangford]

Poor bugger. He looks so tired here. It must have been so draining living with it all those years. He knew what was coming, for many years. Just so tragic. Personally, I'm still struggling with booze after 35 years. Just cant quite stay off it. It both relieves the anxiety and the pain, for a short time, then makes it all worse. it's an endless trap. So hard to get off it. Such talent. So sad.

[@cheapmusicgear]

The pain that you’re drinking to avoid is there with or without the alcohol. The difference is that if you’re an alcoholic, it’s making it all so much worse. Pain is meant to be felt and processed. I know this might seem controversial to some, but addiction is a choice. You can stop. I’m hoping the best for you.

[@AJLangford]

One person's pain does not equate to another. One person's lived experience does not equate to everyone. For those who live with depression/anxiety, know that it is almost constant. Drinking etc is a means of a release. Releasing a valve temporarily on constant pressure. That's why it becomes a trap. When someone takes their life, most say, they don't understand why they did it. That's because they don't really understand the nature of depression. It's not just having a bad day or period. For most, it's lifelong. Seems it was for Scott and that's been my life as well. I appreciate that you mean well but it's far more complex and ingrained that merely saying that pain is meant to be felt and addiction can be stopped. It's a complete misunderstanding of it's nature. @@cheapmusicgear

[@justintoland3225]

My brother and I covered this song on my channel. Pretty cool song.

[@michaeldorman6630]

He seems really fucked up in this recording.