Elliott Smith interview on The Daily One 2000 (full feature)
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- Опубліковано 19 січ 2021
- Elliott Smith being interviewed in 2000 on a show called The Daily One. I’ve seen portions of this on a couple videos but not the whole thing so I’m posting this version of it.
"Yeah, for the rest of my life."
Damn.
Yeah, that line kinda jumped right out at me.
Yeah that just punched me in the heart real hard.
Felt.
I wonder if I liked this comment twice..
Stupid UA-cam haha
That one shook me
I'm kind of drunk and I'm here just to say that I love this man. That's it!
Who cares! Get off the internet!
@@nihilist6008 who cares what you think lmao chill, because your Life is shitty like Elliot smith’s dont mean you have to be an asshole
Me too. I love Elliott. Nothing more needed (drunk too).
Cheers, bud
7 months after you posted that comment, yeah, I'm (more than) a little drunk and I love this man.
The disconnect between him and interviewers made for interesting interviews for better or worse. This woman seem genuine at least and Elliott was in a good mood, so it was smooth and simple... Better than Carson Daly's interview haha that was trash. This has always been one of my favourite Elliott interviews actually, I like how Elliott cracks a joke at the end and the way he thanked her always sounded super sincere. I dunno, I just always liked this one. Thanks for the upload!
Yeah she just seems genuine I guess even if not as knowledgeable about him as some interviewers perhaps. She mainly stuck to questions about the actual music (his own and the Beatles) which I think went over better with him than talking about his fame or place in music or depression or something. Might’ve just depended on Elliott’s mood for the day, who knows.
@@indiemusicstuff4287 Rebecca Rankin from Canada, she was on the Canadian version of MTV
Her conversation was casual and she seemed like she had actually done some research before the interview. I'm sure Elliott appreciated that and felt more like he was talking to an individual rather than a corporate mouth-of-sauron type. You can hear how relaxed he is in the Blank on Blank interview too, especially after the guy says he actually listened to Either/Or.
Not to say she's the best interviewer ever, she pushed a little too hard on the whole "what does your music mean" point, but asking about Abbey Road and recording in London seemed to engage him a bit.
@@KaineHero You're being nitpicky, but okay.
i've felt that same disconnected energy coming from elliott here from someone ik irl
he's really trying his best to just make it through the interview, his mannerism is really evident to me of his bad mental state
Thank you for everything Elliott Smith
Theodore, you said it perfectly
I love him so much, I think he was quite probably THE greatest songwriter to ever live and in years to come he will be revered on the same level as The Beatles and worshipped by everyone. It should be mandatory for kids to be introduced to Elliott Smith in school to put an end to all this overproduced, mediocre tik tok crap
Elliott loved The Beatles and I do feel like he is sort of the 5th Beatle in terms of being able to write songs with equally strong Melodies. Also, he can play the acoustic and electric guitar and the piano with great proficiency. His voice was perfect. 2.5-3 octaves just like John, Paul, and George. He is a high tenor with about a roughly 2.5 octave vocal range much like John and George. His quiet stuff with him whispering almost is gorgeous and it sounds great double-tracked, or more. On XO Elliott really started to belt his voice out there more in Bled White, Baby Britain, Waltz #2…. Lots of beautiful Beatlesque harmonies throughout, especially with Bled White, Baby Britain, Waltz #1, I Didn’t Understand, etc. Figure 8 is his weakest album imo but it still has lots of good stuff. The masterpieces are Elliott Smith, Either/Or, XO, and I would argue New Moon because it’s just a collection of old bangers from the Kill Rock Stars days, and they did a great job of curating the tracks, cleaning up the hissy 12 track recordings. From a Basement on a Hill is a great album but I dunno if I’d quite say masterpiece. I dunno. Also love Roman Candle but I feel like it’s not something to hold alongside either/or and say it holds up just as well. Nah, it doesn’t, and that’s okay. Roman Candle is amazing, Condor Ave is also amazing, no name #3 is the best “no name”, the mad dog 20/20 instrumental is a nice little ditty, and yeah drive around all night is a good last song. Just nothing on the level of angeles, between the bars, or even St Ides Heaven, The White Lady Loves You More, The Biggest Lie, Clementine, Needle in the Hay, Christian Brothers, Going up Roses, Alphabet Town, Good to Go, all those goodies.
I love this man and relate to him so much. He was a genius. I have the same depressive problems he has where it’s just always super depressed, there’s no couple of bad months and then remission. It’s just very bad or bad. I lack his genius of course. He suffered greatly and died painfully, but I do believe he is finally at peace. He is nothingness. Just dreamless sleep. That said, I can only listen to Elliott now and then because I listened to him throughout my whole twenties and early 30’s and realized the music may make you feel like your understood and not alone, and it even kinda makes your struggle seem romantic. But all it’s doing is teaching you to think negatively if you don’t also listen to more upbeat stuff. I struggle with negative thought patterns so I just stop by and feel as much as I can feel without cracking, and then I listen to the Beatles or something.
Damn i relate to this comment so much, i had that complex of romanticizing depression too, but generally its just really shitty
Love this comment
I've always thought of his music as a positive sentiment as well and not depressing by any means, and I mean that.
I agree!
The emotion is way more nuanced than people give it credit for. One day it might uplift me, another it might depress me. Both are in the music, and the music is a mirror of the listener's experience.
Figure 8. A beautiful album created by a beautiful spirit!
Figure 8 has become one of my favourite albums of all time. It's unbelievably beautiful.
Glad he picked "Everything means nothing to me" ! The biggest gem of the album !
one of the better interviewers, doesn't have an agenda unlike some others
Thanks for sharing this. Elliott was adorably awkward here.
Oh my, this is so wonderful..for years just seen pieces..thank you..
Miss you Mr. Smith
Nice profile picture
that is one hell of a surreal movie eraserhead
@@shivanshpachauri2855 that it is..watch Elephant Man by David Lynch i will post the trailer
ua-cam.com/video/kxb_1457gGs/v-deo.html
Thats wild, I was thinking about this interview today, more specifically the part where he talks about his favorite tracks on the album. Then it popped up in my feed!
Cool!
@@indiemusicstuff4287 he said idiosyncratic, gotta look that up
A beautiful person and a true artist
Definitely
Thanks for sharing this.
You’re welcome
How could this dudes life end so tragically ?
How?!
I love how he clarifies “it’s actually a positive sentiment to me”. She just doesn’t get it. But if you stop and think about it, it makes perfect sense.
I like that he clarified that too, but all she was doing was alluding to the figure 8 quote he had made. Seems kind of arbitrary to say she doesn't get it from that brief exchange, especially when she doesn't seem to be trying to involve her own thoughts or opinions too heavily. She's just navigating a promo.
@@kennygerberich4985 Well put. There's no way she's going to come out of the thing un-criticizable if someone is of a mind to criticize her. But I think you can tell she sees the whole thing as artificial as it is, but she had a job to do. And she did it.
Everything Means Nothing To Me is my favorite song of his too, he has good taste 😂
Elliott fancied her for sure
Love you elliott. Thank you.
my right ear really enjoyed this
Thanks!
You’re welcome.
I just adore this
Happy birthday Elliott.
🖤🖤🖤
feel like this interviewer feels like she's talking to a toddler
He rlly would’ve hated to live nowadays where you make the vast majority of your money touring. Granted his fanbase would still be as big and would buy full albums.
Love and i think I understand this guy
thanks
You’re welcome
1:02 that's me when the
You know what I want to say.....
..Thank you!!!
You’re welcome!
Circuit Rider and then the pic of dylan damn
RIP
❤️
oh god my left ear
"youre a huge beatles fan?"
yeah
Sounds like she was trying to get him to go on a huge gushing rant on how much the Beatles inspired his life and music and hes just like "yeah i like the beatles" lol
Miss him 😔💜
Definitely
💙
thank you
You’re welcome.
You wear a hat....where does that come from?
best record
"he's laughing at that"
"keith?" (can you save me from this awkward moment please)
legend
It sucks watching him answer the same recycled questions
Actually saw him on that tour. I love how much he hates interviews.
1:06 the massive problem of critics and scholars analyzing art to death, in literature, music, etc and making students figure out what the author intended … which is nothing, art transcends and should not be broken down and analyzed by the scholarly mind
She like u Mr man
ooh did i see a little foot action between elliott and her go for it dude
I think elliott was really trolling the posi gen x vibe that was around pre 9/11. There was a real lets be happy naive thing going on and his attitude and slant was the perfect juxtaposition to this. Alot of these presenters are receptive to his honesty. I'm sure he was just having fun with his fame and he did seem pretty chipper at times wrapped up in the absurdity of the media and fame.
He died in his thirties
Yeah, 34 😢
Man, she couldn't possibly get it if she tried.
Is nobody going to point out that he obviously isn't sober in this interview? Must have been around the peak of his opium usage so assuming it's probably worn off effects of heroin... (slurred speech, brain fog, poor word choice etc)
you have no idea!!!! He is sober as fuck in this interview! Grow up! He speaks clear as fuck! Wake UP!!! OK!!!
I say he’s not sober here but that’s just my immediate impression, and it’s no value judgement
Yeah he's high here. Calm down, dude. It's a known fact he used around this time
That was cringy when she said: "And it's just like that whole theme...ah nah ne nah ne nah ne nah."
I took offense to that comment she made to be honest
Poor Elliott going on these dumb shows
This "reporter" is the worst interviewer... especially for musicians or even for a vh1 interviewer. She wants to get 3 second tidbits... she's not interested in Elliott at all. At one point she asks about Abbey Road and Elliott started to articulate an answer but she cut him off asking "what was that like?". She has no natural intuition because just by Elliott's sentence she could have inferred that he didn't spend that much time over there so asking what was that like when he already hinted at a short possibly not so good experience yet she's faking interest as if she cares what was it like for Elliot having been at Abbey Road. She's also judgemental and bases her opinions on superficial perceptions. When she says: "I notice a whole theme there... dot dot dot dot".... or whatever she said. Implying Elliott meant to consciously act and give out the look of a sadsack and by saying those ✔ ✔✔✔... she actually mocked.. tho very superficially Elliott's art... his music... and his demeanor demeaning Elliott in front of the cameras. I would have gotten up thrown a drink at her face and left the interview. Bless Elliott heart he had the patience to take the high road and reiterate that to him those things she's making fun of (the "meaninglessness") have a positive sentiment but understands at the same time how to "other people" that take everything at face value and hears things only at a superficial level it might be just that.... what the word.. literal... means. He's basically saying Airhead Bimbos like her.. and of course... that went over her head as well.
This was just a straight-up awful interview, in my opinion, bordering on rudeness on Elliott's part.