Jack black talks so highly of Elliott smith it makes me wonder if they spoke behind stage here. The way jack gets so excited in interviews when he mentioned Elliott, you can hear the smile in his voice. I love them both
The bass player in Elliott's band deserves some serious cred for all the vocal harmonies and the awesome bass playing. Playing those songs takes a very amazing musician to duplicate the album versions of the song.
Your comment made me have a thought. Usually bass players in rock/punk/indie are treated like NFL linemen. No one knows their names, no one ever really appreciates the roll that they play on the team/band, there’s no glory in the position, but without them the team/band would probably really really suck. Lol.
@@fancychannelname or most other genres besides rock, like in a lot of rnb and funk the bass takes precedence, while the guitar stays in the background.
What a tragedy he is not still with us. He was just himself. Just a true musician who didn't seem to care about the limelight. I loved that he would just start playing a concert without a word, and then every now and then ask the audience, "you feeling okay." I am saddened to know he suffered from depression. I regret there is no more music from Elliot Smith than what we have. HIs songwriting was truly unique. He had his influences like all musicians. But he sounded like no one else. God bless you, Elliot. Thank you for the very creative songs.
I saw them on the tour where Quasi opened for them and was also their backing band. Simply historically legendary. I got to meet Elliott a few times, he was a sweet, kind, intelligent soul. The world misses your genius, Elliott.
It’s gonna be awkward whoever he’d talk to because he was so introverted. Conan wasn’t a bad interviewer though, usually was nice if the person was uncomfortable. Kimmel or Fallon would be hellish for a guy like smith
God I wish Elliott had lived on and on. This song demonstrates what an exciting and innovative songwriter he was, plus arrangement and composition. I suspect he played the original piano parts following the vocal melody. All beautiful and brilliant and thanks, Elliott.
Everything is saying it's all over the place, and maybe it is to a degree, but God damn I could never imagine myself performing on Elliott's level. He's the kind of artist I love listening to before a rehearsal or writing session. Hope you've finally found peace wherever it is that you are, man. Your music certainly helps people find peace down here on earth.
To think that I saw Elliott with this combo play live in Paris, almost a quarter of a century ago... Insane. The loss of Elliott Smith has been a scar in the history of popular music, and will never be redeemed. To say he was a musical genius is an understatement. Each individual song on "XO" and "Figure 8" has more brilliant ideas and profound lyrics than any whole LPs by any other artist ever since.
I think he's one of the greatest pop writers ever, and the fact that most people haven't heard of him is scandalous. I haven't heard a bad song by him.
Elliott’s music is so beautiful and unfortunately, it seems he could rarely find a drummer that would actually match the tone of the music in this figure 8 era. I have to give this drummer here kudos because he was the only one I’ve seen who does a great job maintaining solid rhythm, great presence, and force without overpowering - in general, doing the job on point and well. Kudos to them.
The keyboard was a little bit too loud and rushing constantly, in the last part of the song you can hear the riff he's doing is completely off beat Edit: 2:40 there's a strange note there
@@Anderson-cc5jy I feel like the keyboard player even psyched Smith out a little bit with that intro and caused him to make the one mistake the second time the phrase is played (when it leads into the outro). I mentioned this in another comment but I've listened to every Elliott Smith bootleg I've been able to find between 2006 and now, and he did not make very many mistakes on guitar at all during this era, which was before his last relapse before he died.
Hey guys, i just want to notice that there's a better quality version of this performance here: ua-cam.com/video/7EpN03mqLeg/v-deo.html views: 1K vs 96k (the lower quality clip wins) Things that happens on youtube.
@@amgroblin5898 He's right; the keys are dragging quite a bit towards the end of the intro. I think it even psyched Smith out the second time the phrase is played because he mutes a note by accident that time, and if you listen to a lot of bootlegs from this tour, he did not make very many mistakes on the guitar at all during this era.
@@robbocat7643 IMO Aaron Embry, the blonde-haired second guitar player with the white, Gibson Firebird, plays the keyboard part to Son of Sam a lot better.
Bloody hell, the tempo is going insane in this! It's all over the place. Feels like it was rushed to do it without rehearsing, keys are so loud as well! His voice sounds great here though.
Interesting that they ended on a major chord rather than the minor as on the record (!) Did anyone else notice that?! (I didn’t read all the way down the comments) 🤔
Keyboardist was rushing the entire performance. Constantly just ahead of the beat.. not in the pocket. Glad Smith and the rest of the band kept it together. Rest easy Elliott . You were the absolute shit!
YES, It bothered me. The parts of the song where the drums cut out it's the most obvious. The rushing in those drumless parts just make the whole arrangement sound sloppy
@@kookythymes2838 yea it’s quite obviously rushed and it stresses me out listening to it. Maybe flashbacks of my old music days when the drummer would constantly speed up mid tune!
He was one of the best solo performers if you are talking about singer/songwriters (of all times i mean). You can think in anyone from the sixties or seventies, and yes, Elliott Smith was that good. Many fans would prefer the first period (Either Or most of them) but most of the people usually pick Figure Eight if you ask them.
Yeah, I think he could've used a better backup singer, honestly. As much as I respect and admire him, picking his good buddy to sing backup wasn't the best choice, aesthetically. Though I'm sure with all he was going through it was nice having him with him on tour.
@@Vagabond.utopia I like Elliott Smith, but all the live performances I’ve heard of him are much worse than the studio recordings. Compare this to the studio version of Son of Sam. I’m not mad, but complaining, I’m happy he left us so much great music. Every album is great.
Jesus, imagine being in the audience for a Conan show with Elliott Smith and Tenacious D.
God damn. What a beautiful and perfect night that would be!!
We didn't know how good we had it
Conan means nothing to me
@@oldaccount5217 Everything means nothing to me
Jack black actually loves Elliott smith, I think he sang say yes at a tribute concert for him
Jack black talks so highly of Elliott smith it makes me wonder if they spoke behind stage here. The way jack gets so excited in interviews when he mentioned Elliott, you can hear the smile in his voice. I love them both
I bet they did. Jack was a huge fan of his.
Elliott Smith is the best songwriter of this generation
Hands down the best.
What exactly does “this generation” mean?
@@-solidsnake- anyone who came of age post-1990
@@-solidsnake- Well it doesn't mean " This generation" lol, I'm thinking it's GenX, not this shite music now.
Not sure if the best, but definitely up there.
The bass player in Elliott's band deserves some serious cred for all the vocal harmonies and the awesome bass playing. Playing those songs takes a very amazing musician to duplicate the album versions of the song.
Your comment made me have a thought.
Usually bass players in rock/punk/indie are treated like NFL linemen. No one knows their names, no one ever really appreciates the roll that they play on the team/band, there’s no glory in the position, but without them the team/band would probably really really suck.
Lol.
I mean, check out Quasi, Sam's band. He has some serious cred. Lol.
yeah his name is sam coomes like someone else said his band quasi is very good
@@fancychannelname or most other genres besides rock, like in a lot of rnb and funk the bass takes precedence, while the guitar stays in the background.
Yeah, Mr. Quasi is cool. I feel like he's the archetype for Scott Pilgrim. Long, thin, shaggy with Rick bass.
Hot damn. Nobody writes/wrote like Elliott. What a gem.
What a tragedy he is not still with us. He was just himself. Just a true musician who didn't seem to care about the limelight. I loved that he would just start playing a concert without a word, and then every now and then ask the audience, "you feeling okay." I am saddened to know he suffered from depression. I regret there is no more music from Elliot Smith than what we have. HIs songwriting was truly unique. He had his influences like all musicians. But he sounded like no one else. God bless you, Elliot. Thank you for the very creative songs.
I really love that album. He never put out a bad record actually
He's never put out a bad song either, the hard part is deciding which ones are your favorite
True AF. all song in album figure 8 is masterpiece
Yeah, no shit
Is that supposed to be a revelation to anyone?
@@lissie3669Yes he did, every single musician has at least one bad song.
I saw them on the tour where Quasi opened for them and was also their backing band. Simply historically legendary. I got to meet Elliott a few times, he was a sweet, kind, intelligent soul. The world misses your genius, Elliott.
Who else saw Elliott sitting next to Conan in the thumbnail and braced themselves for the most awkward and sad interview of all time?
Me!!!!
Breaks my heart at what a horrible life he had. Tremendous songwriter
It’s gonna be awkward whoever he’d talk to because he was so introverted. Conan wasn’t a bad interviewer though, usually was nice if the person was uncomfortable. Kimmel or Fallon would be hellish for a guy like smith
It wasn’t an interview he played live .. didn’t you watch loln
@@justinnicoletta1447 I just know he was really good. Poor kid I I feel for him
God I wish Elliott had lived on and on. This song demonstrates what an exciting and innovative songwriter he was, plus arrangement and composition. I suspect he played the original piano parts following the vocal melody. All beautiful and brilliant and thanks, Elliott.
Everything is saying it's all over the place, and maybe it is to a degree, but God damn I could never imagine myself performing on Elliott's level. He's the kind of artist I love listening to before a rehearsal or writing session. Hope you've finally found peace wherever it is that you are, man. Your music certainly helps people find peace down here on earth.
He absolutely ripped here. The whole band was locked in. Awesome to see.
Elliott is one of the greatest songwriters if all time.
Agree
As long as one person is worse than he is, that would make him one of the greatest.
Never heard him sound so similar to the album. Been said a million times I’m sure, but he really was special
To think that I saw Elliott with this combo play live in Paris, almost a quarter of a century ago... Insane. The loss of Elliott Smith has been a scar in the history of popular music, and will never be redeemed. To say he was a musical genius is an understatement. Each individual song on "XO" and "Figure 8" has more brilliant ideas and profound lyrics than any whole LPs by any other artist ever since.
I think he's one of the greatest pop writers ever, and the fact that most people haven't heard of him is scandalous. I haven't heard a bad song by him.
Jack was a big fan of Elliott's. He looks restrained sitting next to him.
he played "Say Yes" at his funeral/memorial.
@@colinr4860 what a way for me to learn that jack black is dead
@@dhsjakhdsajk????
Elliot played real music.
The thumbnail is so fucking funny dude it looks like a PERFECT meme template.
Long live ES!
Elliott was a creative director in the most badass and incredible definition of the term
Elliott sitting with Conan is just a beautiful moment
Conan is always the best host with the great musicians.
Jack Black is huge Elliott Smith fan. Wonder if it was because of this or before this.
I was just thinking the same thing!
これだよ、これ‼️💕👌✨
This is the one I was looking for.
Thank you for putting it on.☺️💓✨
Wow !! Absolutely beautiful .. an amazing time reminding me to love the present
I miss this man so much. :(
That song in this video did sound very “Beatleish”, loved it.
WOAH, how didn't i know about this? THIS IS SICK!
I thought this was an interview. I was so curious to see how Elliot Smith would come across.
God he was such an amazing guitarist.
Yes, he was.
Very solid performance.
So good. So So so good.
Elliott’s music is so beautiful and unfortunately, it seems he could rarely find a drummer that would actually match the tone of the music in this figure 8 era. I have to give this drummer here kudos because he was the only one I’ve seen who does a great job maintaining solid rhythm, great presence, and force without overpowering - in general, doing the job on point and well. Kudos to them.
If this doesn’t show how much we lost the day elliott smith passed i dont know what?!?!?!!!!!!
A gem of a video
my dear sweet elliott...
First time hearing that song, what a great performance from all
I remember watching this live and wondering where I could find Elliott's shoes.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
❤️❤️❤️❤️
nao sabia q tinha como sentir falta de alguém que você nunca conheceu até descobrir ele
elliott AND tenacious d on the same episode! what a time
I love how happy Elliott Smith looks when they come back from commercial.
Something sounds out of tune (guitar/keys maybe?) but Elliott still kills it
The keyboard was a little bit too loud and rushing constantly, in the last part of the song you can hear the riff he's doing is completely off beat
Edit: 2:40 there's a strange note there
guitar's out of tune - but it doesn't sound too ugly i dig it
@@Anderson-cc5jy Yeah the guy on the piano did not seem to be in know.....
@@Anderson-cc5jy I feel like the keyboard player even psyched Smith out a little bit with that intro and caused him to make the one mistake the second time the phrase is played (when it leads into the outro). I mentioned this in another comment but I've listened to every Elliott Smith bootleg I've been able to find between 2006 and now, and he did not make very many mistakes on guitar at all during this era, which was before his last relapse before he died.
It is a good song.
Hey guys, i just want to notice that there's a better quality version of this performance here: ua-cam.com/video/7EpN03mqLeg/v-deo.html
views: 1K vs 96k (the lower quality clip wins) Things that happens on youtube.
this was on the day i was born teehee
Is that Quentin Tarantino on the keys??
I was gonna say Morrissey
U dont get it.
Brad Mehldau
That’s cool. I know Jack was a big fan of Elliott.
Indeed!
brilliant.
What a talent. No way he died by stabbing himself in the chest TWICE. Occam’s Razor says the one who pulled the knife out is the one who put it in.
Rocky start imo, but they find their groove. Great tune!
that’s crazy
@@amgroblin5898 He's right; the keys are dragging quite a bit towards the end of the intro. I think it even psyched Smith out the second time the phrase is played because he mutes a note by accident that time, and if you listen to a lot of bootlegs from this tour, he did not make very many mistakes on the guitar at all during this era.
@@joelglanton6531 oh no wasy
@@joelglanton6531 it sounded scuffed at Bumbershoot too, I get the impression it was just always rough to do that first bit
@@robbocat7643 IMO Aaron Embry, the blonde-haired second guitar player with the white, Gibson Firebird, plays the keyboard part to Son of Sam a lot better.
I know I could look this up easily on Wikipedia, but my head Canon is that Danny Boyle of Trainspotting fame plays keys on this
Mikey Forester!
watching this feels like ive been let into a secret
he 100%'d this song
Bloody hell, the tempo is going insane in this! It's all over the place. Feels like it was rushed to do it without rehearsing, keys are so loud as well! His voice sounds great here though.
yeah everybody is playing pretty sloppily
Idiotic comment
Such a beautiful man and a beautiful soul….🩵
Love this
Straight dope
the Legend ......Torment Saint......
slaps so GD hard
This guy would have written novels, had he lived a bit longer
And symphonies.
Apparently he actually was interested in writing fiction, don't remember where I saw that. You're completely right
Why can't they release this cut with a good quality? T.T
There's no original release of this but i already posted a better version here: ua-cam.com/video/7EpN03mqLeg/v-deo.html
Interesting that they ended on a major chord rather than the minor as on the record (!) Did anyone else notice that?! (I didn’t read all the way down the comments) 🤔
Holy crap! Was Conan the Max Headroom guy??
Lo amoooo
Underrated
Keyboardist was rushing the entire performance. Constantly just ahead of the beat.. not in the pocket. Glad Smith and the rest of the band kept it together. Rest easy Elliott . You were the absolute shit!
Huh i didn't really notice that
I don't think he was at all
edit: rewatching it I can definitely hear some rushing around 2:40
Were you _rushing_ or were you _dragging_ ? ANSWER.THE QUESTION!
YES, It bothered me. The parts of the song where the drums cut out it's the most obvious. The rushing in those drumless parts just make the whole arrangement sound sloppy
@@kookythymes2838 yea it’s quite obviously rushed and it stresses me out listening to it. Maybe flashbacks of my old music days when the drummer would constantly speed up mid tune!
What can you say. Damm
Is that Elvis Costello on piano?
wow
son of samson
🥀🌿🌹🌿🥀
Is that Elvis Costello on keys?
No
Brad Mehldau
He was different with a band aye? Never quite felt comfortable... Fair enough. No one could get the songs how he played it. Feel his pain
He was one of the best solo performers if you are talking about singer/songwriters (of all times i mean). You can think in anyone from the sixties or seventies, and yes, Elliott Smith was that good.
Many fans would prefer the first period (Either Or most of them) but most of the people usually pick Figure Eight if you ask them.
Yeah, I think he could've used a better backup singer, honestly. As much as I respect and admire him, picking his good buddy to sing backup wasn't the best choice, aesthetically. Though I'm sure with all he was going through it was nice having him with him on tour.
@@jontreeatreeify Sam Coomes kills it here. Whaddya talking about
@@jontreeatreeify I’m gonna have to disagree. Elliot smith made nothing but masterpieces
@@Vagabond.utopia I like Elliott Smith, but all the live performances I’ve heard of him are much worse than the studio recordings. Compare this to the studio version of Son of Sam. I’m not mad, but complaining, I’m happy he left us so much great music. Every album is great.
It’s cool of morrisey to play the keys here
That's nothing, you should hear him play the piano
Brad Mehldau
Jack Black es fan de Elliott :) y estaba en el show
1:34 Dennis???
Wilson?
@@justinainsworth8635 no, the golden god, Dennis
Description of the video is wildly inaccurate
Reason?
@@steelygray Elliot had another album after figure 8 but i assume you meant while he was alive in the description
@@iane7474 From a Basement to a Hill is not really an album, the songs are great, but he didn't finished it.
Sam coomes is so cool
The rhythm section is great- the guitar isn’t in tune with the piano. Great song and performance regardless-
Kinda sound’s like the Beatles
Kinda yes
Somethings happening don't
speak too soon
You clearly have no soul
Never knew he was on Conan wth
He was on twice; the first time he played Miss Misery solo.
Quasi. Fucking great.
👩🏽⚖
The bard of indie emo, on Babylon TV with the masonic witches, bad call.
Perfectly sane comment
i dont get what's the appeal
Musica de psicopata, mas é mt boa
infinite is a no
Why is everything out of tune?
Comment to Salsasce if you dont like Elliott you have no soul 😱🤦🏼🤷🏻😳🙄😡
Trying to leach as much money as they can before the planned stab stab
That guy stole my bass and Elliiot still owes me for his heroin bill. Nice song writer though.
Trying to like Elliot Smith's music. Not feeling it. Too dark. Definitely a tortured soul.
You just are too plugged in to get it
Keep listening to nickleback
@@ryanmilton6856 We're all plugged into something. Too many Ohms here :)
You clearly have no soul stick to bruno mars 😡
You clearly dont like music
God i love tuis man