I saw Elliott on the Figure Eight Tour at 328 Performance Hall in Nashville. He was playing there with the full band. I remember he said he was sick and you could tell he was kinda under the weather up there under the lights. Shortly before they got on stage a GIGANTIC thunderstorm hit out of nowhere and you could just hear it outside sounding like the fucking roof was gonna cave in. Then all the electricity went out, and the place was in complete darkness. They just sat out candles all along the bar, and a few up by the stage. The other guys just sat down and Elliott pulled up a chair on stage by himself with his acoustic, and I think maybe a security guy shone a flashlight on him or something. It was like he flipped a switch and the flu lost its hold on him. He just started doing his thing and everyone had to be very quiet to hear him with no microphone or anything, and the storm crashing down overhead. I had never seen anything like that, and he really pulled off a fucking cool-ass performance in the dark. It was such an eerie and amazing scenario, and that's how I'll always remember Elliott Smith.
00:00 Division Day 03:50 Angeles 08:04 Between the bars 10:28 Alameda 14:16 Needle in the hay (Whatafuck) 18:21 Southern belle 21:58 Say yes 24:16 Bled White 28:02 Waterloo Sunset 31:53 They'll never take her love from me (Hank Williams Cover) 35:09 Some song 37:50 Clementine 40:35 Biggest lie
Omg it actually starts its initial descent around 7:30ish but stops for some reason I'm sure someone who understands physics could explain but to me just looks creepishly beautiful and funny AF
Yup. That quirk or whatever is a huge part of what I love about Elliott... like if my life/work/personal relationship/whatever was on public display? I always think of how many aborted attempts at doing - anything at all there are in my daily life, you know? It's all much less difficult than anything Elliot is doing. Like my aborted attempt to clean my apartment and watch Elliot instead. It's Friday afternoon, fuck my apartment.
@@xplormusic8241 The building is still there but it has gone through a bunch of different names. It was the conservatory and then the Avalon Events Center for a while and now I think it's just called the Stone Building.
I love the thumbs down people. I just cannot see an Elliott Smith fan ever thumbing down for any of his stuff, live or studio recorded. They must have stumbled across him and not liked him. Very odd.
Often times the thumbs down is a way to indicate to the algorithm what you don't want to pop up in your feed, or autoplay selections. Perhaps these folks were looking to hear the studio record version from the albums, and kept getting full live shows, (often with several of the same songs overlapping each set list.) It could have absolutely nothing to do with their feelings about his music. 🤷♂️ Think in terms of very early Facebook; you could click [like] for a post, but not [sad] or [angry] or other emotive indicators. So you'd get posts like "grandma died." And ppl would [like] the post, but it was just an acknowledgement of having read the bad news. Not expressing their joy of learning your G-ma passed away...
From the silence of Elliott in between songs to the pool balls hitting and people talking , And the hiss of the camera making it sound like a hard rain outside. make this a gem.
God damn, if I think about it, this being 1997 and all. Elliott Smith playing this tiny cafe and being a literal GOD on an acoustic and lyrical abilities. Meanwhile F’n 4 power Chord Everclear is on every radio station raking in millions.
Superbly sublime! This is Mad Hatter Mona Lisa Art Music accompanied by Avant Guitar by the one and only the master, the legend Elliott 'Steven' Smith!
I saw him play a week after this in Chicago at the Lounge Ax and he fucked me up forever. It was the heaviest metal show I have ever witnessed. His power was his truth.
IMO, he deserved FAR more than a small cafe performance in 1997...great video though, and being a solo acoustic musician at one point, I get the vibe 1000%
I agree. The way he carries himself and talks up there, even the setting with the table pulled up next to him holding his drinks and cigarette. To a random person walking in you'd think he was just a "local"-open-mic performer. But he was and will always be one of the best singer-songwriters this world will ever see. Such a sweet and amazing soul he was.
Se mi dicessero che posso tornare indietro nel tempo per assistere al concerto di qualcuno che non c'è più, senza esitare sceglierei Elliott Smith in acustico. Mi commuove solo il pensiero, non so cosa darei.
I’ve only ever seen Elliott perform with an acoustic standing up once, when he played Miss Misery at the award show. I wonder if his playing style is too difficult to play while standing up.
Anyone else wonder why Elliot's playing a guitar with just a makeshift aftermarket pickup? I get that he's into minimalism and a stripped-down barebones sound. But man it would sound a lot better if he had a nice guitar with built-in pickups where you could actually hear the notes. Just curious what other people think about the sound setup he's using in terms of instrument? I mean he sounds pretty good. But it just seems like it could be a lot better. Was that just his own preference?
He used a Lawrence A-300 and hated the sound of piezo pickups. He said once he liked the "glassy" sound of the Lawrence pickup and used it till the end of his life.
Considering the mic used to record this show, it wouldn't make much a difference to us. He chose sounds that matched how he attacked the guitar to match his soft vocals, while still standing out. Some of the best acoustic guitar I've heard, is Elliott playing, with his cheap gear. I'm not sure different gear WOULD sound all that different.
HAVE SOME GODDAMN RESPECT FOR A SONGWRITER OF ELLIOTT'S CALIBER, AND *_SIT THE FUCK DOWN_* WHILE HE IS PLAYING PLEASE AND THANK YOU. He says "are you guys bored?" Because roughly a half dozen ppl are walking through during his set, popping in and out from their seats (and these are just the ones our cameraman has caught from this 1 angle....) and earlier on you can pick up background conversation that doesn't settle when he starts playing. I feel like I saw him staring down various noisy sections, maybe not in a challenging way, but definitely a WTF guys I AM NOTICING YOU kinda look...perhaps I'm projecting. Either way; ...Philistines.
The dweeby kid with the funny wig and who keeps walking up and down the isle certainly can't say he's never been to an Elliott show. Damn! Someone should have told him to "sit down Waido!"!
![Elliott Smith Acoustic Show - Studion - Stockholm, Sweden [audio only]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sh_6_4Ciziw/mqdefault.jpg)
I saw Elliott on the Figure Eight Tour at 328 Performance Hall in Nashville. He was playing there with the full band. I remember he said he was sick and you could tell he was kinda under the weather up there under the lights. Shortly before they got on stage a GIGANTIC thunderstorm hit out of nowhere and you could just hear it outside sounding like the fucking roof was gonna cave in. Then all the electricity went out, and the place was in complete darkness. They just sat out candles all along the bar, and a few up by the stage. The other guys just sat down and Elliott pulled up a chair on stage by himself with his acoustic, and I think maybe a security guy shone a flashlight on him or something. It was like he flipped a switch and the flu lost its hold on him. He just started doing his thing and everyone had to be very quiet to hear him with no microphone or anything, and the storm crashing down overhead. I had never seen anything like that, and he really pulled off a fucking cool-ass performance in the dark. It was such an eerie and amazing scenario, and that's how I'll always remember Elliott Smith.
Ruby Rust Records this is my favorite comment ever :)
Ruby Rust Records thank you for sharing that memory. You're lucky to have seen him live!
I have an autographed print from that show. I wasn't there, it was given to me. Wish I could have witnessed it.
That is AWESOME! Thanks for sharing.
Wow.. that's incredible, thank you for sharing :)
31:14 - I just love the moments when he speaks to the audience. His voice is so pleasing to hear.
"Nah, Needle in the Hay is too sad" ...two songs and a spilled beer later: "ok, here's needle in the hay"
That fallen bottle must have really upset him
What the fuck
@@cono4949 I’m rewatching this cause I love him ..and definitely to hear him say that again doesn’t get old
@@snowydove6510 yes, you are right, Elliott immortal ! songs, voice, and his beautiful face ever in our heart...
00:00 Division Day
03:50 Angeles
08:04 Between the bars
10:28 Alameda
14:16 Needle in the hay (Whatafuck)
18:21 Southern belle
21:58 Say yes
24:16 Bled White
28:02 Waterloo Sunset
31:53 They'll never take her love from me (Hank Williams Cover)
35:09 Some song
37:50 Clementine
40:35 Biggest lie
at 17:00 watching the bottle slide so slowly across the table and 17:30 when it actually falls is hysterical
Omg it actually starts its initial descent around 7:30ish but stops for some reason I'm sure someone who understands physics could explain but to me just looks creepishly beautiful and funny AF
and then when he notices “what the FUCK” i love him
tarynbethesaurus vexed it’s his foot hitting the ground vibrates the table which is not level
My god he was so incredible. I miss him without ever knowing him. The way he quits playing when he gets distracted or fucks up.... I love him.
ditto
u just said it!
oh man: elliott and me are exactly the same age
lol, he and I have the same birthday (different years though)
Yup. That quirk or whatever is a huge part of what I love about Elliott... like if my life/work/personal relationship/whatever was on public display? I always think of how many aborted attempts at doing - anything at all there are in my daily life, you know? It's all much less difficult than anything Elliot is doing. Like my aborted attempt to clean my apartment and watch Elliot instead. It's Friday afternoon, fuck my apartment.
18:16, wow, that's a very rare moment of Elliott instantly taking a fan's request. He usually talks them out of it
I like to think he was like “oh shit he actually did it”
I was at this show. ❤️ Thanks for posting. I'll never forget it!
You’re so lucky to have seen him live! I wish I was alive at that time lol
Lucky
Hey I was there too! I talked to him after the show and got a free sticker from him that I put on my mountain bike.
where in fargo is this now?
@@xplormusic8241 The building is still there but it has gone through a bunch of different names. It was the conservatory and then the Avalon Events Center for a while and now I think it's just called the Stone Building.
Elliott 2 days off a heartbreak and in great shape vocally - as good as it fucking gets.
"You broke your own because you can't finish what you start" Bottle breaks...doesn't finish song.
Haha interesting.
I love the thumbs down people. I just cannot see an Elliott Smith fan ever thumbing down for any of his stuff, live or studio recorded. They must have stumbled across him and not liked him. Very odd.
It's just not possible for him to write a bad song! It makes no sense to thumb anything down I know
Taylor Barnett could be bots
Often times the thumbs down is a way to indicate to the algorithm what you don't want to pop up in your feed, or autoplay selections.
Perhaps these folks were looking to hear the studio record version from the albums, and kept getting full live shows, (often with several of the same songs overlapping each set list.) It could have absolutely nothing to do with their feelings about his music. 🤷♂️
Think in terms of very early Facebook; you could click [like] for a post, but not [sad] or [angry] or other emotive indicators. So you'd get posts like "grandma died." And ppl would [like] the post, but it was just an acknowledgement of having read the bad news. Not expressing their joy of learning your G-ma passed away...
wow i love waterloo sunset and elliot smith him covering it makes me so happy, i wish i could’ve seen him in concert
From the silence of Elliott in between songs to the pool balls hitting and people talking ,
And the hiss of the camera making it sound like a hard rain outside. make this a gem.
God damn, if I think about it, this being 1997 and all. Elliott Smith playing this tiny cafe and being a literal GOD on an acoustic and lyrical abilities. Meanwhile F’n 4 power Chord Everclear is on every radio station raking in millions.
2:43 walk out - are you guys bored 😑 2:35 - :240 - 2:45 ... rips into Angeles such a SKILLED harmonist lyricist and human being. ☔️😔💫
Still in love with his music
Superbly sublime! This is Mad Hatter Mona Lisa Art Music accompanied by Avant Guitar by the one and only the master, the legend Elliott 'Steven' Smith!
I saw him play a week after this in Chicago at the Lounge Ax and he fucked me up forever. It was the heaviest metal show I have ever witnessed. His power was his truth.
I love that he does needle in the hay after saying 'that's too depressing' to play :P
Thanks for the upload! Can’t get enough of watching Elliott play live. Such a unique and awesome talent!
What I would do to be piss drunk in a bar watching this live
@@j.b.8546 same
thank you!!!🎉
IMO, he deserved FAR more than a small cafe performance in 1997...great video though, and being a solo acoustic musician at one point, I get the vibe 1000%
Those people maybe didn't realize it, but they were so lucky to witness a pure artist's concert. Wish I could have been there.
Does anyone else re-watch this and can't help but watch the beer bottle slowly slide off the table? XD
i think its so sweet when he says 'why are you so quite"; I don't think he realizes the reason why people are quite is bc they are hipnotized by him.
What the fuck! Lol i love how human he was on stage, always. So much personality
I agree. The way he carries himself and talks up there, even the setting with the table pulled up next to him holding his drinks and cigarette. To a random person walking in you'd think he was just a "local"-open-mic performer. But he was and will always be one of the best singer-songwriters this world will ever see. Such a sweet and amazing soul he was.
Se mi dicessero che posso tornare indietro nel tempo per assistere al concerto di qualcuno che non c'è più, senza esitare sceglierei Elliott Smith in acustico.
Mi commuove solo il pensiero, non so cosa darei.
I love Elliott! Miss him!
Waterloo sunset ❤️
I love the acoustic version of Division Day..more than the piano version. So cool he’s just playing these unbelievable songs in that little bar
13:05 omg, that was so fucking adorable
Thank you
I’ve only ever seen Elliott perform with an acoustic standing up once, when he played Miss Misery at the award show. I wonder if his playing style is too difficult to play while standing up.
my idol
early version of bled white ❤
31:45 :(
I know💟
💔
I miss you, you beautiful brilliant person (I was gonna say Bastid)
I saw him with quasi just a week or so after this. With quasi me thinks. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
you can consider yourself lucky. when I listened to him the first time he was already gone.
same unfort
scooby dooby doo he is really coo-ewl. i like to watch him every afternoo-ewn
cant believe he threw that Hank's cover that perfectly because this drunk dude suggested it
mannnn this is so good
My favorite show of his to watch ❤
Lawrd ! Strangest crowd -
Sounded sharp !
Thanks 4 sharing 🎃
XO
XX
The 7 thumbs down were from the 7 people talking at this show
This whole show is fantastic, but WOW that Hank Williams cover.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Wake up, audience!
they got some wonky-ass tables in Fargo
ooh Bled White is different
I love it
Anyone else wonder why Elliot's playing a guitar with just a makeshift aftermarket pickup? I get that he's into minimalism and a stripped-down barebones sound. But man it would sound a lot better if he had a nice guitar with built-in pickups where you could actually hear the notes. Just curious what other people think about the sound setup he's using in terms of instrument? I mean he sounds pretty good. But it just seems like it could be a lot better. Was that just his own preference?
He used a Lawrence A-300 and hated the sound of piezo pickups. He said once he liked the "glassy" sound of the Lawrence pickup and used it till the end of his life.
I love his sound of the Yamaha FG-180 and the Lawrence A-300 pickup:
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Considering the mic used to record this show, it wouldn't make much a difference to us. He chose sounds that matched how he attacked the guitar to match his soft vocals, while still standing out. Some of the best acoustic guitar I've heard, is Elliott playing, with his cheap gear. I'm not sure different gear WOULD sound all that different.
@@peterfelipe1125 Smart. Jerry Garcia's shows with John Kahn sound awful because of a crappy piezo. Such a bummer ...
Anyone know who the girlfriend is he mentions at 31:45 who he "just broke up with 2 days ago?"
joanna bolme i think
So good
a different version to bled white
“You broke your own cause you can’t finish what you start-“ bottle breaks, Elliott doesn’t finish what he started.
Lol
thanx to my "repliers": cheers!
17:31
Is this at First Avenue, or in Fargo? Can't be both. Also, I shouldn't have to come here and say that First Ave is not in Fargo.
This is at First Avenue in Fargo.
Where's his FG-180?
Jay Mallatratt That's it
It's in his hands
who's song is they'll never take her love from me?
Hank Williams Sr.
It's by Leon Payne, Hank W made a very sweet version which is probably the more famous one.
❤️❤️❤️
What is he looking on the floor several times ?
Songlist maybe
HAVE SOME GODDAMN RESPECT FOR A SONGWRITER OF ELLIOTT'S CALIBER, AND *_SIT THE FUCK DOWN_* WHILE HE IS PLAYING PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
He says "are you guys bored?" Because roughly a half dozen ppl are walking through during his set, popping in and out from their seats (and these are just the ones our cameraman has caught from this 1 angle....) and earlier on you can pick up background conversation that doesn't settle when he starts playing. I feel like I saw him staring down various noisy sections, maybe not in a challenging way, but definitely a WTF guys I AM NOTICING YOU kinda look...perhaps I'm projecting. Either way;
...Philistines.
Sad 😢
He'd be so huge if he were still with us. I don't think the story is straight.
17:33 waddafaq
Hardly any xo songs yet
21:55 ...
The dweeby kid with the funny wig and who keeps walking up and down the isle certainly can't say he's never been to an Elliott show. Damn! Someone should have told him to "sit down Waido!"!
What the fuck! That table was haunted.
Look I’m white so don’t take this the wrong way. There are a shitload of white peoples in Nashville. Did you notice this?
he's real depressed dontcha know!