Elliott Smith - Condor Ave ( 1996 in Arizona)

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  • @ashore
    @ashore 8 років тому +154

    Incredibly original, emotional, and sincere. My favorite song by Elliott Smith.

  • @jumbom5519
    @jumbom5519 6 років тому +85

    Perhaps the greatest song ever made in my opinion.

    • @gordononkyo2713
      @gordononkyo2713 3 роки тому +3

      Yes, it's shockingly perfect. Maybe you check out too Evan Dando's version of 'Lovely New York'

  • @freesolja1
    @freesolja1 7 років тому +43

    I've probably heard this song 1000 times over the years but it still feels fresh

  • @lynni3nyc863
    @lynni3nyc863 10 років тому +71

    This genius breaks my heart.

  • @Barren636
    @Barren636 8 років тому +62

    One of the most underrated guitarists of all time as far as i'm concerned.

    • @towersofmidnight
      @towersofmidnight 8 років тому +1

      QFT

    • @towersofmidnight
      @towersofmidnight 7 років тому +6

      well said Vamphaery, I concur. I play guitar and Elliotts songs are easily some of the most difficult to learn. Partly due to him multitracking his guitar and also due to his intricate chord progressions and fingerpicking style

    • @frankiesayspanic
      @frankiesayspanic 6 років тому +1

      Rolling Stone agrees!

    • @native3218
      @native3218 5 років тому

      I KNOW THATS RIGHT.

  • @mglenwright09
    @mglenwright09 8 років тому +22

    like a fucking boss. one of those songs that just whisks you away...

  • @strangeclimate411
    @strangeclimate411 2 роки тому +15

    his voice makes my heart feel like its been set alight. he's incredible

  • @AaronAtkinsHonorableChairman
    @AaronAtkinsHonorableChairman 9 років тому +229

    He wrote this when he was only 17 years old

    • @skyfox490
      @skyfox490 7 років тому +1

      In 1986?

    • @howlongs2416
      @howlongs2416 7 років тому +11

      Yeah, according to his response to a request to play it at a 1997 Crocodile Cafe concert in Seattle- he stated that the song was written 11 years ago. It was originally a Murder of Crows song.

    • @ArkadianDream
      @ArkadianDream 6 років тому +5

      Whenever I listen to this I can't help but think about it and I just. Fuck, wow.

    • @thomasoluic1832
      @thomasoluic1832 6 років тому +8

      Humility and painful honesty is the source of beautiful art at any age..once in a while we have such a painfully honest, eccentric, shy man or woman of great emotional intensity, who from within continue to blow our minds..
      Never firgey

    • @toastycabbagewaffles2115
      @toastycabbagewaffles2115 6 років тому +1

      well to be fair he didn't write any of the lyrics. they were done by his friend.

  • @janekelly7252
    @janekelly7252 Рік тому +3

    Happy birthday Elliott. You’ve changed and saved my life in ways you could’ve never imagined. You’re impact will never be forgotten, and i’ll make sure of that. Thank you.

  • @Devilslittleimp
    @Devilslittleimp 16 років тому +18

    I love this song, I love Elliott, its so sad that he passed away, I just started listening to him about a month ago, and I will never go back. His music is beautiful and helps me so much with all my problems. XO Elliott

  • @sexyhorrorbubblebath
    @sexyhorrorbubblebath 10 років тому +32

    wow, saw him play so many times and never once did he play this song. always wanted him to. glad i can finally see it, even if i wasn't there.

  • @alexvilanovab
    @alexvilanovab 5 років тому +16

    "That's the one thing that *I* can never do" holy shit...

  • @lowfi1980
    @lowfi1980 3 роки тому +14

    God bless whoever recorded this

  • @imJakey0
    @imJakey0 7 років тому +126

    how does he sound all the notes so well while strumming instead of finger-picking. wtf.

    • @anodynic749
      @anodynic749 5 років тому +5

      Jake Anderson I would also like to know this. Seriously it's bee. Driving me crazy

    • @maturtlelaza
      @maturtlelaza 4 роки тому +5

      Lol me too. I’m glad I saw this so I don’t feel alone. The same goes for the introduction to angeles when he is strumming but somehow still eccentuates the riff.

    • @itsgonnbeok7249
      @itsgonnbeok7249 4 роки тому +9

      @@maturtlelaza He's muting the other strings so they don't ring out

    • @jaq8604
      @jaq8604 4 роки тому +9

      @@itsgonnbeok7249 Amen. It takes a lot of practice

    • @maturtlelaza
      @maturtlelaza 4 роки тому +7

      @@itsgonnbeok7249 So I figured out angeles, you dont actually have to mute any strings. you just strum the G,B and e strings open in between the riff notes on the D string.

  • @songsthatarecatchy
    @songsthatarecatchy 2 роки тому +6

    The chimes fell over each other I fell into my knees... the sound of the car driving off made me feel diseased..

  • @DaveAmico
    @DaveAmico 12 років тому +6

    I stumbled into the POINT in Atlanta circa. 1997 and saw an amazing Elliott Smith play extremely well... I love this music.

  • @globelamp
    @globelamp 10 років тому +17

    fucking brilliant…..a haunting song

  • @TheAcondragoLamina
    @TheAcondragoLamina 14 років тому +3

    music coming from the veins, heart, stomach ....
    thanks eliiott

  • @fabiomandol
    @fabiomandol 16 років тому +11

    MY GOOD WHAT A MUSICIAN!!!!

  • @gtrob1
    @gtrob1 16 років тому +6

    Man i feel like i've been hiding under a rock for the past 15 years. Just discovered Elliott thru a friend from portland. Friggin amazing!

    • @ijemand5672
      @ijemand5672 2 роки тому +2

      Just discovered him this year

    • @gtrob1
      @gtrob1 2 роки тому +2

      @@ijemand5672 hell yeah! Dude has a decent sized catalog of great music. Never too late to find good music!

  • @alex-cooper
    @alex-cooper 15 років тому +2

    love this song. love elliott. everything he's done is great.

  • @avivabetzer5932
    @avivabetzer5932 6 років тому +1

    so heart-wrenching! he's seems so emaciated and so tormented inside and he could never talk to anyone and pour our what's inside of his mind and heart

    • @strangeclimate411
      @strangeclimate411 2 роки тому

      just because we didn't know much about how he truly felt outside of interviews which are often not truthful, that doesn't mean that he didn't speak to anybody... he had plenty of friends that he could (and did) confide in...

  • @motleycruee420
    @motleycruee420 11 років тому +2

    This song has really sad lyrics. Then again, so does every other Smith song. Love it!

  • @99centstore
    @99centstore 12 років тому +13

    There's a Condor Ave in Portland, Oregon which is where Elliott lived out a good portion of his life. I'm assuming that's the one he's referencing.

    • @khurzog7125
      @khurzog7125 4 роки тому

      no fairgrounds near by though, unless you count oaks park, which still isn't really close

    • @strangeclimate411
      @strangeclimate411 2 роки тому

      @@khurzog7125 he said that a lot of his songs aren't complete stories so it's highly likely that this song is also one of them

  • @spurriousgod
    @spurriousgod 12 років тому +4

    this song is unreal. elliott at his best - great video!

  • @eloiseripley
    @eloiseripley 2 роки тому +5

    She took the Oldsmobile out past Condor Avenue
    And she locked the car and slipped past into rhythmic quietude
    Lights burning, voice dry and hoarse
    I threw the screen door like a bastard back and forth
    The chimes fell over each other, I fell onto my knees
    The sound of the car driving off made me feel diseased
    A sick shouting like you hear at the fairground
    Now I'm picking up to put away anything of yours that's still around
    I don't know what to do with your clothes or your letters
    It'll make a whisper out of you
    She took the Oldsmobile out past Condor Avenue
    The fairground's lit, a drunk man sits by the gate she's driving through
    Got his hat tipped bottle back in between his teeth
    Looks like he's buried in the sand at the beach
    I can't think about you driving off to leave barely awake
    To take a little nap while the road is straight
    I wish that car had never been discovered
    They took away the bottle and the hat he was under
    That's the one thing that he could never do
    And it'll make a whisper out of you
    She took the Oldsmobile out past Condor Avenue
    Cops were running around the scene looking for some kind of clue
    They never get uptight when a moth gets crushed
    Unless a light bulb really loved him very much
    I'm lying down, blowing smoke from my cigarette
    Little whisper smoke signs that you'll never get
    You're in your Oldsmobile driving by the moon
    Headlights burning bright ahead of you
    And someone's burning out, out on Condor Avenue
    Trying to make a whisper out of you
    What a shitty thing to say, did you really mean it?
    You never said a word to me about what passed between us
    So now I'm leaving you alone
    You can do whatever the hell you want to
    Na, na-na-na-na-na

  • @pressureofdays
    @pressureofdays 13 років тому +8

    Eight years gone. Thanks for everything.

  • @lucianaramoslira9851
    @lucianaramoslira9851 10 років тому +4

    Uff, qué maravilla... conmovedor

  • @fabiomandol
    @fabiomandol 16 років тому +3

    sorry for this second message but i think there's only few people that could teach "how to play guitar" an one of those is this GENIUS

  • @patrickcline5944
    @patrickcline5944 7 років тому +5

    How can there not be 10 Million views of this?

  • @Wackassrobots
    @Wackassrobots 3 роки тому

    Thanks for uploading this

  • @andrewptob
    @andrewptob 15 років тому

    You got a lot of great music to dicover for the first time, gtrob1. Nothing's better than that!

  • @Sergio0Oo
    @Sergio0Oo 14 років тому

    so honest and pure...just a guitar, an amp thank you elliott

  • @ryanperrey
    @ryanperrey 16 років тому

    This is the best sound quality and performance i've seen of any of his live videos. Rad.

    • @Mike-id9ml
      @Mike-id9ml 5 років тому

      Ryan Perrey this is a good one too m.ua-cam.com/video/4UnjT9FsF2A/v-deo.html

  • @TheMonolake
    @TheMonolake 3 роки тому

    Thx so much fo sharing this.

  • @chootleleg
    @chootleleg 12 років тому +30

    As good as the beatles, Sometimes better :)

  • @AyakiKay-kj8gm
    @AyakiKay-kj8gm 3 місяці тому

    Thank you 🎉

  • @crawlingamongthestars3736
    @crawlingamongthestars3736 4 роки тому +5

    They never get uptight when a moth gets crushed, unless a light bulb really loved him very much...

  • @randyhendrickson4735
    @randyhendrickson4735 4 роки тому

    Just amazing.

  • @williambakhache2487
    @williambakhache2487 12 років тому

    I love you for posting this.

  • @MichaelDooleyProject
    @MichaelDooleyProject 15 років тому

    i love this. great song.

  • @ratboysgirl1013
    @ratboysgirl1013 14 років тому +1

    I would have totally purchased that amp afterwards... ♥ Elliott.

  • @alamedaxo
    @alamedaxo 15 років тому +1

    i see where you're coming from and i can definitely agree with that sentiment but this is more fitting..he was a humble and modest genius, makes him that much more likeable =]

  • @mikefenn00
    @mikefenn00 16 років тому

    ahhh mymaya my hero i haven't seen this video on youtube in forever and had a bit of trouble finding it tytyty

  • @jomosamify
    @jomosamify 15 років тому +7

    this is a fun song to play but also very difficult to sing while playing. southern belle is way harder than this to sing and play. tough to emulate something as creative as this and impossible to recreate. thats why we need to create a new generation of creative songs.

    • @natelivingstonn
      @natelivingstonn 6 років тому

      jomosamify I can play southern belle on guitar but never tried singing it. It’s really as hard as people say?

    • @jumbom5519
      @jumbom5519 6 років тому

      I've found the most important thing is getting your breathing correct, because there's so many words

  • @JCMELKOR
    @JCMELKOR 12 років тому

    that amp did just fine

  • @khurzog7125
    @khurzog7125 4 роки тому

    I've been listening to this song obsessively lately (go quarantine!) and there's two parts that I think every lyric site has wrong, so I am looking for second opinions. First one - "Bless the light bulb" - instead of - "Unless a light bulb" - since the analogy is about a moth I feel he is taking it one step further and this would be like saying "Bless God" for moths. It's awkward wording either way, but I like how it would add an extra layer of imagination if true. Secondly - "Someone's burnt the hell out on Condor Avenue" - instead of - "And someone's burning out, out on Condor Avenue" - I have never been able to audibly distinguish the leading "and" or the second "out" and (assuming I'm right) that extra inflection in his voice on "hell out" makes it my second favorite line in the song (after the rhyme of "discovered" and "under"). I, of course, make these assessments with no knowledge whatsoever of the origin of the commonly accepted lyrics. I don't even have a copy of Roman Candle so they could be straight from the liner notes for all I know. With that said, if they in some way had Elliott's stamp of approval, then I totally eat my words. Oh, and lastly, this comment is about the song in general and not at all regarding the live recording posted here.

  • @revalone3944
    @revalone3944 2 роки тому +2

    deceptively complicated guitar riff

  • @MissMisery123
    @MissMisery123 15 років тому

    love....

  • @spurriousgod
    @spurriousgod 12 років тому +4

    amazing lyrics.
    "got his hat tipped bottle back in between his teeth
    looks like he's buried in the sand at the beach"

  • @joshuabrookfield2806
    @joshuabrookfield2806 8 років тому +1

    Does anyone know the real tuning to this song please? I play it in standard, capo on the first, and use the same chords he does in this video, but the tone sounds off, I play along sounding fine with other songs of Elliot live,
    So thinking it must be the the tuning out ??

    • @jumbom5519
      @jumbom5519 8 років тому +2

      Pretty sure the album version is capo 1st fret, however in this set I'm fairly certain that his guitar was tuned a step down. His capo is on the 2nd fret here, so I think it may just be standard tuning.

    • @mglenwright09
      @mglenwright09 8 років тому +1

      yeah it's in standard. he kept the guitar tuned down a half or whole step. i started doing the same. you can either get the lower deeper sounds out of the guitar, or pinch it up and get your frets a little tighter. but yeah, he was usually down at least a half step (Eb standard)

    • @runowfilmar
      @runowfilmar 6 років тому

      the guitar tuning was changed after how his voice felt for the day. so the proper tuning is to whatever you can comfortably sing. to an extent of course.

  • @whitestripebuzz
    @whitestripebuzz 15 років тому +1

    Elliott shouldn't have had to sit on an amp, it should have been a throne. Imagine that sight.

  • @shakemeshakeme
    @shakemeshakeme 15 років тому

    got any ideas for a tab? I can't seem to find one (not trying to re-create it) i just love it

  • @whitestripebuzz
    @whitestripebuzz 15 років тому

    ps. this song is a true Elliott masterpiece.

  • @plexusnexus
    @plexusnexus 16 років тому

    love you elliott
    xo

  • @MountainStreamLives
    @MountainStreamLives Місяць тому

    Unbridled genius.

  • @plexusnexus
    @plexusnexus 15 років тому

    Love you Elliott
    xo

  • @grimdoomsday
    @grimdoomsday 14 років тому

    @whitestripebuzz yeh but to the amps credit... its a really nice twin reverb.

  • @pressureofdays
    @pressureofdays 16 років тому

    fantastic

  • @Mohniie
    @Mohniie 8 років тому +3

    anyone know where in AZ this was?

  • @Meridianlost
    @Meridianlost 13 років тому

    All true artists are tortured souls, it's our pain that therapeutically medicates the world. Modesty is part of our self worth. To those of you that sit and think of havens not thought well. Sit and think of this for a bit and then allow your soul to reply with understanding of your reasoning.

  • @Sublime_visions
    @Sublime_visions 2 роки тому

    ❤️

  • @TheZatrahc
    @TheZatrahc 12 років тому

    Does anyone know where this street actually is? There are plenty of Condor Ave's in America, and I'd like to make a point of seeing the street he wrote this song about before I die.

    • @khurzog7125
      @khurzog7125 4 роки тому +1

      it's in Portland, Oregon, just off Barbur Blvd, where Elliott grew up and started his career. It's a very curvy street that climbs up the hill to the OHSU campus, it's short though and there is no fairground near by, so it's unlikely the literal destination and just fit the melody.

  • @ganuenen
    @ganuenen 14 років тому

    @mymayapapaya your such a sweetheart mymayapapaya!!! love you XO

  • @StanleyWiddos
    @StanleyWiddos 13 років тому

    so fucking beautiful

  • @HarryHayesMusic
    @HarryHayesMusic 13 років тому

    great performance, rip elliott :(

  • @juanantoniomartinezromero7085
    @juanantoniomartinezromero7085 7 років тому +1

    La Belleza era él.

  • @CrushedPainter
    @CrushedPainter 12 років тому

    He's probably referring to Portland.

  • @charlyhebdo
    @charlyhebdo 15 років тому

    this is so soo genuis

  • @damianhood8459
    @damianhood8459 7 років тому

    Does anyone know what kind of amp he's sitting on/playing through?

    • @wezzlyn
      @wezzlyn 5 років тому +1

      Damian Hood Fender Twin Reverb. Definitely not for acoustic guitar but he makes it work pretty damn well.

  • @taketheveilpluto
    @taketheveilpluto 15 років тому

    where in arizona is this? looks like phoenix. what venue?

  • @marsiozo
    @marsiozo 15 років тому

    well put!

  • @zwaqster
    @zwaqster 13 років тому

    awesome!

  • @PainDestroyer
    @PainDestroyer 3 місяці тому

    What venue ? I probly walked on the streets he did here

  • @sucramnormark
    @sucramnormark 15 років тому

    I wouldnt say he´s a genius, but yeah. He´s really fucking great.

  • @mymayapapaya
    @mymayapapaya  16 років тому

    You shouldn't have taken yours down. :(

  • @TheseAreMyHooves
    @TheseAreMyHooves 15 років тому

    @whitestripebuzz
    His amp pretty much is his throne ;)

  • @sekaya4342
    @sekaya4342 13 років тому

    @whitestripebuzz his amp is a throne

  • @gaybobz
    @gaybobz 14 років тому

    this rules

  • @sucramnormark
    @sucramnormark 15 років тому +1

    Well, what comes to my mind when hearing the term "genious" is people like Beethoven, who could write marvelous sympfonies even when he was deaf, or possibly rain man-characters. Or people with perfect pitch, which is really rare. Just because Elliott wrote really great pop songs doesnt mean he was a genetic masterpiece himself.

  • @AppleFaction
    @AppleFaction 11 років тому

    true

  • @willwayland1991
    @willwayland1991 7 років тому

    dude was wise.....

  • @CarlosMeza-sp1kj
    @CarlosMeza-sp1kj 9 місяців тому

    3:08

  • @sallyheartjack
    @sallyheartjack 15 років тому

    ...
    XO

  • @CrushedPainter
    @CrushedPainter 12 років тому +1

    He preferred a stool.

  • @hotmetaldobermans
    @hotmetaldobermans 14 років тому

    fffuuuu, moar of this show please.

  • @Heathathnasoodua
    @Heathathnasoodua 13 років тому

    Man I want to smack that guy who gets up and walks away...

  • @FratDadySigEpThetaPi
    @FratDadySigEpThetaPi 13 років тому

    @JesusRebellion or genuine

  • @thr3etwo0ne
    @thr3etwo0ne 15 років тому +3

    This is such a great song. It's a shame he's gone.
    Thanks for nothing, Jennifer Chiba.

  • @AubreyGrahamMaster
    @AubreyGrahamMaster 13 років тому

    @JesusRebellion You just aren't looking hard enough.

  • @finnboxer9480
    @finnboxer9480 8 років тому

    h

  • @sucramnormark
    @sucramnormark 15 років тому

    You have not even explained your version. You fled by remarking on my spelling. Not that mature, huh?
    No reason to be rude. Unless you are generally insecure on yourself and the rudeness protects you, I assume
    :)

  • @BeardedSailor1
    @BeardedSailor1 11 років тому

    he kind of riped of big star a bit :p hes better then them thow ;)

    • @seanritz6020
      @seanritz6020 5 років тому

      What song are you talking about?

  • @22yonkers
    @22yonkers 13 років тому

    @JesusRebellion false

  • @sucramnormark
    @sucramnormark 15 років тому

    It's obvious you are done with that, yes. When you have nothing else to say you can always be irrelevant and annoy people with telling them how to spell ...

  • @sucramnormark
    @sucramnormark 15 років тому

    People tend to use that word too much. Just as people tend to use the word "angst" in situations where they are just sad. Sorry, I dont think he was a genious. I cant see how that upsets you but obviously it does.

  • @rhcp4565
    @rhcp4565 10 років тому +2

    the voice ruined it. Great guitarist, crappy vocalist. Great lyricist though...but crappy vocalist. Thats why he never became huge.

    • @hatta252
      @hatta252 9 років тому +56

      ...he performed at the grammys...many people know and love elliott. you are entitled to your opinion, but personally I think his voice is incredible.

    • @smipth
      @smipth 9 років тому

      Sinistro Mattia rekt

    • @rhcp4565
      @rhcp4565 9 років тому +30

      Simon Williams I know I love his voice, its really grown on me. I wrote that a while back when I was first getting into him. I believe I was really drunk when I wrote that too lol, i say stupid shit when I'm drunk.

    • @Zargon314
      @Zargon314 9 років тому +7

      rhcp4565 HAHA thanks for owning up to it man. Elliott voice is definitely one that sticks with you.

    • @Zargon314
      @Zargon314 9 років тому

      rhcp4565 HAHA thanks for owning up to it man. Elliott voice is definitely one that sticks with you.