Elliot Smith was easily one of the best singer-songwriters of his generation. Despite his almost whisper-quiet voice, his melodies stick with you. His lyrics are like the distilled essence of sadness and tragedy; they cut _so deeply,_ and this song's one of his best in that regard. 3:23 "It's true."
Just the first couple seconds and my heart starts to melt ❤ … every tiny nuance his voice makes is sublime, including “imperfections”, every pause, the guitar dynamics…
Id give anything to be here live watching him. Any fan would I feel. People criticise his live performances but I'd genuinely pay good money to hear this man mess up+change the lyrics, and be nervous, and play wrong notes. The point of his music was never performative or perfectionistic. He didn't have a huge band and crew, or giant screens and fireworks. Fans literally went to see Elliot, alone w his guitar, softly singing to himself and to them. I feel old asf and I'm 26 but this is REAL MUSIC 😂
Thanks for this performance Elliot Smith
I was at this show... I knew I was witnessing something that I would never forget.💙
Lucky you 😊
whatd you do after the show ?
Saw him 3x ao glad i did
low key my favorite elliott song... the lyrics the lyrics
wow 43 mins ago
I couldn't possibly pick a favorite but if I made a top ten-or even a top five-this song would definitely be in it.
"the lyrics the lyrics"
Exactly.
agreed, top 5.
Thelyricslyrics
God, what a beautiful song
I've been crying to this song for at least 15 years and this live was new to me. Thank you for uploading
So happy to have found this.
i just also started crying, dang it :^)@@ryanclark895
Elliot Smith was easily one of the best singer-songwriters of his generation. Despite his almost whisper-quiet voice, his melodies stick with you. His lyrics are like the distilled essence of sadness and tragedy; they cut _so deeply,_ and this song's one of his best in that regard.
3:23 "It's true."
UA-cam is the closest thing to a time machine yo. I love it
Thanks to whoever uploaded this song its one of my favs
Great performance too.
Just the first couple seconds and my heart starts to melt ❤ … every tiny nuance his voice makes is sublime, including “imperfections”, every pause, the guitar dynamics…
00:49 ouch my heart 💔 gorgeous performance
Still brutal
Simply heart braking..
"It's true"
🥀
R. I. P. ❤️
I’ll bet all those people still cry thinking about seeing this.
its trueee
Thanks for adding this!
Id give anything to be here live watching him. Any fan would I feel. People criticise his live performances but I'd genuinely pay good money to hear this man mess up+change the lyrics, and be nervous, and play wrong notes. The point of his music was never performative or perfectionistic. He didn't have a huge band and crew, or giant screens and fireworks. Fans literally went to see Elliot, alone w his guitar, softly singing to himself and to them.
I feel old asf and I'm 26 but this is REAL MUSIC 😂
💙
我杀了人在世界当监牢等我出狱后希望这个世界没人死
Elliott Looks proto-Emo. The song's amazing though.
Emo style essentially aped their look from northwestern indie / punk
Emo has been around since the mid 80s
This is emo with folk. Like Bright Eyes or Dashboard Confessional
I mean he was in a post hardcore band so he was basically emo