I think they might have been on drugs. if you watch her the whole show she does a a lot of things that a typical person would do if they were like drug3d up, correction I was wrong lol
@@mz-hv2vh not at this particular show, but I was at the seattle and Olympia stops on this tour. Tiny venues with a crowd of 40 people sitting in marveling silence. Outside of me fiercely whispering “what album is THAT song from?!” at my buddy after every song😂. Elliott was very nice. Initially I thought he was a homeless guy who’d wandered into the all ages club. Got to fan out on him for a bit. He was a genuinely nice, generous guy. Good at basketball too.
Thanks so much to Jody Moore and Mark Ventola for shooting the video for this. Who knew way back then that a thing called "You Tube" would come along and bring all these old tapes back to life again! Great job guys!
Only finding out about someone after they've died is one of the saddest things in the World. I would've given my right testicle to be there and chill in this party. Thanks for sharing the film, it's the best I can hope for now.
I always wanted to be this person 2:18 Everybody cares, everybody understands 5:50 Division day 8:52 Waltz #2 13:25 Say yes 16:20 I didn't understand 19:50 Bled white 24:10 Clementine 27:20 Waterloo sunset (cover) interrupted... 29:25 Waterloo sunset continues... 31:50 Rose Parade (unfinished) 33:40 Shooting star 38:45 Angeles (unfinished) 41:10 Miss misery
😆 HAHA I feel you, seriously 2 days ago I did this for an acoustic show I watch ALL THE TIME - when it occurred to me I COULD BE THAT PERSON, I stepped up to the challenge 😎
he's so funny with how he rolls his eyes at the longer guitar-instrumental parts of songs...like he's bored with it and ready to start singing again ha. too good
Love the fact that he's like playing at home, if he is playing a song and all of a sudden gets tired of it, just stops playing and goes for the next one.
he does that a lot, usually its when he’s had to play a song so much he’s tired of it, or when his voice isnt up for it. mostly when he screws up. but it doesnt feel like he’s lazy or impatient, just understanding of his limits and wanting what he performs to be great
At 29:13 when he doesn't want to continue with Waterloo sunset and then the people convince him, he shines through the rest and its incredibly beautiful as is the whole concert. Love the audience's encouragement.
@@peetvader478 I videotaped shows for Billy Ruane from 1990-2002. Harvard Archives asked me for the tapes but I felt they belonged to Billys Estate. The tapes eventually went to Greg Dalton-Kay in Connecticut to be digitized and uploaded to UA-cam. That task is complete. I suggested the tapes go to Harvard at this point but not sure where their journey ends ;-)
Yeah he wrote a lot of songs and put them aside before coming back to them later. He was playing "Last Hour" back in 1996, Strung Out Again in the late '90s and others. Every time I saw him he had a whole new batch of songs, almost like his hand couldn't keep up with his brain. And even the songs Elliott wrote but wasn't happy with were brilliant songs. Prolific would be an understatement.
The wonderful grace and charm of Billy Ruane here is truly heartwarming. I was lucky enough to speak to him on the phone a couple of times, and he was always the epitome of style and class. From what I gather he was a sophisticated, well-heeled and charming Boston legend, a one of a kind impressario whose energy and knowledge helped to form an entire musical culture in Cambridge in the 1990s. I only regret the fact that I was living in Boston and working office jobs at Harvard and MIT and missed out on all of this EXCEPT Mary Lou Lord, whose appearances at Harvard Square and on 'the T' (while coming to and from my office jobs) inspired and galvanized me with her forthright and confident, graceful voice with unexpected legatos and sharp insightful lyrics that lifted her songs to ever new heights in the nineties concurrent with Elliott's shooting star career. So striking to hear Elliott here play and sing with such ultimate skill, and to realize that his harmonic composition knowledge was right up there on par with the greats like Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. He embodied musical sophistication and guitar technique par excellence. Heartfelt lyrics.that make you want to cry with their emotional and intellectual depth. Nobody else in the world like him, and again a true inspiration for someone like me aspiring as a songwriter/singer/guitar player. Wow. We miss you both, Billy and Elliott!
2:05 Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands 5:50 Divison Day 8:50 Waltz #2 13:25 Say Yes 16:23 I Didn't Understand 19:50 Bled White 24:10 Clementine 27:20 Waterloo Sunset (Kinks Cover) 31:50 Rose Parade (Stopped) 33:45 Shooting Star 38:45 Angeles (Stopped) 41:12 Miss Misery In case anyone hadn't done it yet, sorry if anyone already did (:
his guitar playing is amazing, so unique. Plays the bass lines like the old blues masters simultaneously playing melodies but has his own style! GENIUS
This makes me want to cry, just knowing about his life and his addiction. I really do appreciate seeing his live performances, feels as if I was there.
& again @ 30:58 ..... i think he must really having enjoyed playing that song! Its so very nice to see him looking happy and secure, as I think he was @ that moment in time.
Over the last 2 months I've probably watched this video at least 70 times. I work in IT and I've gotten a lot of work done listening to this while writing some PowerShell Scripts --- thanks for the upload.
i always feel the need to point out how great/original of a guitarist he was, seems to be underlooked as fuck due to how powerful his songs and lyrics are
He was also a hugely talented multi-instrumentalist. Piano, drums, base. He knew it all. I always have said his style of playing was somewhere a mix of Bach and the Beatles.
Probably wrote the best chord progressions of any singer/songwriter. Not probably, did. IMO. Every one loves his songs, they just don’t know they do cause they haven’t heard ‘em yet.
A big thanks to the uploader!!! He seemed much less shy on this smaller show than I've seen him in other videos. Such a great acoustic version of I Didn't Understand!
Thank fucking god for youtube, so he gets to stay with us here. I'm constantly finding stuff of his i haven't seen yet on here. It's truly like he's alive here.
All time classic comment to the mindless screamer at 08:44, "... well, there's always that to consider" said with a smile :) love him so much! Great way with words. Rest in peace mate.
I'm left with woe and awe. No matter any hiccup or rude person in this video. The song completed at the ending was too much, just great. Love you Elliott, rest in piece.
His voice sounding so good...thru an SM57 no less...makes me f--king so happy. Clementine...godddd. The chords. How the F do you write that? Long live Elliott Smith.
Can’t go wrong with the SM57. Nowadays most singer/songwriters that are well known are gonna use something more expensive/warmer than a 700$ Yamaha Red Label FG-150 as well. Tho they won’t write anything as good as ES did.
+Austin Parish Apparently in some of his more upscale gigs the audience was really quiet and it weirded him out. He was used to gigs like this where people talked all during his sets.
Brad man I saw him in 96 97 and both shows, people were rapt with attention, you could hear a pin drop. And he didn’t miss a single note. He clearly gets distracted near the end. He was such an immaculate guitarist before the drug use ramped up.
Thanks Mary Lou, this is a wonderful Christmas gift. Thank you for sharing this! Merry Christmas to you all, I know, ..... Elliott looks at us and smiles.
I love this video, and every piece of music I encounter by Elliott Smith! Thank you so much, Mary Lou Lord, for posting this!! I've enjoyed it several times, enough to revisit it again, here after at least a year or so. Also, R.I.P. to Billy Ruane, who I'm just now reading about, and I see you were among those positively influenced by, and of course friends with!
Setlist: 1. everybody cares, everybody understands 2. division day 3. Waltz #2 (XO) 4. Say yes (awesome little "all my rowdy friends have settled down" snippet) 5. I didnt understand 6. Bled white (awesome, totally different from the album version) 7.Clementine 8. Waterloo sunset (Kinks cover) including a slight interruption involving crackling followed by audience claps 9.Rose parade ended short 10.shooting star He just begins to play st. Ides heaven but stops 11. Angeles(almost) 12.Miss Miz
![Elliott Smith Acoustic Live - End Sessions - KNDD Seattle, WA 1999 [audio only]](/img/n.gif)
Woman In Audience: BWAAAAAAAAAAAAEEEAH
Elliott: There's always that to consider.
EuphoniaPooch I love him no homo
They might be special needs.
I think they might have been on drugs. if you watch her the whole show she does a a lot of things that a typical person would do if they were like drug3d up, correction I was wrong lol
You know it
Shes cat power!
this should be preserved by the national film society
Shame the audio is such a mess, and the crowd is so loud. When I saw him it was dead silent.
@@RustinChole were you at this show?
@@mz-hv2vh not at this particular show, but I was at the seattle and Olympia stops on this tour. Tiny venues with a crowd of 40 people sitting in marveling silence.
Outside of me fiercely whispering “what album is THAT song from?!” at my buddy after every song😂.
Elliott was very nice. Initially I thought he was a homeless guy who’d wandered into the all ages club. Got to fan out on him for a bit. He was a genuinely nice, generous guy. Good at basketball too.
@@RustinCholeI heard on the either/or tour he’d destroy the comp at basketball. lol
I'm on this petition. Let's do this.
Let's get them to recognize that this is priceless art.
Thanks so much to Jody Moore and Mark Ventola for shooting the video for this. Who knew way back then that a thing called "You Tube" would come along and bring all these old tapes back to life again! Great job guys!
Mary Lou Lord thx 4 posting!!😘
i love some jingle jangle morning
You are cool Mary Lou Lord
Billy was the best. I wish I had a time machine. I'd do so much different.
Only finding out about someone after they've died is one of the saddest things in the World. I would've given my right testicle to be there and chill in this party. Thanks for sharing the film, it's the best I can hope for now.
I always wanted to be this person
2:18 Everybody cares, everybody understands
5:50 Division day
8:52 Waltz #2
13:25 Say yes
16:20 I didn't understand
19:50 Bled white
24:10 Clementine
27:20 Waterloo sunset (cover) interrupted...
29:25 Waterloo sunset continues...
31:50 Rose Parade (unfinished)
33:40 Shooting star
38:45 Angeles (unfinished)
41:10 Miss misery
😆 HAHA I feel you, seriously 2 days ago I did this for an acoustic show I watch ALL THE TIME - when it occurred to me I COULD BE THAT PERSON, I stepped up to the challenge 😎
8:39 audience scream
@@BhuyakashaI was looking for this time stamp deadass, god bless
@@laelcase8588you are most welcome
he's so funny with how he rolls his eyes at the longer guitar-instrumental parts of songs...like he's bored with it and ready to start singing again ha. too good
Love the fact that he's like playing at home, if he is playing a song and all of a sudden gets tired of it, just stops playing and goes for the next one.
He stops when he fucks up
he does that a lot, usually its when he’s had to play a song so much he’s tired of it, or when his voice isnt up for it. mostly when he screws up. but it doesnt feel like he’s lazy or impatient, just understanding of his limits and wanting what he performs to be great
Like that he never stopped on Say Yes, always finished, always perfect
-ends song
"it's supposed to fade out"
lol
At 29:13 when he doesn't want to continue with Waterloo sunset and then the people convince him, he shines through the rest and its incredibly beautiful as is the whole concert. Love the audience's encouragement.
beautiful song ....
I love the close up shots of him playing guitar ... so talented!
How do you feel about the fact that he can't tune his guitar?
@@sophiafake-virus2456 lol this is just how guitar sounds when it's on an old tape recording you twonk
@@sophiafake-virus2456it makes me love him more
This video is the hug you need sometimes
Its a nice to see the little words he has altered since singing these live
I videotaped this show along with Mark V. It was edited together and given to Billy. So glad it made it's way to you ML. Thank you for posting.
Thank you for that! Do you still have the tape?
@@peetvader478 I videotaped shows for Billy Ruane from 1990-2002. Harvard Archives asked me for the tapes but I felt they belonged to Billys Estate. The tapes eventually went to Greg Dalton-Kay in Connecticut to be digitized and uploaded to UA-cam. That task is complete. I suggested the tapes go to Harvard at this point but not sure where their journey ends ;-)
@@JodyMooreBandlucky for being in elliott’s presence
When he played Bled White.. OMG! So freaking amazing!
Elliott is my number one favorite musician.
Green St Grill, Cambridge MA, 04 Jan 1998. it has that post-new year's sullen feeling!
30:56 just heart melting.
a genuine elliott smile can always brighten up my day. his feelings were always so honest. thx for linking the time :)
Flowers for Elliott he loved that they were clapping to the rythm
heart melted too now in a puddle cya!
He was so self conscious about his singing...and he loved that riff. I'm guessing he just finally felt into the song at that moment.
The SWEETEST thing💟
Yeah he wrote a lot of songs and put them aside before coming back to them later. He was playing "Last Hour" back in 1996, Strung Out Again in the late '90s and others. Every time I saw him he had a whole new batch of songs, almost like his hand couldn't keep up with his brain. And even the songs Elliott wrote but wasn't happy with were brilliant songs. Prolific would be an understatement.
Loved it after he started Waterloo Sunset again and the crowd was clapping along with him, soo good
yeah that was cool they were good clappers too
@@contactkeithstack I'm so conditioned to expect audience clapping to be awful, I was shocked by how these clappers actually were in time lol
The wonderful grace and charm of Billy Ruane here is truly heartwarming. I was lucky enough to speak to him on the phone a couple of times, and he was always the epitome of style and class. From what I gather he was a sophisticated, well-heeled and charming Boston legend, a one of a kind impressario whose energy and knowledge helped to form an entire musical culture in Cambridge in the 1990s. I only regret the fact that I was living in Boston and working office jobs at Harvard and MIT and missed out on all of this EXCEPT Mary Lou Lord, whose appearances at Harvard Square and on 'the T' (while coming to and from my office jobs) inspired and galvanized me with her forthright and confident, graceful voice with unexpected legatos and sharp insightful lyrics that lifted her songs to ever new heights in the nineties concurrent with Elliott's shooting star career. So striking to hear Elliott here play and sing with such ultimate skill, and to realize that his harmonic composition knowledge was right up there on par with the greats like Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and John Lennon. He embodied musical sophistication and guitar technique par excellence. Heartfelt lyrics.that make you want to cry with their emotional and intellectual depth. Nobody else in the world like him, and again a true inspiration for someone like me aspiring as a songwriter/singer/guitar player. Wow. We miss you both, Billy and Elliott!
Did anyone else notice how intense the guy is right behind Elliott through the concert? True fan right there.
Some human: AHHSHHDIDJGIEOUFJEFHHHHH
Elliott: ...well, there's always that to consider
when? :D
8:40
perfect delivery hahahha
"AAAH!"
"...startled me"
Bled White really stands out in this performance. "Don't you you dare disturb me, while I'm balancing my past". Love that line.
wow, never saw this set before. thanks!!!! great guitar version of "i didn't understand"
Elliott Smith @ Green Street Billy Ruane
Setlist
1 - 2:27 - 5:36 - Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
2 - 5:54 - 8:27 - Division Day
3 - 8:40 - 13:06 - Waltz #2
4 - 13:25 - 16:00 - Say Yes
5 - 16:22 - 18:47 - I Didn’t Understand
6 - 19:54 - 23:00 - Bled White
7 - 24:10 - 25:53 - Clementine
8 - 27:23 - 31:12 - Waterloo Sunset
9 - 31:50 - 33:18 - Rose Parade
10 - 33:36 - 37:06 - Shooting Star
11 - 38:22: 38:34 - St. Ides Heaven (Unfinished - Just intro)
12 - 38:45 - 40:30 - Angeles (Unfinished - Elliott messes up)
13 - 41:14 - 44:06 - Miss Misery
Thank you! And holy shit, Shooting Star? O_O
Actraiser1
you're welcome! yup.
+BornAgainBabyJesus Do you have Lou Set from this show? If so I would love to see it. THANK YOU. I was there.
+Dan Cohoon No, sorry :/
Thanks for posting Mary! I know you were one of Elliott's true friends and I am happy to see any of Elliott's videos you have to share with us!
2:05 Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
5:50 Divison Day
8:50 Waltz #2
13:25 Say Yes
16:23 I Didn't Understand
19:50 Bled White
24:10 Clementine
27:20 Waterloo Sunset (Kinks Cover)
31:50 Rose Parade (Stopped)
33:45 Shooting Star
38:45 Angeles (Stopped)
41:12 Miss Misery
In case anyone hadn't done it yet, sorry if anyone already did (:
it didn't work
his guitar playing is amazing, so unique. Plays the bass lines like the old blues masters simultaneously playing melodies but has his own style! GENIUS
This makes me want to cry, just knowing about his life and his addiction. I really do appreciate seeing his live performances, feels as if I was there.
& again @ 30:58 ..... i think he must really having enjoyed playing that song! Its so very nice to see him looking happy and secure, as I think he was @ that moment in time.
Over the last 2 months I've probably watched this video at least 70 times. I work in IT and I've gotten a lot of work done listening to this while writing some PowerShell Scripts --- thanks for the upload.
That performance of Everybody Cares is probably the most drastic example of live lyrical revision I've ever seen.
I love it.
Mary Lou, thank you so much for this. Oh and thanks for entertaining us all at Harvard Square and throughout the T while we were in college.
Thank you for this. So grateful I got to be at this show. This takes me back.
An underestimated guitar god.
i always feel the need to point out how great/original of a guitarist he was, seems to be underlooked as fuck due to how powerful his songs and lyrics are
He was also a hugely talented multi-instrumentalist. Piano, drums, base. He knew it all. I always have said his style of playing was somewhere a mix of Bach and the Beatles.
Probably wrote the best chord progressions of any singer/songwriter. Not probably, did. IMO. Every one loves his songs, they just don’t know they do cause they haven’t heard ‘em yet.
A big thanks to the uploader!!! He seemed much less shy on this smaller show than I've seen him in other videos.
Such a great acoustic version of I Didn't Understand!
Thank fucking god for youtube, so he gets to stay with us here. I'm constantly finding stuff of his i haven't seen yet on here. It's truly like he's alive here.
I can't stop watching this show, it's one of the the best I've seen online.
This is absolutely fantastic. I've yet to watch live shows where he smiles so brilliantly. Thanks for this!!
i probably watch this like every two weeks at least
This looks like it was an amazing night. Really wish I could have seen Elliott live. He is a massive inspiration on my own music.
Thank you🎉
There's not one thing on this earth I wouldn't do to have been able to attend this show.
Elliott was great that night, but Jesus, I miss Billy.
Godspeed, Mr. Ruane. May you have all the salt, sugar and caffeine you can stand in Heaven.
Thanks for sharing this video. In Nov 2022 still miss him. What can I say? he was the most great musician of all time for me.
Definitely, his understanding of melody is unbelievable, no acoustic guitarist can ever mimic his style and his understanding of music.
All time classic comment to the mindless screamer at 08:44, "... well, there's always that to consider" said with a smile :) love him so much! Great way with words. Rest in peace mate.
+John Arundell Yeah no doubt awesome mellow classy statement from Elliott.
Thank you for this--some rare performances of song's we usually haven't heard him perform live.
such a beautiful performance!!
Some of his most solid playing and singing of any of the performances I have ever seen or heard.
this is my favorite live show of all time
I'm left with woe and awe. No matter any hiccup or rude person in this video. The song completed at the ending was too much, just great. Love you Elliott, rest in piece.
wow this is such a great set.
"you startled me" :)
His voice sounding so good...thru an SM57 no less...makes me f--king so happy.
Clementine...godddd. The chords. How the F do you write that?
Long live Elliott Smith.
Yeah, he knew how to use it too. I always pop P's like a maniac on those.
Can’t go wrong with the SM57. Nowadays most singer/songwriters that are well known are gonna use something more expensive/warmer than a 700$ Yamaha Red Label FG-150 as well. Tho they won’t write anything as good as ES did.
and then returns.... Elliott's reactions to him/her are precious.
Wow, that version of Shooting Star. Amazing. Never heard an acoustic rendition.
Watched goodwill hunting the other day missed his thoughts. Miss him...
Don't be shy
Elliott and Robin are gone.
They were both talented individuals.
It kills me that people are talking so much. It's like they don't even care. I would do anything to be sitting there.
+Austin Parish Apparently in some of his more upscale gigs the audience was really quiet and it weirded him out. He was used to gigs like this where people talked all during his sets.
So it is with me. They are noisy.
Brad man I saw him in 96 97 and both shows, people were rapt with attention, you could hear a pin drop. And he didn’t miss a single note. He clearly gets distracted near the end. He was such an immaculate guitarist before the drug use ramped up.
I really enjoyed this show, i wish i could have seen Elliott live back in the day...
such an awesome set! and great quality.
i really do love this video. thanks for the upload.
Thank you so much for posting this, please never delete, its pure gold
Thanks Mary Lou, this is a wonderful Christmas gift. Thank you for sharing this!
Merry Christmas to you all, I know, ..... Elliott looks at us and smiles.
GENIO ELLIOTT!!!
Lol, the into from whoever the heck he was was hilarious. A cool time capsule.
he sings "I love you mom" instead of "XO mom" on Waltz
Imagine if the album was called "I love you" instead of "XO" lmao
Hearing him call Bled White a new song is so weird to me.
Hearing Bled White with no backing vocals is even weirder though...
32:36 - He's so adorable when he gets frustrated with himself for messing up! He was too hard on himself.
This is absolutely beautiful. God damn, I wish I was there.
It's impossivel to see this show just once...
Awesome! Thanks for sharing with us Mary Lou! Happy Holidays!
"Theres always that to consider."
Excellent
I wanna watch this 100 times.
Kind of cool to see "Shooting Star" at its early stages in this performance.
I never saw this before I KNEW he would play miss misery
nails angeles, great show. thanks for sharing
This is absolutely glorious. Thanks for the upload.
I love this video, and every piece of music I encounter by Elliott Smith! Thank you so much, Mary Lou Lord, for posting this!! I've enjoyed it several times, enough to revisit it again, here after at least a year or so. Also, R.I.P. to Billy Ruane, who I'm just now reading about, and I see you were among those positively influenced by, and of course friends with!
Setlist:
1. everybody cares, everybody understands
2. division day
3. Waltz #2 (XO)
4. Say yes
(awesome little "all my rowdy friends have settled down" snippet)
5. I didnt understand
6. Bled white (awesome, totally different from the album version)
7.Clementine
8. Waterloo sunset (Kinks cover) including a slight interruption involving crackling followed by audience claps
9.Rose parade ended short
10.shooting star
He just begins to play st. Ides heaven but stops
11. Angeles(almost)
12.Miss Miz
That lady shaking her head around during the second song
Great video, really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for uploading
He thought he was off... but damn was he on. So good.
I miss you Elliot, you left way too soon:(
thank you for the upload. really enjoyed it.
thank you so much for sharing! truly wonderful...elliott heals my soul :)
I’ll just listen to a song or two...44:44 later searching for all my Elliott Smith CD’s.
Thank you mary lou💟
Genius, love this set.
I think Elliott is the only artist who can get cheered half-way through a song
billy and elliott, rip.
Este video es sensacional
Thank you so much for this.
Beautiful Human Elliott xo
"Sometimes you just gotta fuck everything up"
Truer words have never been said.
god this version of shooting star is amazing.
He’s got a beautiful voice
wow this vid rock, sooo freaking happy!!! Thanks Elliott XO
It's an intimate experience, and I have been fortunate enough to have been on both sides.
this is blowing my mind.
This is nice, really nice.
Still miss you Elliott :*(