Listened to this on repeat 3 years ago when I was depressed out of my mind. Things have gotten better, revisiting this music all these years later still makes me cry, this music is pure beauty for me, it’s not depression music, it’s not happy music, it’s so beautiful I feel like it transcends all that..
It's child's play for his music to last waste to me every time I play it. These shows where he is at his tightest, just incredible. Power and beauty, punctuated by that tiny "thanks." After some songs. Almost embarrassed. Goodness I wish I had seen him live. Brushed against opportunity. Never pushed for it. Because I'm an idiot.
@@TarrinKael wish I could say the same, as far as "fine now" goes. Alas. Still getting beaten up by life, in every turn where I have no control of events. Sabotaged by circumstances not of my making, ones specifically discussed and attempted to steer clear of, only to find myself lied to, and smack dab back in the middle of something toxic and destructive. And so defeated that the stuff I actually have a say in i can't bring myself to push forward enough to matter/affect any real change. The broad strokes are always the same, with highlights thrown in for flavor; one might end up stealing from me in an online credit card scam, who all the while insisted that she was not ever asking for financial assistance from me... Another might have their "actual boyfriend" (surprise!!) Come in from out of state to jump me in the dead of night on my way home... or there was the one who seduced my best friend. Or maybe it was the other way around. Maybe ill be surprised with the only time I ever had a brush with pregnancy, discovering the fact months after it had been terminated, and I had never had any knowledge of its existence prior to that moment. Already lifetimes too late... It all reads like bad fiction, and it seems initial circumstances make no difference to the outcome; if im clean or using dope. Seeking a relationship, or being sought. Looking for a project, or specifically avoiding crazy and seeking out level heads. The result is always the same. Back alone, confused, lied to, hurt, and watching someone who told me I mattered nmw (which actually meant Not at all to Me Whatsoever,) arm in arm, genitals in genitals, with whoever is the biggest piece of shit and also available to mistreat them at the time. No friends have ever stayed, no lovers have been above board. No one shows me the basic respect of telling me how little I matter to them to my face. And over the course of ~20-25 years or so the only common thread is me. So my current thinking is even though I can't understand it, the fix is in, and whatever it is, there is a mark on me, the mark denotes my fundamental nature as "disposable." If 1 person would fight to keep me in their life 1 time, or even just opt to engage when I would still reach out, making the effort for them...I might have not started listening to the whispering doubts. But that is not the way it is. No one stays. No one tries. I can't even blame them, anymore. Nap time now; I'm far overdue some nightmares. Cheers, glad it ended for someone. I wish it would end for me, one way or another. But it won't. Trying to get used to that. Sorry for the novel of stuff no one wants to bother reading junking up the feed. Sometimes this is the closest thing i have to talking to someone.
@@knuckle12356 I read the whole thing, cause it was interesting, albeit sad. From the bit about pregnancy I'm guessing you're a girl, but I can still relate to most of what you wrote and I can understand it with ease. You know, for me the self-abuse ended when I realized I was actually too good to do these things to myself. It was probably blind luck for me to see that, but I did, thanks to people I knew and my own life experience. Always smarter than most, but always sad and always worrying. In the end, I just stopped listening to my head and started following my gut. I can still feel the fear and the anxiety every day. I just ignore them and tell myself they aren't real. It's like Russel Crowe from the movie about the genius mathematician, he just ignored his visions. Try that, friend, try not listening to your fears, like when you were little and just played around and followed your heart. Try being careless, day to day, with the smallest plan for the future, but living for today and trying to help yourself!
@@knuckle12356 Simply hold tight and take care of yourself. Make it very easy and simple. Eat nice, sleep well, dont choose the one that hurts. Ask for help, don't be shy, there is a way out. Little steps, the storm will pass! All the love in the world, from Argentina!
This guy's talent blows my F-ing mind. Where does this kind of genius come from? Elliot...you were a one of a kind...I hope where ever you are you are at peace. I suffer from severe depression....I relate to you so much. Your music is so beautiful and raw and brillant. Thanks brother...if there's an afterlife I'd love to sit down and play a Beatles song with you.
Aye, I can relate. I hope that both of us one day will feel better. But meanwhile I'll just listen to some Elliott which will help me thru it all. But anyways, I sincerly hope that you'll have a good day. :)
Exactly same here. Hope both of you are doing well. Music is probably all I have and I don't know where would I be if it wasn't for such a sensitive soul as Elliott Smith.
This is recorded by Swedish Radio, its public service radio and they have tons of these high quality recordings, by alot of artists performing in Sweden of all sorts, metal, jazz etc. My dad recorded this show of the radio in 98 when they aired it, on cassette. I was 13. But he didnt tell me about this even though I was into alot of alternative music about the time. I saw Elliotts name during the years in the periphery when reading magazines and on internet, but never gave it a listen. In 2003 when I was 18 and Elliott died, I read about it and started to listen to him at a friend, we got really hooked. And I was telling my dad about my new discovery and he looked this cassette up and gave it to me and I just loved it. Even though I was a bit angry at him not telling me earlier about Elliott Smith and the cassette. It would have been amazing to have known him when he at least were alive. But anyway Im so glad to have just heard this piece of music.
Arch...I don't play certain shit in front of my kids. All 3 of us LOVE music, play music ect....but some stuff is mine lol. They are my new commercial radio. They play it too much ha ha ha and I don't want it ruined.
When I first started listening to his music, i assumed the guitar work had been doubled up, like his vocals often were. Then I caught a bunch of his live performances, when he's playing alone, just himself and a guitar. And ALL THAT SOUND is coming from those 6 strings. Rhythm, melody. Some percussive elements all woven together. Positively mind boggling to me. Playing some chord progression and picking out a harmony or melody or whatever it is more knowledgeable people could explain correctly, it blew me away. The opening licks of Angeles, at the very beginning, so enriched and involved, brought me to tears. All these tight shows, in his prime years, captured something bright in his enjoying the performance in a way that wouldn't always be there. Breaks my heart.
knuckle12356 if you’re into this type of acoustic playing you should check out Neil Young’s album Live at Massey Hall 1971. Exact same mixture of lead, rhythm, and percussive elements and it is just him and his guitar on stage. Also, Elliot covered a few of his songs live, so that should show how good Neil is if nothing else does.
Sean Matthew King it’s a fake account man. Let his only response be the weeping echo from the empty chasm that used to house his soul. Elliott would’ve probably laughed about it honestly. He was a truly hilarious guy.
I was just getting into Elliott Smith and working on a barge in the Black Sea off the coast of Varna, Bulgaria when I heard that he had passed. It was a freezing, snowy, grey day and I was in a conex box on deck listening to my Arcos Jukebox (early days of MP3 players) and drinking a cup of black coffee thinking how Ironic is it that I just found out about this guy and was going to find out when he'd be in Houston and now I will never get to see him play live. Great recording; love it.
Such a genius! A 17 song set is ridiculous. These days artists give 3 song sets. But Elliot gave 17 complex, intricate songs performed perfectly. Amazing.
I totally agree with the description: 'Possibly one of the best Elliott Smith shows recorded.' Wish there was video!!!!! Elliot Smith was by far the most underrated songwriter of the 1990's. History will eventually show he was one of the 20th century's best. RIP Elliot
@@thezeek2745 i think there is something to him being underrated among the masses, however. The average person isn't too big a fan, in my experience, but that's just anecdotal.
I saw him live in either 1998 or 1999 in Charlotte, but unfortunately then I was not very familiar with his music. He exuded this introverted kindness, while also damn funny. The crowd was small because the Rolling Stones were playing in Charlotte that night, so of course he came out wearing a Stones t-shirt! I remember him coming out for a smoke during a break, and I don't know how to describe it, he just felt like one of us, part of the collection of outsiders. I really discovered his music 20 years later, at 43. Now I obsessively listen to him. What a fool I was to not fully appreciate what I witnessed at that show.
How nice to go to Sweden and have people still calling out requests for songs. Especially when they call out a request for some deeper picks from his discography.
I love the interview with a lady-friend of his who was also a performer (before he was very well-known. I think near the tail end of Heatmiser,) and she mentioned Elliott to her producer or manager, someone in the biz. She was asked, after playing a track of his for them; "are any of his other songs this good?" Her: (with a good-natured jealous bite...) _Are you kidding? They're ALL this good..._ Amen. The easy poetry just stacked with layers of meaning, entendre, beauty, and pain. Woven into music peppered with chord progressions and changes that make little sense and shouldn't work, bent into something half-tamed and crushingly beautiful. And they flowed from him like _water._ Or so it appeared. Such an incomparable talent.
I passed him up when miss misery dropped back in the day, man I was soo wrong. I recently rediscovered this brilliant artist and cant stop listening, especially the from a basement on the hill stuff. What a shame we will never hear more Elliot Smith, at least we can revisit
What truly blows my mind....is even now after a decade? Maybe two? Of listening to these songs.... often...I have to stop the track and shake my head. And wether I'm alone or not I audibly say "Wow". I don't consciously think about it. It just happens now and then.... what a fucking talent.
This is one of the best live recordings I've ever heard of Elliott... Its blowing my mind. His heart is 100% in it. His guitar playing is incredible too.
i once had a booleg of this concert on a cd which wasn'r actually mine and i had to give it back so good to find on the net thanks to whoever who uploaded this and thanks ES
I love your screen name so much... I was so dead.. for so long.. I even died 3 times of 3 overdoses on heroin back in 2015 and 2016... But I woke up 3 times.. Now I just want to live before I'm gone and I play Elliott's music religiously and sing it.
As amazing a songwriter/guitarist that has ever lived. Such a bummer, that like most incredible artists, no one knows this until they are gone....................this live show here is Elliott at the VERY, very top of his game. Clear minded and voice/guitarwork unmatched.
+Scott Spicer his shows from 98 that i've seen are great. Was watching one from Bumbershoot '98 last night where he kills it, and it's with a full band.
Richard Langford there was something fiercely special about his 96-97 era shows. It was like he sucked all the air out of the room when he started playing - absolute silence. Just sitting on the floor of an all ages venue.
Richard Langford that was still a good show. Christian Brothers electric was never something I thought I wanted till they busted that one out. I was lucky. Got to see him 6 times. Twice before miss misery, ...back then, he was an underground god of such epic proportions it’s difficult to quantify. It wasn’t till 2002 that I saw him and he was so fucking high he nodded off and dropped his guitar directly after taking the stage. Didn’t finish one song. Everyone was hella confused. I think you can actually find it, (showbox 2002 I think) but I really wish they’d take it down. He wasn’t well.
Definitely one of his greatest live performances. His voice and playing skills are at his best, great setlist and wonderful people who don't make noise unlike the Americans. I never thought an acoustic version of Waltz #2 would be so gorgeous. Probably my favorite track from this show.
I Really Miss Elliott Smith - and I want to hear more of his music, I think he connected with people in , THAT profound way that certain artists do , with certain people - ME - and it comforts, soothes and is needs us, as much as we need It/them. Fantastic upload!
I have been addicted for 30 years (and the release of XO). I think of this gig as a high point, one of his very very best performance. He is so focused. The set list and the execution are flawless. Thanks man.
I used to listen to Elliott's music a lot in my formative years and kind of drifted away from it and relied more on Nick Drake for many years but I'm happy I found this recording, I've never heard it before and it's bringing me back to those nights of wonder and appreciation for Elliott's music. He was truly a master at his craft.
Also if anyone didn't check there are a lot of other Elliott live recordings there for download. Varying qualities, this is probably the best but being Elliott there are other great performances from different years, and some sound almost as good.
This has to be one of the greatest sets of all time....I'm mouth a gape stunned shook and eyes a blaze. Wow...thank you to whomever posted this. Thanks work is a piece of cake today
As we enter late fall in the pacific northwest and the weather turns to absolute shit for the next 5 months, I listen to this recording at least once a week to make me feel sad/reminiscent/humbled/amazed/better. Happy Elliott season, ya'll. 🤘
this really is like one of the best setlist of his I've ever seen. all the best songs even roman candle, however last call is prolly my fav elliott song still absolute bangers here.
A lot of these performances are infinitely better than their album counterparts, which are already great. This recording turned Speed Trials into one of my favorite songs ever.
Best recording of en Elliot performance I've heard, bloody hell this guy was so freaking amazing, I cry every time I come back to his music, the pain is so intense but such beautiful music.
What a spectacular set. (Song wise). I saw him on this tour (96/97) in Olympia where they recorded the Yo Yo A Go Go live tracks - it was ..... I’m a well studied musician and published composer, but there’s levels. Elliott was .... supernatural. And if you were in the crowd you’d have felt it. Note no one singing along.🥰
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"sorry i don't know swedish, otherwise i could have some things to say..." such a sweetheart
And typical Swedes too humble to admit they speak perfect English 😅
so few people are thoughtful like Elliott. He's an angel.
I was in the audience this evening, magic!
wow!
You are a lucky man.
this is my favorite live recording of elliott. i never got to see him live.
Stort!
Jealous
I discovered this man only a week ago, and I already feel like a changed person. Elliott was amazing. Rest in peace, sir.
Loving your comment. ❤
same boat
I discovered him last year, and I have since been totally blown away by him
i love how this comment is from seven years ago
It touches my hear that he is still being discovered by lovers of good music and touching those who discover him. ❤
Listened to this on repeat 3 years ago when I was depressed out of my mind. Things have gotten better, revisiting this music all these years later still makes me cry, this music is pure beauty for me, it’s not depression music, it’s not happy music, it’s so beautiful I feel like it transcends all that..
It's child's play for his music to last waste to me every time I play it. These shows where he is at his tightest, just incredible. Power and beauty, punctuated by that tiny "thanks." After some songs. Almost embarrassed. Goodness I wish I had seen him live. Brushed against opportunity. Never pushed for it. Because I'm an idiot.
Same thing happened here man, I'm fine now but I can still relate perfectly to most of his songs, drug abuse, girls and all.
@@TarrinKael wish I could say the same, as far as "fine now" goes.
Alas.
Still getting beaten up by life, in every turn where I have no control of events. Sabotaged by circumstances not of my making, ones specifically discussed and attempted to steer clear of, only to find myself lied to, and smack dab back in the middle of something toxic and destructive. And so defeated that the stuff I actually have a say in i can't bring myself to push forward enough to matter/affect any real change. The broad strokes are always the same, with highlights thrown in for flavor; one might end up stealing from me in an online credit card scam, who all the while insisted that she was not ever asking for financial assistance from me... Another might have their "actual boyfriend" (surprise!!) Come in from out of state to jump me in the dead of night on my way home... or there was the one who seduced my best friend. Or maybe it was the other way around. Maybe ill be surprised with the only time I ever had a brush with pregnancy, discovering the fact months after it had been terminated, and I had never had any knowledge of its existence prior to that moment. Already lifetimes too late...
It all reads like bad fiction, and it seems initial circumstances make no difference to the outcome; if im clean or using dope. Seeking a relationship, or being sought. Looking for a project, or specifically avoiding crazy and seeking out level heads.
The result is always the same. Back alone, confused, lied to, hurt, and watching someone who told me I mattered nmw (which actually meant Not at all to Me Whatsoever,) arm in arm, genitals in genitals, with whoever is the biggest piece of shit and also available to mistreat them at the time.
No friends have ever stayed, no lovers have been above board. No one shows me the basic respect of telling me how little I matter to them to my face. And over the course of ~20-25 years or so the only common thread is me. So my current thinking is even though I can't understand it, the fix is in, and whatever it is, there is a mark on me, the mark denotes my fundamental nature as "disposable." If 1 person would fight to keep me in their life 1 time, or even just opt to engage when I would still reach out, making the effort for them...I might have not started listening to the whispering doubts. But that is not the way it is. No one stays. No one tries. I can't even blame them, anymore.
Nap time now; I'm far overdue some nightmares. Cheers, glad it ended for someone. I wish it would end for me, one way or another. But it won't. Trying to get used to that.
Sorry for the novel of stuff no one wants to bother reading junking up the feed. Sometimes this is the closest thing i have to talking to someone.
@@knuckle12356 I read the whole thing, cause it was interesting, albeit sad. From the bit about pregnancy I'm guessing you're a girl, but I can still relate to most of what you wrote and I can understand it with ease. You know, for me the self-abuse ended when I realized I was actually too good to do these things to myself. It was probably blind luck for me to see that, but I did, thanks to people I knew and my own life experience. Always smarter than most, but always sad and always worrying. In the end, I just stopped listening to my head and started following my gut. I can still feel the fear and the anxiety every day. I just ignore them and tell myself they aren't real. It's like Russel Crowe from the movie about the genius mathematician, he just ignored his visions. Try that, friend, try not listening to your fears, like when you were little and just played around and followed your heart. Try being careless, day to day, with the smallest plan for the future, but living for today and trying to help yourself!
@@knuckle12356 Simply hold tight and take care of yourself. Make it very easy and simple. Eat nice, sleep well, dont choose the one that hurts. Ask for help, don't be shy, there is a way out. Little steps, the storm will pass! All the love in the world, from Argentina!
best live recorded version of angeles in existence. those open strings ringing out in the verses give me consistent chills. Like, holy shit.
Yes, and perhaps also Largo (1998):
ruclips.net/video/tOL_D92kzDw/видео.html
it is so good
His strumming is out of this world
This guy's talent blows my F-ing mind. Where does this kind of genius come from? Elliot...you were a one of a kind...I hope where ever you are you are at peace. I suffer from severe depression....I relate to you so much. Your music is so beautiful and raw and brillant. Thanks brother...if there's an afterlife I'd love to sit down and play a Beatles song with you.
Aye, I can relate. I hope that both of us one day will feel better. But meanwhile I'll just listen to some Elliott which will help me thru it all.
But anyways, I sincerly hope that you'll have a good day. :)
Exactly same here. Hope both of you are doing well. Music is probably all I have and I don't know where would I be if it wasn't for such a sensitive soul as Elliott Smith.
unknown Right in the feels
David Boguzes nothing like him ,
@Luna Tuna Nope 😊
The song writing talent is unbelievable
Fuck Elliott Smith
@@dequanrick2209 ur mom* 😈
i wasn't even a year old when he died but I still miss him. Rest easy
His music is so wonderful and timeless - it will outlive us all. Still miss him too.
Good to know that there are young people who keep him alive.
I wasn’t even alive
He was the best. Doesn’t matter when you were born. Wish I could tell him “thanks”.
I wasn’t even alive yet when he died.. he had such a beautiful soul..
This is recorded by Swedish Radio, its public service radio and they have tons of these high quality recordings, by alot of artists performing in Sweden of all sorts, metal, jazz etc. My dad recorded this show of the radio in 98 when they aired it, on cassette. I was 13. But he didnt tell me about this even though I was into alot of alternative music about the time. I saw Elliotts name during the years in the periphery when reading magazines and on internet, but never gave it a listen. In 2003 when I was 18 and Elliott died, I read about it and started to listen to him at a friend, we got really hooked. And I was telling my dad about my new discovery and he looked this cassette up and gave it to me and I just loved it. Even though I was a bit angry at him not telling me earlier about Elliott Smith and the cassette. It would have been amazing to have known him when he at least were alive. But anyway Im so glad to have just heard this piece of music.
@@dequanrick2209 what the fuck are you on about?
@@dequanrick2209 fashion is important. I hope your member gets a cold though. Drips Green goo that burns and burns.
Arch...I don't play certain shit in front of my kids. All 3 of us LOVE music, play music ect....but some stuff is mine lol. They are my new commercial radio. They play it too much ha ha ha and I don't want it ruined.
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Wondering why the audio was so good
“Face down, bow to the champion.”
So great & yet so sad......
0:05 Angeles
3:02 Division day
5:45 Clementine
8:31 Alameda
12:12 Between the bars
14:38 Pictures of me
17:54 Waltz #2
22:03 Rose parade
25:48 Some song
27:58 Say yes
30:15 Needle in the hay
34:20 Roman candle
37:33 Independence day
40:32 Speed trials
44:08 2:45 AM
47:28 No name #1
50:46 Thirteen
Alameda*
@@seanmatthewking sorted!😉
Thanks brotha
spoiler alert.
What a set list. Nobody comes close to the quality of music he put out.
How a guy can make one guitar and one voice so interesting and captivating... what an amazing skill. Surely missed.
When I first started listening to his music, i assumed the guitar work had been doubled up, like his vocals often were. Then I caught a bunch of his live performances, when he's playing alone, just himself and a guitar. And ALL THAT SOUND is coming from those 6 strings. Rhythm, melody. Some percussive elements all woven together. Positively mind boggling to me. Playing some chord progression and picking out a harmony or melody or whatever it is more knowledgeable people could explain correctly, it blew me away.
The opening licks of Angeles, at the very beginning, so enriched and involved, brought me to tears. All these tight shows, in his prime years, captured something bright in his enjoying the performance in a way that wouldn't always be there.
Breaks my heart.
knuckle12356 if you’re into this type of acoustic playing you should check out Neil Young’s album Live at Massey Hall 1971. Exact same mixture of lead, rhythm, and percussive elements and it is just him and his guitar on stage. Also, Elliot covered a few of his songs live, so that should show how good Neil is if nothing else does.
I was there June 1998… One of the best concerts ever
Definitely one of Elliott's best shows, brilliant crowd too.
@@dequanrick2209 Dude... shut the fuck up....
Sean Matthew King it’s a fake account man. Let his only response be the weeping echo from the empty chasm that used to house his soul. Elliott would’ve probably laughed about it honestly. He was a truly hilarious guy.
I was just getting into Elliott Smith and working on a barge in the Black Sea off the coast of Varna, Bulgaria when I heard that he had passed. It was a freezing, snowy, grey day and I was in a conex box on deck listening to my Arcos Jukebox (early days of MP3 players) and drinking a cup of black coffee thinking how Ironic is it that I just found out about this guy and was going to find out when he'd be in Houston and now I will never get to see him play live. Great recording; love it.
That setlist is out of this world
I listen to this at least twice daily. Whole thing. Best part of each day. R.I.p. Elliott
damn
👀 that's overkill bro
Angelic voice, superb songwriting, but this show in particular demonstrates that he truly was a guitar virtuoso
You got that last part right!!!
The guitar is part of his body, it seems.
These acoustic versions sound EXACTLY like their professionally recorded counterparts. Not many artists can pull this off. RIP
He was one of the best guitarists I’ve ever seen. And he made it look infuriatingly easy. He barely ever looked down at the fret board.
Such a genius! A 17 song set is ridiculous. These days artists give 3 song sets. But Elliot gave 17 complex, intricate songs performed perfectly. Amazing.
What? No idea which planet "artists give 3 song sets" these days but a 50 minute set is not ridiculous in any way.
One of his best recorded live performances
I totally agree with the description: 'Possibly one of the best Elliott Smith shows recorded.' Wish there was video!!!!! Elliot Smith was by far the most underrated songwriter of the 1990's. History will eventually show he was one of the 20th century's best. RIP Elliot
Underrated is hilarious. One of the most revered songwriters of the 90’s. Just not mass popularity. That does not equate underrated.
@@thezeek2745 i think there is something to him being underrated among the masses, however. The average person isn't too big a fan, in my experience, but that's just anecdotal.
F*** me, this man was amazing. It’s 2020, I’m 36 and this is the very first time I’ve heard him. I...have missed some stuff.
I saw him live in either 1998 or 1999 in Charlotte, but unfortunately then I was not very familiar with his music. He exuded this introverted kindness, while also damn funny. The crowd was small because the Rolling Stones were playing in Charlotte that night, so of course he came out wearing a Stones t-shirt! I remember him coming out for a smoke during a break, and I don't know how to describe it, he just felt like one of us, part of the collection of outsiders. I really discovered his music 20 years later, at 43. Now I obsessively listen to him. What a fool I was to not fully appreciate what I witnessed at that show.
It’s never too late.
@@ashleythompson9553 thanks for the story, I was a baby then but I’m from near Charlotte so that’s cool to imagine
without doubt the finest recording and performance of Elliott I've come across. A tortured genius sadly missed
How nice to go to Sweden and have people still calling out requests for songs. Especially when they call out a request for some deeper picks from his discography.
I wish he was still here.
I cried for 3 months and it still brings tears to my eyes when I think of it. Forever in my heart, Elliot.
You truly are a one of a kind person
My life would be better if he was. Just to see him one more time
i just found Elliott, I love him, I feel love so hard
Tusen takk, Elliott
One of the best shows (if not the best) I've ever been to. It such a sadhappy joy being able to relive it again and again.
This is a gift.
The most intense version of Picture of Me, I´ve heard!!
Same with Angeles. He had some angry vibes in this show, and it sounded great!
yes! it's a very good example of how well he could execute a full song with just his yamaha and pull it off
People don’t understand what an immaculate performer he was. Thanks for the upload. Great audio.
amazing version of Angeles, thanks for uploading this!
it was insane!
I love the interview with a lady-friend of his who was also a performer (before he was very well-known. I think near the tail end of Heatmiser,) and she mentioned Elliott to her producer or manager, someone in the biz. She was asked, after playing a track of his for them; "are any of his other songs this good?"
Her: (with a good-natured jealous bite...) _Are you kidding? They're ALL this good..._
Amen. The easy poetry just stacked with layers of meaning, entendre, beauty, and pain. Woven into music peppered with chord progressions and changes that make little sense and shouldn't work, bent into something half-tamed and crushingly beautiful.
And they flowed from him like _water._ Or so it appeared. Such an incomparable talent.
I passed him up when miss misery dropped back in the day, man I was soo wrong. I recently rediscovered this brilliant artist and cant stop listening, especially the from a basement on the hill stuff. What a shame we will never hear more Elliot Smith, at least we can revisit
What truly blows my mind....is even now after a decade? Maybe two? Of listening to these songs.... often...I have to stop the track and shake my head. And wether I'm alone or not I audibly say "Wow". I don't consciously think about it. It just happens now and then.... what a fucking talent.
A true fan, obviously!
My favorite elliot show for sure he was on fire his voice and playing. And the songlist is amazing
Just imagine what this lad would be putting out now.
We can't! That's why we're listening to him and not the other way around!
I feel my insides more when I listen to Elliot than I do to other music. weird. but cool. thx for posting.
Like your intestines and shit?
@@seanmatthewking like emotions and shit.
My favorite songwriter of all time. Elliott was such an unbelievable talent.
I love that performance of "pictures of me" its my favorite music from either/or.
Greetings from Brazil.
This is one of the best live recordings I've ever heard of Elliott... Its blowing my mind. His heart is 100% in it. His guitar playing is incredible too.
i once had a booleg of this concert on a cd which wasn'r actually mine and i had to give it back
so good to find on the net
thanks to whoever who uploaded this
and thanks ES
This is my favorite live recording of any music.
I was lucky enough to see him in Minneapolis in 2000 for Figure 8. Shame we can't see him again...
So jealous
I love Figure 8 I saw him for Either/Or
I love your screen name so much... I was so dead.. for so long.. I even died 3 times of 3 overdoses on heroin back in 2015 and 2016... But I woke up 3 times.. Now I just want to live before I'm gone and I play Elliott's music religiously and sing it.
As amazing a songwriter/guitarist that has ever lived. Such a bummer, that like most incredible artists, no one knows this until they are gone....................this live show here is Elliott at the VERY, very top of his game. Clear minded and voice/guitarwork unmatched.
+Scott Spicer his shows from 98 that i've seen are great. Was watching one from Bumbershoot '98 last night where he kills it, and it's with a full band.
+Richard Langford Nevermind. That Bumbershoot show was 2000. Carry on
Richard Langford there was something fiercely special about his 96-97 era shows. It was like he sucked all the air out of the room when he started playing - absolute silence. Just sitting on the floor of an all ages venue.
Richard Langford that was still a good show. Christian Brothers electric was never something I thought I wanted till they busted that one out. I was lucky. Got to see him 6 times. Twice before miss misery, ...back then, he was an underground god of such epic proportions it’s difficult to quantify. It wasn’t till 2002 that I saw him and he was so fucking high he nodded off and dropped his guitar directly after taking the stage. Didn’t finish one song.
Everyone was hella confused. I think you can actually find it, (showbox 2002 I think) but I really wish they’d take it down. He wasn’t well.
Still to soon to listen without crying. Beautiful voice & soul.
"If you're alone then it must be you that wants to be apart"...brilliant...
he's a genius
I thought I knew music but just recently discovered this angel! I now am in love with someone I've never met!
This is the greatest Elliott Smith performance that u can find online. Perfect Crowd, Perfect Playing.
Amazing live recording! Wish one day I can listen to him and not have tears fall down my eyes. He opens your wounds with honesty.
Thank you so much for uploading this. Means the world to me Ben.
Definitely one of his greatest live performances. His voice and playing skills are at his best, great setlist and wonderful people who don't make noise unlike the Americans. I never thought an acoustic version of Waltz #2 would be so gorgeous. Probably my favorite track from this show.
I Really Miss Elliott Smith - and I want to hear more of his music, I think he connected with people in , THAT profound way that certain artists do , with certain people - ME - and it comforts, soothes and is needs us, as much as we need It/them.
Fantastic upload!
Me too.
I have been addicted for 30 years (and the release of XO). I think of this gig as a high point, one of his very very best performance. He is so focused. The set list and the execution are flawless. Thanks man.
Incredible! Especially love that version of Roman Candle
I used to listen to Elliott's music a lot in my formative years and kind of drifted away from it and relied more on Nick Drake for many years but I'm happy I found this recording, I've never heard it before and it's bringing me back to those nights of wonder and appreciation for Elliott's music. He was truly a master at his craft.
Thank for posting... music help to save our lives... it's so important... and Elliott with his delicate kind voice and guitar is... unique!!!
so crazy how good he does the intro to independence day
Hearing "Pictures of Me" sang in such a way, is exponentially special.
11 years... this is my fav live recording of Elliott
by far the best elloitt live show available
What a sound, what songs, what a player...Man, he was so good. Such a loss.
Thank you so much for the FLAC files in the description! this is a fantastic performance :D
They are a very clear format, sounds excellent.
Also if anyone didn't check there are a lot of other Elliott live recordings there for download. Varying qualities, this is probably the best but being Elliott there are other great performances from different years, and some sound almost as good.
BEST ACOUSTIC SHOW OF ALL TIMES._
this is definitely the best elliott performance i've heard. alameda is amazing.
This has to be one of the greatest sets of all time....I'm mouth a gape stunned shook and eyes a blaze. Wow...thank you to whomever posted this. Thanks work is a piece of cake today
I lost my bootleg CD of this concert 5 years ago. So happy to have found it here.
The guitar playing in Angeles is next level.
Elliot Smith touched my life and so many others' with his music. His gift to the world lives on.
Oh awesome, a great quality audio of Roman Candle live, this is fantastic.
This is not a setlist, it"s a best of. And quality of sound is so so so godd... thanks for the downlaod link, this set is now on my phone.
Just missing Last Call, imo his best track
He was one of the greatest songwriters of his generation. Any generation!
Clementine really shines in this set. One of Elliott's many "one of a kind" songs..
As we enter late fall in the pacific northwest and the weather turns to absolute shit for the next 5 months, I listen to this recording at least once a week to make me feel sad/reminiscent/humbled/amazed/better. Happy Elliott season, ya'll. 🤘
the setlist is pure magic
Beautiful, as always. And agree with others, Pictures of Me is breathtaking here.
this really is like one of the best setlist of his I've ever seen. all the best songs even roman candle, however last call is prolly my fav elliott song still absolute bangers here.
This music is exquisite. Divine at the very top quality. I wish we could save these people.
A lot of these performances are infinitely better than their album counterparts, which are already great. This recording turned Speed Trials into one of my favorite songs ever.
Best recording of en Elliot performance I've heard, bloody hell this guy was so freaking amazing, I cry every time I come back to his music, the pain is so intense but such beautiful music.
Absolutely Beautiful!!!!!
Fantastic concert....Angeles and Pictures of Me have never sounded better, but all of it is perfect.
lovely set, pleasure to listen to and grateful we've got this on youtube
this man has slowly become my favorite artist
been listening to elliott for two months. day and night. thanks for sharing this. i was in stockholm this night. but not at the concert.
My favorite live recording of Elliott Smith. Thanks for the upload and download link!
What a spectacular set. (Song wise). I saw him on this tour (96/97) in Olympia where they recorded the Yo Yo A Go Go live tracks - it was ..... I’m a well studied musician and published composer, but there’s levels.
Elliott was .... supernatural. And if you were in the crowd you’d have felt it.
Note no one singing along.🥰
Beautiful. Thank you for posting this.
Great recording... robust vocals from Elliott. Fantastic version of 'Division Day' too.
Yeah I love this version of Division Day, I keep coming back to this video for it.
thank you for uploading this. Great acoustics. He played so well and improvised.
Thank you for ending it with thirteen..., heaven adores you.
one of his best sets in my opinion
Hell yes I love this set
One of the best-quality recordings of ES live. Great, respectful crowd, great performance, great setlist. Couldn't beat it. Thanks for the upload.
Totally agree. This was always my favorite live show he did, performance wise, set list wise, and quality wise.
"Thanks" Elliott Smith was the best.