He was abused as a child. Childhood trauma forms your character for the rest of your life

​@@jakefaigen897 Je ne savais pas, c'est trop triste.

I’ve played it, it seems really hard until you play it

Imo it's about the approach. Learn the vocals and guitar separately, then play them together very slowly to sync yourself to the beats, time your breathing, etc.

The first chord alone is such a beast, then add the unique picking pattern, and then sing it. GOD MODE

Lol it’s very difficult unless you’re a very experienced guitarist. I’ve tried

@@jordanbozeat2063 i wouldn’t say its “very difficult.” not easy by any stretch, mind you, but if you have good rhythm and you’ve spent some time working on finger picking, it’s not that tough. i was able to play it very consistently while singing (as well as i can sing anyway) after about a year and a half of playing guitar, (learning the song took me a few weeks). it’s definitely achievable by novice or intermediate guitarists with enough focus. caveats: almost all the songs i know are elliott smith, so i’m sure i’ve predisposed myself to his style in some way.

I've been playing guitar for 15 years now and this song is easy to play but hard to sing & play at the same time. Just watching him do it with ease boggles my mind. The only thing that messed him up was his voice kept going out on him.

mamaburra69 I'd love a good tab

Eric McClain ‘easy to play’ guarantee you dont play it properly

@@Liam.2000 I mean, it's very possible it's easy for him. If he has truly been playing for 15 years, and had enough time to perfect this song (nobody can perfect this song). I've only been playing for about a year and I've got the picking pattern down which is nothing much but it was super daunting to me months ago

@@Liam.2000 lmao do you really think it takes more than FIFTEEN years of practice to play this song without difficulty?

His dimples came out :)

Indeed, it makes it look so relatable as a person rather than the perception we have of an "artists", a beautiful soul to say the least:')

Because he doesn't have an ego, that's what makes him incredible . His vulnerability and humanity. It doesn't take away from the fact he is an amazing songwriter, infact i think it adds to it. Sometimes you can hear him apolergising, it realy hurts him, he really cares, he isn't just playing, that counts for more somehow doesn't it?

@@parvenughost6858 This is backed up by him often aborting songs or declining requests because he "didn't feel like it"; he plays what he _feels,_ not what people want, and as a result when he screws up it really matters to him.

@@Kapin05... Well said...

bc bar chords hard

Fr that chords hard to get clear that fast lmaooo

That's beautiful.

This is a fortune. Majors will never have his music.

TheConversative Drummer I agree, but don’t be bashing my guy John.

Paul McCartney > John Lennon

Why does everyone always talk about John Lennon as if he’s the greatest. What about Paul McCartney?

Julian Badger because John died young, Paul has 50 times the good songs and his solo success shows it. I love both tho

How did that go ?

I know right...? Me too. Sometimes I imagine a world where he was still here and releasing music. Maybe he would've done a Jonny Greenwood and gone into film scoring etc or maybe just churned out even more gorgeous albums. Such a damn shame, but at least he was prolific whilst he was alive. Imagine if we only had Either/Or, that'd would've been cruel!

Giantcappuccino he’s amazing. But with lyricist like bob Dylan and Robert Hunter he’s just one of many.

And Jeff Buckley (way better than Elliott) and Connor Oberst

The people above me except for Jason, probably fuck dogs (that’s just what I heard)

He died before I grew conscious and lust for his work. I'm glad to be a fan.

@@paulolapa3040 As much as I love Jeff (and Tim!) Buckley, his lyricism wasn't quite up to par with Elliott's. And mentioning Oberst is a slap in the face - beyond overrated, Oberst is.

Same with Nick Drake, too

What you are interpreting as insecurity may just be introspectiveness and aversion to the Sea of stupid shit we are swimming in.

@@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 Sure man it can be lots of different things.

@@LundinSebastian right, woman, it's not just insecurity. which was your posit. your posit is incorrect.

@@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 Sure man whatever you say.

Because of his soul, in his music. Does the same to me.

Thought maybe a daniel thing but nope there are others ;)

Estrogen?

listen to punisher by phoebe bridgers. it’s literally about how she feels so close to elliott and never met him

Really real.

You can say that again! He's up there with Robin Williams as being just the sweetest, most gentle person to have ever lived. I mention Robin Williams because he's another celebrity I spent weeks reading about and never found one bad word said about him from people who knew him or just met him. They were both sweethearts who, sadly, suffered from depression for years and (at least in Robin's case for sure) took their own life. Coincidentally, they were both involved with the movie "Good Will Hunting". Another person you can't find one bad word about is Fred Rogers, aka "Mister Rogers". Angels on earth who are now angels in Heaven (if Heaven exists). I wish there were more people like them.

+Lone Fir Music because of some crazy bitch

@@easterdm or maybe not, you never know (sadly) but yeah he was probably murdered

@@Kapin05 this dude had so much emotion in himself that the cause was always someone else.

another one was nick drake...

Thanks for that comment! I think you're right.

And back then, mental illness was still pretty taboo

His friends and family told him that a million times and it still didn't get through to him. Depression is an awful disease that there's no cure for, amazingly.

Octave pedal on his mic. Jon Gomm does the same thing and is probably the only other signer songwriter on Smith’s level IMO

Did he ever mention why he did double tracking (live and recording)? I got the feeling it’s about lack of confidence, which makes me respect him even more…

Sounds pretty retarded

So when you are not playing it, you feel like you're missing body parts?