Elliot Smith Interview, 2000

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6 ай бұрын

Interviews and edited content I created during my years working at RollingStone.com through the late 1990s to early 2000s.

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@deepakchoke-ya2560 4 ай бұрын

“If you only have a little bit of free time you have to make the most of it. If you have a lot of it you’re kind of wondering what to do with it.” So very true.

@user-zv7yb4yp9g 4 ай бұрын

great line

@alisonderrick1067 3 ай бұрын

Idle hands …

@RC-fi8nn 20 күн бұрын

It's a really great insight. Careful what you wish for.

@gotf 3 ай бұрын

Finding new ES interviews in 2024 warms my heart.

@ChrisBarnette-zk8iy 5 ай бұрын

It's crazy all the material this man left behind . Everytime I think I've seen it all, nope.. there's a new one. .. Miss you ,Elliott.. Merry Xmas to everyone... Have a blessed and safe one.

@alisonderrick1067 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤ forever ♾️

@crashley47 5 ай бұрын

Crazy how each month and year people still manage to find him again and again

@JAYSONGS 4 ай бұрын

True Greatness will always find its place and be remembered. ✌🏼🧡

@MothGirl007 5 ай бұрын

He used to live down the street from me and I miss him terribly.

@eccentricrockers 4 ай бұрын

WOW, was that when he lived in the house with Jennifer, or at the Snow White homes :)?

@Topspin89 2 ай бұрын

What was his personality like?

@quinnmchugh1362 29 күн бұрын

no u didnt

@darkjapan 4 ай бұрын

Is it weird to miss someone you never met and never could have had a chance of getting to know? It must be strange for his friends and family to see such adoration from fans. But this man and his work significantly affected my life. All we have are these clips now, and that's the only side of him I have ever known. But his words and music have been in my head half my life now. I don't know. I wish things had been so so different.

@moonstoneabby 2 ай бұрын

“what if i told you i feel like i know you, but we never met” 🥺😭

@deaddeaddeaddeaddead5667 4 ай бұрын

"D Minor, saddest of all keys" Love the little Spinal Tap reference lol

@deathchips926 5 ай бұрын

The dude even chose jobs around the idea of being able to think about music. True artist.

@TheNolanWolfe 5 ай бұрын

Elliott has changed my life EDIT: *our lives

@amargado445 5 ай бұрын

Our*

@petergriffiths5537 5 ай бұрын

You'll forever be a better, albeit, sadder Individual for understanding him, and every other person whom society casts aside for being true to themselves and denying the mould society approve for you

@adamnordmark7709 5 ай бұрын

@@petergriffiths5537thank you Peter Griffin

@louieo.blevinsmusic4197 5 ай бұрын

👍 agreed. Tho being a huge fan and growing up with his music basically on repeat can make it hard to settle for simplicity when writing music.

@TheNolanWolfe 5 ай бұрын

@@louieo.blevinsmusic4197 totally true

@Codgerism 5 ай бұрын

No one can write chord progressions like Elliott Smith.

@jackgreenway4646 4 ай бұрын

Hmmm, I would say someone like Noel Ghallagher from Oasis was far better as an artist who had a very prolific sound of his own which was all down to his specific chords, can't really argue seeing as he used the blue print set by the beatles.

@anskfima 4 ай бұрын

@@jackgreenway4646 hmmm, no...

@openone3183 4 ай бұрын

ummm definitely not, plus it was probly written by liam@@jackgreenway4646

@Codgerism 4 ай бұрын

@@jackgreenway4646 I grew up playing songs by Elliot Smith and Oasis. The difference is Elliot's song structures often sound simple on the surface, like Gallagher's, but when you delve into them or try to learn them, you realise they are far more complicated to play than they sound. Meanwhile, Noel's songs are still just basic intuitive open chord progressions that any beginner can play.

@tj03297 19 күн бұрын

@jackgreenway4646 Noel Gallagher wrote music that most beginning guitarists learn as their first song, Elliott wrote many songs that would take several years of playing to learn, and prolific doesn’t mean whatever you think it does, just delete the comment bruv

@devil_pls 5 ай бұрын

Wow. And here I was thinking that every Elliott Smith interview out there has already been uploaded on youtube before. Apperantly I was wrong. So thankful for this, Seriously.

@JHallDaBoss 5 ай бұрын

I love his lil face so much

@lexremillard2549 5 ай бұрын

The saddest situation I can think of in art is losing him. He was the shit. Locked in.

@maxbramadat4887 5 ай бұрын

so true. unmatched

@louieo.blevinsmusic4197 5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I’d add Blaze Foley to the list of lost too soon.

@Codgerism 5 ай бұрын

It's always sad when a great artist dies and takes all their potential future creations with them.

@CleanFamilyVideos 4 ай бұрын

"he was the shit locked in" sounds like constipation. I guess im old now, struggling to understand the new slangs.

@Topspin89 2 ай бұрын

@@endlessnameless6494which breakup are you referring to? The one with the supposed love of his life Joanna Bolme? The one with Valerie Deerin, which happened right before he decided to get clean from drugs, or the one with his last girlfriend Jennifer Chiba (there was no breakup between them as far as any of us know)?

@user-jc5lf6sf7g 4 ай бұрын

Even the most simplest things he said were profound. If Elliott were around today he would be massive.

@JJGeldson 4 ай бұрын

No, people are too stupid now to really appreciate something like this.

@user-jc5lf6sf7g 4 ай бұрын

@@JJGeldson I meant more if he still had his catalogue and were alive - continuing to make music and tour.

@JJGeldson 4 ай бұрын

I am depressed about the world now. I feel like everyone is stupid and doesn't understand what's really going on. It seems like true art is dead... @@user-jc5lf6sf7g

@evanmuir7394 5 ай бұрын

Such a horrible loss. Even 20 years later

@Sithkiller 5 ай бұрын

Elliot Smith was an amazing artist and down to earth individual. He is sorely missed. 😢 😢

@agneebags 4 ай бұрын

it makes me so so deeply sad to know ill never see him live. rip elliott if only u were here

@quinoa123123 5 ай бұрын

cool to see him quoting spinal tap

@benwithab3679 5 ай бұрын

He could have written the song “Lick My Love Pump” and it would have been beautiful.

@Ruby-eq1qg 5 ай бұрын

“If you got too much free time then you’re kinda wondering what to do with your free time.” Fr I get so clueless when I go on break from work 😭 that structure it gives is so valuable

@glenhenderson3429 5 ай бұрын

Simpleton.

@marsoblivi0n945 5 ай бұрын

@@glenhenderson3429exactly. Works keeps me from studying and writing songs and crating art to the point it makes my existence feel pointless. Like some slave.

@nikolastaylor2999 5 ай бұрын

Always nice to find a interview i havent seen before, thanks :)

@Christy121000 5 ай бұрын

What a treat!! Never seen this before. Thanks man🖤

@logdizza 5 ай бұрын

Wishing this was 5 hours longer

@jamesheath7601 5 ай бұрын

I’ve never seen this before. Thank you for sharing 😊

@matthewholtbymusic 5 ай бұрын

WoW Thank you! There used to be an amazing full concert on Rollingstone that I'd watch all the time.... Grandaddy opened. I love this so much. xoxo

@rvic11 5 ай бұрын

Great interview. As I was a teenage Elliott addict, thought I'd seen all his videos. Hope there's more out there!

@petergriffiths5537 5 ай бұрын

I wish I could have been your friend. Repay you for the friend youve been to me for many years now

@ElstonsGun 5 ай бұрын

I see Elliott I click

@alrightdynamite6987 5 ай бұрын

I miss you every day elliott.

@MikeHawk-er7bx 5 ай бұрын

Oh lovely, never seen this. There’s so few interviews with Elliott available… even fewer with video included

@TheArigreen23 5 ай бұрын

this one is new to me, thank you!

@sloop3720 12 күн бұрын

Thank you for posting

@scroogemccuck985 5 ай бұрын

I love that he quotes Spinal Tap

@millennialanimal 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for uploading this! Haven’t seen it before.

@Clawgripsmoon 5 ай бұрын

Wow I don’t think I’ve ever seen this. Amazing thanks for posting 🙏

@soundcamper 5 ай бұрын

if you are out there listening. anyone. please upload more elliott smith interviews

@DanRelayer_Ukraine 4 ай бұрын

less than half a year before he would start using big time in 2001. Those shows from late 2000 however can't be beat. Top form in everything! Very glad to see this interview in great quality finally.

@adanosman7021 5 ай бұрын

He seems happy in this interview 😊

@hestercorner-smith7499 3 ай бұрын

I swear near everyday I mourn the fact that I can never see him live, but I realise now that perhaps a small reason I love him so much is because he's dead: nothing unpredictable to throw me off or loose touch with his oeuvre. Every part of him I've been exposed to I've loved with all my heart. He's perfect, and that can never change. This interview is such a godsend.

@nosymbiosis 4 ай бұрын

such a generationally impactful man. i wish he'd had it easier.

@opheliajade1986 3 ай бұрын

Yay a new interview I've never heard! Yesss!

@mrtap3w0rm Ай бұрын

The one consistency I hold dear in my life is my love for Elliott Smith.

@frafrafrafrafra 5 ай бұрын

Never seen this before, thanks for sharing

@ghoulboss7848 2 ай бұрын

every time I watch an interview of him I see so much of myself reflected back at me.

@tolennon 5 ай бұрын

amazing man, thanks for sharing

@bobbibaker4685 5 ай бұрын

RIP, Elliott. Miss you always, love you always. XO ❤

@snobertstake 5 ай бұрын

heaven adores you elliott!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

@quietringaudio 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this with us Thank you

@willbollman6246 4 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to see Elliott on this tour. It was at the Filmore in SF. I was actually surprised at how amazing he sounded and how well he played considering I think he was in a pretty intense downward spiral at this point. This footage looks like it could be from that show tbh.

@cozxmos 5 ай бұрын

Thank you x 💯

@ceebee491 5 ай бұрын

Such a tight band! Wish I'd seen him live

@bridgetd6805 29 күн бұрын

I've listened to his music every single day since I "discovered" him 8 years ago. Every. Single. Day.

@garfieldfan1303 5 ай бұрын

do you have any more clips of the interview portion? i'd love to see them :)

@tunedime 5 ай бұрын

Seriously

@toneohm 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I see this as a Xmas present lol,, never saw this one.. I love the bit about having a real job,, that's kinda where I'm at too,, I do construction type stuff and day dream hah

@Jake-hq5te 21 күн бұрын

The drums sound amazing in the live clips

@stevesheldon2342 4 ай бұрын

I was really into the label Kill Rock Stars and they would include a mail catalog in all their releases. This is where I discovered Elliott Smith. The first album I bought was either/or. From the opening of speed trials I knew I’d found a special artist. He wrote lyrics that spoke to me and his guitar playing was just outstanding. The world lost a beautiful soul when Elliott passed away. They’re have been some decent singer/songwriters to come along, but no one of the caliber of Elliott Smith.

@nickgrant6480 5 ай бұрын

He's got a pretty Zen hippy smokey vibe going. Pretty 2000s

@hardfolk 5 ай бұрын

I love u Elliott

@hadleygardner8671 23 күн бұрын

so many people are discovering who elliot smith is and I HONESTLYLOVE IT SM he is an amazing person.

@StephenAndrew777 5 ай бұрын

I'd never seen that. Thanks

@molly_beatrix 5 ай бұрын

yipee

@emmaphilo4049 Ай бұрын

I love him..

@kole6150 4 ай бұрын

I swear this is the only video interview where Elliott isn't completely uncomfortable because of terrible interviewers

@TheOfficialShwagsta 5 ай бұрын

hell yeah.

@lennoncoimbra4856 3 күн бұрын

Well we don't chose to come but...i think sometimes guys like him need to come to share something...love you.❤

@justmadeit2 26 күн бұрын

What’s the song he/they are playing near the begining ?

@archstonecircle 5 ай бұрын

wow that band was tight- know any other videos of those shows?

@scroogemccuck985 5 ай бұрын

I think some people have even been remastering the shows in high definition

@opheliajade1986 3 ай бұрын

Really!!! That's freaking awesome. I really look forward to seeing that!

@hunterrahkonen3547 5 ай бұрын

Where did you find this

@burnbabies666 4 ай бұрын

Cant believe i was a 5 year old kid at that time, having no idea he wouldnt be around anymore in my 20s for me to go to a show of his.

@spencerbrady6791 19 күн бұрын

Would have been great to meet him

@deaddeaddeaddeaddead5667 4 ай бұрын

genius songwriter

@nissenilsson9158 5 ай бұрын

3:32 spinal tap!

@yeet-dv8yk 5 ай бұрын

Hoorayyy

@mdtys 4 ай бұрын

sos is just perfect pop

@pentag0th681 5 ай бұрын

"Even tho I can G#..." AHAHHA

@riffraffrichard 3 ай бұрын

I think Elliott might have been happier being a part time musician. Doing a bit of construction work and then songs in his free time.

@bostonboybob 5 ай бұрын

You coulld really see that he was a real artist living the art life

@vertyisprobablydead 5 ай бұрын

I am also a big fan of G!

@corrienoellee 4 ай бұрын

what song is he playing?

@qualaup 5 ай бұрын

Genius.

@maddeypuppets 5 ай бұрын

its *elliott, with two t’s :)

@redeyestones3738 5 ай бұрын

If this video hadnt popped up in my feed, i wouldve still never heard the mame elliot smith So i looked him up. I didn't recognize a single thing hes done. Weird

@Basicsmind2 27 күн бұрын

New time acurate machine

@wellesradio 5 ай бұрын

Spinal Tap reference ftw!

@ibelieveinyouyourmagicisreal 4 ай бұрын

"with this band we play more different kinds of things"

@notbydesign029 4 ай бұрын

what song is he playing live during the video?

@urban4151 4 ай бұрын

son of sam

@jasonswienckowski5373 4 ай бұрын

Interview is amazing, I love his insights. But Jesus Christ the sound guy at that show absolutely fucked the drums. It's all I could pay attention to, they sound like they're coming out of a styafoam cooler

@BenSchillaci Ай бұрын

The snare drum sounds like a soccer ball bouncing in a gymnasium lol

@johnatkinson3174 5 ай бұрын

The devil makes work for idle hands 💔

@joelesque 3 ай бұрын

whats the song hes performing in the video?

@TheHugsGoWild 3 ай бұрын

Son of Sam

@DanRelayer_Ukraine 4 ай бұрын

3:31 - Spinal Tap reference lol ))

@shakefishgamingpro 5 ай бұрын

Name of song?

@assfukwut 5 ай бұрын

Son of Sam from album figure 8

@sophiafakevirus-ro8cc 5 ай бұрын

First song shows he's just a pop entertainer

@sobaaasobaaa8564 4 ай бұрын

02:02

@obscuremusictabs5927 5 ай бұрын

One of my favorite musicians but I refuse to listen to him because the music is just too emotionally brutal.

@MCConfuz 2 күн бұрын

I would argue that in fact A minor is the saddest key.

@ellingtonellington6933 5 ай бұрын

I’m me

@campbellzachc 4 ай бұрын

genius syndrome. too much free time while being that good

@areyoukind5645 Ай бұрын

Goodbye

@evolver6578 4 ай бұрын

near the end he looked disheveled. rip elliot smith

@Brrando19997 20 күн бұрын

@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec 5 ай бұрын

How many musicians get a pile of money and kill themselves with it. This was right around the dreamworks contract. Right before his demise.