I love how he changes it from "you can have it all, but how much do you want it?" To "you can have it all but WHY would you want it?" So much for fitting for the person he was, and it just makes more sense.
Me too!, I can't believe the i found this on TH-cam, and I...I wasn't even trying find this, just came to me...and i'm listen this cover right now, and thinking "oh my God" thats awelsome! Is really amazing too see someone had the same reaction than me :)
I look at it as an extension of his LOVE of the Beatles... Oasis' favorite band, so they had that in common. I think he rly loved them that much..so he loved the song bc it mentions them and bc oasis is v b-influenced.
The "Oasis ripped off the Beatles" thing is totally overblown. If you actually listen to their discography you can see multiple influences. Stone Roses, The La's etc.
I love when musicians can take someone else's song, make it their own, and develop a deeper appreciation for both the cover and the original. Oasis and Elliot Smith are both awesome.
I love how he always apologizes before playing this song, rather defensively insisting it is a good song, while subtly telling people to fuck off if they don't like it. Who else would proudly cover an Oasis song in the 90s? Only Elliott could play this so beautifully. (And I must confess, I liked Oasis, too). He was so loved. Wish he was still here with us.
Oasis was the most commercial band of the time, and represented “mainstream rock”, at the time. Elliott was mostly lo-fi while Oasis would include 250 guitar parts on one song. But regardless Elliott and Noel had a similar gift, and would’ve made the best, most Lennon-istic collaboration together.
stop the lieeessss!! autumn de wilde who met him a little berore shooting the figure 8 cover says that they bonded over liking oasis, and sang champagne supernova in the streets the first time they met.
"This is gonna piss some people off, maybe. But, you know what? I'm sorry, need a test. Maybe it'll piss no one off, there's no reason to get pissed off. Everyone should just stay away from being pissed off."
If l were any of the Gallaghers, having Elliott covering this song would be more flattering than selling thousands of records. Check out Elliott's version of "car" from Built to Spill.
He liked Oasis. Noel played bass with Cornershop at La Luna 01.22.98. I had the good fortune to meet Noel and Tjinder Singh right before the concert. Went up to the Balcony bar and Elliott overheard us discussing Noel. He asked us over to his table for us to tell him what Noel was 'like.' Already knew Elliott roundabout PDX, but it's bizarre to think about it now.
A great cover, and I love how both the song choice itself, and the fact that he feels the need to 'explain' it before the song and even during its intro, shows the gulf between the totally unpretentious, music-loving Elliott and his unfortunately often obnoxious, hipper-than-thou, uptight fan base
Funny how you generalize Elliott Smith fans that way considering Oasis built their entire career by being obnoxious, hipper-than-thou, uptight dickheads.
Jack Ruby You can call Oasis a shitload of things, but uptight is not one of them. They were bloody animals! And their music taste also very mainstream working-class (although Noel did love some oddball bands), not very hip at all. The Kill Rock Stars' crowd is what I mean by 'hip', I.E., if a record has sold over a certain a mount of copies, it must be shit, and it's only the undiscovered, unloved stuff that can be genius. But as far as 'obnoxious' goes, in terms of Oasis, you are spot on! : )
@@seanmatthewking I like at very least some of the stuff across their entire catalog, although admittedly the only 'essentials' are the first 2 records, and the "Masterplan" b-sides album...they are in that tradition of English bands who often saved their strongest material for single b-sides, not the records
English person here- can anyone from around that time explain the apology beforehand? Were Oasis that hated in the US at the time or something? Also, love the slight changes and how he gets round the Manc accent!
Yeah, if you read up on his background you would know that he HAD been heavily into drugs, alcohol, and psych medication. Just a few months before he died, he stopped all that instantaneously, which for anyone who is an addict knows, you are definitely NOT supposed to do. There are steps to stopping such addictions, and one the most important ones is to slowly ease off it to avoid serious withdrawal. That's probably what he was experiencing...
i love elliot smith and it shit that he's dead, but "the human brain is designed to survive, its not going to let you stab yourself in the heart" is utter bullshit. people get depressed and kill themselves everyday, all around the world for different reasons and in different ways. the human brain is a much more complicated thing than a simple sentence like that. elliot suffered from depression from years, became highly paranoid towards the end of his life- you cant dismiss suicide so easily
Yer no what feel better this great fella doin this tune.and all the words in it come back to the real people Liverpool's finest band.can I ride with u in your BMW.Tony Griff's car at the time.if Elliott would of hung on a bit more and met the Griff brothers.they would av made his life worth living.
+Natalia Yeah, he really had a sort of pent-up resentment towards being an 'indie' icon and the whole Kill Rock Stars crowd, people who would not want to hear him give love to a mainstream group like Oasis. It'd come out in interviews occasionally, but mostly in person he was too gentle and polite so it'd end up coming out something more like "aw come on guys, no need to get upset, just chill, I understand why you might get upset, but don't..." etc, instead of just saying "Fuck off!" like he was thinking. Even in the Autumn De Wilde E.S. book, which features interviews with a lot of his hipster friends, they talk in a very confused manner about his love of certain mainstream bands, and try to explain it away that he must have been joking or something. One of the bands mentioned actually IS Oasis, and she tells a story about how he heard "Champagne Supernova" being played while he rode a tilt-a-whirl ride with this girl at a carnival, and was super excited, and she talks about how he must've just been in a 'silly' mood or 'drunk' to like such pedestrian music. Ugh. Sorry, long post!
mywhychromosome I read that book. He liked some pretty awesome songs, no matter how mainstream they were lol. And this cover is better than the original imo
i don't know if anyone has pointed out that he plays the chorus chords all the way through the song - i.e. he starts with the chorus chords and sings the verses through the chorus chords - he does not play the verse chords at all ( i.e. the main riff of E G and A at the start of the song) although he does throw in the change with the pre chorus bridge - couldn't work out why it sounded strange - i love elliot but think he should have steered clear of this song
You should listen to Oasis, if you think they merely “emulate” the Beatles that’s absolutely ridiculous. If they emulated The Beatles then which track does “Supersonic” resemble? doesn’t sound like Lennon-McCartney to me
it's a big loud pop song, not considered "high art." oasis were straightforward and not intellectual or deep. pretentious artsy people might think they are above this sort of music. probably, no one here thought this, but elliott was nervous.
not trolling, just rather odd that you're such a big fan yet you can't spell his name correctly, you actually spell it the same way the coroner misspelled it, nice job.
I love this version way more then the Oasis version. I think because everything Elliott Smith sings always seems to mean so much, he sings so passionately. Also the original version by Oasis just seems so generic. Elliott was an amazing beautiful person and musician. XO Elliott
KingBoo134 Hmm a month before he died he told his friend that his girlfriend had chased him around his apartment with a knife...a month later he was stabbed 3 times in the chest.....suicide....
I recall an interview with Noel Gallagher once wishing he could write lyrics like Elliott. He would be much more proficient. Elliott didn't really like comparison or labelling artists a certain way.
I love how he changes it from "you can have it all, but how much do you want it?" To "you can have it all but WHY would you want it?" So much for fitting for the person he was, and it just makes more sense.
yes, way better lyric
Mel Blank nah. The point of oasis is to be overblown
He basically made the song better than Oasis could. Loool
I doubt it was on purpose but if it was its genius
@@JudasPriestLiam nope
This is so bizarre! I'm a fan of Elliott and Oasis, it's definitely something I never would have expected him to do. Very pleased to have heard this.
Me too!, I can't believe the i found this on TH-cam, and I...I wasn't even trying find this, just came to me...and i'm listen this cover right now, and thinking "oh my God" thats awelsome! Is really amazing too see someone had the same reaction than me :)
I look at it as an extension of his LOVE of the Beatles... Oasis' favorite band, so they had that in common. I think he rly loved them that much..so he loved the song bc it mentions them and bc oasis is v b-influenced.
the fact that he liked this song so much that he would cover it live is just the best. I love both Oasis and Elliott
Oasis and Elliot Smith is already a winning combo for me but what a great spin he puts on this song.
"Everyone should just stay away from being pissed off." - Elliott Smith
But before tomorrow. Don't ever be ashamed of liking Oasis.
also kind of a natural fit for someone who loved the beatles as much as elliott to like a band that absolutely delighted in ripping them off lol
The "Oasis ripped off the Beatles" thing is totally overblown. If you actually listen to their discography you can see multiple influences. Stone Roses, The La's etc.
Yeah
I love when musicians can take someone else's song, make it their own, and develop a deeper appreciation for both the cover and the original. Oasis and Elliot Smith are both awesome.
I love the change in chords, its like a whole new song.
Omg. I love Oasis and I've recently started listening to Elliot Smith's old stuff. This is like finding two pots of gold! RIP Elliot!
I love how he always apologizes before playing this song, rather defensively insisting it is a good song, while subtly telling people to fuck off if they don't like it. Who else would proudly cover an Oasis song in the 90s? Only Elliott could play this so beautifully. (And I must confess, I liked Oasis, too). He was so loved. Wish he was still here with us.
Oasis was the most commercial band of the time, and represented “mainstream rock”, at the time. Elliott was mostly lo-fi while Oasis would include 250 guitar parts on one song.
But regardless Elliott and Noel had a similar gift, and would’ve made the best, most Lennon-istic collaboration together.
I got to know him on the figure 8 tour and told him to check out Oasis. He hadn’t ever listened to them. XO Elliott
What are you trying to say if this is your fault he covered an awesome song?
Great song choice! Good taste Elliott!
I got to know him in his Stranger Than Fiction days and told him to do drugs. He'd never done them before!
stop the lieeessss!! autumn de wilde who met him a little berore shooting the figure 8 cover says that they bonded over liking oasis, and sang champagne supernova in the streets the first time they met.
"This is gonna piss some people off, maybe. But, you know what? I'm sorry, need a test. Maybe it'll piss no one off, there's no reason to get pissed off. Everyone should just stay away from being pissed off."
If l were any of the Gallaghers, having Elliott covering this song would be more flattering than selling thousands of records. Check out Elliott's version of "car" from Built to Spill.
heladinyk thank u! Car is so good!
haha, but you know Liam was probably like "Elliott is privileged to sing our songs, seeing as how I'm the best musician of all time."
@@JunkBondTrader Noel (!) actually praised him as beeing a great songwriter
@@gunsnalexman1290 Did he? Ah that makes me happy to read. Noel is dope as shit.
its good the way he pretty much sings the song with the chords used for the chorus
to me, every song he covers becomes perfect even if it wasn't before
karmacomacure This was perfect before. It’s a good cover, though, in its own way.
He liked Oasis. Noel played bass with Cornershop at La Luna 01.22.98. I had the good fortune to meet Noel and Tjinder Singh right before the concert. Went up to the Balcony bar and Elliott overheard us discussing Noel. He asked us over to his table for us to tell him what Noel was 'like.' Already knew Elliott roundabout PDX, but it's bizarre to think about it now.
Those are some great pics of him actually. He was such a sick guitarist to me.
this is the best thing i've ever had the honor of experiencing, oh wow
Love both Oasis and Elliott, what a masterpiece. Truly amazing.
I'm a huge oasis fan and i say that this cover is great. Make me want to learn the chords he uses to play it like him
A great cover, and I love how both the song choice itself, and the fact that he feels the need to 'explain' it before the song and even during its intro, shows the gulf between the totally unpretentious, music-loving Elliott and his unfortunately often obnoxious, hipper-than-thou, uptight fan base
Funny how you generalize Elliott Smith fans that way considering Oasis built their entire career by being obnoxious, hipper-than-thou, uptight dickheads.
Jack Ruby You can call Oasis a shitload of things, but uptight is not one of them. They were bloody animals! And their music taste also very mainstream working-class (although Noel did love some oddball bands), not very hip at all. The Kill Rock Stars' crowd is what I mean by 'hip', I.E., if a record has sold over a certain a mount of copies, it must be shit, and it's only the undiscovered, unloved stuff that can be genius. But as far as 'obnoxious' goes, in terms of Oasis, you are spot on! : )
Jack Ruby Also, side note, have you ever seen "Heaven Adores You"? It was a semi-recent Elliott documentary?
I like Oasis...or at least their 4-5 most popular songs..
@@seanmatthewking I like at very least some of the stuff across their entire catalog, although admittedly the only 'essentials' are the first 2 records, and the "Masterplan" b-sides album...they are in that tradition of English bands who often saved their strongest material for single b-sides, not the records
This is so awesome. This dude had something really special and unique!
This is wonderful.
I love this video so much, thanks for posting!!!
this means so much to me screaming and crying
Elliott turns the throwaway lyrics into his trademark bitter and introspective brilliance. Mad fer it, etc. :)
his covers are the best!
This is so good
Dude was so great.
Amazing cover
THis is very good!
RIP Elliott!
i love this cover so fucking much...
"Guess it's gonna piss some people off"
* proceeds to fucking nail it *
Does anyone get what he was saying at the end? It sounded like he said, "It's so hard not to mimic Liam" or something to that effect.
"it's impossible not to - not to mimic liam"
Wish this night was filmed too.
im never pissed off when i hear elliott!!
dont worry elliott. it didn't piss me off. you can cover who ever you want.
RIP brother
Before watching the video - bullshit there's no way in hell
After watching the video - damn he really did that shit
You have my applause 👏
RIP to a great
amazing
Did Elliott freestyle in that first part of the song lol?
He was just talking but was doing it in rhythm.
He does a little later on when he says "If there's people talkin' business/They came here just to miss this."
I love the cover but the „pissed off“ rap in the intro is heavenly
Love you elliot
Such a boss!
LOVE love and LOVE....
mr. elliott
English person here- can anyone from around that time explain the apology beforehand? Were Oasis that hated in the US at the time or something?
Also, love the slight changes and how he gets round the Manc accent!
I think they were just very mainstream, and Elliott's audience were probably not that into them. He was exaggerating with "piss some people off".
he could make singing about dog turds a spiritual experience. one of a kind. goodnight brother.
Wow!
I can see why Elliott loved Oasis
Yeah, if you read up on his background you would know that he HAD been heavily into drugs, alcohol, and psych medication. Just a few months before he died, he stopped all that instantaneously, which for anyone who is an addict knows, you are definitely NOT supposed to do. There are steps to stopping such addictions, and one the most important ones is to slowly ease off it to avoid serious withdrawal. That's probably what he was experiencing...
i love elliot smith and it shit that he's dead, but "the human brain is designed to survive, its not going to let you stab yourself in the heart" is utter bullshit. people get depressed and kill themselves everyday, all around the world for different reasons and in different ways. the human brain is a much more complicated thing than a simple sentence like that. elliot suffered from depression from years, became highly paranoid towards the end of his life- you cant dismiss suicide so easily
it pissed off 15 people
ha ha
Everyone loves Oasis
Celia Giordano I don't.. they have few good songs though!
@@MrShahid0072 Lame!
he did a bunch of covers, but i believe he only did covers that he related too!!
awesome
@BlackrebelMC83 only the most creative engineer of the soul you'll ever have the privilege to have reach your ears. Listen to his original songs.
Noel an liam should cover 3 elliott smith songs that would be great.love oassis music
Yer no what feel better this great fella doin this tune.and all the words in it come back to the real people Liverpool's finest band.can I ride with u in your BMW.Tony Griff's car at the time.if Elliott would of hung on a bit more and met the Griff brothers.they would av made his life worth living.
I couldn't have fucking said it better myself.
RIP man
I miss my friends
Místico.
What is he saying in the beginning? like before the lyrics begin, but he's playing guitar
+Natalia "maybe it will piss no one off, there's no reason to get pissed off. better to stay way from (?).."
druii2 Thank you! He sounds so cute here lol
***** you're welcome (:
+Natalia Yeah, he really had a sort of pent-up resentment towards being an 'indie' icon and the whole Kill Rock Stars crowd, people who would not want to hear him give love to a mainstream group like Oasis. It'd come out in interviews occasionally, but mostly in person he was too gentle and polite so it'd end up coming out something more like "aw come on guys, no need to get upset, just chill, I understand why you might get upset, but don't..." etc, instead of just saying "Fuck off!" like he was thinking. Even in the Autumn De Wilde E.S. book, which features interviews with a lot of his hipster friends, they talk in a very confused manner about his love of certain mainstream bands, and try to explain it away that he must have been joking or something. One of the bands mentioned actually IS Oasis, and she tells a story about how he heard "Champagne Supernova" being played while he rode a tilt-a-whirl ride with this girl at a carnival, and was super excited, and she talks about how he must've just been in a 'silly' mood or 'drunk' to like such pedestrian music. Ugh. Sorry, long post!
mywhychromosome I read that book. He liked some pretty awesome songs, no matter how mainstream they were lol. And this cover is better than the original imo
A good tune is a good tune
he plays the chorus as the verse...so its D A E F#m...and then prechorus is the same as oasis song
Never knew he could be so bouncy
Snare drum here sounds a lot like EIther/Or. Cool.
Mad fer it
if you love him so much stop spelling his name wrong
wow, that's a original one!
oh my god
Yasss, Elliott! Probably the only American to actually get Oasis.
What does that even mean?
Not surprised Elliott was a fan of another group heavily influenced by the Beatles. Glad to know Oasis music ticked off some snobby crowds over there.
i don't know if anyone has pointed out that he plays the chorus chords all the way through the song - i.e. he starts with the chorus chords and sings the verses through the chorus chords - he does not play the verse chords at all ( i.e. the main riff of E G and A at the start of the song) although he does throw in the change with the pre chorus bridge - couldn't work out why it sounded strange - i love elliot but think he should have steered clear of this song
Sometimes you play songs for sentimental reasons? (That's a really good catch. It is kinda odd that he chose to do the chorus chords like that.)
a huge beatles fan, covering a song by a band who emulate the beatles... works for me!
You should listen to Oasis, if you think they merely “emulate” the Beatles that’s absolutely ridiculous.
If they emulated The Beatles then which track does “Supersonic” resemble? doesn’t sound like Lennon-McCartney to me
i wonder if Noel or Liam ever heard this?
they probably dont care for all we know lmao
Ye he would have. Elliott is a songwriters songwriter. He’s appreciated by those at the top of their craft
The mistakes on chords Elliott? A bit surprising, coming from you as you are such a great talented musician!
No he played diffrently with the cause... to make it sounds a little diffrent...
in this recording his voice reminds me a lot of Lou Reed, I don't know why
Also the guitars a bit Heart of Gold
What’s great about this is knowing that Oasis probably hated Elliott’s music
I wonder why he says "this will piss people off". I guess Oasis was completely hated by the alternative establishment in the United States
this song has pissed off 28 people
god damn, this is so pretty. damnit, eye ducts. STOP!
What chords does he use in this?
D, A, E, F#m
Alexander Erhardt thank you
why would it piss people off
it's a big loud pop song, not considered "high art." oasis were straightforward and not intellectual or deep. pretentious artsy people might think they are above this sort of music. probably, no one here thought this, but elliott was nervous.
Read the lyrics to oasis songs, audience/elliot sounds a bit pretentious to me.
@@MrWeeRhys elliott was not pretentious, some of his audience could be though, kinda happens like that with many indie artists
I prefer this to Oasis version 😂
But man, he is right.
@spinnact calm down there buddy just an opinion.
phone beep 0:12
not trolling, just rather odd that you're such a big fan yet you can't spell his name correctly, you actually spell it the same way the coroner misspelled it, nice job.
I love this version way more then the Oasis version. I think because everything Elliott Smith sings always seems to mean so much, he sings so passionately. Also the original version by Oasis just seems so generic. Elliott was an amazing beautiful person and musician.
XO Elliott
@heladinyk Doug Martsch can't sing Car as well as Elliott. God couldn't.
@spinnact balls
He seems pretty happy here. Hard to believe he would commit suicide right after he finally turned his life around. He was murdered for sure.
KingBoo134 Hmm a month before he died he told his friend that his girlfriend had chased him around his apartment with a knife...a month later he was stabbed 3 times in the chest.....suicide....
I must be drunk, high or both but... I prefer Oasis over Elliott Smith on this one.
Hippie Guy So? A cover doesn't have to outdo the original. I think it's really cool that he played this!
You don't have to be under the influence to like the original song over a cover of it, you mentalist.
Richard Smith this guy was drunk enough to say a throwaway cover wasn't as good as the original. wow.
Richard Smith nooo
give up
sorry dearest elliott: oasis just NOT in your league.....
what does that mean?
Toasty Cabbage Waffles think he meant Elliott is in a higher artistic league
Yeah at least he have a nice music taste than you
I recall an interview with Noel Gallagher once wishing he could write lyrics like Elliott. He would be much more proficient. Elliott didn't really like comparison or labelling artists a certain way.
thats how the song is meant to be
its about nothing at all.
i like this. but oasis is still better
I don't know.... i think oasis version is better