Elliott Smith: Independence Day & Bye live at the Knitting Factory NYC New Year's Eve 1999

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  • @broken_disco_ball
    @broken_disco_ball 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love how he’s smoking a cigarette during Bye like some old timey barroom piano player :)

  • @billymcclain6503
    @billymcclain6503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Sometimes a ray of sunshine touches the earth at the perfect spot at the perfect moment and that's what Elliott Smith was

  • @JamesDel
    @JamesDel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    He played "Bye" like it was no big deal.Are you kidding me, Elliott?!! That's a masterpiece, it sounds like something right out of the Classical Era! Cigarette in mouth, Wow. Xo

  • @carolyn829
    @carolyn829 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    love the crowd being silent. that’s respect 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

  • @waz3128
    @waz3128 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    WHAT?!! I've been looking for this exact live performance of 'Bye' where the girl shouts 'rock me!' ever since I lost the cd someone burnt for me containing a bunch of rare tracks. Not in my wildest dreams did I imagine that video footage of it existed. wow, thank you.

    • @OneWhoLivesThere
      @OneWhoLivesThere 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You can find this entire show, as well as dozens and dozens of other bootlegged shows, at elliottsmithbootlegs[dot]com. Archive[dot]org also has close to 100 shows, some of them in astoundingly crisp quality.

    • @evilotis01
      @evilotis01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i'm sure you've worked this out in the intervening five years, but still: there's a complete recording of this show on YT

  • @bennyblanko3
    @bennyblanko3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn ... hope this never gets taken down ever ...

  • @lukefernandez3492
    @lukefernandez3492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Bye is one of my favorite pieces by Elliott. If you ask me, it’s some of the most creative and well written pieces of his.

  • @daphneedunleavy6012
    @daphneedunleavy6012 9 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    He is so perfect. I can't describe how much I love him.

  • @fondfarewell2
    @fondfarewell2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    elliott on piano! beautiful. he seemed so modest its crazy, like he thinks it wasnt good, but in reality he was amazing. Makes me sad.

    • @renaeshelle8835
      @renaeshelle8835 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I understand what you mean! Truly though, of course he knew he was “good”, I believe he knew he was far far more than that. I have found that often those artists that actually are perhaps “genius” (what ever that really means) find themselves rarely if ever truly happy with their work…they will never be satisfied, how could they be… “you may write the perfect song, but you won’t live long”~Quasi “Poisoned Well”
      It’s a curse

  • @oliviapetrowski4553
    @oliviapetrowski4553 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He was a genius on the piano. I love this man so much ❤️

  • @clandestine919
    @clandestine919 9 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    imagine him composing film scores. ugh

    • @meadowshorerecords8138
      @meadowshorerecords8138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've been thinking this all day.

    • @ryansanders9273
      @ryansanders9273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bye is actually in a movie, can’t remember what it’s called, but that version (on a cool synth) is played by Elliott in a movie. The version on TH-cam is called snow bunnies serenade. Same movie ends w/ his tune splitzville and he cameos as a bus driver i think. (This might b 2 separate movies tho idr lol)

    • @amyd732
      @amyd732 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The movie is Southlander 2001

    • @KoreTake78
      @KoreTake78 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/QwwPeQhOpso/w-d-xo.htmlsi=P2p-DESMgH-WE9Gz

  • @Missjunebugfreak
    @Missjunebugfreak 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man, Elliott's piano playing is astoundingly good. Wish we got more performances of "Bye" because this is tremendous.

  • @ladychickles
    @ladychickles 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I play piano and he just makes this look so effortless.... Elliott Smith was a genius and I wish I could have seen him live

  • @Magicpositions
    @Magicpositions 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Elliott live on the piano this a rarity! Thank you so much for sharing

  • @ArkadianDream
    @ArkadianDream 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fucking stellar is what this is. Two of his most mind blowing tunes! God elliott, what a mind and body you were.

  • @rvic11
    @rvic11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    God...he was good.

  • @essspooky
    @essspooky 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sweet sweet Elliott💕☁️☁️

  • @rickysni
    @rickysni 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was at this show. THank you!

    • @littlepunkpeople
      @littlepunkpeople  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      patricia mcgee it was one of the most memorable shows, ever

  • @Buddhisamagaudama
    @Buddhisamagaudama 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Music is a human talking language this song is the proove thank u mr smithelliott

  • @mglenwright09
    @mglenwright09 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    fuck, i havent watched this clip in a while....still get goosebumps listening to Bye here...absolutely brilliant

  • @TheMonolake
    @TheMonolake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thx thx for this.

  • @dieseoderjeneLena
    @dieseoderjeneLena 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    oh my. i'm so happy to see new videos of elliott! littlepunkpeople thank you, you are awesome

    • @littlepunkpeople
      @littlepunkpeople  10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      you are so welcome, and thanks for watching!

  • @5055672439
    @5055672439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This isn’t the channel I’d expect to see Elliot Smith footage, but a very pleasant surprise. Independence Day is one of my absolute favorites from him. I think we all wish Elliot could interview Elliot. Then again I count my blessings, one of which is that we live in a reality that we got to have him in the first place.

  • @jamesheath7601
    @jamesheath7601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    RIP

  • @jamesheath7601
    @jamesheath7601 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bye 4:40 🎹

  • @clintonkotcha7452
    @clintonkotcha7452 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for uploading ES i got see him live lawrence, ks

  • @skankinjimbo
    @skankinjimbo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for sharing!!! It's great when I happen across an Elliott video that I haven't already seen.

  • @aoldatabase
    @aoldatabase 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks soooooo much for the upload

  • @Carrandas
    @Carrandas 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Twesome to see a live performance of bye. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Lnninpz
    @Lnninpz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This "Bye" version is way better than the original

  • @konundrum3678
    @konundrum3678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He left his drink on the piano. I bet someone bought him another!

  • @DarkuzHell
    @DarkuzHell 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    in brazil and some other countries there is an actual duracell bunny, so he's not wrong about that

  • @imJakey0
    @imJakey0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Duracell adopted the pink bunny first and energizer stole the idea!

  • @galbeeri8360
    @galbeeri8360 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    holy shit...bye

  • @jala1081
    @jala1081 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When he wrote the song was it Duracell bunny but Energizer bought the bunny and renamed it energizer bunny or did elliott mistake the energizer bunny for the Duracell bunny?

    • @manhattanfl
      @manhattanfl ปีที่แล้ว

      Duracell used to have a bunny mascot but they got rid of it

  • @havanaxnirvana8409
    @havanaxnirvana8409 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi

  • @akeithing1841
    @akeithing1841 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its so weird. its the energizer bunny