Elliott Smith - Misery Let Me Down

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  • @clarkruzin
    @clarkruzin 12 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Elliott Smith is my best friend

    • @caerulemusic
      @caerulemusic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same here :)

    • @niamawar6685
      @niamawar6685 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me his best friend forever.

    • @jonhard1049
      @jonhard1049 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But I thought he was my best best friend :(

    • @ItsEsmeNuxx
      @ItsEsmeNuxx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same

    • @mrpresident447
      @mrpresident447 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jonhard1049he’s all of our best friends

  • @koalanectar9382
    @koalanectar9382 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Such a cool ironic lyric. Misery let me down, as if I was expecting it not to. God he was so brilliant in the most understated and modest way.

  • @muscovy5000
    @muscovy5000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Elliott's music is a gift that keeps on giving. I hope his family know how much he is adored and find a way to release all of this music - it can even be done "on demand" and mail discs out direct, without a label...I'm hoping. Miss you Elliott

    • @dansolo9978
      @dansolo9978 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm in... Please let Me know if You hear owt..?!

    • @evgeniyawille
      @evgeniyawille 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +++++

    • @frightfultales2043
      @frightfultales2043 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Billy The Kid Billy thought wrong.

  • @42pigs
    @42pigs 11 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    this is as raw and innocent and beautiful and as authentic as music gets. it's been done before, but it's rare.

    • @geringe19
      @geringe19 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      as elliott smith said himself, he is "embedded in tradition"

  • @dylonbangss2804
    @dylonbangss2804 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Hes really just singing to himself and we were lucky enough somebody captured it. This truly feels more than personal. It almost feels criminal that we get to hear it. Imagine how many songs he may have kept to himself. The sovereignty of being able to sing yourself sick, sad and happy

  • @bellathedog-fu8ny
    @bellathedog-fu8ny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The keeper falls asleep in the hole
    I become what he won’t allow
    Because happy never hurt me at all
    But, misery let me down
    The man the floor above isn’t home
    I go out painting the town
    I promise not to have a ball
    But, misery let me down
    If you see, misery
    Going through the things in my place
    Won’t you do me a favor and
    Come invade my space
    I’ve been pretending to care
    Crying in the tears of a clown
    I promise not to put on airs
    But, misery let me down
    I’m a shell, in a cell
    Looking myself in the face …

  • @eldesiempre850
    @eldesiempre850 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Elliott Smith, and his music is a faithful companion, in moments where you cannot even tell your best friend the deepest decadences and sadnesses of your soul, but there is the legacy of this artist to channel souls towards inner peace in the midst of the shit

  • @mateosamora
    @mateosamora 9 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    What a gem. But kinda like his life, it ends abruptly and long before it should have.

    • @aqeiwwrgunaug4ne3
      @aqeiwwrgunaug4ne3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      he suffered long enough for us

    • @spen6136
      @spen6136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know your comment is from years ago but I just happened to come across this reconstruction of Misery Let Me Down! I had always hoped a full version of this would surface... but this reconstruction sounds amazing! I couldn’t even tell it was edited 🖤
      m.th-cam.com/video/L-WUCpWeCSw/w-d-xo.html

  • @adatta17
    @adatta17 11 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It's not on any bootlegs or compilations- Elliott was recording a radio show and recorded this as a warm-up before Division Day. The DJ misplaced this part of the tape recording and came across it years later in November '11 (I think?), and uploaded it online.

  • @hserokdivad
    @hserokdivad 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I can't get enough of this song.

    • @jesusfarts6061
      @jesusfarts6061 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's because there isn't enough of it

    • @spen6136
      @spen6136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know your comment is from years ago but I just happened to come across this reconstruction of Misery Let Me Down! I had always hoped a full version of this would surface... but this reconstruction sounds amazing! I couldn’t even tell it was edited 🖤
      m.th-cam.com/video/L-WUCpWeCSw/w-d-xo.html

  • @freebird97hd
    @freebird97hd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My nephew is the only fan I've ever met. He introduced me to it and im forever grateful.

  • @sirloine123
    @sirloine123 13 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    this song is beautiful, it makes u wish it kept going

    • @spen6136
      @spen6136 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know you commented a lifetime ago but I just happened to come across this reconstruction of Misery Let Me Down! I had always hoped a full version of this would surface... but this reconstruction sounds amazing! I couldn’t even tell it was edited 🖤
      m.th-cam.com/video/L-WUCpWeCSw/w-d-xo.html

  • @bowerydoll
    @bowerydoll 13 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You are still so sorely missed. Rest well, luv x0x0x

  • @Keiran19
    @Keiran19 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Jamming this all night during winter blues. Thanks for making me feel a lot less alone, Elliott. I wish someone had done that for you. 😥

  • @Vnzo
    @Vnzo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What an insanely beautiful melody.

  • @mitarmusic
    @mitarmusic 12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    another hidden gem!! I hope these continue to be discovered!

  • @koalanectar9382
    @koalanectar9382 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Happy never hurt me at all but misery let me down

  • @willkoestner4159
    @willkoestner4159 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One thing i like about Smith is how i dont associate him with a genre. He's just Elliott. I like Elliott

  • @addictioner
    @addictioner 13 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    im so happy i listened to this song within the first 24 hours of it being discovered, i had to revisit it though, its beautiful :)

  • @dalethzayin
    @dalethzayin 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Elliott Smith changed my life. You never let me down. :)

  • @5thBeatleSTi
    @5thBeatleSTi 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this song in so many ways. Wish there was a full track of it. =(

  • @RB-nl6qv
    @RB-nl6qv 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i don't think i'll ever hear all the Elliott Smith songs recorded. This is so good. Wish he got to finish this one.

  • @betweenthecolorbars
    @betweenthecolorbars 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    thanks for uploading this, I was able to get the music for my own TH-cam cover of it!

  • @TheLordGoat
    @TheLordGoat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A nice Lennon blade being swung. Devious

  • @jb.stiehl
    @jb.stiehl 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, can't believe I haven't heard this. Thank you.

  • @mothbits
    @mothbits 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    'I'm a shell in a cell
    Looking at myself in the face.'

  • @thomasdap8659
    @thomasdap8659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I honestly thought this was a cover but then I realised I've found a brand-new Elliott smith song I've never heard !

    • @Dionysoshaman
      @Dionysoshaman ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's sincerely the gift that keeps on giving, and the fact that he was so incredibly gifted and prolific musically has ensured that you will be finding more and more treasures as the years shall pass.
      I'm being serious about that you'll be finding gems and live recordings that you've never had the pleasure of hearing before well into your late 30's to this I promise you, friend. So rejoice brothers and sisters!!!

    • @thomasdap8659
      @thomasdap8659 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Dionysoshaman thank you for that lovely message my friend

    • @Dionysoshaman
      @Dionysoshaman ปีที่แล้ว

      You might even believe that I'm engaging you with hyperbole all the way until you realize that I'm not! Just remember this when it happens! HA!!!

    • @thomasdap8659
      @thomasdap8659 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dionysoshaman can you see the future

    • @Dionysoshaman
      @Dionysoshaman ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thomasdap8659 But of course brother spreading the good "word" of our boy ES

  • @MadMonsterMansion
    @MadMonsterMansion 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this was my first elliott song :)

  • @tsuguru100
    @tsuguru100 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very beautiful voice.

  • @paul2010100
    @paul2010100 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome, I love the bluesy feeling, kinda unique for Elliott!!! Thank you!!

  • @VicDemise
    @VicDemise 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you.....just, thank you.

  • @Malocclusiontenfour
    @Malocclusiontenfour 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for posting another winner. One can never have too much Elliott.

  • @miamongiello8230
    @miamongiello8230 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's just... Thank you Elliot.

  • @toddkuznitz3629
    @toddkuznitz3629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You can hear him kinda chuckle in the background after he ends. That’s the sound of a mess up, I know it too well but it almost feels like a chuckle of “I know they want more but I won’t give it to them”

    • @spen6136
      @spen6136 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just happened to come across this reconstruction of Misery Let Me Down! I had always hoped a full version of this would surface... but this reconstruction sounds amazing! I couldn’t even tell it was edited 🖤
      m.th-cam.com/video/L-WUCpWeCSw/w-d-xo.html

  • @dansolo9978
    @dansolo9978 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1st Time Hear...That was Fuckin' Cool...
    Thankyou...

  • @alfredo566
    @alfredo566 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love it

  • @gonufc
    @gonufc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think this is the first of his that I actually accept the Nick Drake comparison.

  • @jamesheath7601
    @jamesheath7601 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely song

  • @williamcole60
    @williamcole60 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Alot of us wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Elliott he truly sacrificed himself so that future generations of lost souls could have someone to relate to

  • @StelliosHolmes
    @StelliosHolmes  13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @SuperEustress Yeah man I think about that alot it's crazy isn't it weird how ever since Elliott has gone the world just seems to have fallen on its ass in every way possible I know you could say about every person who has died in the last 8 years but it's just kind of like we lost someone so special the balance kind of shifted

  • @FukPosers
    @FukPosers 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Spirit in the sky

  • @willkoestner4159
    @willkoestner4159 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Huh. Im fond of the sneaky index finger down pick. But i never would've thought of the sneaky thumb upstroke

  • @xwexarexbulletsx
    @xwexarexbulletsx 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think all of our faces when the song abruptly ended goes like... DDDDDD: and then a big nooooooooo. Amazing song. Amazing artist. Amazing no. Immortal!

    • @spen6136
      @spen6136 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know you commented a lifetime ago but I just happened to come across this reconstruction of Misery Let Me Down! I had always hoped a full version of this would surface... but this reconstruction sounds amazing! I couldn’t even tell it was edited 🖤
      m.th-cam.com/video/L-WUCpWeCSw/w-d-xo.html

  • @StrictlyGenteel200
    @StrictlyGenteel200 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @StelliosHolmes It's "promise not to put on airs" but thanks for posting this

  • @StelliosHolmes
    @StelliosHolmes  13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @Malocclusiontenfour No problem I am just excited there's new stuff coming out still there's no better feeling than a new Elliott song

  • @matthewloma1215
    @matthewloma1215 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just cant say anything this this is more than amazing

  • @RustinChole
    @RustinChole 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my god! One of my all time favs. Thank you again, great slideshow too.
    Where did you find the recording? For awhile you could buy it, I have it on an old android that ran "zune" or some shit and this radio appearance was for sale. Can't find it anymore tho....

  • @elmalinquilino
    @elmalinquilino 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Canciones como flores creciendo sobre la sepultura de Elliott.
    Hay gente que, sin duda, no debería morir.
    Pero bueno.

  • @StelliosHolmes
    @StelliosHolmes  13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For the guy who asked for the lyrics and then suddenly removed the comment I've listed them as best as I can tell there's a couple of words I couldn't quite pick up so if anyone wants to correct then just let me know

  • @st0fcrocodiles
    @st0fcrocodiles 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    let's make this happen

  • @BilisNegra
    @BilisNegra 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Melody reminds a lot of Honey Pie (and the kind of early sXX swing the fab four based a bunch of songs in turn -in this case, McCa), only slowed down, though the song is a lot deeper and melancholy, of course. In case sb. thinks this otherwise, I must say I'm sayin this because I love the way Elliott let the influence into some his music. Too much interwined with his own personality and style for anyone to completely separate elements form either side, even if you can feel the influence. Of course, I must insist, this is only true for some tracks. Many other have other influences, or even none recognizable at all.

    • @BilisNegra
      @BilisNegra 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, opinions will be just opinions, and mine isn't none the worthier than yours. Anyway, you're -unintentionally, I guess- agreeing with me in some small measure, since Honey Pie IS very much a ragtime tune.

    • @BilisNegra
      @BilisNegra 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just have that impresion on a global impression kind of way... Maybe you're a musician, and I'm unable to speak in technical music terms, since I'm not one so I'll probably have no option but shutting up (?). Anyway, if you could give a detailed explanation of your vision, I´d appreciate it, and many other people reading these comments would, too. Makes a lot of sense, since a lot of people -like me- don't quite master musical terminology, but make some sense of it when they read a description in such terms. No irony here, I do want to receive opinions and learn. Hope my English is not too bad.

  • @climberjde
    @climberjde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So I took it upon myself to imagine the lyrics that Elliott might have written to end the song...
    *I'm a shell, in a cell
    Looking my self in the face
    Won't you do me a favor and
    come invade my space**
    I sit and wait for a call
    will i ever hear that sound,
    never seemed to make sense at all,
    that...misery let me down
    *Don't know when...to begin
    and try to join the human race
    .
    Wont you do me a favor
    and come and take my place..*
    Where did the happiness go?
    Maybe in the lost and found.
    But I probably couldn't tell at all,
    because...misery let me down.
    **Fade out**

  • @StelliosHolmes
    @StelliosHolmes  13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @wepmajoe I know, I know I was just looking at it from a weird prespective it just feel likes the world has gone down hill so quickly in the last 5 or so years but I guess that was cause of stupidity put in place 10/15 years ago that is only catching up with us all now

  • @lightuplearning
    @lightuplearning 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @StelliosHolmes indeed.

  • @0dnan
    @0dnan 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does anyone have the tabs for this yet?

  • @kellypeterson2625
    @kellypeterson2625 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Where is this from?

  • @littlehendrix3
    @littlehendrix3 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just to let you know, the first line is "Keeper falls asleep in the hall"

  • @makidtrej
    @makidtrej 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excuse me but can anyone tell me in what album can i find this song? I know it's a rarety but i can't find it in any bootleg or rarirties compilation.

    • @koalanectar9382
      @koalanectar9382 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As far as I know he never recorded it, this is from a radio warmup. Hello from 4 years later.

    • @kristimeinhart1541
      @kristimeinhart1541 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@koalanectar9382 hello from 6 years later 😂

  • @StephenAndrew777
    @StephenAndrew777 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @cordfluidnevoie or something

  • @dontoevsky
    @dontoevsky ปีที่แล้ว

    Jim Croce vibes

  • @climberjde
    @climberjde 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Here's what i got so far:
    0421xx ---E, 022140, 022130, A, C, x2410x, E.
    Then 320020, 200200, Em, 200200, 320000, x2444x, back to the top

    • @GinaFromConstantine
      @GinaFromConstantine 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      climberjde I don’t think it’s in standard, I don’t have my guitar right now, but I had a picking of it in open C that sounded right.

    • @GinaFromConstantine
      @GinaFromConstantine 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      climberjde plus he goes right into division day without a tuning break which is in open C.

    • @williammorrison2768
      @williammorrison2768 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      thank you!

    • @gasparcarlos13
      @gasparcarlos13 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah definitely not in standard

    • @wademcgregor134
      @wademcgregor134 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GinaFromConstantine division day is most definitely not in open C. Normally it's just in standard D.

  • @upliftmofo4
    @upliftmofo4 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    ...

  • @hadend
    @hadend 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The keeper falls asleep in the hole
    I become what he won't allow
    Because happy never hurt me at all
    But, misery let me down
    The man the floor above isn't home
    I go out painting the town
    I promise not to have a ball
    But, misery let me down
    If you see, misery
    Going through the things in my place
    Won't you do me a favor and
    Come invade my space
    I've been pretending to care
    Crying in the tears of a clown
    I promise not to put on airs
    But, misery let me down
    I'm a shell, in a cell
    Looking myself in the face

    • @GinaFromConstantine
      @GinaFromConstantine 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel I always heard it as “Cupid falls asleep in the hall.”
      Although listening to it, it could honestly be either one.