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How about this
happens around you?

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He began with Good Will Hunting, and then
XO,

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and have passed 18 months.

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Yes I do not know.

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I know things are different

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because people makes me different questions.

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But I do not feel that things have changed a lot
.

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Just... Still...

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I do the same things he did.

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I think the same things, so...

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once said: "I'll never be
a rock star."

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I said it because I think it's true.

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But do not try to avoid anything.

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Would have to be more...

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I'm not... I'm not the right person
to be famous and large.

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Miss Misery
You touched on the nomination of the Oscar,

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how did you feel?
A little punk too?

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It was very strange.

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It was quite fun for a day.

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I do not know if it would be fun to live in that world.

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But it was fun. Very funny.

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Not sure if that was...
I would not say it was punk at all.

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But it was fun.

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Were all these famous singers

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and said, "Who is that guy?".

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Will Hunting "Miss Misery"

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The white suit?

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"The white suit with messy hair?".

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"That did not sell millions of records
What the hell are you doing here.?".

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I wondered Io same.

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Elliott was our secret for our fans.

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And then touched Good Will Hunting

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and everyone realized who it was.

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And I do not hate success.
I wanted more people to hear his music.

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But that meant many changes for him.

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Io was hard to see that it was hard for him fame.

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And only going to be worse.

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After hearing the song
it would be nominated for an Oscar,

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I had to do many interviews.

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Every morning went to study

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and the first hour or more
he spent in interviews saying:

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"No, Gus did not discover me."

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"I got six albums with the band
Three and three alone.".

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"No, not only played in cafés".

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Every day, all morning.
The same interview, again and again,

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and clear, Io journalists not know,

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not even investigated.

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Now he must play the
Oscar and seen as an indie-rock types.

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I think it was Io worst thing that could happen, somehow
.

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It was totally strange that a person
and I were in that program.

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Was a rare situation.

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Very rare.
And that was funny.

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Would not do it again.
I did not feel nervous.

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But it seemed like everything was happening in slow motion
.

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The musician Elliott Smith died yesterday in Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 2003

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While many news
Io described as a possible suicide,

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police forensics
not determined the cause of death.

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Which includes five acclaimed solo albums

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and an Oscar nomination for Best Song
The singer of 34 years
his career, struggled.

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Elliott you're free...

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This was a few days before that Elliott was
the air.

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I went to Los Angeles and I was called, was a number
Beverly Hills

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and I said, "Maybe it's Luke
to confirm the radio interview."

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Was another friend of mine who told me that Elliott had died
.

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RIP Elliott Smith

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MTV said to have died, and people
calls.

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And then I said,

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miss you ELLIOTT

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"It's just a rumor,"

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because there were many rumors in Los Angeles.

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Elliott Smith, 34; Composer, singer Bittersweet...

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Thank Your music means a lot to me

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IMPORTANT SOMEONE WERE

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That day, I...

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was angry with the universe,
with industry.

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Said: "Why?".

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"Why did that happen?".

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Dear Elliott,
I want to thank you for bringing beautiful music to the world...

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My wife called me and said:
"I have terrible news."

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I was very shocked.

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And she said, "Yes, Elliott... Elliott Io had made

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." And he died "

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I took a train and went home

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And that was very good,

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because train travel
put you in a situation

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where you sit, the landscape passes
,

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and can accommodate your emotions

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and all other Io

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I sat down, I was in the dining car

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with
an elderly couple who were on their honeymoon.

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They had 80 years and were newlyweds,

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And traveling the country by train.

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We dined together and had a strange conversation,

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and it was fun,

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and trying to return to life.

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And suddenly, the old couple said:

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"Did you know that crazy singer

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" to be stabbed in the heart?

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"Who can do that

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?" I could not imagine being able to do that physically
"

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thought." What the hell?
What happens here "

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How do these people know that

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AIR

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It's called Angeles, is Elliott Smith live
KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic.

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'm Chris Douridas.

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Elliott will be in the record store
No Life at 7:30 today

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Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood,
and tomorrow at Spaceland.

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Welcome to KCRW, Elliott.

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Thanks. Thanks for inviting.

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We hoped to have you on the show a while and...

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anyway
I'm glad you finally came.

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Thanks.

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How do you play guitar?
How do you write songs?

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Since I was 14 years old.

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How did you learn?

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How autodidact
listening to records and so on?

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If I recorded songs from the radio,

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he played a note, "This is not."
The other note: "This is not."

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- By process of elimination. .
- Yes

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Lives in Portland area for some time.

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Are you there?

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I grew up in Texas, but I live in Portland
long.

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- What part of Texas?
- Dallas.

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- No kidding.
- No kidding.

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Elliott was born in Omaha.

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My mother and father were separated

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sister Ashley Elliott Welch

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When he was one year
and moved to Dallas.

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When I was four,

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our mother and father were married
and moved to a house.

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Y
Elliott was seven years old when I was born.

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Remember Io chased

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and wanted to see what he did.

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My mother said that he talked too much,

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began to speak since childhood, loved to sing
,

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and seemed to be a very happy child.

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Music is important for our family
Io always has been.

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Elliott met in sixth grade,
in literature class,

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Steve  "Pickle" Pickering
childhood friend

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when Io still called Steve.

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The two competed to be the class clowns.

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And so we get along
from the beginning.

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I do not remember how I asked Io,

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but it was something like: "Do you play an instrument?".

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Obviously, other than the saxophone,
I learned in the band.

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I said, "Yeah, I play the piano.".

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And he said, "I also play the piano."

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And started from there.

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And the main focus of our activities turned.

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Elliott thought we all would join

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and organized the band.

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Sometimes we practiced at home, but often
was in my house.

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Depended on the mother who could lead
,

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and sibling
do another activity.

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It was great to have a sister six years
close

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when you did that.

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Began writing songs
most with the guitar. Instrumentals.

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I never thought to do that.

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If you're busy playing
Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin,

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is great. It is great on its own.

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When I had more experience in composing
,

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songs became longer,

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had more parts,
and started playing different styles.

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When I hear his later songs,

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sound like him.

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Because Io do much
heard that <i> fingerpicking</i>

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when I was 13 or 14 years.

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I do not remember when it was.

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I know that after they moved in,

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all the time  expected to return.

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What brought you to Portland?

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Do your parents, or were there in the school?

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I moved there as a child.

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Not talk about that.

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- Sorry.
- I'm sorry, I'll leave you alone.

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At one point in the interview where
begin to track their movements

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for the country and how it grew,

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and inspired
moving from Dallas to Portland.

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And to be so honest,

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begins to explain

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why it was better to leave
Dallas in the past.

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And then he realizes that he is
air, I think,

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Chris Douridas KCRW Radio presenter Los Angeles

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Io thinks best,
and returns to the guitar.

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Feel some relief when
stops talking about it.

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Not along very well with my father.

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It is quite obvious.

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I do not know if he was in eighth or ninth year

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when he decided to move to Portland.

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When he returned to Texas,
in July or August 1984

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had a lot of songs.

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One of them was a song called Outward Bound
.

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It's basically a song for Oregon.

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This is the great Northwest.

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At the time, I thought it was a message to
Texas:

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"Since I left friends.

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"And even return visit,
this is not my home."

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Was clear he liked Portland.

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And there wanted to be.

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One, two, three.

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Lincoln High HEADQUARTERS OF CARDINAL

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was in third year
and played flute in the school band.

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And another friend of mine,
one day to the end of the class he said:

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"You should meet this guy,

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" is also a great fan of Rush "

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Musician Tony Lash
<. i> Stranger Than ficti </i> or <i> n </i>, Heatmiser

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was wearing my shirt Rush
or Io Elliott That was it..

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I do not remember very well to say that we get good
a,

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but it seems that we became fast friends.

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Instrumental songs that I wrote...

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not worked when he was 12 o13.

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Why they not work?

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I do not know. Because they were not good.

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VOCAL MUSIC

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And this was with guitar, live?

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Some other.
Most were with piano at that time,

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because I took one years
classes as a kid.

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Had armed the Stranger Than Fiction
group with Jason and Garrick.

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They had a couple of songs that I heard

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And he wanted to be their producer.

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Already he aspired to be a producer at that time.

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But it was not until the last year
I started playing drums with them

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and recorded the album Still Waters
More Or Less.

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Were four discs of Stranger Than Fiction.

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The first
Io did before I started working with them,

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junior year in high school.

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Then Still Waters More Or Less
where played and produced with them.

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And they made one more,
but did not participate in that.

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And one more after

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I recorded with them.

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She became very good with the guitar.

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And with piano and drums.

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Larry Crane - Archivist
Owner Jackpot! Studies, Portland

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made do with bass lines.

238
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And discovered how I wanted to sing.

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Sometimes
tried to sing like Joe Strummer,

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sometimes as Elvis Costello.

241
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Sound like Joe Strummer cold.

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Io not stand.

243
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I love Joe Strummer, but I'm not him.

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When time passed and Elliott took confidence
,

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are more letters written by Elliott,

246
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Alumnus Kevin Moyer Lincoln High

247
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Elliott and voices.

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Many of those songs secondary

249
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the recycled and used for albums
Heatmiser and soloists.

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Elliott finished high school, went to college
and returned,

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formed another band,
A Murder of Crows, with Garrick Duckler.

252
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Every summer had another project to do.

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A Murder of Crows,
Harum Scarum with Tony and Jason.

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Harum Scarum was one of a series...

255
00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:55,733
I think we did four projects

256
00:18:55,801 --> 00:19:00,136
where I helped several things,
when Elliott returned to the city.

257
00:19:05,044 --> 00:19:07,912
Yes I think it was one of those things
we did in a month,

258
00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:12,179
during the summer of 1989 perhaps.

259
00:19:12,284 --> 00:19:14,515
I do not know why we do not change the name
Harum Scarum,

260
00:19:14,587 --> 00:19:18,183
because we were four again
Jason Garrick, Elliott and me.

261
00:19:18,324 --> 00:19:21,886
After making Harum Scarum,
Neil met and began playing with it.

262
00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:24,453
When he and I talked,
he started talking about Heatmiser

263
00:19:24,563 --> 00:19:28,261
and asked me to play,
Neil had heard the tape of Harum Scarum

264
00:19:28,334 --> 00:19:29,529
and he liked my drums,

265
00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,594
and were
thinking about returning to Portland.

266
00:19:31,871 --> 00:19:32,964
Elliott Smith, April 1996

267
00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:34,405
Local  Rob Show KWVA 88.1
Eugene, Oregon

268
00:19:34,473 --> 00:19:38,035
Okay.
Someone is downstairs.

269
00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:46,678
My name is Rob and I'm talking to Elliott Smith

270
00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:50,746
band
Elliott Smith and Heatmiser.

271
00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:55,728
I just have a few questions and listen to songs
,

272
00:19:55,795 --> 00:19:58,788
and we will begin.

273
00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:01,458
Some things he asked me.

274
00:20:01,734 --> 00:20:05,762
How Heatmiser started?
I knew that you were in...

275
00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:08,398
- You met another guitarist...
- Yes Neil..

276
00:20:08,474 --> 00:20:11,273
... Neil, in Massachusetts.

277
00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:12,436
- Sure.
- At Hampshire College.

278
00:20:12,545 --> 00:20:15,606
We played together there.

279
00:20:15,981 --> 00:20:18,678
And we used to do acoustic shows.

280
00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:20,686
And then we moved here,

281
00:20:20,753 --> 00:20:24,713
because I had a high school friend who played drums
, Tony.

282
00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:28,022
And he wanted... I wanted to play.

283
00:20:28,094 --> 00:20:31,394
Going to go to Chicago, but then wanted to play
,

284
00:20:31,464 --> 00:20:33,228
- so we moved here.
- All right.

285
00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:36,101
North Hampton was pretty cute,

286
00:20:36,168 --> 00:20:40,230
but in the summer, the boys were
,

287
00:20:40,306 --> 00:20:42,605
- and the villagers came out...
- Yes

288
00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:46,703
... and began to tell me things and
. he walked down the street.

289
00:20:48,114 --> 00:20:51,744
One guy told me "dirt"
while walking down the street.

290
00:20:51,817 --> 00:20:54,252
- Going to work, was a baker.
- Yes.

291
00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,084
Was all dressed in white.

292
00:20:56,155 --> 00:21:00,217
I was wearing a uniform Baker

293
00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:02,523
and this guy went through a truck
and shouted: "Filth!".

294
00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,526
That makes sense.

295
00:21:05,598 --> 00:21:08,830
Never had called me that, and especially

296
00:21:08,901 --> 00:21:12,099
- because I am immaculate.
- If it is okay.

297
00:21:16,842 --> 00:21:18,811
I think there's a whole generation of kids,

298
00:21:18,878 --> 00:21:20,710
that they know their music

299
00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:23,477
and go crazy when they see your rocker side.

300
00:21:29,054 --> 00:21:31,683
In the early 90s, music
Portland

301
00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:35,091
was as vibrant as today.

302
00:21:36,662 --> 00:21:38,153
But it had not been discovered.

303
00:21:38,230 --> 00:21:40,927
Neil and Elliott came to here, and met
.

304
00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:45,668
We started working a little
without a bassist.

305
00:21:45,738 --> 00:21:48,537
We found Brandt,
and it was a great bass player

306
00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:51,304
and fit right away.

307
00:21:52,511 --> 00:21:55,913
Neil and I let people seek Elliott and contacts

308
00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:57,516
because he felt

309
00:21:57,583 --> 00:21:59,984
they had the direction of the band,

310
00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:02,851
and it was important to feel comfortable.

311
00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:08,025
Portland was quite insular
at that time and was less crowded.

312
00:22:08,093 --> 00:22:11,530
There were not many people playing

313
00:22:11,597 --> 00:22:14,761
not many places that have alternative shows.

314
00:22:15,301 --> 00:22:18,032
At that time, if you did that, you cruzabas
others.

315
00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:20,265
Everyone said:
"I love Portland's great.".

316
00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:21,466
Jarosz Janel Music, Queen Trailer

317
00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:23,236
Especially if they were interested in music.

318
00:22:24,443 --> 00:22:28,380
I came to Portland in '87, early 88

319
00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:32,715
and six months, was playing in Satyricon
,

320
00:22:32,785 --> 00:22:33,878
Musician Pete Krebs, Hazel

321
00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:35,815
X-Ray

322
00:22:35,921 --> 00:22:39,050
and then Blue Gallery, a little.

323
00:22:39,124 --> 00:22:40,558
And those were the three places.

324
00:22:40,626 --> 00:22:43,960
At that time in Portland was

325
00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:47,625
the latter part of the first wave

326
00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:51,501
alternative music of Portland.

327
00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:55,007
There had been
punk rock and hard-core and...

328
00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:58,941
Everything in Portland was slower,
after hard-core,

329
00:22:59,011 --> 00:23:01,037
post punk bands soon appeared,

330
00:23:01,113 --> 00:23:05,915
appeared in Portland after Los Angeles and New York.

331
00:23:05,985 --> 00:23:09,945
Portland was at that time
a stagnant city.

332
00:23:10,022 --> 00:23:11,320
Was the staging point

333
00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:14,121
between a show in San Francisco
and a show in Seattle.

334
00:23:14,193 --> 00:23:17,630
He was one of the owners of the fabulous coffee
X-Ray.

335
00:23:17,696 --> 00:23:21,030
Was open from 1990 to 1994.

336
00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,194
it was a place for all ages.

337
00:23:24,370 --> 00:23:26,896
It was good to have a place to play for all ages
.

338
00:23:30,509 --> 00:23:34,810
Popped while all these groups.

339
00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:41,944
We did lots of shows with Hazel,
Crackerbash, Sprinkler and Pond.

340
00:23:42,021 --> 00:23:45,185
The group of typical bands of that era.

341
00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,852
And we were loud and we were angry at the time.

342
00:23:47,927 --> 00:23:48,951
Joanna Bolme Music, Calamity Jane, Jr. High

343
00:23:49,028 --> 00:23:52,897
The seal of those bands was
loud guitars and screaming singers.

344
00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:56,230
A period in which Portland
trying to create their own sound

345
00:23:56,302 --> 00:23:58,203
or brand that distinguished Io

346
00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:00,398
Io happened in Seattle.

347
00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:03,465
We were influenced by bands like The Pixies and Big Black,

348
00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:06,774
And the things that happened in Touch and Go
and on the East Coast.

349
00:24:08,147 --> 00:24:09,479
The Spud Boys were amazing.

350
00:24:10,616 --> 00:24:14,917
The brothers Slusarenko
invited us to join a cover band Devo.

351
00:24:14,987 --> 00:24:19,755
With Sam Coomes, Elliott and me.

352
00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:27,088
It was with that Elliott and I met well.

353
00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:32,693
I know that when I first touch
a Heatmiser, said:

354
00:24:33,339 --> 00:24:35,069
"My God, the Portland Fugazi".

355
00:24:35,174 --> 00:24:38,611
Heatmiser left the punk.
Elliott left there.

356
00:24:38,711 --> 00:24:41,613
I think there are a lot
Io happened with punk

357
00:24:41,747 --> 00:24:45,445
was
to make room for something that would come later.

358
00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:49,422
Io Those guys knew they were doing musically.

359
00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:53,687
And the guy who played guitar was
very good.

360
00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:58,026
For 93 or 94, when the moon
had become the focus

361
00:24:58,097 --> 00:25:02,000
was great to lead so many people to a show.

362
00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:06,462
The bands get along,
it was a great fellowship.

363
00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:08,200
And I think it showed

364
00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:10,174
on the way out shows,

365
00:25:10,275 --> 00:25:13,643
and why so many people
connects to the period.

366
00:25:13,879 --> 00:25:15,973
Each sound has its time.

367
00:25:16,048 --> 00:25:18,813
Y
many bands now that are at the top,

368
00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:21,649
and for a bit, for a couple of years,

369
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,848
We were on top.

370
00:25:24,023 --> 00:25:26,288
Can we have more voices
on monitors?

371
00:25:27,493 --> 00:25:31,260
When we started and launched the first record

372
00:25:31,597 --> 00:25:34,260
we had been together only six months or so.

373
00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,992
We knew what we wanted to do.

374
00:25:37,336 --> 00:25:39,464
We got carried

375
00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:44,442
with a sound that appeared.

376
00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:46,470
As many bands with their first record

377
00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:48,844
've spent enough time

378
00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:52,374
arming songs and playing shows.

379
00:26:00,225 --> 00:26:05,357
Was much longer do
songs as we played live.

380
00:26:07,699 --> 00:26:12,330
She sang very rare.
Io always sang louder as he could.

381
00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:13,494
Yes.

382
00:26:13,705 --> 00:26:19,008
It was loudest possible Io.

383
00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:21,906
Now I can not hear those recordings.

384
00:26:22,181 --> 00:26:25,481
It's interesting when I hear songs from the first album
now

385
00:26:25,551 --> 00:26:28,214
how muscular he was.

386
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,846
Just we felt we wanted it will rock.

387
00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:34,993
When it ended, I sent the disks

388
00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:37,427
Lisa Fancher Frontier Records

389
00:26:37,496 --> 00:26:39,931
and said, "I think you will like this band."

390
00:26:39,998 --> 00:26:44,698
She loved
recording and flew from Los Angeles to Portland,

391
00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:47,262
and we all went to dinner one night.

392
00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:51,834
Were at the Thai restaurant,
remember, at 39 and Division.

393
00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,845
After dinner, we go out,

394
00:26:53,912 --> 00:26:56,939
never forget this,
it was the sweetest of all.

395
00:26:57,015 --> 00:26:58,415
Elliott turned to me and said:

396
00:26:58,484 --> 00:27:01,886
"Dude, it's the first time that my art
pays me dinner."

397
00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:05,987
- Is that all? That is all?
- I think so.

398
00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:07,526
Heatmiser in radio show "Pandora's Box"
KBOO, Portland

399
00:27:07,593 --> 00:27:09,721
Thanks. Why do not you go
to the rec room?

400
00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:13,732
Because we will be part of the special interview segment.

401
00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:15,597
And Dave will talk with you in a second.

402
00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:17,067
You want to stay here? It's okay.

403
00:27:17,136 --> 00:27:19,935
We will be here to play and laugh.

404
00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:33,245
We will ask each

405
00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:34,684
and I want to answer honestly.

406
00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:35,948
- Each?
- Yes

407
00:27:36,021 --> 00:27:38,855
Elliott, boxers or briefs.?

408
00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:40,857
Dave, you ask?

409
00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:45,096
Okay.
Actually Io to talk about today...

410
00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:47,224
- None.
-... Is the album, right?

411
00:27:47,299 --> 00:27:49,200
- What's it called?
- Our new album?

412
00:27:49,268 --> 00:27:50,634
Yes, the new album, how?

413
00:27:50,702 --> 00:27:52,227
Pop and Heater.

414
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:56,365
- Is called Cop And Speeder.
- Croppy Speeder.

415
00:27:56,441 --> 00:28:00,173
I hear it all the time
and I really like those songs.

416
00:28:00,245 --> 00:28:03,010
Video, who is the dancer?

417
00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:04,606
- Marc
- Marc

418
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:07,312
- Swanson's last name, such as meals.
- It's okay.

419
00:28:07,386 --> 00:28:08,752
That was good.

420
00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:14,653
Neil called me and told me that I was wanted

421
00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:17,321
in one of his videos, dancing.

422
00:28:18,463 --> 00:28:21,058
We stopped in places with Heatmiser truck,

423
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,235
became very strong, and I stood
music and dancing there.

424
00:28:33,011 --> 00:28:35,480
Okay. Where meet, Elliott?

425
00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:38,676
Portland Because people want to see them before...

426
00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:42,118
Coming together like... like normal people.

427
00:28:42,187 --> 00:28:43,382
"As if" they were normal people.

428
00:28:43,455 --> 00:28:46,425
- As if we were not rock stars.
- Rock stars.

429
00:28:46,491 --> 00:28:47,720
Just like ordinary people.

430
00:28:47,793 --> 00:28:51,025
In fact, Elliott,
are more an asteroid rock.

431
00:28:51,163 --> 00:28:53,098
Thanks, Dave. You're like a meteor.

432
00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:57,225
Where together?
Come on, Elliott, where?

433
00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:58,767
I do not know. In a house?

434
00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:12,142
Got a job with a guy,

435
00:29:12,217 --> 00:29:15,813
removing paint a ceiling with a scaffold
6 meters.

436
00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:18,948
And Elliott got to work with that.

437
00:29:20,359 --> 00:29:24,524
A perfect musician's work.
Hungover, he drank coffee, scraping the ceiling.

438
00:29:25,731 --> 00:29:29,691
I worked a lot with Peter Krebs,
and most were not music.

439
00:29:30,369 --> 00:29:32,304
They say they used to break
chimneys and others?

440
00:29:32,371 --> 00:29:34,533
We did demolition work together,

441
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:37,405
and we arranged walls

442
00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:41,436
and construction jobs
those that nobody wants to do.

443
00:29:43,815 --> 00:29:45,511
They used to write songs at the time,

444
00:29:45,584 --> 00:29:47,280
when did that work, in your head?

445
00:29:47,419 --> 00:29:50,787
By removing a wall,
no brainer.

446
00:29:50,856 --> 00:29:54,349
How you take care all that free time?

447
00:29:54,726 --> 00:29:59,664
He had recorded the songs that were
in Roman Candle, and had a cassette

448
00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:01,199
Io and I got when we worked.

449
00:30:02,034 --> 00:30:06,062
It was in the basement of JJ.
One of the partners had a 4-Track.

450
00:30:07,339 --> 00:30:09,570
And when I heard that,

451
00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,701
had not heard anything like that before.

452
00:30:11,777 --> 00:30:12,904
When he recorded those songs,

453
00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:14,742
may not know what they were.

454
00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,509
I did not know if they would be on a disk.

455
00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:18,982
Music
Elliott began to make more sense.

456
00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:22,577
Said. "I'll get out of all this noise,

457
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:26,284
" sit with my guitar and sing
on how I feel "

458
00:30:31,730 --> 00:30:35,223
If you only listen to the first two albums of Elliott,

459
00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:39,704
Not hear a complete song,
if not hear the words,

460
00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:42,764
not hear where it goes,

461
00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:44,503
only hear the sound for a second,

462
00:30:44,576 --> 00:30:45,600
Slim Moon Label Kill Rock Stars

463
00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:48,613
the People at that time said:
"Sounds like Simon & Garfunkel".

464
00:30:52,351 --> 00:30:56,914
Like many people, the first time I heard
Elliott, I thought something

465
00:30:57,022 --> 00:30:59,514
that if he were alive today, he would be embarrassed
.

466
00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:03,028
I said. "It sounds like Paul Simon
reminds me of Simon & Garfunkel

467
00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:04,461
." It's nice "

468
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:07,899
One person said it sounded like Paul Simon
..

469
00:31:07,966 --> 00:31:11,869
And everyone else who heard
had to appoint Paul Simon

470
00:31:11,937 --> 00:31:14,702
to say that did not sound like Paul Simon.

471
00:32:05,056 --> 00:32:06,581
"It is the kind of Heatmiser, eh?".

472
00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:09,685
And I said, "Go not sound like Heatmiser
.".

473
00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:11,423
"Sounds more like Nick Drake".

474
00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:16,127
Is
no one imagined it was the same person

475
00:32:16,201 --> 00:32:20,366
screaming and throwing in Heatmiser guitars and others.

476
00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:22,601
But it was clear that this music that played only

477
00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:27,305
Io was he wanted, or where I wanted to go
.

478
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:46,485
Tammy Watson asked me if I wanted to go to a five soloists,

479
00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:49,892
Would be a quick tour a week
on the West Coast.

480
00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:52,760
I knew all but Elliott.

481
00:33:54,366 --> 00:33:56,426
A Elliott and me
Io asked us did.

482
00:33:56,501 --> 00:33:59,767
There was I impressed

483
00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:01,337
Elliott.

484
00:34:01,406 --> 00:34:05,241
The first night the tour, I did not hear
Io who played Elliott.

485
00:34:05,310 --> 00:34:10,339
Returns, Sean took the stage
addressed the audience and said:

486
00:34:10,415 --> 00:34:12,850
"
Those who arrived late and did not see Elliott Smith

487
00:34:12,918 --> 00:34:14,443
" something important was lost "

488
00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,953
was the one who was...

489
00:34:18,023 --> 00:34:20,618
Callaba place silenced the room.

490
00:34:22,394 --> 00:34:25,262
It was very embarrassing and...

491
00:34:25,330 --> 00:34:27,094
Because Elliott played

492
00:34:27,165 --> 00:34:31,227
And everyone was perplexed.

493
00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:36,669
Something happens. It is real and deep,
like a raw nerve.

494
00:34:38,743 --> 00:34:42,077
The next night, I made sure to see
touch Elliott.

495
00:34:42,147 --> 00:34:45,117
I loved the music.

496
00:34:46,217 --> 00:34:49,415
And I went to the truck as
finished playing,

497
00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:50,853
and put the CD,

498
00:34:50,956 --> 00:34:53,187
and did not see anyone else play

499
00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:56,524
because I sat listening to his CD, again and again.

500
00:34:57,796 --> 00:35:00,095
There was an incredible show
when we were on tour,

501
00:35:00,165 --> 00:35:02,600
and I took Margaret Mittleman and say:

502
00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:05,796
"You should see this guy is amazing."

503
00:35:05,870 --> 00:35:08,806
Was a group of people

504
00:35:08,873 --> 00:35:09,932
Representative Margaret Mittleman Elliott

505
00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:13,136
and he sat in a chair,
a folding chair in the corner,

506
00:35:13,211 --> 00:35:16,306
and was touching. It was incredible.

507
00:35:16,381 --> 00:35:18,543
She managed it signed a record deal

508
00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:20,051
and became its representative.

509
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:24,522
Many disapprove of the soloists,

510
00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:26,751
had to have guts to do it.

511
00:35:26,825 --> 00:35:29,158
He had to have guts to stand in front of the public

512
00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:31,162
and try to silence the room.

513
00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:33,596
People said, "What
A guy with his guitar?".

514
00:35:33,732 --> 00:35:36,668
My name is Pete Krebs,
'm on tour with Elliott Smith.

515
00:35:36,735 --> 00:35:39,967
There was nothing like this guy.

516
00:35:40,038 --> 00:35:44,169
His right hand was doing something very simple.
I could.

517
00:35:44,242 --> 00:35:48,680
But went a perfect music.

518
00:35:49,381 --> 00:35:52,351
Is, we shared the poster
and even to touch your best song,

519
00:35:52,417 --> 00:35:56,149
would say, "Oh, God." Do you understand?

520
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,996
One, two, three, four.

521
00:37:27,579 --> 00:37:32,916
Remember I am fighting for journalists and editors to hear the disc.

522
00:37:32,984 --> 00:37:34,247
Dirty.

523
00:37:34,319 --> 00:37:36,982
I was frowned on to record with your name.

524
00:37:38,022 --> 00:37:41,925
They were used to hearing loud rock and roll
and politician us

525
00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:44,986
and send them this calm solo disc.

526
00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:48,328
And we could not make Io taken seriously.

527
00:38:20,865 --> 00:38:22,094
We made these

528
00:38:22,167 --> 00:38:28,129
first shows, where there were 10 or 15 guys,

529
00:38:28,206 --> 00:38:31,472
sitting, listening to Elliott playing acoustic
,

530
00:38:31,576 --> 00:38:33,101
and it was amazing.

531
00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:47,055
Portland loved Elliott Smith.

532
00:38:47,859 --> 00:38:51,626
It was SoundScan showing how many records were sold.

533
00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:54,894
It divided the country into geographic regions

534
00:38:54,966 --> 00:38:57,299
and showed how many discs sold by area.

535
00:38:57,368 --> 00:38:59,098
This is before discharge.

536
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:03,266
It is how many people entered the store and bought the disc
.

537
00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:08,004
Half or 70%

538
00:39:08,112 --> 00:39:11,879
Sales of CD
Elliott in the first year were in the Portland area.

539
00:39:12,050 --> 00:39:13,746
He was a star in Portland,

540
00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:16,754
while the rest of the country was indifferent.

541
00:39:28,733 --> 00:39:31,931
With the first album,
it was not easy.

542
00:39:32,003 --> 00:39:34,529
Nationally, it was a struggle.

543
00:39:34,606 --> 00:39:37,838
But Portland Io worshiped.

544
00:39:37,909 --> 00:39:40,401
And they knew that it was magical.

545
00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,811
The less Io think, the happier I am.

546
00:39:44,883 --> 00:39:50,823
I do not care if I fit,
or if I fit in somewhere.

547
00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:55,054
I just like music. That's what matters.

548
00:39:56,361 --> 00:39:58,762
Is not complicated.

549
00:39:58,830 --> 00:40:00,298
John Doe Io led tour.

550
00:40:00,365 --> 00:40:02,300
Boys Beastie Boys
spoke of his album.

551
00:40:02,367 --> 00:40:05,531
She toured with Mary Lou Lord.
Attracted artists.

552
00:40:05,637 --> 00:40:08,106
Other artists Elliott discovered before.

553
00:40:08,172 --> 00:40:11,506
And other artists showed their music

554
00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:13,841
reporters and fans.

555
00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:26,791
Margaret had sent me the song and said:

556
00:40:26,858 --> 00:40:28,793
"We seek a video".

557
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,619
I got the number of the study

558
00:40:32,697 --> 00:40:36,190
in which Elliott had recorded much
in Portland.

559
00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:38,361
I think I had to call
three or four times,

560
00:40:38,436 --> 00:40:41,497
and said, "No. Elliott is
Stop calling here.".

561
00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:45,104
And finally, the fourth time I called they said:
"Yes, he's here."

562
00:40:45,209 --> 00:40:47,235
I went and talked with Elliott.

563
00:40:47,312 --> 00:40:50,441
E
immediately when I heard the first words out of his mouth,

564
00:40:50,515 --> 00:40:55,852
thought, "This guy does not want attention."

565
00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:01,086
Only I said, "My name is Ross,
live in Southern California,

566
00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:03,558
" and should make a video "

567
00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:05,290
And he said." Great.

568
00:41:05,363 --> 00:41:08,561
"
But I do not want to do a video in Los Angeles

569
00:41:08,633 --> 00:41:10,192
" and make a video of that place "

570
00:41:10,268 --> 00:41:14,433
And I said." I do not live in Los Angeles.
I live about an hour north of there.

571
00:41:14,505 --> 00:41:16,770
"If you come and you make a video with me,

572
00:41:16,841 --> 00:41:18,935
" I'll pick you up at LAX,

573
00:41:19,010 --> 00:41:21,946
"We'll go to my house in the country,

574
00:41:22,013 --> 00:41:24,881
" and not have to go to LA. "

575
00:41:25,083 --> 00:41:26,346
Y He said: "Great. I will go "

576
00:41:33,458 --> 00:41:37,828
came and stayed with me a week
week and a half, almost two

577
00:41:37,895 --> 00:41:42,060
And we shot a little every day

578
00:41:42,133 --> 00:41:44,500
And some day we woke up and he said:...

579
00:41:44,569 --> 00:41:47,403
" Today I do not want to shoot "
And just passed out

580
00:42:06,791 --> 00:42:10,319
Suddenly
a friend appears with a hearse

581
00:42:11,162 --> 00:42:13,495
Y says:..." Look at the car I bought! ".

582
00:42:13,564 --> 00:42:16,363
And we said: "Great
Can you be in the video!?".

583
00:42:16,434 --> 00:42:19,927
Carry the hearse to an empty street,

584
00:42:20,004 --> 00:42:21,734
up the hill.

585
00:42:21,806 --> 00:42:24,435
And I said, "Okay, I want to shoot

586
00:42:24,509 --> 00:42:27,035
." Elliott walking and the car behind.

587
00:42:27,111 --> 00:42:29,945
"The car continues and leads Io very slow."

588
00:42:30,014 --> 00:42:31,209
And he said, "Okay".

589
00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:33,376
We filmed that and half,

590
00:42:33,451 --> 00:42:37,752
suddenly begins to leave steam
and the car breaks

591
00:42:37,822 --> 00:42:41,884
and had to call a
crane to take the car.

592
00:42:46,764 --> 00:42:48,198
It was great to have him here...

593
00:42:48,266 --> 00:42:50,895
was like a human jukebox,

594
00:42:50,968 --> 00:42:53,631
Played songs of the Beatles,

595
00:42:53,704 --> 00:42:56,003
was a good guy to have around.

596
00:42:56,074 --> 00:43:00,535
I remember, at one point,
he wanted to dye his hair.

597
00:43:00,711 --> 00:43:03,408
And we were halfway through the video.

598
00:43:03,481 --> 00:43:06,610
And he wanted his hair was green or violet.

599
00:43:26,337 --> 00:43:30,138
He never found the color I wanted,

600
00:43:30,208 --> 00:43:33,508
and suited me fine because half the video

601
00:43:33,578 --> 00:43:35,740
her hair would be green or something,

602
00:43:35,813 --> 00:43:38,044
Io people do not think much.

603
00:43:38,116 --> 00:43:40,711
Just think it's a legendary writer,

604
00:43:40,785 --> 00:43:45,189
and was a punk kid
he was concerned his appearance

605
00:43:45,256 --> 00:43:51,093
and wanted to make sure his hair purple or
out great for video.

606
00:43:54,699 --> 00:43:56,224
I left the airport.

607
00:43:56,300 --> 00:44:00,362
And as it appeared mysteriously disappeared
.

608
00:44:02,006 --> 00:44:05,306
Is it different working on an album of Heatmiser

609
00:44:05,376 --> 00:44:07,004
in an album of Elliott Smith?

610
00:44:08,045 --> 00:44:10,810
- It is very different.
- Yes?

611
00:44:13,017 --> 00:44:18,513
In part it is it's a band or yourself,

612
00:44:21,759 --> 00:44:24,695
and not everyone sees

613
00:44:24,762 --> 00:44:28,529
Io they hoped to achieve exactly.

614
00:44:28,633 --> 00:44:29,931
When you write songs,

615
00:44:30,001 --> 00:44:33,233
differences that will
Io in the songs of Elliott Smith

616
00:44:33,304 --> 00:44:35,933
Io will be in Heatmiser or...?

617
00:44:36,007 --> 00:44:37,236
- No.
- No?

618
00:44:37,308 --> 00:44:40,938
Used to be very easy,

619
00:44:41,012 --> 00:44:46,246
Because only played acoustic stuff,

620
00:44:46,317 --> 00:44:49,947
Heatmiser and did nothing as well.

621
00:44:50,021 --> 00:44:53,480
Y did not seem like

622
00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:57,453
something the band would.

623
00:44:57,528 --> 00:45:01,363
But then began the band Heatmiser

624
00:45:02,833 --> 00:45:06,292
do not just rock, all the time.

625
00:45:06,370 --> 00:45:07,394
I understand.

626
00:45:07,471 --> 00:45:10,236
For all we got tired of that.

627
00:45:10,308 --> 00:45:11,298
Totally.

628
00:45:13,477 --> 00:45:17,915
And there are many strong rock bands,

629
00:45:19,817 --> 00:45:23,379
and after a while, we wanted
no longer do that.

630
00:45:37,034 --> 00:45:38,798
He could see that beginning to worry

631
00:45:38,869 --> 00:45:43,364
that their songs did not turn out as I wanted in Heatmiser
.

632
00:45:44,976 --> 00:45:51,212
We get money from Virgin
and bought our own team.

633
00:45:51,282 --> 00:45:53,376
- Good.
- We rented a house,

634
00:45:53,451 --> 00:45:55,647
and build a studio there.

635
00:45:55,720 --> 00:46:01,250
Was good to have time to do it, rather than renting
few days,

636
00:46:01,392 --> 00:46:05,921
go, colds and could not play that day.

637
00:46:06,797 --> 00:46:10,165
Mic City Sons,
started working alone in her,

638
00:46:10,234 --> 00:46:13,762
and turned out to be the best way.

639
00:46:13,904 --> 00:46:16,237
And then we brought Rob and Tom

640
00:46:16,307 --> 00:46:18,936
attempt to take control and focus.

641
00:46:19,043 --> 00:46:23,344
Once joined,
I stopped being so involved.

642
00:46:24,115 --> 00:46:25,981
There was tension.

643
00:46:26,050 --> 00:46:27,382
He and Tony no...

644
00:46:27,451 --> 00:46:28,441
Rob Schnapf Engineer / Producer

645
00:46:28,519 --> 00:46:29,919
not agreed.

646
00:46:30,921 --> 00:46:33,982
Was angry and different rooms, were going

647
00:46:34,058 --> 00:46:36,289
and did not speak.

648
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:40,092
I got tired of that in a moment. Said:

649
00:46:40,364 --> 00:46:42,458
"? Can...

650
00:46:43,734 --> 00:46:45,168
" Can we do something "

651
00:46:47,571 --> 00:46:52,373
As often happens in such situations,
with very talented and creative people,

652
00:46:52,443 --> 00:46:56,312
communication is not Best

653
00:47:02,119 --> 00:47:03,417
few months later,

654
00:47:03,554 --> 00:47:07,582
call me and tell me they want to make a video Heatmiser
,

655
00:47:07,658 --> 00:47:11,595
and Elliott insists that I'm the director.

656
00:47:21,872 --> 00:47:27,709
I remember I had left all night
awake with Elliott

657
00:47:27,778 --> 00:47:29,770
doing voices Plainclothes Man.

658
00:47:31,949 --> 00:47:36,353
And we started around 8:00,
but he did not know how to sing.

659
00:47:36,420 --> 00:47:41,723
We work on it a bit,
stop and talk.

660
00:47:41,826 --> 00:47:44,591
And I was with Elliott, we decided
and Io.

661
00:47:45,529 --> 00:47:49,864
And we stayed up all night
just me and him.

662
00:48:03,381 --> 00:48:05,873
It was a great night...

663
00:48:05,950 --> 00:48:09,079
From the silence of the night.

664
00:48:09,153 --> 00:48:11,679
Nothing happens.

665
00:48:13,691 --> 00:48:17,355
Even Io hear when I hear that song.

666
00:48:17,428 --> 00:48:20,921
That is the memory that brings me.

667
00:48:20,998 --> 00:48:24,992
I started working with them
at the moment

668
00:48:26,937 --> 00:48:30,271
everything was deteriorating.

669
00:48:30,341 --> 00:48:35,109
And people realized that Elliott had to be done solo

670
00:48:35,179 --> 00:48:38,206
And make your own music.

671
00:48:38,282 --> 00:48:42,447
Now I realize that fought hard

672
00:48:42,520 --> 00:48:47,652
because Heatmiser
was not the place he wanted for his songs.

673
00:49:11,649 --> 00:49:14,915
Their songs pass through the process of Heatmiser

674
00:49:14,985 --> 00:49:19,480
meant not to leave
way he wanted.

675
00:49:19,557 --> 00:49:21,992
And fought against it.

676
00:49:23,794 --> 00:49:27,094
I think many people end
doing things you do not want,

677
00:49:27,164 --> 00:49:31,795
because they want to reach a quick,
or somehow reach place.

678
00:49:33,637 --> 00:49:35,503
But it seemed that no legaríamos
anywhere.

679
00:49:35,573 --> 00:49:40,204
No sense doing Io we wanted,

680
00:49:40,277 --> 00:49:45,238
because it was not worth trying to move forward.

681
00:49:45,316 --> 00:49:51,051
You see Elliott
rebel against their own music Heatmiser,

682
00:49:51,121 --> 00:49:53,386
and feel that was a very loud band.

683
00:49:53,457 --> 00:49:55,323
Almost we never talk about this.

684
00:49:58,195 --> 00:50:02,462
There was no way he left the band
100% satisfied, feel

685
00:50:02,533 --> 00:50:04,729
because Neil was his best friend.

686
00:50:39,169 --> 00:50:42,606
May be rare,

687
00:50:42,673 --> 00:50:45,837
when someone writes a song

688
00:50:45,910 --> 00:50:47,879
and really knows how he wants it,

689
00:50:47,945 --> 00:50:53,441
but all strive to be different.

690
00:51:06,830 --> 00:51:09,595
You could tell they wanted.

691
00:51:09,667 --> 00:51:13,866
He passed Io But what about the bands.

692
00:51:13,938 --> 00:51:19,343
No matter Io that are artistic, competition always appears

693
00:51:19,877 --> 00:51:25,009
In their minds, even
artistic endeavors.

694
00:51:25,115 --> 00:51:27,243
And it seemed that this was Io that happened to them.

695
00:51:27,318 --> 00:51:29,412
And it is not true.

696
00:51:29,486 --> 00:51:31,318
They were all very talented,

697
00:51:31,388 --> 00:51:33,414
but as we all noticed now

698
00:51:33,490 --> 00:51:38,793
Elliott had the ability to reach another level,

699
00:51:38,862 --> 00:51:42,230
and had to let him go.

700
00:51:44,568 --> 00:51:47,561
Elliott was already tired of playing music

701
00:51:47,638 --> 00:51:49,937
I did not feel it was his.

702
00:51:52,743 --> 00:51:57,204
Spent 10 of those shows kids

703
00:51:57,281 --> 00:51:59,409
suddenly a crowd.

704
00:52:04,488 --> 00:52:07,356
Remember
high ranks of the moon they were full,

705
00:52:07,424 --> 00:52:11,885
and all seated and silent.

706
00:52:11,962 --> 00:52:14,431
And it was like: "the secret is revealed."

707
00:52:16,767 --> 00:52:19,362
When left Either / Or, he filled...

708
00:52:19,436 --> 00:52:20,529
James Clark guitar technician, XO Tour

709
00:52:20,604 --> 00:52:22,698
The lower part was him and his guitar.

710
00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:25,935
Were 1500-1600 people
and not a fly buzzing.

711
00:52:26,810 --> 00:52:29,143
If you did not realize you were
facing a genius,

712
00:52:29,213 --> 00:52:30,579
you were not paying attention.

713
00:52:31,448 --> 00:52:35,909
I knew Heatmiser,
at least for now, left behind.

714
00:52:36,553 --> 00:52:38,784
- Was completed.
Yes. - It's over?

715
00:52:39,256 --> 00:52:40,349
Right.

716
00:52:40,824 --> 00:52:46,388
The idea is to concentrate on your career and your
solo songs.

717
00:52:46,463 --> 00:52:47,556
- Sure.
- It's okay.

718
00:52:48,032 --> 00:52:50,092
Let other.

719
00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:54,127
And this is the new solo album,

720
00:52:54,204 --> 00:52:57,231
called Either / Or,
the second song of Kill Rock Stars.

721
00:52:57,307 --> 00:53:00,209
It Is Elliott Smith in the study.
's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

722
00:54:59,329 --> 00:55:03,699
When Larry and he founded Jackpot !, released Io think

723
00:55:03,767 --> 00:55:05,326
to concentrate on his music.

724
00:55:05,402 --> 00:55:09,498
Io no longer distracted
work part-time or whatever... Io

725
00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:11,472
Drywall or Io that was then.

726
00:55:12,509 --> 00:55:14,501
I think we both thought

727
00:55:14,578 --> 00:55:17,207
once work together better for them

728
00:55:17,281 --> 00:55:19,716
have their own place,

729
00:55:19,783 --> 00:55:22,309
and I think there came Jackpot !.

730
00:55:28,425 --> 00:55:29,916
I said. "I want to be owner of the place

731
00:55:29,993 --> 00:55:31,962
" I do not want to mess with anybody.

732
00:55:32,095 --> 00:55:35,065
"But I will make a proportional contract if you want to come

733
00:55:35,332 --> 00:55:37,494
" and help build and bring your tools

734
00:55:37,568 --> 00:55:38,763
"to work there."

735
00:55:39,203 --> 00:55:42,970
"We will contract covering
place, rent and others."

736
00:55:43,507 --> 00:55:49,708
He agreed, and I think that was
in late January or February 97

737
00:55:49,947 --> 00:55:52,007
that take the place on 20th Street and Morrison.

738
00:56:13,370 --> 00:56:15,737
Microphone cables are a mess
SORRY!

739
00:56:41,732 --> 00:56:42,893
That song!

740
00:56:43,166 --> 00:56:44,429
That song?

741
00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:46,661
- Yes, that.
- The girl.

742
00:56:46,904 --> 00:56:48,065
Okay.

743
00:56:48,572 --> 00:56:49,665
What?

744
00:56:50,007 --> 00:56:51,031
God!

745
00:56:51,108 --> 00:56:53,009
The the girl.

746
00:56:53,076 --> 00:56:54,169
Does the girl?

747
00:57:00,317 --> 00:57:02,149
Finally, when I heard Either / Or

748
00:57:02,286 --> 00:57:03,754
and saw the picture, I said,

749
00:57:03,820 --> 00:57:08,724
"
That sweet voice comes out of this crazy and intense face?".

750
00:57:09,359 --> 00:57:14,821
Not that she was not pretty, but her face seemed
had been in the war.

751
00:57:14,898 --> 00:57:17,629
It was a cute kid singing
sad and beautiful songs.

752
00:57:17,701 --> 00:57:18,828
Autumn de Wilde Photographer / Director

753
00:57:18,936 --> 00:57:22,168
And that was an important part

754
00:57:22,239 --> 00:57:27,803
Io that trapped people,
it was a common face.

755
00:57:27,911 --> 00:57:30,176
It looked like a regular guy.

756
00:57:32,749 --> 00:57:35,981
Perhaps the most personal song you've written is
Say Yes.

757
00:57:36,053 --> 00:57:40,286
Because we could tell that it was Joanna.

758
00:57:40,390 --> 00:57:44,589
Is...

759
00:57:44,962 --> 00:57:46,225
She is amazing.

760
00:57:51,902 --> 00:57:55,930
If songs were treated me, he told me
.

761
00:57:56,006 --> 00:57:58,532
He said: "This is about you
This is about us.".

762
00:57:58,809 --> 00:58:01,472
And that will reach many people.

763
00:58:01,545 --> 00:58:05,175
It is very real.

764
00:58:05,649 --> 00:58:08,744
But that's just out of his life.

765
00:58:20,731 --> 00:58:22,791
She was a great influence on him

766
00:58:22,933 --> 00:58:26,995
in the classical period of Elliott.

767
00:58:27,104 --> 00:58:31,667
His musical talent,
his knowledge, his relationship

768
00:58:31,742 --> 00:58:34,803
is undeniable that she had enormous impact.

769
00:58:37,848 --> 00:58:39,248
Say Yes is beautiful.

770
00:58:39,950 --> 00:58:46,083
I wish the circumstances that became known to be more ideal.

771
00:58:48,358 --> 00:58:51,328
I knew you talked about moving to New York.

772
00:58:51,428 --> 00:58:52,953
- That's right.
- Yes?

773
00:58:53,663 --> 00:58:57,794
Why?
Because there is more access to culture?

774
00:58:58,735 --> 00:59:02,228
I do not know. I have spent time in Portland.

775
00:59:04,007 --> 00:59:05,566
And I lost my band.

776
00:59:06,810 --> 00:59:10,076
And do not go out with my girlfriend.

777
00:59:11,248 --> 00:59:12,773
- So...
- Just...

778
00:59:12,849 --> 00:59:15,717
- Time to go.
- I'm grieving.

779
00:59:17,421 --> 00:59:18,912
I'll feel better in a moment.

780
00:59:19,923 --> 00:59:22,722
Elliott had moved to New York
to get away from that.

781
00:59:22,793 --> 00:59:28,096
The idea of living in Brooklyn was anonymous

782
00:59:28,198 --> 00:59:31,635
that offered, compared
with the experience I had in Portland,

783
00:59:31,701 --> 00:59:33,966
especially the last year he was here.

784
00:59:39,976 --> 00:59:42,775
It was at the time when he became

785
00:59:42,879 --> 00:59:44,438
in a publicly known person.

786
00:59:44,514 --> 00:59:45,607
Writer John Chandler, Magazine "The Rocket"

787
00:59:45,715 --> 00:59:48,241
Elliott, then,
was signed with a company

788
00:59:48,318 --> 00:59:51,755
and gradually became known

789
00:59:51,822 --> 00:59:53,450
regarding the influence he had.

790
00:59:53,623 --> 00:59:57,253
Things had settled,
he had been given power to progress,

791
00:59:57,327 --> 01:00:00,126
He needed to escape.
I needed to get out of here.

792
01:00:00,664 --> 01:00:05,227
He moved to New York, was crazy
because he left a large void in Portland.

793
01:00:05,302 --> 01:00:07,737
Many people missed his presence.

794
01:00:07,904 --> 01:00:11,363
I was very sad not to have him around.

795
01:00:11,608 --> 01:00:14,373
We feel that something representative

796
01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:16,413
better Io Portland he went.

797
01:00:19,683 --> 01:00:23,882
Time he arrived in New York, people knew
Io.

798
01:00:23,954 --> 01:00:26,321
Already had success.

799
01:00:26,456 --> 01:00:28,152
And all Io Good Will Hunting

800
01:00:29,326 --> 01:00:30,692
it was when he was in New York.

801
01:00:30,861 --> 01:00:33,194
By then, it was one of their advertisers,

802
01:00:33,263 --> 01:00:37,633
we were in touch all the time, because he was arming
interviews

803
01:00:37,701 --> 01:00:41,570
Io called home,
and made appointments with the press and things for him.

804
01:00:41,638 --> 01:00:44,665
He appeared with a bag and a guitar.

805
01:00:55,652 --> 01:00:59,555
I remember how surprised I could walk
home

806
01:00:59,656 --> 01:01:00,851
with a handbag.

807
01:01:13,170 --> 01:01:15,730
Gradually, the world took Io.

808
01:01:17,407 --> 01:01:19,433
Going down the street looking for a cab

809
01:01:19,509 --> 01:01:22,877
and saw someone get out of one,
he was Elliott and said:

810
01:01:23,013 --> 01:01:25,448
"Great Want a drink with me!?".

811
01:01:25,849 --> 01:01:30,116
When he came to Portland,
he found a pair of bars

812
01:01:30,187 --> 01:01:32,486
he liked.

813
01:01:32,689 --> 01:01:33,713
Y Luna was one of them.

814
01:01:33,823 --> 01:01:34,847
Owner Rob Sacher Luna Lounge, New York

815
01:01:34,991 --> 01:01:40,020
I saw it every night at the bar,
writing a diary.

816
01:01:41,097 --> 01:01:44,556
Thought I was a writer,
I never imagined I was a musician.

817
01:01:46,703 --> 01:01:49,867
I followed him and went to another bar,
a Polish bar.

818
01:01:49,940 --> 01:01:53,672
We went in and had a couple of old
and a jukebox,

819
01:01:53,743 --> 01:01:56,440
approaches the jukebox and puts $ 40.

820
01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:57,875
And I was very impressed.

821
01:01:57,981 --> 01:02:01,850
I had never been with anyone who decides

822
01:02:01,952 --> 01:02:03,648
control music from a jukebox.

823
01:02:04,187 --> 01:02:08,056
That was one of my favorites
to be your friend.

824
01:02:12,829 --> 01:02:14,661
Should know more of who he is,

825
01:02:14,731 --> 01:02:18,224
plus it was someone
who spoke at the bar.

826
01:02:31,381 --> 01:02:34,749
Then I learned working on the album XO
.

827
01:02:47,897 --> 01:02:51,527
Remember we recorded Waltz # 1

828
01:02:51,601 --> 01:02:55,595
demo version that,
called "Bushmills" digital tape,

829
01:02:55,672 --> 01:02:57,937
that surely had to do with last night
.

830
01:02:58,241 --> 01:03:00,267
We spent four hours recording it.

831
01:03:00,844 --> 01:03:04,303
Letter and then you put...

832
01:03:04,414 --> 01:03:06,440
You look outside and listen to this song

833
01:03:06,516 --> 01:03:09,145
loose with the sound of piano and others.

834
01:03:09,319 --> 01:03:11,720
And he said, "Make a mixture, and we drink."

835
01:03:11,855 --> 01:03:14,017
When Elliott touched us...

836
01:03:14,090 --> 01:03:15,422
Owner Mark Flanagan, Club Largo

837
01:03:15,492 --> 01:03:18,326
God! Yes. That crazy waltz.

838
01:03:18,561 --> 01:03:21,895
What Io played and played and said:
"I have no words, but..."

839
01:03:21,965 --> 01:03:25,163
- And was like, "God!".
- No, I was crazy.

840
01:03:25,302 --> 01:03:26,861
There were a couple of times

841
01:03:27,003 --> 01:03:28,027
Jon Brion Musician, Composer, Producer

842
01:03:28,138 --> 01:03:30,471
that freaked me as a musician.

843
01:03:35,945 --> 01:03:39,677
Important thing to pay attention to their lyrics

844
01:03:40,583 --> 01:03:43,314
is not always about him.

845
01:03:43,386 --> 01:03:45,014
There are character studies.

846
01:03:45,221 --> 01:03:48,453
And Io another to pay attention is often

847
01:03:48,525 --> 01:03:52,519
when seems to get on stage,
uses many archetypes.

848
01:03:52,595 --> 01:03:55,963
Elliott wrote songs
drug addicts in the city.

849
01:03:56,032 --> 01:03:57,261
I knew nothing about heroin.

850
01:03:57,400 --> 01:03:59,494
Io wrote songs that I saw in Portland.

851
01:03:59,602 --> 01:04:01,935
No
always touched on it in his songs.

852
01:04:13,983 --> 01:04:17,943
There's enough of your daily there.

853
01:04:18,021 --> 01:04:21,458
For you feel is real,
and takes half

854
01:04:21,624 --> 01:04:24,719
and Io gives you so that you adueñes

855
01:04:24,794 --> 01:04:27,195
what occurs in your life.

856
01:04:46,149 --> 01:04:48,778
Elliott Io is better here.

857
01:04:48,852 --> 01:04:53,984
The balance between being a production studio
a raw,

858
01:04:54,057 --> 01:04:57,323
and yet incredibly beautiful
emotionally intimate.

859
01:04:57,460 --> 01:05:02,364
For me it is the pinnacle of his solo material.

860
01:05:06,302 --> 01:05:11,605
Are songs.
Is not supposed to be a newspaper, or a speech.

861
01:05:11,775 --> 01:05:16,645
Pictures are made with words.

862
01:05:25,622 --> 01:05:29,024
There is no doubt that, at some point,

863
01:05:29,092 --> 01:05:30,924
itself drugged,

864
01:05:30,994 --> 01:05:33,623
but used drug references

865
01:05:33,763 --> 01:05:37,723
for years before drugs.

866
01:05:44,307 --> 01:05:47,505
I see many things from the window of a car,

867
01:05:47,610 --> 01:05:50,910
but not all places are different,

868
01:05:50,980 --> 01:05:56,248
not that you can not tell
how are the places.

869
01:05:58,755 --> 01:06:02,886
I was on the road and did not care.

870
01:06:02,959 --> 01:06:04,359
He drank a lot.

871
01:06:05,094 --> 01:06:09,828
And calling in the middle of the night, almost every night
, very sad.

872
01:06:10,467 --> 01:06:14,404
And Io doing for weeks,

873
01:06:14,471 --> 01:06:17,441
and did not know what to do.

874
01:06:17,507 --> 01:06:21,911
She was scared.
Was a child, I was 21 or 22 years.

875
01:06:22,412 --> 01:06:24,643
I did not know how to help someone

876
01:06:26,216 --> 01:06:28,412
overcome such a bad thing.

877
01:06:29,252 --> 01:06:34,190
I woke up one morning after a night
of those, and I had sent an email.

878
01:06:34,491 --> 01:06:38,690
"Please, you never angry with me,
if I do something.

879
01:06:39,128 --> 01:06:41,154
" Promise me you will never get angry with me
'

880
01:06:41,798 --> 01:06:46,498
I knew I could not improve on this.

881
01:06:47,070 --> 01:06:48,868
Had sounded all alarms .

882
01:06:49,038 --> 01:06:53,669
And all the people who worked for him at the time

883
01:06:53,776 --> 01:06:57,042
Io had been alerted happened

884
01:06:57,814 --> 01:06:59,476
And the decision was made

885
01:06:59,549 --> 01:07:02,144
That would be an intervention

886
01:07:02,619 --> 01:07:04,520
and that would a lot of people.

887
01:07:04,888 --> 01:07:10,691
But after that intervention,
songs got intense.

888
01:07:10,760 --> 01:07:13,491
Was still angry, but with us
,

889
01:07:13,563 --> 01:07:18,399
his friends suddenly
instead of being angry at something else.

890
01:07:18,868 --> 01:07:23,363
She began writing songs about
us as: "I am angry with you."

891
01:07:23,606 --> 01:07:27,304
I was afraid that did not relate to anyone

892
01:07:28,177 --> 01:07:30,874
and die faster.

893
01:08:10,219 --> 01:08:13,883
My next guest tonight is here
to touch his Oscar nominated song

894
01:08:14,390 --> 01:08:17,087
soundtrack of Good Will Hunting.

895
01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:19,925
Please applause for Elliott Smith.

896
01:08:41,484 --> 01:08:45,819
And I stayed behind Elliott, looking
how it looked on television play

897
01:08:45,955 --> 01:08:47,583
on the Conan O'Brien show.

898
01:08:47,924 --> 01:08:52,225
He had an intensity that was obvious,

899
01:08:52,295 --> 01:08:57,029
as intense as if I touched it,

900
01:08:57,133 --> 01:08:59,102
on that stool on television.

901
01:08:59,402 --> 01:09:00,995
And in that moment, I realized

902
01:09:01,070 --> 01:09:03,164
that Elliott would be a star.

903
01:09:21,557 --> 01:09:26,586
Miss Misery's what I did strangest

904
01:09:26,729 --> 01:09:28,220
as a recording engineer.

905
01:09:28,865 --> 01:09:32,768
One day, Gus got when I was not
and played for him,

906
01:09:32,835 --> 01:09:35,430
Then
did as he had written for the film

907
01:09:35,505 --> 01:09:38,566
to be nominated, and then Io
achieved.

908
01:09:38,641 --> 01:09:40,166
And we say,

909
01:09:40,410 --> 01:09:41,469
"What?"

910
01:09:41,744 --> 01:09:43,474
"You're competing for an Oscar What?".

911
01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:47,647
Was a validation of Io we knew Elliott.

912
01:09:47,750 --> 01:09:48,843
That was great.

913
01:09:49,052 --> 01:09:51,749
It was the night before it hit
face of all this shit,

914
01:09:51,821 --> 01:09:53,756
and I said. "Do it'll be fine."

915
01:09:54,357 --> 01:09:56,622
And I thought, "God, nor would Io".

916
01:09:56,826 --> 01:09:59,421
Elliott's friends did
parties to see it.

917
01:09:59,796 --> 01:10:01,765
I went to the Oscars with him.

918
01:10:02,098 --> 01:10:05,398
On the day of the Oscars, they said

919
01:10:05,535 --> 01:10:10,439
"If you do not want to walk down the red carpet,

920
01:10:10,506 --> 01:10:12,304
" you can enter the back "

921
01:10:12,408 --> 01:10:14,240
I said." Let's walk down the red carpet
".

922
01:10:14,310 --> 01:10:17,041
you were trying not we walk down the red carpet

923
01:10:17,980 --> 01:10:20,973
ended up walking the red carpet behind Madonna

924
01:10:21,050 --> 01:10:23,212
We were not filmed

925
01:10:23,486 --> 01:10:27,048
Celine Dion said...
"Are you nervous? Io're not. "

926
01:10:27,590 --> 01:10:33,791
Yes, and I was But Io said yes
Io to tell me he wanted

927
01:10:34,831 --> 01:10:39,792
Was the first time that many people
outside their closed circle

928
01:10:39,902 --> 01:10:41,666
occurred Io has happened.

929
01:10:43,406 --> 01:10:47,173
It was a rare situation,

930
01:10:47,243 --> 01:10:50,577
and it was very rewarding to see it.

931
01:10:50,913 --> 01:10:52,575
It was good for music.

932
01:10:53,216 --> 01:10:57,483
"You" to all means "win".

933
01:10:57,620 --> 01:11:01,751
All the music that we liked.

934
01:11:01,824 --> 01:11:03,486
PROFILE SKY-ROCKETS ELLIOTT SMITH

935
01:11:03,559 --> 01:11:05,551
You did. We won.

936
01:11:06,262 --> 01:11:11,462
The funny thing is made
my friends and my mother happy.

937
01:11:11,934 --> 01:11:14,836
Made
was easier for her to say what I did.

938
01:11:18,207 --> 01:11:20,142
It happened so fast.

939
01:11:20,209 --> 01:11:24,374
Good Will Hunting What happened
and then Oscar,

940
01:11:24,447 --> 01:11:26,439
and signed with DreamWorks

941
01:11:26,883 --> 01:11:29,682
within months.

942
01:11:31,554 --> 01:11:35,184
Was a good time to make the video with Elliott

943
01:11:35,258 --> 01:11:40,219
because although people looked like Io:

944
01:11:40,296 --> 01:11:42,356
"She does not mind the praise" and others.

945
01:11:42,465 --> 01:11:45,560
He was very happy

946
01:11:45,635 --> 01:11:48,195
having been nominated for an Academy Award.

947
01:11:48,271 --> 01:11:49,899
I was confident.

948
01:11:50,072 --> 01:11:53,873
Wine, appeared on set with that white suit, there appeared

949
01:11:53,943 --> 01:11:57,903
and said, "Let the video, this is great I
I have.".

950
01:12:00,850 --> 01:12:03,115
If you are wondering:
"What do you do with your life?".

951
01:12:03,219 --> 01:12:06,451
He said: "Writing songs, recording them."

952
01:12:07,190 --> 01:12:11,560
I once said: "I like to write, record.

953
01:12:12,461 --> 01:12:14,259
"I would do the tours and interviews

954
01:12:14,330 --> 01:12:16,356
to write and record".

955
01:12:16,966 --> 01:12:19,401
And I said: "I understand."

956
01:12:32,448 --> 01:12:37,011
The XO tour started in 98. There
started working for him.

957
01:12:37,086 --> 01:12:40,352
We turned the world
twice in six months.

958
01:12:41,123 --> 01:12:42,455
With the tour of this disc.

959
01:12:54,604 --> 01:12:58,097
The first day of tour, appeared
a hat on.

960
01:12:58,174 --> 01:12:59,369
Paul Pulvirenti Musician, XO Tour

961
01:12:59,442 --> 01:13:00,671
WHY I command

962
01:13:07,016 --> 01:13:09,611
The tour was fun.

963
01:13:09,685 --> 01:13:13,383
We were like one big happy family.

964
01:13:15,291 --> 01:13:17,317
A Elliott liked me

965
01:13:17,460 --> 01:13:19,429
out before him and photograph people.

966
01:13:19,495 --> 01:13:21,157
Los her smile or something.

967
01:13:21,297 --> 01:13:23,960
He liked that to have a memory.

968
01:13:28,504 --> 01:13:31,633
Wherever we went, people stopped us

969
01:13:31,707 --> 01:13:36,042
and opened their mouths.
He said: "It Elliott Smith".

970
01:13:52,561 --> 01:13:55,258
And we'd say:
"This will be a week of mustache

971
01:13:55,331 --> 01:13:59,029
." We'll see who can grow the best mustache
in a week "

972
01:14:00,236 --> 01:14:02,865
And Elliott was the last to join
said.

973
01:14:02,939 --> 01:14:04,202
"I will not let you grow a mustache."

974
01:14:08,177 --> 01:14:11,045
Elliott was very happy with this show.

975
01:14:11,113 --> 01:14:12,581
First, because we were in Ireland

976
01:14:12,815 --> 01:14:15,512
and also because Elvis Costello
would come that night.

977
01:14:15,584 --> 01:14:19,749
And Elliott is a fan of Elvis.

978
01:14:29,665 --> 01:14:33,102
My name Coby. I am the sound.

979
01:14:34,437 --> 01:14:35,700
I like that.

980
01:14:36,372 --> 01:14:38,307
Mira. I am the type of sound.

981
01:14:47,149 --> 01:14:48,515
The same in Australia.

982
01:14:49,151 --> 01:14:51,017
In Australia we played a huge place.

983
01:14:51,087 --> 01:14:52,988
It was very well received there.

984
01:14:53,823 --> 01:14:55,724
It was a good time.

985
01:15:06,502 --> 01:15:10,405
I can not. I can not do this song.
I touch many times.

986
01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:14,506
The
played hundreds of times and I got tired of it.

987
01:15:14,577 --> 01:15:16,409
And I can not touch it. I'm sorry.

988
01:15:16,479 --> 01:15:18,812
- No, okay.
- Maybe there's another piece...

989
01:15:18,881 --> 01:15:21,407
you finished the Waltz No. 2 very abruptly.

990
01:15:21,484 --> 01:15:23,578
You said: "The played many times."

991
01:15:24,320 --> 01:15:27,916
I had to stop because...

992
01:15:28,924 --> 01:15:33,259
What sense does a song playing poorly?

993
01:15:34,296 --> 01:15:37,425
It's best to play well

994
01:15:38,401 --> 01:15:40,063
touch only because.

995
01:15:41,504 --> 01:15:46,704
When dropped from that tour,
he came to Los Angeles to work in Figure 8.

996
01:15:47,076 --> 01:15:50,012
There
met and started dating a lot.

997
01:15:52,815 --> 01:15:56,445
Felt much pressure XO tour

998
01:15:56,519 --> 01:15:58,511
to be better known.

999
01:15:58,821 --> 01:16:00,847
Y
tried to understand how to deal with that pressure.

1000
01:16:00,923 --> 01:16:01,913
Alyssa Siegel Assistant Margaret Mittleman

1001
01:16:02,024 --> 01:16:05,119
And his representative, Margaret, he was here.

1002
01:16:05,194 --> 01:16:08,426
We think, "Okay, come here
Come be with us.".

1003
01:16:13,602 --> 01:16:17,266
It was time to go. It was no good.

1004
01:16:17,406 --> 01:16:19,875
When he moved to Los Angeles,
people said:

1005
01:16:20,076 --> 01:16:22,272
"You see Elliott Smith".

1006
01:16:22,511 --> 01:16:24,810
"It will play at the Silverlake Lounge".
O "has..."

1007
01:16:25,147 --> 01:16:26,410
Everybody talked about that.

1008
01:16:26,515 --> 01:16:28,643
Everyone knew he was there.

1009
01:16:28,784 --> 01:16:30,753
Always said... "I'll be here a few months

1010
01:16:30,820 --> 01:16:32,516
" I'll only be here a few months "

1011
01:16:34,090 --> 01:16:38,994
When he went to Los Angeles, always explained

1012
01:16:39,061 --> 01:16:40,689
it was a temporary situation

1013
01:16:46,802 --> 01:16:49,966
Most of these people are
people with whom I worked.

1014
01:16:50,039 --> 01:16:52,406
Touching on his records,
producing their records,

1015
01:16:52,475 --> 01:16:53,909
We have written songs together.

1016
01:16:54,043 --> 01:16:57,013
Speaking of the best people in the world,
Elliott Smith.

1017
01:16:57,279 --> 01:17:00,909
Long was a great club in Fairfax.

1018
01:17:01,050 --> 01:17:05,010
Largo, at that time, was well known for having very good
songwriters.

1019
01:17:05,187 --> 01:17:07,713
It was a very small place,

1020
01:17:07,790 --> 01:17:09,725
where Jon played with 120 people.

1021
01:17:11,894 --> 01:17:14,363
There was a stage and a piano,
the other side was a bar,

1022
01:17:14,430 --> 01:17:15,693
and very cute.

1023
01:17:15,764 --> 01:17:17,790
Perhaps too much.
I did not want to play there

1024
01:17:17,867 --> 01:17:20,462
because he said: "It's too cute place."

1025
01:17:20,536 --> 01:17:22,471
And I said, "Why has tablecloths?".

1026
01:17:22,571 --> 01:17:25,769
Elliott got used to go there
Friday night

1027
01:17:25,841 --> 01:17:30,040
and hang out there and sometimes up

1028
01:17:30,112 --> 01:17:32,172
and doing something with Jon on stage.

1029
01:17:32,248 --> 01:17:34,683
Jon  The atmosphere created in Largo

1030
01:17:34,783 --> 01:17:38,311
Io was something that did grow wise...

1031
01:17:38,420 --> 01:17:39,547
The boy came out.

1032
01:17:40,823 --> 01:17:46,126
The first time I played at Largo
Elliott was crazy.

1033
01:17:47,530 --> 01:17:49,726
People used to talk while he played,

1034
01:17:49,798 --> 01:17:52,893
in bars, or where touched in the country,

1035
01:17:53,035 --> 01:17:57,666
Io output,
sat and played.

1036
01:17:57,773 --> 01:18:00,766
He played a song that was beautiful,
and everyone said:

1037
01:18:00,843 --> 01:18:02,368
"God, this guy is great."

1038
01:18:03,679 --> 01:18:07,275
Everyone applauded and then sat
one minutes

1039
01:18:07,349 --> 01:18:12,083
and said: "They should talk
I are getting very nervous.".

1040
01:18:12,254 --> 01:18:15,747
Was more than a place to put on shows,

1041
01:18:15,824 --> 01:18:20,387
because he felt comfortable
with Flanagan and Jon Brion.

1042
01:18:21,197 --> 01:18:24,656
I was not comfortable with many people.

1043
01:18:24,833 --> 01:18:27,132
Things were not easy in New York.

1044
01:18:27,203 --> 01:18:30,605
It was not always easy to be friends with him

1045
01:18:30,673 --> 01:18:34,440
when he was not well,

1046
01:18:34,543 --> 01:18:37,741
but it became more difficult
when he moved here.

1047
01:18:42,751 --> 01:18:46,347
It was so prolific during that time that every time
Io watched

1048
01:18:47,389 --> 01:18:49,153
He said: "You want to hear new songs?".

1049
01:18:49,225 --> 01:18:50,716
And say, "Yeah, right".

1050
01:18:51,427 --> 01:18:54,022
And played three to five new songs.

1051
01:18:54,330 --> 01:18:56,094
No Io had seen in weeks,

1052
01:18:56,165 --> 01:18:59,294
this period is a golden period
to its composition.

1053
01:19:02,037 --> 01:19:06,304
That wall has a long history:

1054
01:19:06,742 --> 01:19:07,903
"What were they thinking?".

1055
01:19:07,977 --> 01:19:11,607
And then: "It's the ugliest
mural I've seen in my life."

1056
01:19:11,680 --> 01:19:14,650
And over the years:
"That mural is the most fantastic

1057
01:19:14,717 --> 01:19:16,208
" I've seen in my life "

1058
01:19:16,318 --> 01:19:21,950
And I think I expected to put on something..

1059
01:19:22,391 --> 01:19:24,656
And I said, "Is there something you

1060
01:19:24,727 --> 01:19:27,993
" expected do with Io
you want to experience?

1061
01:19:28,063 --> 01:19:31,898
"Because we can experience
and discard if we do not like".

1062
01:19:32,234 --> 01:19:33,725
And he said: "Yes, everyone thinks

1063
01:19:33,802 --> 01:19:37,102
" I want to be in a dark room with dark furniture

1064
01:19:37,172 --> 01:19:39,664
"light and dark depressing".

1065
01:19:46,949 --> 01:19:50,818
Brought some Polaroids he had taken
of murals in Sunset

1066
01:19:50,886 --> 01:19:56,723
and rare stained glass and said:
"And if you're like everyone sees you

1067
01:19:56,792 --> 01:20:01,321
" and do not realize that the world
color explodes behind you "

1068
01:20:03,465 --> 01:20:06,765
had no means at that time

1069
01:20:06,835 --> 01:20:07,859
The Quiet Man

1070
01:20:07,970 --> 01:20:11,099
To bring strangers and...

1071
01:20:11,373 --> 01:20:14,172
heard one of his songs
and relate to it,

1072
01:20:14,243 --> 01:20:16,712
have an emotional reaction and attachment to it,

1073
01:20:16,779 --> 01:20:18,771
then approach him and cast him .

1074
01:20:18,847 --> 01:20:22,284
It was... It was a quiet and humble guy.

1075
01:20:22,351 --> 01:20:25,321
It was... I felt the need to care for them.

1076
01:20:28,123 --> 01:20:29,591
I could not sympathize with them

1077
01:20:29,658 --> 01:20:31,456
because it would have been very overwhelming

1078
01:20:31,527 --> 01:20:34,292
but always said:
"Thank you, thank you very much".

1079
01:20:34,363 --> 01:20:36,855
And Io meant.

1080
01:20:37,833 --> 01:20:41,065
Valued everyone who took the time to listen
album.

1081
01:20:48,410 --> 01:20:52,643
It was very easy to talk intimately with Elliott,

1082
01:20:52,715 --> 01:20:54,707
And he struggled with that.

1083
01:20:55,551 --> 01:20:59,386
All his life could be very intimate
very fast with people

1084
01:20:59,455 --> 01:21:03,859
that after a night like this,
Io were people who did not let go.

1085
01:21:05,227 --> 01:21:08,527
I think many people
which is really composer,

1086
01:21:08,597 --> 01:21:11,692
and not entertaining, fight it.

1087
01:21:12,067 --> 01:21:15,060
John Lennon was asked: "Why
what your songs are about love?"

1088
01:21:15,471 --> 01:21:17,201
And he said:. ". Love is the world's largest
Io

1089
01:21:17,272 --> 01:21:18,638
" About what else would sing "

1090
01:21:19,408 --> 01:21:24,403
According to him, all his songs are...
His songs are like also

1091
01:21:32,654 --> 01:21:34,020
We all have to take turns.

1092
01:21:34,089 --> 01:21:36,718
Can not be your best friend, all the time
forever.

1093
01:21:43,732 --> 01:21:46,395
Almost everyone wants to work
being a singer / songwriter

1094
01:21:46,468 --> 01:21:50,405
because they believe it will entitle
a certain kind of attention.

1095
01:21:51,006 --> 01:21:56,673
Y can see composers geniuses

1096
01:21:57,112 --> 01:22:00,708
as Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan
, and say:

1097
01:22:01,550 --> 01:22:05,248
"Damn I just have to learn me these two chords

1098
01:22:05,687 --> 01:22:09,488
.." And if I put words well, and
I stand right in front of people,

1099
01:22:10,993 --> 01:22:13,428
"I give all the prizes."

1100
01:22:15,230 --> 01:22:17,961
His work was great on all levels.

1101
01:22:20,669 --> 01:22:21,728
Yes!

1102
01:22:24,306 --> 01:22:25,831
Paul Thomas Anderson,

1103
01:22:25,908 --> 01:22:27,342
after Magnolia and others,

1104
01:22:27,409 --> 01:22:30,504
Decided to film something but in a more simple way

1105
01:22:30,579 --> 01:22:31,842
with a fixed camera.

1106
01:22:40,789 --> 01:22:43,088
Elliott appeared that day and spent more,

1107
01:22:43,192 --> 01:22:44,785
and was a little more...

1108
01:22:44,860 --> 01:22:46,260
It was the beginning of the end.

1109
01:22:46,361 --> 01:22:47,886
Drugs were involved in that.

1110
01:22:59,174 --> 01:23:01,507
Passed songs,
and were not great, so...

1111
01:23:02,144 --> 01:23:04,375
But anyway, that was...

1112
01:23:04,913 --> 01:23:08,179
Cameras things change, and for musicians
,

1113
01:23:11,487 --> 01:23:14,889
notifies you that you have one watching you microscope.

1114
01:23:17,259 --> 01:23:20,787
I remember I left a message on my answering
.

1115
01:23:21,063 --> 01:23:22,998
A few days after September 11,

1116
01:23:23,065 --> 01:23:27,594
And had not heard from him for over a
year

1117
01:23:28,003 --> 01:23:30,336
he said: "I hope you are well

1118
01:23:30,772 --> 01:23:33,708
." And I'm sorry that you did not know me.

1119
01:23:35,477 --> 01:23:38,538
"I'm not well, but I hope you do,
and that everyone is safe."

1120
01:23:48,957 --> 01:23:53,725
It was a horrible moment, in the world
and where I lived.

1121
01:23:54,830 --> 01:23:59,200
But it was the greatest relief to hear that.

1122
01:24:01,403 --> 01:24:05,807
I know that was when I was heavily drugged.

1123
01:24:13,282 --> 01:24:18,118
It was not a stupid fantasy rock,

1124
01:24:19,521 --> 01:24:21,387
associated with drugs.

1125
01:24:22,024 --> 01:24:23,959
I think that there were times that,

1126
01:24:24,059 --> 01:24:28,258
was also
Io smart enough to know when to get up.

1127
01:24:32,634 --> 01:24:36,264
I started to distance myself from him

1128
01:24:36,338 --> 01:24:38,307
because it got rough.

1129
01:24:38,473 --> 01:24:42,706
I did not want to be a facilitator.

1130
01:24:53,655 --> 01:24:56,250
Was tough for him, he was not himself.

1131
01:24:56,925 --> 01:24:59,360
Not like always... I do not know, it was crazy.

1132
01:25:00,062 --> 01:25:02,725
I was bad, and quit.

1133
01:25:04,600 --> 01:25:06,262
Why is not finished,

1134
01:25:06,335 --> 01:25:07,633
because never talk back.

1135
01:25:08,170 --> 01:25:11,800
He forgot the letter and started again
songs and apologized.

1136
01:25:12,541 --> 01:25:17,070
He cuts his set,
and people did not understand what happened.

1137
01:25:17,312 --> 01:25:21,750
It was very devastating to see his talent and music to go with it.

1138
01:25:23,151 --> 01:25:25,882
Signs all addict, right?

1139
01:25:27,823 --> 01:25:32,761
All around you begins to disappear.

1140
01:25:43,005 --> 01:25:47,204
Then was that...
After that he decided

1141
01:25:47,576 --> 01:25:49,135
try to get better.

1142
01:25:58,487 --> 01:26:02,015
We reconnect, and it was interesting

1143
01:26:02,090 --> 01:26:06,152
because I said, "Go
is working on new things

1144
01:26:06,228 --> 01:26:10,495
!" And seems to come to fruition.

1145
01:26:12,601 --> 01:26:17,130
"Maybe we can work together again
and continue as friends."

1146
01:26:18,473 --> 01:26:20,874
I called from time to time.

1147
01:26:22,077 --> 01:26:25,570
And limamos rough,

1148
01:26:25,647 --> 01:26:28,845
and tried to compose himself.

1149
01:26:32,254 --> 01:26:35,986
Broadway was driving by and saw Io sitting outside Starbucks

1150
01:26:36,058 --> 01:26:39,756
and felt that enough time had passed.

1151
01:26:39,828 --> 01:26:41,592
Seeing him sitting alone,

1152
01:26:41,663 --> 01:26:43,427
I parked and walked

1153
01:26:45,333 --> 01:26:46,995
and told him I was proud of him.

1154
01:26:47,069 --> 01:26:51,063
We never re-established a close friendship,

1155
01:26:51,239 --> 01:26:52,764
but we saw a few times after that,

1156
01:26:52,841 --> 01:26:55,436
and things were fine,
really appreciate that.

1157
01:26:58,146 --> 01:27:01,981
He did a show at Crystal Ballroom,

1158
01:27:03,885 --> 01:27:07,253
and all went backstage,

1159
01:27:07,322 --> 01:27:08,950
and said, "Elliott want to talk."

1160
01:27:09,024 --> 01:27:12,483
He said, "About what?".
And I said, "I worry a lot".

1161
01:27:12,928 --> 01:27:16,592
It did not look good. And it seemed very...

1162
01:27:16,965 --> 01:27:18,934
When you see a friend

1163
01:27:19,067 --> 01:27:23,129
and seems to have become an old
from one day to the other,

1164
01:27:23,205 --> 01:27:25,174
And he was very fragile.

1165
01:27:25,540 --> 01:27:27,372
We knew

1166
01:27:27,442 --> 01:27:31,675
the person we wanted was not there.

1167
01:27:40,889 --> 01:27:45,293
I hugged him and I
returned the hug and said, "I love you".

1168
01:27:45,627 --> 01:27:47,357
And he said, "Me too."

1169
01:27:48,563 --> 01:27:53,763
And that was the last time you saw Io.

1170
01:27:57,172 --> 01:28:00,267
I think Sam
Io said it best in a song by Quasi.

1171
01:28:01,343 --> 01:28:04,575
"Do not hurt the ones you love, you hurt
those who love you."

1172
01:28:10,085 --> 01:28:12,645
One night we were in Largo,

1173
01:28:12,721 --> 01:28:15,486
and he said, "Charlie sent me a letter."

1174
01:28:21,396 --> 01:28:26,334
Was a letter from my father
who had written to Elliott and said:

1175
01:28:26,401 --> 01:28:32,238
"
I've had time to think about parenting,

1176
01:28:32,374 --> 01:28:36,402
" and I realize that I was
the best father to you and I 'm sorry. "

1177
01:28:46,454 --> 01:28:48,946
And remember Io Elliott took to heart.

1178
01:28:49,057 --> 01:28:53,085
But it allowed him to close the stage and I think Elliott
Io thanked

1179
01:28:53,161 --> 01:28:56,427
And I think that helped.

1180
01:31:36,858 --> 01:31:41,057
Elliot Smith died two stab wounds to the chest.

1181
01:31:41,129 --> 01:31:44,327
Except for prescription drugs in normal levels ,

1182
01:31:44,399 --> 01:31:46,834
no drugs were found on his body

1183
01:31:47,702 --> 01:31:51,264
The coroner could not confirm
if the wound was self-inflicted.

1184
01:31:51,339 --> 01:31:54,173
The report remains undetermined.

1185
01:32:12,027 --> 01:32:14,121
Basement On The Hill...

1186
01:32:16,264 --> 01:32:19,063
It is a beautiful music.

1187
01:32:19,167 --> 01:32:20,965
Subías the volume of a channel...

1188
01:32:21,669 --> 01:32:23,035
you heard him say:

1189
01:32:26,441 --> 01:32:27,670
"OK".

1190
01:32:28,476 --> 01:32:29,739
And then you heard...

1191
01:32:32,847 --> 01:32:34,406
And it was like I was alive again.

1192
01:32:36,751 --> 01:32:38,947
It was sublime, as it is there.

1193
01:32:39,020 --> 01:32:43,287
Is there, like the air conditioner or refrigerator
resonates it makes noises.

1194
01:32:43,358 --> 01:32:44,485
Does not give you account

1195
01:32:48,596 --> 01:32:49,962
until it is so quiet.

1196
01:32:50,665 --> 01:32:54,432
There was nothing sadder for me
the songs she had not sung,

1197
01:32:54,502 --> 01:32:56,027
where the melody is heard.

1198
01:32:56,905 --> 01:33:00,239
And the voices are not,
and will always be silent.

1199
01:33:06,414 --> 01:33:07,746
Shon  "Goldenboy" Sullivan
Musician, Gira Figure 8

1200
01:33:07,816 --> 01:33:13,448
felt that the complexity of who he was
faded when he died.

1201
01:33:13,822 --> 01:33:16,189
Because people wanted an easy way to understand.

1202
01:33:16,458 --> 01:33:17,448
ART FILLS THE VOID!

1203
01:33:17,592 --> 01:33:20,084
This is one of those artists

1204
01:33:20,161 --> 01:33:25,099
that future generations will discover and rediscover their music
,

1205
01:33:25,266 --> 01:33:28,634
and will have a lasting legacy.

1206
01:33:29,204 --> 01:33:32,504
He gave us the words we could not find
when we were sad.

1207
01:33:33,341 --> 01:33:37,176
And there was much

1208
01:33:37,245 --> 01:33:41,945
to occupy any time, any relationship,

1209
01:33:42,617 --> 01:33:46,987
And that always makes something alive beyond you.

1210
01:33:47,155 --> 01:33:51,684
Do not understand how special
the opportunity they gave you,

1211
01:33:51,926 --> 01:33:56,261
able to make art with someone as talented

1212
01:33:56,331 --> 01:33:58,857
and so important.

1213
01:33:59,300 --> 01:34:03,101
And only years later, I heard his music

1214
01:34:03,171 --> 01:34:06,608
and say, "My God was this!".

1215
01:34:07,742 --> 01:34:11,440
Hopefully, we can one day overcome
drama,

1216
01:34:11,513 --> 01:34:15,314
can overcome the sensational news of his life.

1217
01:34:15,817 --> 01:34:19,515
And start focusing on Io that you created.

1218
01:34:20,321 --> 01:34:23,052
It would break her heart if she knew...

1219
01:34:23,158 --> 01:34:27,653
Let people discover
Io and think that is very sad

1220
01:34:28,730 --> 01:34:33,031
Because it was only a small part of
who he really was.

1221
01:34:38,072 --> 01:34:41,565
I not say this about many artists.
Io Buying all you have done.

1222
01:34:42,043 --> 01:34:43,238
Because everything is good.

1223
01:34:43,311 --> 01:34:47,078
Worth everything you hear
Io who brought in his life.

1224
01:34:48,049 --> 01:34:53,044
No wonder people keep discovering and sits
moved.

1225
01:34:53,121 --> 01:34:58,719
Because I believe that at its best,
is a very emotional and captivating music.

1226
01:34:59,060 --> 01:35:03,828
I feel privileged to have seen

1227
01:35:04,132 --> 01:35:07,830
and I had the open mind to know

1228
01:35:08,002 --> 01:35:10,164
I was facing a real artist.

1229
01:35:11,406 --> 01:35:15,468
When we played on stage,

1230
01:35:15,543 --> 01:35:20,743
Sometimes he looked at me and I smiled.

1231
01:35:21,115 --> 01:35:23,846
I got that look

1232
01:35:23,918 --> 01:35:29,619
recorded in memory and sometimes sleep with her.

1233
01:35:30,191 --> 01:35:33,684
I have dreams of him smiling.

1234
01:35:34,862 --> 01:35:38,128
Is someone else now.

1235
01:35:38,633 --> 01:35:45,267
Y had no opportunity
things were not ideal for him

1236
01:35:45,340 --> 01:35:48,777
in the body of Elliott Smith.

1237
01:35:49,477 --> 01:35:54,313
Y needed another back with a new...

1238
01:35:56,317 --> 01:35:59,185
With a new look, a new existence
.

1239
01:36:00,188 --> 01:36:03,249
And perhaps something to tell me
myself to feel better,

1240
01:36:03,324 --> 01:36:07,261
but it feels real,
so I'm happy for him.

1241
01:36:13,668 --> 01:36:15,296
We have another here.

1242
01:36:15,403 --> 01:36:18,066
I think this will be the closing song.

1243
01:36:18,172 --> 01:36:20,732
You chose to close this album
for some reason?

1244
01:36:21,342 --> 01:36:23,641
Because I was happy.

1245
01:36:25,513 --> 01:36:27,607
- Has a positive name, right? .
- Yes

1246
01:36:28,316 --> 01:36:33,482
We Elliott Smith in the studio,
's Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW 89.9.

1247
01:36:37,992 --> 01:36:42,225
In August of 2013, friends and family made shows to benefit

1248
01:36:42,297 --> 01:36:46,166
to celebrate the life and music of Elliott Smith
.

1249
01:36:46,334 --> 01:36:50,066
Would have turned 44 years.

1250
01:36:50,138 --> 01:36:51,663
Hello, everyone.
Welcome to No Name # 1

1251
01:36:51,739 --> 01:36:54,800
a tribute to the life and music of the great Elliott Smith
.

1252
01:38:54,950 --> 01:39:12,181
... That all I want now,
is happiness for you and for me...

1253
01:39:15,950 --> 01:39:18,181
One Two.. Three.

1254
01:39:20,950 --> 01:39:29,181
Ripped by Ricardo for fans of Steven inches Hispanic. ;)

1254
01:39:30,305 --> 01:39:36,562
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