Elliott was FUNNY too

[oh_well_okay]

You know, a lot of people really seem to overlook how super funny Elliott could be. Espeically since his death...I mean he was always miscast as this "Mister Misery" type of guy - which he seemed to hate, but I'm sure had a certain degree of validity to it - but he said some wonderfully clever or just plain funny things in interviews or on stage.

So...this is now officially the thread where you post some of your favorite FUNNY things Elliott said.

[rebekah]

apart from the elvis story?

[oh_well_okay]

Here's mine, it's from an interview he did in Sweden (which you can download on that "strung out again" thread:

“Music was my favorite thing. And being a cub scout was my least favorite thing.

“Were you a Cub Scout?!”

“Briefly, yes. I played soccer for a few years when I was really little and then I got pulled out of that to be a Cub Scout, you know, it was a real drag.” (laughs)

(Laughing) “Were you pulled out by your mother or what?”

“No my step-dad. They saw some thing…you know, even back then TV would do these bogus programs that were just alarmist programs that scare people that were like “salt is going to kill you” or “sports are bad for young children”…so I think they saw some program that said it was bad for bones of children and you know it was just this total bunch of garbage…”

[Odie]

e: "what we need are some dancers. or maybe ...answers? does anybody have any answers."
someone in crowd: "your ass!"
e: "my ass?!? that's a good answer."

[ktothebbc]

fan: "how's your hand?"
e: "oh, you know, it's okay... no problems... still works ... you know, mankind... the tool builder." (makes several funny gestures with his hand)
crowd: (silence)
elliott: hmmm... that's one of those things that i hear myself say, and then i play the show and go home and i think "what the HELL did i say?"

:lol:

[girlybat]

:D

[bex/hex]

Originally posted by ktothebbc
fan: "how's your hand?"
e: "oh, you know, it's okay... no problems... still works ... you know, mankind... the tool builder." (makes several funny gestures with his hand)
crowd: (silence)
elliott: hmmm... that's one of those things that i hear myself say, and then i play the show and go home and i think "what the HELL did i say?"

:lol:
lol :D

[gaetano]

oh_well_okay,you've got a knack for cool threads.
:)

when Elliott played in Florence on the Figure 8 tour he addressed the crowd:
"i'm sorry,my Italian is not very good"
pause
"well,my English is also not very good!"

not a super-funny joke or anything,but he just gave the impression of being a very charming and funny man.

speaking of funny,his t-shirt collection was a monument to self-humour!

[ktothebbc]

"Champania? Ca-wyar?"

[ktothebbc]

"Spinach is good foya!"

[bex/hex]

I'm waiting for the monk picture.... tick tick tick.... :D




I always thought the UTR bits that didn't make the article, were pretty funny:

"I used to have five sets of baker’s whites, one for every day of the workweek. One summer I was working in the bakery at North Hampton because I was staying there for the summer and this one time a guy drove buy in a pick-up and yelled, ‘DIRT!’ He called me ‘dirt’ and I was wearing absolutely spotless white. I couldn’t have been more dirt free. It was the funniest thing.”


(About The Oscars}
"The whole situation was bizarre. When I was walking down the red carpet and everybody is snapping photographs I was right behind Madonna and I kept trying not to step on the train of her dress. I kept getting like crushed and I kept trying to get around it so as not to step on her dress. I finally had to squeeze past Madonna and in the way of some photographers to get past Madonna so I could not walk on the train of her dress. I was going into this like 5-6 hour long, sit down, can’t get up to make a sandwich, can’t get up and go to the bathroom.....you can, but they have these guys who come and sit in your seat. So there is some guy sitting with your girlfriend who’s just like, [makes a sour face]."

[ktothebbc]

:lol:

[mydarkstar]

Originally posted by rebekah
apart from the elvis story?
....what's the elvis story? :)

[dcrowell]

Originally posted by bex
"When I was walking down the red carpet and everybody is snapping photographs I was right behind Madonna" i was flipping the channels last night and saw that! i have no idea what channel it was but they were talking about madonna and my jaw dropped and i pointed at the tv. and there was elliott in his white suit. :-D

[nikita]

Originally posted by dcrowell
i was flipping the channels last night and saw that! i have no idea what channel it was but they were talking about madonna and my jaw dropped and i pointed at the tv. and there was elliott in his white suit. :-D


:cry: awww... no fair! :( But really cool! :D

[ktothebbc]

Originally posted by dcrowell
i was flipping the channels last night and saw that! i have no idea what channel it was but they were talking about madonna and my jaw dropped and i pointed at the tv. and there was elliott in his white suit. :-D
Rad!

[ktothebbc]

One of my favorite funny moments wasn't even that funny, but to me it was...

NYC - Town Hall February 2000 - Acoustic show

The place was sold out, totally packed (and that's a BIG place). It was a seated show, too Elliott was notably (and understandably) nervous, but he was striding ahead despite that.

Anyway, at one point, he said:

"Hmm. It seams so formal here. Not bad, just formal. Everyone's sitting down... I don't know."

To which a girl in the crowd responded: "At least we can see you Elliott!"

Elliott paused, looking more than a little uncomfortable, and said very uneasily, while making a kind of "Man this is weird" face:

"Hmmm.... I can .... see you too...."

:lol:

Maybe you had to be there, but his delivery was on point. I cracked up.

---------------------

Same show, he was beginning to play "Everything Means Nothing to Me" on guitar and when he started hitting those high notes - "everything means nothing to MEEE" - and he started coughing horribly! I guess he had a dry throat or something.

Well the crowd lost it and cracked up... it was pretty funny.

When the coughing fit subsided, Elliott looked at the crowd sarcastically and said, "Oh, you liked that one, huh?"

:lol:

He could be a real riot sometimes.

[bex/hex]

Originally posted by dcrowell
i was flipping the channels last night and saw that! i have no idea what channel it was but they were talking about madonna and my jaw dropped and i pointed at the tv. and there was elliott in his white suit. :-D



I was always wondering if some cheezy E! on the Red Carpet special got Elliott in the picture... :) :)

I remember seeing him in People Magazine ( :rolleyes: )

[Kyle]

I think its a show that he was playing in Sweeden but he said "I'm sorry, I dont speak sweedish. If I did, I'd have some things to say"

[ktothebbc]

Originally posted by Kyle
I think its a show that he was playing in Sweeden but he said "I'm sorry, I dont speak sweedish. If I did, I'd have some things to say"
haha

[meepmeep]

he said the Oscars people were pressuring him to play miss misery, if he didn't they'd get someone else to play it.

'like Richard Marx. It's like Richard Marx is the universal scare tactic.'

:)

i think that's in the filter interview.

[xangeleso]

This is the Elliott I like to remember... thanks for making me happy with your storys :)

-angeles (xo)

[meepmeep]

there is the plainclothes man video where he steals the toilet paper in the convenience store. :)

[ktothebbc]

And if you ever want to experience comedy, find some old footage of when Elliott was on TRL (before it was called that - I don't remember the name) - and he was interviewed by this new guy they had hired... Carson Daly. :lol:

This was circa Miss Misery / Good Will Hunting era.

Carson: "So, you did all the instruments yourself"

Elliott (looking like he wished he was a thousand other places but there): "Oh, yeah, well, you know... I like to get good at them. And you have to play them all the time if you want to do that. So... that's what I do." (Or something to that effect)

Carson (looking totally stunned, like always): Wow... that's..... AWESOME"

Elliott just kinda rolled his eyes and half-smiled. It was priceless.

:yes:

[nikita]

How am I supposed to find old TRL footage? :cry:

[ktothebbc]

:cry: I don't know either! I saw it on someone else's copy long ago. I bet somebody out there has it though! Trust me, it's FUNNY, but only in how weird it is.

[nikita]

Originally posted by ktothebbc
:cry: I don't know either! I saw it on someone else's copy long ago. I bet somebody out there has it though! Trust me, it's FUNNY, but only in how weird it is.



:D I think Elliott was probably one of the funnniest people ever! :) Weird funny is the best!!

[Brilliant Sun]

At the Brownie's Show, 1997 in New York City.

Before playing 'I Figured You Out'...

'Okay, here's a song I gave to Mary Lou, because I thought it sounded like the Eagles, you can tell me. But I'm still convinced it sounds like the Eagles. But you know... I don't really care. Glen Frey and Don Henley are just not my fucking responsibility. It's not my fault, whatever they did.'

'Yeah, I was accused of playing Hotel California on the jukebox today...that felt like a moral insult, and I was like... 'what the fuck', who gives a shit? God only knows why people play the songs they play on jukeboxes. You know it might be like... 'I really like the 'rockahs'...I mean I play stuff for that reason, but I didn't play Hotel California, and I wouldn't play Hotel California'.'
:-D

[meepmeep]

there is that interview he does with Lou Barlow and they are talking about European journalists. Elliott adopts a sort of mock Eastern Euro voice and says 'yes they ask, "How do you respond to Electronic music has killed rock?"

[nikita]

Originally posted by tasha
it's here...the 3rd dvd

http://www.blamonet.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51647



Oh, shit! I think I have that! :D Thanks, Tasha! Time to watch!

-----


I'm listening to that live version of Pitseleh when he keeps screwing up and he's like "I blocked it out" and kinda sing-songy "I can't remember this chord right here" and just keeps messing up... and he's like "I like the phrase, 'Talking out your ass'". :lol:

[not half right]

The stinkweeds show in AZ, 1997 was totally hilarious.

At one point, the crowd really wanted Elliott to play 'I figured you out', and he just laughs and says: "It sounds like the fuckin' eagles!". He gets through about a minute of it before he cracks up.

Later on, he reminds the crowd to check out Pete Krebs, who was also at the show:

E: He's good ya know...
Crowd: And cute too!
E: (laughs) Yeah, he's a cute motherfucker! Pete how about givin' me a little sugar later?
*Crowd Laughs*
E:Come to papa...

:lol:

[oh_well_okay]

From NME...

"Who was the first love of your life?"

"She was my next door neighbour when we were four. Her name was Amy, and we'd get married on the sidewalk almost everyday. Then if we got mad at each other we'd have to get divorced for an hour or so, til it blew over."

:)

[kim]

Originally posted by not half right
Later on, he reminds the crowd to check out Pete Krebs, who was also at the show:

E: He's good ya know...
Crowd: And cute too!
E: (laughs) Yeah, he's a cute motherfucker! Pete how about givin' me a little sugar later?
*Crowd Laughs*
E:Come to papa...

:lol:

:lol::lol: Best story. ever.

[not half right]

Oh, and from the Knitting Factory show where he read his two poems:

Crowd: Elliott rocks, man!
E: *Insulted tone* I don't rock!

[oh_well_okay]

http://prod.bsis.bellsouth.net/coDataImages/p/Groups/3/3753/folders/42139/878020hehe.jpg

[Brilliant Sun]

One of my favorite live shows in Seattle, at the Moore Theater- Nov.2000, Elliott and... mostly Sam Coomes get into this weird vibe with the audience, maybe because it's seated, and they're a little less responsive.

Elliott says something like 'we're spooked... because it's too quiet in here', and later Sam comes back with 'usually the rowdy ones are in front, we got like a fucking funeral up here, I was depressed when I was a kid too, but jesus christ...boo all you want.'

Elliott-'We just want to get into a confrontational relationship w/you folks...I need to collect my thoughts for a minute.'

http://www.sweetadeline.net/images/m1112002.jpg

[oh_well_okay]

i WAS at that show. there was this bizarre sort of tension at certain points...probably because they went on late, and the audience was a bit on edge from waiting for them...?

it was a total ROCK show though, good times.

[nikita]

This is the best thread ever! :heart:


Good one, Chad... :rolleyes:

[Brilliant Sun]

And starting off the set at Moore with that kick-ass version of 'Needle in the Hay', is the best I've heard live with a full band.

Jesus, it's so good.

[oh_well_okay]

Originally posted by kauai80
This is the best thread ever! :heart:


Good one, Chad... :rolleyes:


hey, i try.

:)

[kupo]

This story is more about a funny situation involving Elliott than it is about Elliott being funny. It took place in a record shop called Other Music in NYC where Elliott played for, shit, it must've been over 100 kids crammed into this little shop. You could imagine how nervous the poor guy was with an audience literally inches away from his face(I was one of them:)). He'd said, in his soft voice, something "You guys are so close..." I guess he didn't want to offend us so he continued with, "...It's not a bad thing". But the funniest part about that evening was when some kid tried to stand on an album rack while Elliott was playing "Killing a Southern Bell". All of a sudden you hear this loud crash and Elliott bursts out laughing. Everyone turns around to see that the rack had broken under this kid's weight, he's trying to regain his balance, and there are records all over the place. I was pretty annoyed because Elliott had taken my request to play it and I was really looking forward to hear him play that song live, acoustic, and merely inches away from me. Elliott laughed "I can't do this" and jumped to another song. It was funny shit though.

[mickyman]

How about at the crystal ballroom show in 2001(12-20) where someone in the crowd whistles at him(i presume it was a man) and elliott in a kind of a annoyed voice says "im a man" This happens right after the first song "lets get lost"
micky

[trucker's atlas]

Originally posted by mickyman
How about at the crystal ballroom show in 2001(12-20) where someone in the crowd whistles at him(i presume it was a man) and elliott in a kind of a annoyed voice says "im a man" This happens right after the first song "lets get lost"
micky

i was at that show... i took my "little sister" and her friend...

are there copies of this one floating around somewhere? with my limited technology, i don't usually get a chance to check out the trading scene much...

[bex/hex]

Originally posted by mickyman
How about at the crystal ballroom show in 2001(12-20) where someone in the crowd whistles at him(i presume it was a man) and elliott in a kind of a annoyed voice says "im a man" This happens right after the first song "lets get lost"
micky
That is funny :D

I love the show (??) where the audience screams for him to cover Supersonic, and he shyly says, "NO, I'll laugh." And then you hear the beat go...ba ba ba...and then he just starts in, half laughing.

Not (so) funny, but makes me smile :) :)

[oh_well_okay]

and the whole "get a backbone" conversation at those last henry fonda shows...that was good, funny stuff!

[princess valium]

I :heart: this thread

[oh_well_okay]

i just think it's really important that we not lose sight of ALL that elliott really was. there's so much focus put on his sadness, i just wanted to make a thread that reminded everybody that he was MORE than all of that.

like he said himself: "don't get bummed...they're just songs."

[solveig]

the cat fish
they are a'callin'!

[pointyjess]

E: "Y'know, I think my songs reveal whatever they reveal, they say certain things about who I am, whereas Will Smith singing "Gettin' Jiggy With It" reveals certain things about how he is. Like for one thing that he doesn't mind singing a senseless song."


:lol:



:love:

[pointyjess]

E: "No, I've never been to mardi gras. I have a friend who lives there who says it can be kind of gross and I'm interested to see it, but I don't have any real plans. Probably drink a lot of hurricanes or something. (we all laugh) I'm not going to be running around in the street telling people to take their clothes off or anything like that."

[pointyjess]

DAVIES: I think Portland's a good music town. When I was there last, I went to this like vegetarian coffee shop. I forget where it is.

SMITH: Oh, that would be all over the place [laughs].

[dcrowell]

Originally posted by POINTY!
E: "Y'know, I think my songs reveal whatever they reveal, they say certain things about who I am, whereas Will Smith singing "Gettin' Jiggy With It" reveals certain things about how he is. Like for one thing that he doesn't mind singing a senseless song."
i love that! :lol:

[pointyjess]

E: "...sometimes my hands just make it up without me even being involved in it, 'cause I play guitar a lot during the day. I watch TV and play guitar at the same time. So my fingers just do whatever they're doing while I'm watching General Hospital. Sometimes I go, "Oh, good job, fingers! I liked that."

[nikita]

Originally posted by POINTY!
E: "...sometimes my hands just make it up without me even being involved in it, 'cause I play guitar a lot during the day. I watch TV and play guitar at the same time. So my fingers just do whatever they're doing while I'm watching General Hospital. Sometimes I go, "Oh, good job, fingers! I liked that."



:love: :D :heart: :D :love:

[melissa]

i absolutely love this story that elliott's sister told us-

"Elliott really loved doing these things called prat falls. He and a friend would spend hours fake-falling on curbs, tree trunks, cracks on the sidewalk, or their own feet. One night outside the Crooked Bar, while we were waiting to go see a friend of ours play, he showed me some of his moves. Before long we were both prat falling in the middle of a deserted parking lot, falling down sometimes in a fake fall and other times from laughing so hard at the other's fall. I think one of us hurt our ankle- I can't remember who it was- but it was worth it.
His sense of humor was so hilarious, and never at anyone's expense. He was always making me laugh".

it just makes me smile to picture it.

[melissa]

this one cracks me up too-

"I have a good memory of him, from when I recorded a few songs for the xo album: we were at Sunset Sound, and on a break we were playing basketball, and he had all these wigs and costumes. He brought out this pirate hat that somehow had an eye patch built into it. Anyway, we devised a game where we all had to take turns doing a lay-up wearing the pirate hat and patch, and we each had to do our best pirate impersonation while trying to make the shot. It was ridiculous and somehow so sweet! At least he had a light side in there at some point. I'm going to hold on to that image of him hobbling towards the the basketball hoop in pirate garb, shouting, 'Ahrrrrr!', and laughing". - Joey Waronker, longtime drummer for Beck.

[inertia!]

Originally posted by ktothebbc
fan: "how's your hand?"
e: "oh, you know, it's okay... no problems... still works ... you know, mankind... the tool builder." (makes several funny gestures with his hand)
crowd: (silence)
elliott: hmmm... that's one of those things that i hear myself say, and then i play the show and go home and i think "what the HELL did i say?"

:lol:

:lol: :lol:

I can't stop this running through my head. It just kills me every time I think of it!

[not half right]

Originally posted by MissBailey
:lol:

*dies*

I would *love* to hear that! :D

ooo I'd love to share it, but I only have the show on dvd.

:( I'm sorry, if I had a burner I'd totally burn it for you.

[Tozzi20]

Great thread!

The "Come to papa" comment sounds priceless. :-D

Brilliant Sun, I finally listened to that show last night. I love that "collect my thoughts" line. It's like, "Oh God, Sam's out of control, what do I do??" :-D

[meepmeep]

Elliott's sis Ashley posted this:

Elliott really loved doing these things called prat falls. He and a friend would spend hours fake-falling on curbs, tree trunks, cracks on the sidewalk, or their own feet. One night outside the Crooked Bar, while we were waiting to go see a friend of ours play, he showed me some of his moves. Before long we were both prat falling in the middle of a deserted parking lot, falling down sometimes in a fake fall and other times from laughing so hard at the other's fall. I think one of us hurt our ankle- I can't remember who it was- but it was worth it.
His sense of humor was so hilarious, and never at anyone's expense. He was always making me laugh.

-Ashley

[ktothebbc]

For the people who requested the Elvis bit from me, did you get it? I sent them this morning by email.

Hope you like it - it's a classic. :yes:

[oh_well_okay]

"i played by myself, but i didn't really come from the pete seeger camp of here's the moral to the story, here we go, listen up people, got something to tell you, that kind of thing, you know?"

:)

[Interlaken]

Originally posted by ktothebbc
For the people who requested the Elvis bit from me, did you get it? I sent them this morning by email.

Hope you like it - it's a classic. :yes:

I did get it and I loved it, thank you. Also, Melissa your Norm Macdonald quote just made my day.

[Odie]

someone should make a CD of all these great quotes.

[nikita]

Originally posted by Odie
someone should make a CD of all these great quotes.




:heart: :D :love:

[Kyle]

another thing I really love is one of the lines from his poems.

You cant live in a sand caste unless there is a sandbank that dispenses paper currency.


It cracks me up!

[thisismark]

...

[ktothebbc]

Elliott:
"Whoah, it's kind of weird in here... there's a bunch of people over here... and a bunch of people over here... and a WHOLE LOT of people over here....."

Interrupted by girl in crowd sreaming:
Rrrrrrreeeeeeeeoooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!

<slight pause>

Elliott:
"And there's always that to consider too..."

:lol:

[blunderful]

I don't really have anything too funny to post here. I just wanna comment on how beautiful his voice is, even when he isn't singing. Its probably something us girls all noticed huh.

http://www.liepaper.com/encore.mp3
Elliott(black cat, before encore)- "You know... I was just thinkin... I meant to say before, if you're gonna wanna keep me around, you should just tell me now and skip all the encore stuff. There's gotta be a better way around that. But its hard to know because you don't wanna play too long. Ya know what I mean? But then, if you leave and come back, you feel like a freak. Or... I do. Ok... what do you wanna hear?"

Cambridge(after bled white)- "(applause) Thanks. (some chick- AHHH!!!!!!!!) Laughs. Startled me. Umm (some guy: Clementine!, others: yeah, Clementine!) Ok. But I'm gonna fuck it up. I'm fuckin everything up tonight. But you know... sometimes you gotta fuck everything up. (he's having trouble tuning) I'm not gonna get in a bad mood and storm off. I promise.:chuckles: (fan: you don't have enough time) Yeah, I'd have to storm off really quick, otherwise I'd be taking too long.

[not half right]

E: I got into this thing with this guy a few weeks ago. He wanted me to play a song that I didn't want to play, and he was like "Man, I'm fuckin' dying, I've only got six months to live, I can't make my own blood!" *laughs* And he comes up, he's got his medical report in his pocket . So he's like "look!", and he's all pissed off, like, he's actually angry. So I look at it, and it's just a bunch of numbers, man, I don't know what that means! You can't make your own blood...

*tunes guitar*

E: Turns out he drank too much.

[ktothebbc]

"so i was riding the train the other day and i was in between cars, and the conductor guy comes through and starts talking to me. he says, 'hey you see that thing right there, going up and down?'
'Yeah.'

'Man, that'll take your foot RIGHT OFF.'

Hmm... thanks...."

[blunderful]

I love this thread. I'm gonna reply just so that it doesn't die. I hope we find more stuff.


Love:heart:, Adriana

[nikita]

Originally posted by not half right
E: I got into this thing with this guy a few weeks ago. He wanted me to play a song that I didn't want to play, and he was like "Man, I'm fuckin' dying, I've only got six months to live, I can't make my own blood!" *laughs* And he comes up, he's got his medical report in his pocket . So he's like "look!", and he's all pissed off, like, he's actually angry. So I look at it, and it's just a bunch of numbers, man, I don't know what that means! You can't make your own blood...

*tunes guitar*

E: Turns out he drank too much.



:lol: I have NO idea what that means... but it's funny as hell! :D :yes:

[oh_well_okay]

*bump*

(we need a thread like this on a day like today...)

[Cacophony]

i missed a lot of these. :D

[Jonn]

I'm glad this threads here, it's made me laugh a lot...

[tiah]

Originally posted by ktothebbc
fan: "how's your hand?"
e: "oh, you know, it's okay... no problems... still works ... you know, mankind... the tool builder." (makes several funny gestures with his hand)
crowd: (silence)
elliott: hmmm... that's one of those things that i hear myself say, and then i play the show and go home and i think "what the HELL did i say?"

:lol:

that made me laugh.

[Cacophony]

Originally posted by tasha
in one show - i think the '99 NY Eve show - some woman yells out I LOVE YOU ELLIOTT and in that tone that guys get when pressured too much to say it back - that half bored out of your mind kill-me-now drone Elliott says i love you too and the woman says I LOVE YOU MORE!! :D and Elliott must make a face or something because everyone cracks up... :lol: :love:

[candylion]

Originally posted by not half right


Later on, he reminds the crowd to check out Pete Krebs, who was also at the show:

E: He's good ya know...
Crowd: And cute too!
E: (laughs) Yeah, he's a cute motherfucker! Pete how about givin' me a little sugar later?
*Crowd Laughs*
E:Come to papa...

:lol:




:lol: that's the best! :yes:

[candylion]

when i saw elliott play in may 2000 at the 9:30 club, his parents were there.. and at one point he pointed them at to the crowd.. and everyone said hi to his parents.. elliott seemed so happy and proud that they were there! :D and then later in the show he messed up during 'better be quiet now'... when he messed up he said "Oh shit!" and then put his finger in front of his mouth and said "shhh.. you didn't hear that".. everyone laughed. he also pleaded with everyone to buy the opening band's (whisky biscuit) album because they were really broke. that makes me smile still (the crowd didn't warm to whisky biscuit very much... but elliott was so supportive of them... awesome)

[TheKeenGuy]

This is still one of the greatest threads ever.

[Cacophony]

this thread is warm and fuzzy. :)

[Crayolaskys]

what have you most regretted doing while drunk?
"fighting other drunk bastards who are bigger than me, and losing. and walking down the tracks of the subway in new york looking for the mole people."

hahaha i love that.

[remybalon]

Originally posted by not half right
E: I got into this thing with this guy a few weeks ago. He wanted me to play a song that I didn't want to play, and he was like "Man, I'm fuckin' dying, I've only got six months to live, I can't make my own blood!" *laughs* And he comes up, he's got his medical report in his pocket . So he's like "look!", and he's all pissed off, like, he's actually angry. So I look at it, and it's just a bunch of numbers, man, I don't know what that means! You can't make your own blood...

*tunes guitar*

E: Turns out he drank too much.



PRICELESS!:-D

[matt5000]

I'm really glad for this thread being here, especially today. I could've gotten really sad, but this thread cheered me up while thinking of elliott.

[ktothebbc]

I just remembered a new one:

The last time Elliott came around to NYC, I saw him a bunch of times. I think the first of these shows, he was playing "Rose Parade." Well, he got to the line that goes, "Cuz he's fucking up even the simplest lines." But right before it, he made a mistake and stopped - I guess he forgot what part came next!

So he pauses to think about it and... what line does he have to rejoin the song with????

"Um... cuz he's fucking up even the simplest lines." :lol: He just made this face that seemed to say, "Yup, that's me, I know, yup, I fucked up the line about fucking up the line, yup, thanks a lot." He kind of laughed while he sang a little too.

Great moment.

[candylion]

i love that story, kevin!! :yes:

[jules]

this is from a live recording from the beginning of one of his l.a. shows:

(a guy yells something at him)
e: (trying to figure out what the guy said) should what?
(guy yells it again)
e: should "kick ass." that's right, it SHOULD kick ass.

[prettypistol27]

Yes! This thread owns.

[kat]

I :heart: this thread. :love: :love: :love:


(What's the Elvis story? :-o I think I missed that one.)

[tiah]

Originally posted by POINTY!
DAVIES: I think Portland's a good music town. When I was there last, I went to this like vegetarian coffee shop. I forget where it is.

SMITH: Oh, that would be all over the place [laughs].

hahahhaa that is very funny! :yes:

[something vague]

i'm absolutly in love with this thread, each post made me laugh and smile. i want to hear this elvis story though..

[pokey]

let's work to keep this thread on the first page for a few more days!
:D

[princess valium]

Originally posted by candygirl
when i saw elliott play in may 2000 at the 9:30 club, his parents were there.. and at one point he pointed them at to the crowd.. and everyone said hi to his parents.. elliott seemed so happy and proud that they were there! :D and then later in the show he messed up during 'better be quiet now'... when he messed up he said "Oh shit!" and then put his finger in front of his mouth and said "shhh.. you didn't hear that".. everyone laughed. he also pleaded with everyone to buy the opening band's (whisky biscuit) album because they were really broke. that makes me smile still (the crowd didn't warm to whisky biscuit very much... but elliott was so supportive of them... awesome) Oh yeah! I was there too, and I remember this... I recall noticing that he didn't play any of his "bad word" songs that night, and I remember wondering if that could be attributed to his family being up in the balcony. I still have that ticket stub sitting in the cradle part of the base of my cordless phone, so every time I pick up the phone I think of that show. :heart:

[hi im skot]

someone recently posted a show online from june of last year, and this is one of the highlights...


between songs...

random girl: "do you need a whistler?!?!?"

elliott: "everybody needs a whistler. can't have a song if you ain't got no whistler."



i have no idea what this all means, but it makes
me laugh everytime i hear it.

the show is here: http://www.candycraig.com/index2.htm
and these shenanigans go down at the end of golden street.

-skot.

[oliver purple]

Originally posted by hi im skot
http://www.candycraig.com/index2.htm[/url]
and these shenanigans go down at the end of golden street.

-skot.

there is a live recording of jealous guy where he asks "are there any whistlers in the house, cause this one has a whistle solo. .." or something like that

[hi im skot]

ah, it all makes sense now.

:)

[shinebox]

Elliott used to give an extended rant about The Eagles being a band he ABSOLUTELY LOATHED AND DESPISED. I will never forget hearing him trying to explain "I Figured You Out" and why he would not play it for people.

"I think it sounds too much like Glenn Frey...or the Eagles....I mean, I don't think The Eagles are very good....you know in that one song where he's singing 'I'm-a runnin' down a road, tryin to loosen my load, I've got seven women on my mind'?

...Man...what the hell is that? So wait, you're running down a road and trying to loosen your load? But you've got SEVEN women on your mind??? You've got to go....you know, GO, like...take a shit...and so, while you're trying to loosen your load, you're thinking about these seven women?...I don't get it...." :lol:

[shinebox]

bumping in an attempt to keep this on the first page

[nikita]

Originally posted by hi im skot
someone recently posted a show online from june of last year, and this is one of the highlights...


between songs...

random girl: "do you need a whistler?!?!?"

elliott: "everybody needs a whistler. can't have a song if you ain't got no whistler."





:love: :heart: :heart:

[oh_well_okay]

"I'm used to people writing nonsense about me. I've read stuff that said I was a junkie, that I was Minnie Driver's boyfriend and that Gus Van Sant rescued me from playing coffeehouses.

I don't know why people write the things that they do, but I can't do anything about it. Unfortunately, there's more of them than there are of me."

[oh_well_okay]

On living in LA...

"I haven't been to the beach even once. I like the ocean but I don't particularly like being surrounded by lots of sporty guys."

[Sweet Nothing]

Originally posted by shinebox
Elliott used to give an extended rant about The Eagles being a band he ABSOLUTELY LOATHED AND DESPISED. I will never forget hearing him trying to explain "I Figured You Out" and why he would not play it for people.

"I think it sounds too much like Glenn Frey...or the Eagles....I mean, I don't think The Eagles are very good....you know in that one song where he's singing 'I'm-a runnin' down a road, tryin to loosen my load, I've got seven women on my mind'?

...Man...what the hell is that? So wait, you're running down a road and trying to loosen your load? But you've got SEVEN women on your mind??? You've got to go....you know, GO, like...take a shit...and so, while you're trying to loosen your load, you're thinking about these seven women?...I don't get it...." :lol:

hmmm, I haven't yet heard that rant. I'd like to.

[smylie]

Originally posted by Adri
I don't really have anything too funny to post here. I just wanna comment on how beautiful his voice is, even when he isn't singing. Its probably something us girls all noticed huh.

http://www.liepaper.com/encore.mp3
Elliott(black cat, before encore)- "You know... I was just thinkin... I meant to say before, if you're gonna wanna keep me around, you should just tell me now and skip all the encore stuff. There's gotta be a better way around that. But its hard to know because you don't wanna play too long. Ya know what I mean? But then, if you leave and come back, you feel like a freak. Or... I do. Ok... what do you wanna hear?"

Cambridge(after bled white)- "(applause) Thanks. (some chick- AHHH!!!!!!!!) Laughs. Startled me. Umm (some guy: Clementine!, others: yeah, Clementine!) Ok. But I'm gonna fuck it up. I'm fuckin everything up tonight. But you know... sometimes you gotta fuck everything up. (he's having trouble tuning) I'm not gonna get in a bad mood and storm off. I promise.:chuckles: (fan: you don't have enough time) Yeah, I'd have to storm off really quick, otherwise I'd be taking too long.

this show is awesome - is the rest of it available anywhere???

J

[CutThatNvrHeals]

Originally posted by oh_well_okay
On living in LA...

"I haven't been to the beach even once. I like the ocean but I don't particularly like being surrounded by lots of sporty guys."
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v179/cutthatnvrheals/elliotonthebeach.png
Looks like the beach to me :-D

[hi im skot]

that's probably in oregon or washington...i think maybe he meant the beach in LA...

ah well...nice picture. :)


-skot.

[candylion]

Originally posted by shinebox
Elliott used to give an extended rant about The Eagles being a band he ABSOLUTELY LOATHED AND DESPISED. I will never forget hearing him trying to explain "I Figured You Out" and why he would not play it for people.

"I think it sounds too much like Glenn Frey...or the Eagles....I mean, I don't think The Eagles are very good....you know in that one song where he's singing 'I'm-a runnin' down a road, tryin to loosen my load, I've got seven women on my mind'?

...Man...what the hell is that? So wait, you're running down a road and trying to loosen your load? But you've got SEVEN women on your mind??? You've got to go....you know, GO, like...take a shit...and so, while you're trying to loosen your load, you're thinking about these seven women?...I don't get it...." :lol:





:lol: is that from a show? i would love to hear that!

[wow&flutter]

Mary Lou from the "explain your username" thread:

Elliott and I were on tour together in 95 or so and we did a show at The Bluebird Theatre in Denver...We didn't really know it but WAR were doing a show at the same venue later in the evening...We had a night off then, so WAR invited us to stay and hang out with them....It was SOO AWESOME!!! Elliott and I got really really uh... "happy" (well, I did anyway, cause I remember later that night Elliott driving the van and holding my head out the window while I ... nevermind)...Anyway, WAR played all the hits..."Low Rider, Spill The Wine, Why Can't We be Friends, and ..Cisco Kid...I think Elliott gave me frequent reminders regarding my behavior that night that kept me a lot more sober and a lot more sane during the rest of that tour.
Elliott sure was a good dancer!!!

now whenever hear "Cisco Kid" I think of Elliott and that incredible night we all had in Denver...

-Mary Lou

[shinebox]

Originally posted by candygirl
:lol: is that from a show? i would love to hear that!
i distinctly remember hearing it said at a show at the crocodile in seattle, but man i saw so many of those i couldn't tell you which one

[candylion]

Originally posted by shinebox
i distinctly remember hearing it said at a show at the crocodile in seattle, but man i saw so many of those i couldn't tell you which one



that's so cool! i feel blessed that i got to see elliott a few times in 2000, but my dream was to see him solo.... it just never worked out! :darn: :(

quick.. someone tell a funny elliott story!

[Crayolaskys]

theres one show that i heard online and inbetween songss everyone was cmplaining about how hot it was , elliott said something to the effect..

"Ya its really hot in here"
person from crowd "YOUR HOT"
elliott "ya and im wearing 2 t-shirts"

[taraldor7]

I hear a similar story about the egals, and that song. But it was more like ..."Glenn Frey... loosen his load... I don't wanna know man...(and then this great shiver sound) bruuuuuhhhhhhaaa"
I have to search my computer...

[hi im skot]

Originally posted by taraldor7
I hear a similar story about the egals, and that song. But it was more like ..."Glenn Frey... loosen his load... I don't wanna know man...(and then this great shiver sound) bruuuuuhhhhhhaaa"
I have to search my computer...

i have that one...anyone who wants it send a message to my AIM name: brazilliantskot
and i'll hook you up. :)

-skot.

[ignatz]

I posted that Frey rant about a month ago:

http://www.blamonet.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55913

Funny shtuff...

[Cacophony]

haha... i heard another one, it might even be the same show. he complained about it being really hot and someone yelled "take your shirt off!!"

and elliott was like "i'm not that kind of guy." :eek:

[aoifeb]

I love this thread! I don't have any stories to contribute though....I have that track where he says 'are there any whistlers in the crowd tonight?' I love his voice, it was so fragile.

[Ian]

I loved that bit about looking for the mole people when you're drunk! sounds like a great idea at the time!

the one thing i can think of is not really funny written down, but it works when you hear it...at the lou barlow show in cambridge (green street grille) elliott keeps fucking up his songs and then he breaks down in the middle of waterloo sunset and complains that his monitor is fucking up and then suddenly the engineer pipes up at the side and goes "elliott, what is it?" and elliott goes "aw, its nothing...it's certainly not an excuse"

quite funny indeed!

[oh_well_okay]

the 'every six week bump' of this thread commences now...

*bump*

[i saved latin]

Somebody might have already posted this:

someone in crowd: can i be your whistler? (For a song)

Elliott:...everybody needs a whistler

this was actually on a website posted here of one of his live concerts

[pokey]

I wish I could have danced with him. he was a great dancer :-D

[Toto]

I love Elliott's answers. :lol:

[Toto]

I'm not sure if anyone's posted this yet but I remember on Strange Parallel the guy is interviewing Elliott:

Guy: What was it like being...uh...a musician that sold to a relatively select group of people, the Kill Rock Stars audiences, and then suddenly being nominated for a Grammy, and playing at the Grammys on national tv?

E: Umm...Well it was the Oscars (Waltz #2 kicks in immediately)

I thought that was a classic moment.
:lol:

[claireee]

Originally posted by nfuehgo23
I'm not sure if anyone's posted this yet but I remember on Strange Parallel the guy is interviewing Elliott:

Guy: What was it like being...uh...a musician that sold to a relatively select group of people, the Kill Rock Stars audiences, and then suddenly being nominated for a Grammy, and playing at the Grammys on national tv?

E: Umm...Well it was the Oscars (Waltz #2 kicks in immediately)

I thought that was a classic moment.
:lol:

:lol: Yeah, I love that. I also love earlier in that same interview segment where the guy asks him if he's been listening to a lot of Beatles lately and he says something like "I've been listening to a lot of Beatles since I was four"

[PALACE]

http://www.sweetadeline.net/images/elliott_103100.jpg
http://www.sweetadeline.net/images/elliott_sam_103100.jpg he wore the mask/hood during dont fear the reaper... too awsome

i forget the exact words that he said that night but it went something like this.
elliott- we all dressed up for halloween
fans- YEAH JESUS!
elliott- well im suppose to be a monk, but oh well.

[papaouitek]

ive got two elliott moments.

one was just of him at field day festival at Giants stadium, and he sat down, played a few songs. all of a sudden he starts lookin all over the place - like under his chair, behind him, side to side. Well, turns out that he was lookin for his capo, cause he finally stood up and had been sitting on it the whole time.

then this one time i was in philly to see him play at the trocadero... i think it was in 2000. or 2001. anyways, about 15 mins before the show started, i went into the wawa right across the street to get something to drink (wawa is like a 7-11 for new jersey and philly). well i walk in, expecting to grab a drink real quick and rush back across the street to catch the show, but right when i get to the counter, i notice elliott at the tasty cake stand, with these frosting covered cakes in both hands just stuffing them down his face. it was an absolute mess. he had frosting all over his mouth and shirt, with the wrappers all over the ground. finally we made eye contact and just looked at each other for a few seconds. i think we both came away with the mutual understanding that he was a weird guy stuck in a weird situation.

then one his last tour in philly he was back at the troc but alone with robin. i dont remember much of the show (although i wish people would remind me) but between two of his songs he was pulling pieces of hair out of his mouth and said something along the likes of "ive got all this hair in my mouth. looks like im going bald. i guess it was gonna happen sooner or later".

man i wish i had a bootleg of that show.

[Luce]

what's this elvis story then? i wanna hear :confused:

[Eternal Sunshine]

I remember going to see Elliott play at The Leadmill in Sheffield before he was really well known in the UK. There was a pretty big group of people at the gig savouring every great moment of his set. After an explosive set, Elliott came back to do his encore and some bloke from the venue was hassling him to finish early. Elliott said in a quiet unassuming voice, "Oh gee I'd better be quick and play just one last song cos there's some kinda disco on next and they want to get it started, so, you know, I'd better not stay too long. I don't wanna spoil the disco for everyone". Crowd laughs! It made me smile 'cos Elliott was half being really deferential and half ironic. And clearly no one in the venue was interested in the slightest about the disco/club night! :cool:

[_sean_]

Not the greatest but I post to keep thread going

In May 2003 at a benefit for a local teacher in Austin, TX.

E: teaching is really important you guys came out for good cause... you should give yourself a round of applause...maybe two... or maybe just buy yourselves a round.
Guy: I'll buy you a round
E: Nah, it's cool I got a drink *swigs beer*
(crowd applauds)

[_sean_]

I don't remember that. *breaks out oversized headphones and inserts cd*

[_sean_]

Originally posted by MissBailey
My favorite part of this show I probably already posted on this thread, but it was hilarious when he's doing that vocal solo part in "coast to coast" and some guy joins him all diva-like :heart: :D

[inertia!]

Originally posted by papaouitek
... right when i get to the counter, i notice elliott at the tasty cake stand, with these frosting covered cakes in both hands just stuffing them down his face. it was an absolute mess. he had frosting all over his mouth and shirt, with the wrappers all over the ground. finally we made eye contact and just looked at each other for a few seconds. i think we both came away with the mutual understanding that he was a weird guy stuck in a weird situation.



That is quite disconcerting. D: If not downright alarming. Reminds me of my food-binge days as a teenager. :( Glad they're over. Jeez, my heart just goes out to him.

[kim]

Originally posted by Luce
what's this elvis story then? i wanna hear :confused:

do you have soulseek? if so, search for "elvis bit". :)

[inertia!]

Originally posted by PALACE
http://www.sweetadeline.net/images/elliott_103100.jpg
http://www.sweetadeline.net/images/elliott_sam_103100.jpg he wore the mask/hood during dont fear the reaper... too awsome

i forget the exact words that he said that night but it went something like this.
elliott- we all dressed up for halloween
fans- YEAH JESUS!
elliott- well im suppose to be a monk, but oh well.

I love those pix! I'd never seen the reaper one before. If you think about it, I guess you'd realize that Jesus probably wouldn't wear a cross around his own neck....:eek:

[Toto]

I just finished hearing an mp3 of Elliott concert (the Steamboat May 2003 performance i think) and right after the lyrics: " but now i feel changed around and instead falling down i'm standing up the morning after"

He stops and says: "sorry, i just lost my train of thought...its just that im saying 'im standing up', but im actually sitting down" .

I found that hilarious.

[francesca]

sure he was funny. but he needed to work on his act a bit more. more jokes about the disabled or racially disadvantaged.

[ignatz]

His observations on airline food and the differences between men and women were particularly well-received at the Chuckle Hut.

[lisa]

this thread should never end, everyone needs to read this stuff...

i dont really have a funny story, but for some reason this came to mind while reading these posts.. it was some radio interview clip or something i found online and the interviewer was asking him why he recently decided to move to new york after living on portland for so long.. and elliott was sorta avoiding the question, like 'well, its just time for a change' that sorta thing, but the guy kept asking him for a more specific answer, so finally elliott was like, in this kinda ugghh fine voice 'well i just broke up with my girlfriend, so...' and the guy was like 'oh.. sorry' (obviously embarrassed) and elliott was just like 'its ok, ill forgive you in a minute'.. kinda sad actually, but i dunno, something about the interviewers embarrasment made me laugh.. and just the way elliott says things, he had great timing.

[Brilliant Sun]

My brother gave me some cool live shows for a Xmas present...(thanks sweetie.)

A bit from the 'Neil House gig'- Columbus, Ohio 1996:

'You guys are so quiet, freakin me out. There's no smoke, there's no beer, nobody playin' darts in the back.'

'There's no redneck who wants to kick my ass after the show...I don't think.
Maybe he's in the bathroom...a good place.'

[OursFan]

I've been feeling really sad lately and this has helped me get a bit back to "normal" (as I get anyway). I wish I had the opportunity to see him play & I wish I had a chance to say "thanks". Hugs to you for sharing all this great stuff! :)

[Dasha_Bah_Bah...]

Elliott with his own little comedy roadshow thingey would've been cool. Ah he was a funny dude:)

[Brilliant Sun]

'This is a new song I made up while I was watching 'Xena', Warrior Princess with the sound turned off.
('Between the Bars')
It's better with the sound turned off...ya' know, watched the big man die in a log trap...anyways.'

[taraldor7]

Originally posted by MissBailey
I *think* *(not positive) that its right before "so I wait for confirmation..." cos he sorta laughs a little about it :heart:

*I may be insane

Your not insane! I half expected to hear that on the record! woohoohooo!:rockon:

[33_1/3]

"When he was a little boy he hated to get dressed up, to wear button-up shirts," said his mother Bunny. "I asked him once why he didn't like to dress up. He said it was because the buttons smelled bad."

Now that's just cute.

[Eliana]

Originally posted by *_white_lily_*
"When he was a little boy he hated to get dressed up, to wear button-up shirts," said his mother Bunny. "I asked him once why he didn't like to dress up. He said it was because the buttons smelled bad."

Now that's just cute.

Awww! That's so adorable. What a funny, cute thing for a kid to say. Thanks, cause that really made me smile :-D

I want a little boy like Elliott.

[ktothebbc]

On the End Sessions recordings, right before he goes into Waltz #2, he retunes his guitar, which takes quite a few seconds. In an offhand manner, he mutters, "This part will sound good on the radio..."

:yes:

[rocco]

:heart:

[ktothebbc]

I don't know about you, but I could sure go for a bump of this thread. :)

Introducing "Midnight Cowboy" on the XFM Hijack Radio Show:

Elliott: "It's a haunting little tune... it's kind of sad, but happy in a way..."
Jackie: "Is it the main song?"
Elliott: "Yeah, it's the, you know... 'dunnuh dunnuh dunnuh da-na.... uh... well.. Jesus. :darn: So let's hear that one!"

[ktothebbc]

Man, lots of the pictures posted in here got deleted... that's a bummmer.

[El Scorcho]

fauntleroy and clifton

[days_between]

Elliott tuning guitar

Crowd Member: I figured you out!

ES: I already played that....I already played that song didn't I?

Crowd Member: How about Alphabet City? (While other members are still yelling out I figured you out)

ES: Obviously I have one in mind.

Crowd still yelling I Figured you Out.

ES: What?

ES: Goddamnit I already played that song. (Chuckles)

ES: This is the real last one.

Crowd Member: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

ES: Well...huh... man...I've been playing for a fuckin hour....don't you think it should be the last one?

Crowd: NOOOOOOOOOO!

ES: Ok, then this is the next to last one.

(Starts playing The Biggest Lie)


This one from an interview is not funny, but I always thought it fit.

Asked once by New Musical Express what his idea of heaven was, Smith replied, "George Jones would be singing all the time. It would be like New York in reverse. People would be nice to each other for no reason at all. And it would smell good."

[lisa]

i always laugh when i listen this one version of him covering Supersonic.. he's so nervous about performing it and as he goes into it he sorta sings
'maybe it'll piss no one off, theres no reason to get pissed off.. its better to stay away from being pissed off'

just the way he sings it makes me laugh... then at the end hes all shocked that they got through it saying how he expected BOOOOO... its so cute.

[ktothebbc]

Originally posted by El Scorcho
fauntleroy and clifton
:yes: I bet those fish grew up to be real cool.

[PoisonArms]

on the northsix DVD, someone goes "hows your hand?" and he's like, "oh doing better, you know, the opposable thumb, man, the tool-user", he then laments himself for saying silly things on stage.

[Just another crowd]

This thread is great :-D

[Redroses9]

I got one...theres this one time where he starts playin' a "new" song and he gets thru a couple verses and he's like...'thats about as far as I get" and everyone claps and one guy says "it sounds great!" and someone asks "whats that called?" and Elliott says "that song?"......"the title?"(chuckles)"its called a distorted reality is now a neccesity to be free" everyone's crackin up, he laughs again and then says (as he's smilin away) "it says it later on in the song" "its not something I made up with Wayne from the Flaming lips" "and I dont mean that as an insult to Wayne, Waynes awesome" I love it,its just awesome. (from spaceland 1/12/03):) :-D :) :-D :)

[ktothebbc]

Originally posted by strung out again
I got one...theres this one time where he starts playin' a "new" song and he gets thru a couple verses and he's like...'thats about as far as I get" and everyone claps and one guy says "it sounds great!" and someone asks "whats that called?" and Elliott says "that song?"......"the title?"(chuckles)"its called a distorted reality is now a neccesity to be free" everyone's crackin up, he laughs again and then says (as he's smilin away) "it says it later on in the song" "its not something I made up with Wayne from the Flaming lips" "and I dont mean that as an insult to Wayne, Waynes awesome" I love it,its just awesome. (from spaceland 1/12/03):) :-D :) :-D :)
Ha! I never heard that one before. Thanks!

[Redroses9]

from the same show...Elliotts lookin to turn the lights down and hes like "Is there another light? I can sorta see, its more fun when I cant see" then someone asks "whens the new album out?" Everyone giggles and Elliotts kinda nervously laughing "uummm" and then another fan yells out "whats the story?" and Ell's like "its a long story, its a long story and at this point its turned into a double record" (applause) "although it might be released as a single record with an extra cd and like...so...for.. so the price would be the same then on the inside like i d write some liner notes that say its not a bonus cd its a second cd... (laughter) "so maybe i can get around it like that" "it'll be more songs then youd eeeevver want to hear" "but when?...um... that..Oh man!!! its been almost, almost done for a long time and if i get into the story of that I might as well not sing anymore songs and tell you the story for 45 minutes...hehe i love it sorry its so long I got carried away...

[PoisonArms]

In two different videos, I have seen him play "passing feeling" and say at the end "yah, it fades out like that"

[Redroses9]

Originally posted by PoisonArms
In two different videos, I have seen him play "passing feeling" and say at the end "yah, it fades out like that"
too funny..he also says alot when people are upset that hes done playing.."this is the next to last one...thanks!":-D

[33_1/3]

Originally posted by lisa
i always laugh when i listen this one version of him covering Supersonic.. he's so nervous about performing it and as he goes into it he sorta sings
'maybe it'll piss no one off, theres no reason to get pissed off.. its better to stay away from being pissed off'

HA! that is sooooo great! i have been listening to that track a lot the past couple of days...

he says "I was expecting BOOO!"
"some people don't like oasis"
(girl in audience) "they suck!"
then some guy requests FOGHAT

Elliott: "um, I'm not in the right tune for that...":bounce:

[lisa]

Originally posted by *_white_lily_*
HA! that is sooooo great! i have been listening to that track a lot the past couple of days...

he says "I was expecting BOOO!"
"some people don't like oasis"
(girl in audience) "they suck!"
then some guy requests FOGHAT

Elliott: "um, I'm not in the right tune for that...":bounce:

ohh is that whats happening.. i thought i heard him say

'some people dont like oasis'
'they suck'
'but then again.. some people dont like Foghat.. theyre nuts.. cause they both rock'
..someone requests something..
'im not in the right tune for that right now'

i guess they requested foghat.. though i dont recall him ever covering them? and they apparently play the song after cause he decided to play it saying that (whoever hes playing with) 'hasnt played it' with him before.. but it'll be okay' so im assuming its probably a song he played before and not foghat?

[33_1/3]

He also say's "who finished it? it was incredible"

What is the song the guy requests that he isn't in the right tune in???? argh! cannot decipher.

[33_1/3]

did he?

[lisa]

Originally posted by *_white_lily_*
He also say's "who finished it? it was incredible"

What is the song the guy requests that he isn't in the right tune in???? argh! cannot decipher.

he says 'we finished it.. that was incredible'
he was shocked they didnt booo it to death...

and yeah its impossible to know what song was requested on the version i have..

and im almost positive he never covered foghat..

[33_1/3]

The lyrics alone to that song are just rediculous! But it's a solid rock tune.

Elliott must have been a goofball for sure! I wish I could have been at that show when he played it!

Another cover of his that I have enjoyed is "Feel the Reaper" but when I looked up the lyrics to this song it now just seems disturbing. That's a funny song…More COWBELL! The snl skit is funny.

Am I crazy or is Ell introducing 2 members of Green Day on that recording? Has anyone listened to that Bootleg? (reaper)

[ktothebbc]

In ES & The Big Nothing, Andrew Morgan talks about how Elliott came to enjoy some different music when he was getting clean, which he'd previously looked over. He really started to like Oasis and he even gained a new appreciation for his old Heatmiser songs, which is probably what prompted him to start playing them again briefly.

And no, there's no Foghat cover that I'm aware of. :lol:

[33_1/3]

Originally posted by *_white_lily_*

Another cover of his that I have enjoyed is "Feel the Reaper"

sorry, that would be FEAR, right??? although FEEL the reaper is kind of nice, too? i have to start proofing my posts b4 putting them out for the world to see...

[Toto]

I hope noone posted this yet,if so...oh well, there was his performance at the Impala Cafe in LA from 1996 where just before performing St. Ide's Heaven:

"I didn't put you in to sleep yet?... There's this band in Portland who covered this song....I mean they're not from Portland...I was talking to my girlfriend she said this band came into town they opened for the Wallflowers. It's like you know they're Bob Dylan's son's band...but they were terrible, they were awful, not the Wallflowers, but they covered St. Ide's and it was awful, it was AWFUL.........awful....anyways (starts to play)"

I thought that was hilarious. I guess he really thought they were awful. :D

[thinkimjusthapy]

This thread is awesome(for lack of a better word)!
:lips:

[meepmeep]

Originally posted by lisa
ohh is that whats happening.. i thought i heard him say

'some people dont like oasis'
'they suck'
'but then again.. some people dont like Foghat.. theyre nuts.. cause they both rock'
..someone requests something..
'im not in the right tune for that right now'

i guess they requested foghat.. though i dont recall him ever covering them? and they apparently play the song after cause he decided to play it saying that (whoever hes playing with) 'hasnt played it' with him before.. but it'll be okay' so im assuming its probably a song he played before and not foghat?

i don't think he'd played supersonic before live. might be wrong. but i remember his quip about Foghat....:-D ....what a fun night; last time i saw elliott play out.

[hmforney]

I love this post! Keep it going!

Wish I had a story.............

[thinkimjusthapy]

I had to dig and dig for this thread...
anyways i was just listening to a live download and in the background, someone is trying to scream but it just sounds like a cow in labor... Elliott says, while tuning
"Someday soon I'm going to start singing like you. but i dont know when that day's gonna be..."

[ParentheticalThought]

Originally posted by thinkimjusthapy
I had to dig and dig for this thread...
anyways i was just listening to a live download and in the background, someone is trying to scream but it just sounds like a cow in labor... Elliott says, while tuning
"Someday soon I'm going to start singing like you. but i dont know when that day's gonna be..."


Is that the Green Street show from '98? I thought he was saying, "Someday I'm going to sing in tune, but I don't know when that day's gonna be." Cause he seemed to be having a rough show then - he apologizes later for not singing well enough. I'll have to listen more closely. Funny either way.

[idiotkid]

Originally posted by francesca
sure he was funny. but he needed to work on his act a bit more. more jokes about the disabled or racially disadvantaged.

i sense a 'strangers with candy' fan! http://www.blamonet.com/vb/images/icons/icon20.gif

i can't think of any really good funny stuff, but i do remember at the sunset junction when he asked something like:

"do you guys want to hear a happy song or a sad song?"
{everyone replies with a mix of "happy" and "sad" for about ten seconds}
"well, you haven't reached a consensus yet."


also, there was this really loud pop over the PA at the same show, which i'm assuming came from the cable being disconnected from his guitar {which i didn't realize until later}, but he asked:

"um... did something... fall on people?"

he thought one of those huge speakers fell on someone and it did sound like it! it was very, very funny. i still remember exactly how it sounded when he said it. :)

[melle]

"What do you want to hear? Happy or sad?
- HAPPY!!!
-New... or old?
-OLD!!!
-Happy and old... strange combination..."

[Bob]

I love the bit during a '98 show at 400 Club, Minnesota (I think) where he forgets the chords to 'Coming Up Roses'. It all goes silent and after a few seconds you just hear, "Shit!" Cue laughs from the audience. Then "I can't remember what he does there..."

:-D

[Fluke]

*bump*

great thread :)

not sure if this one has been said but...

Elliott: Sorry about the high notes...
Girl's Voice: No, the high notes were great!
Elliott: Well, you could tell what they were supposed to be, which is about as good as anything i'm going to get...

:)

[El Scorcho]

hehe. Elliott's hate for the Eagles is so awesome.

[TheKeenGuy]

Originally posted by El Scorcho
hehe. Elliott's hate for the Eagles is so awesome.
I always picture Elliott watching The Big Lebowski and being like "Fuck yeah!!!" during that one scene in the cab.

[Summergirllv]

It wasn't printed here but the first time I remember thinking Elliott was really funny was in an interview when he was talking about the Academy Awards show and he says how nice Celine Dion was to him, and then he says something like, "she was, she was very nice, and I refuse to hate her just because I think her songs are trite."

[InIndigoShadows]

Hahah, that prat-falling thing sounds hilarious. That's the kind of stuff me and my friends do in the walmart to make the elderly people who work there annoyed. :D

[loveishell7]

I know parts of this have been quoted already, but here's my best attempt to lay out these few minutes during the 5-5-97 Stinkweeds show. I'm missing him more than usual today :( :



Elliott: well, does anybody have any requests of any kind?

fan: rose parade.

Elliott: Rose Parade's pretty boring without the other instruments.

fan: no, it's your best song!

Elliott: yeaaaa, it's my best song :rolleyes:

hmmm....OK

Why do you think rose parade's my best song? cause it's clever?

fan: cause it hits my soul.

Elliott: Ok. alright. that's a good reason. :lol:

Elliott: I got into this thing with this guy. like a, few weeks ago. And he wanted me to play some song, and I didn't want to play it. And he was like "MAN, i'm FUCKIN dyin'! I only have six months to live, i can't make my own blood!!" And he comes up, and he's got his medical report in his pocket! you know. And he hands it. And he's like "LOOK" and he's all pissed off. He's like actually angry! you know. And I look at it and it's a bunch of numbers. I don't know what that means! You can't make your own blood. god. ...Turns out he drank too much."

*plays "speed trials"*

Elliott:I play this song for him, you know. He was dying. ...you can't not play a song for a dying man.

fan: we're all dying.

Elliott: Yea, you know, that's what he told me too. He made that very clear.

you're dying.

you're gonna die.

yea, i know.

it's a fact.

it's gonna solve all our problems too.

fan: you can't be sure of that.

Elliott: no, you can't be sure of that. no, you can't really be sure of that.

I can't be sure of that. But i have a good hunch :-D ;)

*plays "see you later"*

Elliott: Alllright, if there's something sombody wants to hear, you better tell me now...

fan: I figured you out.

Elliott: :lol: That song...man. It sounds like the FUCKNG EAGLES! that's why i gave it to Mary Lou. I mean, she liked it. I didn't. you know. It's a fuckin' toss-off.

Alright, you wanna hear a stupid pop song i wrote in about a minute?

*plays part of "i figured you out"*

*stops*

Elliott: :lol: I can't deal with it!!!! I can't handle that song!!!!...man ...sounds like the eagles...I can't handle it!

*plays "biggest lie"*

*plays "clementine"*

Elliott: Ok. this is my last song. Thanks for coming though.

And I think Pete has stuff for sale. I don't think you all saw Pete.

He's good you know.

fan: he's cute too!

Elliott: He is! A cute mother fucker!

Pete: who said that?

Elliott: that's ok Pete, don't worry about it.

It's alright. you know. You know, maybe i could just give you a little sugar later on. ...Come to papa baby!

[armada]

thanks for that, matt. :-*

it always makes my day when this thread finds its way back up to the top... :yes:

[nikita]

Originally posted by loveishell7
I know parts of this have been quoted already, but here's my best attempt to lay out these few minutes during the 5-5-97 Stinkweeds show. I'm missing him more than usual today :( :





:heart:

[loveishell7]

There. edited it too include the cool conclusion :)

[nikita]

Originally posted by loveishell7


And I think Pete has stuff for sale. I don't think you all saw Pete.

He's good you know.

fan: he's cute too!

Elliott: He is! A cute mother fucker!

Pete: who said that?

Elliott: that's ok Pete, don't worry about it.

It's alright. you know. You know, maybe i could just give you a little sugar later on. ...Come to papa baby!


This is my favorite one ever

:heart:

[loveishell7]

He seemed so glad to be playing this day. laughing, telling stories, waving his hands around...*sigh*

[loveishell7]

"you guys are sooooooooooooo quite. it's freaking me out!.. what's UP?!?!?!"

[A Kitchen Guy]

Originally posted by aedro
*bump*

great thread :)

not sure if this one has been said but...

Elliott: Sorry about the high notes...
Girl's Voice: No, the high notes were great!
Elliott: Well, you could tell what they were supposed to be, which is about as good as anything i'm going to get...

:)

Dude, this is bugging me, what song did he play before that whole thing, and where was it?

Anybody know?

[the Caity Cat]

Originally posted by loveishell7

Elliott: that's ok Pete, don't worry about it.

It's alright. you know. You know, maybe i could just give you a little sugar later on. ...Come to papa baby!

:heart: My day got better after reading your post. Especially that last bit. :D

[lisa]

Originally posted by A Kitchen Guy
Dude, this is bugging me, what song did he play before that whole thing, and where was it?

Anybody know?

i have a version of him singing crazy fucker, where he says this right before he goes into this song.. im not sure what song came before though... im not sure which show it came from.

[A Kitchen Guy]

Originally posted by lisa
i have a version of him singing crazy fucker, where he says this right before he goes into this song.. im not sure what song came before though... im not sure which show it came from.

Damn it!

Please, someone help me here.

[Vincent O'Brien]

Originally posted by A Kitchen Guy
Damn it!

Please, someone help me here.

It's before "High in the Sky" (or whatever it's really called). I can send it to you if you'd like. :)

[A Kitchen Guy]

Originally posted by Vincent O'Brien
It's before "High in the Sky" (or whatever it's really called). I can send it to you if you'd like. :)

Sure, I'll PM you.

[ignatz]

Anybody got that Stinkweeds show in lossless format? I have plenty of other stuff (including Elliott) to trade! :-D

[muriel]

"i like the phrase 'talking out your ass'"

----------------
also from one of his last shows, when he finally breaks down and plays Pitseleh...cause, you know.."it's just so long and boring". He gets just a couple of lines into it...stops..."I....I blocked it out" :lol:


:heart:

[howza]

"Dude, this is bugging me, what song did he play before that whole thing, and where was it?

Anybody know?"

The song i think youre talking bout is Christians Brothers from 11.14.97 im not sure where it was played.
cheers,
Joel

[TheKeenGuy]

Originally posted by muriel
"i like the phrase 'talking out your ass'"
I loved when he finally sneaked that line into one of his songs.

[charlesb]

Originally posted by howza
"Dude, this is bugging me, what song did he play before that whole thing, and where was it?

Anybody know?"

The song i think youre talking bout is Christians Brothers from 11.14.97 im not sure where it was played.
cheers,
Joel

yep. it's a portland show, right after christian brothers and before amanda cecilia. that whole show is great.

[kittybear]

Originally posted by TheKeenGuy
I loved when he finally sneaked that line into one of his songs.

what song was that??

[TheKeenGuy]

Originally posted by kittybear
what song was that??
you said this was how you knew
that these things never last
but you're just talking out your ass
and i'm just gonna let that pass

[kittybear]

Originally posted by TheKeenGuy
you said this was how you knew
that these things never last
but you're just talking out your ass
and i'm just gonna let that pass

aaaaa...i always miss these things...:(...

thankies...:)

[ktothebbc]

Interview with Lou Barlow and Elliott on HBO's Reverb:

Talking About Interviews in Europe -

Lou: And they ask you, "Why are you not relevant anymore?"

Elliott: Yeah, they say, "How do you respond to electronic music has killed rock?"


----
Talking About Going on Tour -

Lou: I've actually become more social because of being on tour.

Elliott: Me too. If you can believe that...

---

And the whole time, Elliott's reading these questions that people sent in and making really hilarious faces about them, like, "Who the hell wrote this?" Hysterical!

:lol:

[melle]

Huhu I saw this video, his face is so funny... and look at his mouth... :-D

[Postcard]

"get the robot hand Elliott"

[The Junkbond Trader]

On the Under The Radar website there are out-takes from the ES interview in 2003, lots of funny stuff in that...

(College and Meeting Neil Gust):...."my girlfriend applied early and got accepted to Hampshire College and then I got lucky on the test scores so I applied to the school she got into and I got accepted and they set up financial aid and work-study jobs. I worked at the dog kennel I worked at the farm. I worked with sheep. I worked with horses. Uh, Scandinavian attack dogs whom research was being done on. [everyone just explodes with laughter here] Some of them were sick...”

(The Oscars):..."I was going into this like 5-6 hour long, sit down, can’t get up to make a sandwich, can’t get up and go to the bathroom.....you can, but they have these guys who come and sit in your seat. So there is some guy sitting with your girlfriend who’s just like, [makes a sour face]."

(Working at a bakery):...."I used to wear baker’s whites a lot. I used to have five sets of baker’s whites, one for every day of the workweek. One summer I was working in the bakery at North Hampton because I was staying there for the summer and this one time a guy drove buy in a pick-up and yelled, ‘DIRT!’ He called me ‘dirt’ and I was wearing absolutely spotless white. I couldn’t have been more dirt free. It was the funniest thing.”

:D

[hmforney]

This thread has a special place in my heart. :love:

[Jeanette]

Originally posted by hmforney
This thread has a special place in my heart. :love:

:yes: bumpity-bump-bump

[noname4]

An example of Elliott's randomness:
Cambridge, 1998...2 months before the Oscars

Elliott:
So i took the train from New York and I was standing in between 2 cars...cuz there's..it was really full. And the conductor came by and he was like, "oh man, you stand right there? See how it's going up and down like that? That'll take your foot Right Off!" I was like "Wow...Thanks."


Followed of course by the standard, "Hmm Hmm...You wanna hear a new song or an old song?" (it was a new song...bled white)

Kinda sad to hear him tell stories like that. No more. :(

[Brilliant Sun]

Ell: 'Aw, maaaan! You wanna hear a clean one or a dirty one?
O.K., what's the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scotsman? Uh, I shouldn't tell this one. Hahaha! Oh, God! I'll tell a different one, damn!'

(Reporter talks him into it...)

'Is this gonna get me into trouble? I'ts not a mean joke, really.
O.K., Mick Jagger says: 'Hey you, get off of my cloud', and a Scotsman says: 'Hey, McCloud! Get off of my yew!'

'Uh-huh, see I'm not very good at telling jokes. I'ts not 'yew', it's 'ewe'. As in, like a sheep?
Sorry, I didn't really tell it good man. I'm sorry...really, I'm sorry.

(Elliott joke: take II)

'Say,why don't lions play cards in the jungle? Too many cheetahs.'


(Reporter feigns laughter)

[noname4]

You can't listen to a live show and not find at least 2 funny things from Elliott (and so of course i must share! Cuz i'm not rewinding to twilight just yet!)

Brooklyn June 6 2003
Somebody requested King's Crossing so he starts playing it and sings the part "Whiskey works better than beer..." He pauses on that note, and says "That's true...."(crowd laughs, cheers) "but, um, I can't play that, sorry" (more cheers).

I downloaded these shows just off a regular site...ill see if i can find the address to share. If you have this one though listen to "coming up roses" (near the beginning). He asks if everyone's ok cuz it's hot. Then he whines in a high voice, "Hot hot hot!...is it not?"..followed by polite laughter. Have to hear that one to get it...

[Toto]

Originally posted by Brilliant Sun
'Say,why don't lions play cards in the jungle? Too many cheetahs.'

:lol:

I can totally picture him saying that. I love those jokes (even if they're pretty corny). Here's one a friend told me that I could picture Elliott telling too: Why can't your nose be twelve inches long?





























Cause then it would be a foot!

[loveishell7]

Originally posted by loveishell7
Elliott:And I think Pete has stuff for sale. I don't think you all saw Pete.

He's good you know.

fan: he's cute too!

Elliott: He is! A cute mother fucker!

Pete: who said that?

Elliott: that's ok Pete, don't worry about it.

It's alright. you know. .....You know, maybe i could just give you a little sugar later on. ...Come to papa baby!



A lot of these quotes (like the one above) that show up on this thread are available on DVD...so i was wondering, if i was able to cut some of these "moments" into 30 second video clips, would somebody be able to host them???

[armada]

Originally posted by loveishell7
A lot of these quotes (like the one above) that show up on this thread are available on DVD...so i was wondering, if i was able to cut some of these "moments" into 30 second video clips, would somebody be able to host them???

this is SUCH a great idea. i would be forever indebted! :heart:

[the Caity Cat]

Originally posted by loveishell7
A lot of these quotes (like the one above) that show up on this thread are available on DVD...so i was wondering, if i was able to cut some of these "moments" into 30 second video clips, would somebody be able to host them???
I would love the person(s) who collected the clips and hosted them forever.

[oh_well_okay]

i'm so glad this thread is still around! it was the best thing i ever started on here...

and, i really hope someone is able to host those video clips, that would be so tremendous.

[muriel]

*hump* erm...i mean...*bump*

sean stewart: going back to some of your previous recording...i think it was roman candle that had all the "no name" songs on it...

ES: yeah, that was a really wordy album...(laughs)


i always found that statement ironic in a way, seeing how most...or maybe all of his music is pretty wordy :-D



sean stewart: do you read shakespeare?

ES: (chuckles) no...i never really got into shakespeare. i mean, i had to, you know...in high school and stuff, but....i found it really hard to...follow.

ss: yeah...it's interesting that you say it's so hard to follow because this (referring to the lyrics from sweet adeline)...and i'm not trying to say like 'whoa, you sound like shakespeare, man'. but in a sense, it's in that same...like it's in iambic pentameter...like the meter is the same. because all of your words are so delicately choosen and each word speaks it's own volumn, and that's kind of how i think of shakespeare, so i thought maybe you were a shakespeare reader.

[The Junkbond Trader]

Originally posted by muriel
..Sean Stewart...

Hate to be so facetious, but wasn't that a woman who did the interview that that was said in? Unless of course it was a woman called Sean...?

[ktothebbc]

Originally posted by The Junkbond Trader
Hate to be so facetious, but wasn't that a woman who did the interview that that was said in? Unless of course it was a woman called Sean...?
I know a certain android who would be very upset by that post!

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/young.jsrpages/scans/young/Blade005.jpg

[Summergirllv]

Originally posted by loveishell7
A lot of these quotes (like the one above) that show up on this thread are available on DVD...so i was wondering, if i was able to cut some of these "moments" into 30 second video clips, would somebody be able to host them???

Yeah, Matt, this is a fabulous idea!:D

[ParentheticalThought]

Originally posted by muriel


ss: yeah...it's interesting that you say it's so hard to follow because this (referring to the lyrics from sweet adeline)...and i'm not trying to say like 'whoa, you sound like shakespeare, man'. but in a sense, it's in that same...like it's in iambic pentameter...like the meter is the same. because all of your words are so delicately choosen and each word speaks it's own volumn, and that's kind of how i think of shakespeare, so i thought maybe you were a shakespeare reader.

This has always bugged me...Sweet Adeline is NOT in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter has five metric feet per line, with the accent on the second sylable of each foot. Sweet Adeline has 4 1/2 feet in the first three lines and 12 1/2 in the fourth. And the stresses are on the first sylable in most cases. Geez.

Lovely song tho.

And I've known several women named Sean. One Sean, one Shaun, and two Sains.

[katy]

Originally posted by Summergirllv
Yeah, Matt, this is a fabulous idea!:D

i already pmed loveishell7 about this, but i have hosting for the video clips. now he just needs to reply!

:cool:


*edited because i'm dumb and mix up names :-[
*and words

[hmforney]

Originally posted by loveishell7
A lot of these quotes (like the one above) that show up on this thread are available on DVD...so i was wondering, if i was able to cut some of these "moments" into 30 second video clips, would somebody be able to host them???


Yes, yes! *Begging*

[honey moon]

Originally posted by TheKeenGuy
I always picture Elliott watching The Big Lebowski and being like "Fuck yeah!!!" during that one scene in the cab.

I just watched The Big Lebowski again the other day and had that exact thought!

[noname4]

this thread will NOT fall to page 3 on my watch.

In January '03 at a concert he was wearing his I <3 Metal shirt.

Girl in Crowd: I Love You!
ES: I love you too...
Guy in Crowd: I love metal!
ES: I love metal, too...but it broke my heart
ES: This shirt has many meaning...and I don't know any of them... My heart is blue, because I liked...ahh..eh..(crowd laughs) :-D




me:
man i want that shirt...(hopefully you've seen the shirt or the jokes make no sense)

[Ella Megalast]

funny and dreamy...

[katy]

:love:

bumping from ONE MILLLLLION pages back.....

the "give me some sugar" clip.

right click (http://katy.fuckyouanddie.com/elliott/somesugar.wmv), save as, about 1mb windows media format. please don't post this anywhere else, or i might have to take it down.

:hide:

:love:

[thinkimjusthapy]

Oh my god Katy, I think I love you.....

[oh_well_okay]

rad rad rad! thank you!

[the Caity Cat]

:heart: :D

Hahaha! He sounds so drunk and adorable.

[Summergirllv]

Thanks Chad for starting this thread, it is the best!!!:cool:

[kittybear]

i dont supose that anyone knows how to convert that to a quicktime thing-a -ma-jiggy...??