Daniel Johnston
 

I should've heard of this guy way before than a week ago but to make up for lost time I've been listening to a lot lately. He's a singer-songwriter but I'm not really sure if I'd go on about that for too long. I mean he's not a great musician. But he's fun! A lot of fun. Simple, obnoxious, weird. You know what music should always be about. It's not hard to believe that him and Violent Femmes are contempararies. They're not really similar but I hear the where it sounds pretty clear to me that they influenced each other. I'm certain that he lost a bunch of demos and John Darnielle found them and polished them up and spent 15 years rehashing it in a beautiful way.

Hes sick, I <3 him.

He's awesome. M. Ward's cover of "To Go Home" is incredible.

I need to get some of his music on recording.

Someone needs to find and up, The Late, Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered

I have one of his CD's with Jad Fair.

Conor was so influenced by him in his early days, listening to Water, Special Treatment, A Collection of Songs and some of the stuff on Letting Off The Happiness. I just wanted to point that out.

I love Johnston so much. I can upload Fear Yourself if anyone wants it.

yea up that and I can up yip jump music

i can up the retired boxer cd later....but if you are just learning about daniel johnston now...a great place to start is the documentary about him if you don't already know about it...most blockbuster video stores seem to carry it...it's very good. check out the imdb so you know what to look for.

The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)

I saw that the other day on one of those indy-ish movie channels and it is really good. I knew that he was a tad different, but I never thought that he would be like that.

He makes some interesting music videos as well,

YouTube - "Devinare", by Daniel Johnston

YouTube - Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End

YouTube - "Grievances" by Daniel Johnston


You tube also has some good interviews with him as well, lol. Check them out.

I like how you say Conor, like we all know him by his first name 'cause he's so famous.
(Yes I do know who he is)

Yeah well usually its spelt Connor so the one N set it apart and since I hype Bright Eyes so much its not like theres any other Conor I refer to. But thank you for pointing that out, really necessary.

I know it's not important, sorry, I just like having a friendly dig.:thumb:
Will you still be my friend?

Of course, /insert childrens show theme song here.

he was GREAT at atp.. got on stage with Yo La Tengo and did 'Shiny Motorcycle'. This was 6 months ago and the song is STILL IN MY HEAD!!!

The Devil and Daniel Johnston is a documentary about him. I saw it and was really impressed.

yeah - i was offered free tix to see it... i should have taken them :(

Daniel Johnston refused to sign to Elektra because he thought (and very rightly so) Metallica were the spawns of the devil. My hero.

^ what an excellent man

he's playing live here in July, gonna go see him. I've not heard much of his work yet though.

My favorite man ever, seriously, I was so upset that his show here was 19+, I would have loved to see him live

I saw him play a couple years ago even though I didn't know who he was. He's simple but mindblowing. Completely memorable. I've been a fan ever since. He passed through town a couple weeks ago and I missed it. :(

I really need to see the documentary about him.

I want to see the doc too, I'm surprised it's not online =d
or maybe I haven't been looking hard enough.

I like Daniel Johnston, haven't been listening to him all that long though. I am going to be seeing him live next month though, I'm pretty excited.

He's almost awkward, like he might have a meltdown on stage or something, but then when he plays it goes away and you can't help but want to give the guy a hug.

Just watched the devil and daniel johnston, a little saddening.

^^ I recently watched The Devil and Daniel Johnston. I remember the video/song above and it is good stuff.
Very depressing material, but without his mental illness I doubt he would have been the artist he was/is. (I'm not sure what he is up t these days)****ty guitar player, but it worked with what he had going on. I really enjoy him.

This one's my favorite, save the fact that it depresses the **** out of me.

Some of his old music was featured in a film that just premiered at SXSW. I think he was also scheduled to play a set of his own music but I'm not sure if he did.



Also, I wouldn't say that he's a shitty guitarist - he just chooses to play that way. In any case, here's something he did a couple years ago.

I just heard his song, his version, True Love Will Find You in the End, in a Firestone truck commercial. I hope he got a good pay check. He deserves to make money. I guess it's just selfishness but it makes me feel even sadder than I did already. Sorry, Daniel. I don't hold it against you if you read this. I don't have any right to say.

He's not reading this.

Maybe he's a self-googler.

Dude he is so out of his tree, the words internet, and google mean nothing to him....

Now FUNERAL HOME...well completely different story.

I encourage fans of Daniel Johnston to listen to a record called Gentle Peace by Roger Lee Hall.

daniel johnston is one of my favorites, did anybody see him live?

Only the follks at the puzzle factory.

I found out about Daniel Johnston several years ago, when a friend told me about his documentary and mentioned his proposed Mountain Dew commercial that he made while institutionalized. It's too bad the TV networks turned it down, I highly recommend looking for it on YouTube.

Daniel Johnston is a weird artist. The stuff he recorded on his ****ty tape recorder at home sounds alot better than his studio stuff. He sounded like an artist who had alot of unfulfilled potential but when he tried to fulfill that potential on a professional level it wasn't the same, something was lost along the way.

Most musicians peak early on.