Anyone else heard of Daniel Johnston? Curious to hear some your

>t. summerfag

>>72837540
watched the doc on netflix a while back. Was depressing as fuck.

>>72837540
cmon senpai

>depressed autist makes shit music
I get that his music is "haunting" or "like looking into the mind of a mentally ill person" or whatever, but it still sucks.

>>72837868
I think the lsd and weed fucked him good.

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>>72837918
>weed
>tfw used to smoke all the time
>tfw smoking gives me extreme anxiety attacks and horrible intrusive thoughts now
Feels bad, man.

>>72837954
I think it can only be balanced by working out.

>>72837918
it did.

i used to do acid. frequently. once or twice a week, for a year and a half. it fucked me royally. i will never touch it again. i've got a good thing going. it's that shit that makes you kill. that makes you not realize you're even doing it, but just eats away

I understand people don't like his music because he can't sing well, but he's one of my favorite musicians. I identify with his lyrics a lot

>>72838870
This. It may not be conventionally good music, but it's sincere as hell and genuinely heartbreaking, like attending your son's middle school talent show and being really proud of his performance even if no one else liked it.

>>72838688
That is very frequent, wouldnt you have to up your dosage a lot to even trip that often

>>72838943
not the guy ur responding to but 3 days and your tolerance is pretty much reset senpai

>>72838911
seems a bit condescending

>>72838870
this.

>>72838943
it was frequent, but as >>72839142 says, it resets around every 3-4 days. which is why i'd do it specifically that often at the time. it made the days stretch out, like a dream. the very first time i tripped i was with a girl that i loved, and to this day it's one of the most memorable experiences i've ever had, but i regret it immensely because when we broke up i resorted to using acid to try to recapture that feeling even alone, even in nostalgia. just laying in bed staring at the ceiling with the same music going, feeling like i should end it all. and the days would just drag on. i'd use it and write music, or use it and play super smash bros for hours on end, or try using it with other girls i barely knew, or there was this one time i'd been dancing at the docks close by my house to at the drive in's album "vaya" and when i was walking home, there was this tree with beautiful, large white flowers. a magnolia, i think. i got home and got this idea that i should cut on my leg and run my blood all over it, like a flower being desecrated to represent innocence lost. then cut it up. cut the flower into hundreds of pieces with my blood caked all over it and took pictures of it and edited them with my blood all over the place. then wrote more music

acid can be used very responsibly and can have zero side effects, or it can fuck you up on the odd chance you're susceptible. it's the danger in messing with your brain chemistry and not knowing the exact method of action

>>72839300
Nice post, no irony.

>>72837540

fuck off

>>72837608
Dude was taken advantage of and exploited like crazy.

>>72838688
Not really..acid just doesn't vibe well with some people

>>72840019
have to be in a good headspace and some people (like daniel johnston) just wind up tipping. weird personality types

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytlsOW4rv0Y

relatable, my life too is cringy as fuck
love his songs

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>>72837540
>literally /mu/ essential chart music
>have u heard of him?
But since you made this thread, yes, I like him a lot
"Hi, How Are You" was a strangely colourful album, and I didn't expect it to be anything enjoyable when I first put it on, but when it finished, I felt like my soul was fed. Some kind of sincerity and intimacy came from the record that left a huge impact in me.
Obviously not for everyone though.

>>72837868
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_RbSAwMa3U&ab_channel=blob4000

he wasn't schizophrenic until later on

>>72837868
he was only a LITTLE autistic before the drugs fucked him up

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i live in austin and i hate that on my way to class i walk by sorority girls and hipster girls taking pictures in front of the hi how are you mural

>>72837540
Unfortunately a gay meme cause of kurt but the music is actually surprisingly good. just like everyone else has said it is extremely sincere which is charming.

brilliant songwriter, his discog is super rewarding because there are loads of connections he draws and interpositions of his life and the struggle against Satan

>>72837868
he isn't autistic, just manic depressive and schizophrenic
anyone who covers his songs does not understand what makes them work

1990 > Songs of Pain > Don't Be Scared > Merry Christmas > Why Me > Hi, How Are You > More Songs of Pain > It's Spooky > The What of Whom > The Lost Recordings > Retired Boxer > Yip / Jump Music > Respect > Continued Story > Artistic Vice

haven't heard most of his studio stuff because quite frankly it's pretty awful

>>72837608
the doc would have been so much better if it didn't focus on Kathy McCarthy and her husband and if it didn't hail Daniel as a genius every few minutes. The direction isn't that great either.

>>72846861
dude i love curt kobain too

>>72846861
I've never felt so ree normie

>>72848901
>anyone who covers his songs does not understand what makes them work

this, exactly this. i could never imagine covering one of daniel's songs, and every time i hear one, it just feels...wrong.

>>72837540
He's talked about all the fucking time here. Really, how new are you?

I'm so sick of these threads with someone asking "What does /mu/ think about..." and then there's some basic /mu/core artist that has 15 threads each day already.

>>72837954
feel ya

>>72848996
the worst offenders:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEg5ndDeLEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue7YoKhZikc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EROA0JvHBf4

>>72837918
>>72837954
This only happens if you have a genetic predisposition for it. 99% of people who smoke weed in moderation will never suffer from this sort of thing. If you get anxious smoking it probably just means you don't enjoy smoking anymore. I got tired of it eventually so I cut back, lived my life and now I can enjoy it every once in a while.

>>72837540
He has one good song, the rest is trash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmT3Cu4avLk

>>72851185
nothing on that album compares to anything on 1990. His albums arranged by other people tend to suck, this album and this track included.

>>72837540
shit songwriter and no one can say why he's good without some bullshit about him being "endearing"

he's trash and I lose respect for anyone who says he's a genius

>>72851225
Just admit you don't like his music for his music, you just think it's cool being different and obsessing over a mentally ill man that makes music.

it's like that mentally ill black homeless man that was part of the Chicago hardcore scene: you only enjoy the music due to the image associated with it.

I was the same way when I was 17 (I'm 27 now), you'll grow out of it.

>>72851462
I like the imagery across all of his albums. I like his sense of melody. I like lo-fi fuzz and sound collage. Just because you don't see the appeal doesn't mean everyone who likes it is doing it for the image.

>>72851462
this

I think it's a rite of passage to grow out of Daniel Johnston before 21

>>72851258
He's good because his music is an interesting look into the mind of an artist. I wouldn't say he is a genius, he is just Daniel Johnston.

>>72852073
when do you outgrow thinking people need to outgrow music you don't like

>>72852222
quads confirm

my ex girlfriend used to love him and set this album cover as her phone wallpaper. the break-up is still recent as fuck and i'll probably never get over her, so the guy's music is ruined for me until i can stop associating him with her, which is a shame because i like him as well.

>>72851579
This, the dude's sense of melody is fantastic sometimes, despite his lack of singing ability. Tbh voice is such a tiny aspect of music to me now that it doesn't affect my perception of him at all.

Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t28bt3wPNcY

This is fantastic, I don't care who you are or how much you think it's about his being "different." It's just straight up good, emotive music.

>>72852237
Also this

>>72852489
Beeeeautiful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_RbSAwMa3U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV6LPx1ezYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUFd3WMXUt8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qgXYvjVNvk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3rzKsXnS-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn2feeA9YmA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6VCF2qG2Gg

>>72848996
the eels "living life" was decent

>>72853076
to me it sounds like they're trying way too hard to wring out every last bit of melodrama from the song. It's originally a goofy, relatively happy song and they're playing it like a dirge.
still, one of the better ones out there

ANYONE HEAR ABOUT THIS BAND CALLED THE BEATLES?

love the early piano stuff. pop music at its best.