#503/1137
December 2 1985
Daniel Johnston
Continuing Story
Genre: Indie Lo-Fi
3.5 out of 5
Highlights:
Ain’t No Woman Gonna Make a George Jones Out of Me
Etiquette
It’s impossible to be objective. I’m listening to this 48 hours after Daniel died.
How can you listen to this and not be moved by him? I think Johnston actually works better in retrospect post-mortem. His pathos is more poignant that way.
When he sings about relationships, lack thereof, like “I’m a Loner”, you can’t help but wonder if he’s making an excuse for his loneliness or just owning it. I’ve never seen the documentary but I will.
Does Springsteen know how hard Daniel bit on “Cadillac Ranch” on “Funeral Home” rendering the former a shadow of itself and pointing out the ridiculousness of singing odes to cars when, obviously, those are death machines?
It’s too hard to be objective. Cuz there are times, like on the cover of “I Saw Her Standing There” that it sounds like what it probably is: some kid who doesn’t really play piano, trying to bang out the chords to this song, recording it, and putting it out there.
Daniel understood YouTube before it was an inkling in anyone’s brain.
Working with The Texas Instruments has brought out the fun in Daniel. Especially on “Etiquette”.
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