Daniel Johnston sells the couch

IPukeOregonGrellow

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tat9ELp5HiA

YellowSnow

Never heard of this guy. Interesting material after a few listens on Spotify.

Thump

He is one of those underground artists that influenced other artists with his unique style. He has been covered by artists like Beck and Death Cab for Cutie.

I don't think he ever had a commercial success -- or really sought out commercial success, but played in small venues in places like Austin in the 80s. He lived in a mental institution for a number of years.

I'd hear his stuff once in a while on KEXP but it never really registered who it was, I often mistook his stuff for the work of other artists, such as maybe the Violent Femmes or other edgy groups.

KEXP did a tribute to him after he passed and I feel like I've discovered an entire world of weird yet somewhat interesting music. They said he recorded most of his stuff by himself on a boombox and would pass out tapes he made to people waiting in line at concerts.

He has some awesome lines in his lyrics such as "I had a flat tire on memory lane" in this second video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qgXYvjVNvk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICLXH8wdXhk

uzi

A lot of his stuff looks like he is trying out for some SNL comedy skit.

Doog_de_Jour

I was super bummed about this. He wrote one of my favorite songs:

https://youtu.be/ckqO2zjL5Wk

Hey Marseilles (local band, one of my favs) did a great cover:

https://youtu.be/5tSeYWQ1CwA

Mad_Son

Who is going to run the site now?

BennyBeaver

Doog_de_Jour said:

I was super bummed about this. He wrote one of my favorite songs:

https://youtu.be/ckqO2zjL5Wk

Hey Marseilles (local band, one of my favs) did a great cover:

https://youtu.be/5tSeYWQ1CwA

Saw Hey Marseille at bumber a couple years ago. They put on a great show.

jecornel

This is amazing.

https://youtu.be/zoY2gOix0_s



He was a big influence on Cobain. Never heard him until now. I missed an entire movement.