#24

sad news. someone i’ve dipped into a few times and enjoyed but never given a full exploration to. like others, it’s the myriad of artists who’ve covered him that were my main intro.

as it happens, i recently rediscovered that old site Daytrotter that always posted great live sessions. used to love it about a decade ago, but it disappeared behind a paywall for quite a few years. discovered a couple of weeks ago that everything is now hosted on the Paste website and is freely downloadable again. just last night i went on a big trawl of the archives to find some old favourites and some hidden gems. one that i came across was a Daniel Johnston session from 2010 featuring, unusually, a whole 7 tracks. downloaded it last night along with a load of other stuff, was looking forward to checking it out at some stage soon. giving it a first spin now and it’s great.

here it is if anyone’s interested:

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#25

just listening to this album now

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#26

My favourite song by Daniel.

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#27

Agh :frowning:

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#28

Def one of my favourites. So great. A friend of mine had the lyrics read out as a ‘reading’ at his wedding.

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#29

Ah fuck that’s really sad.

#30

RIP Daniel. Not thinking of what is lost but what is left behind. A truly unique songwriter and artist:

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#31

Never understood how someone that had faced the challenges he did could write something as delicate and beautiful as this. RIP.

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#32

This is the song I keep coming back to tonight. x

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#33
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#34

Utterly gutted, big part of my late teens / early twenties and into more ‘alternative’ music in general. Astounding songwriting and one of those guys who could bottle a single thought or melody and make it seem unique and huge. And everything was just so him. Even named an art’s club in school after this tune:

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#35

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#36

so so sad

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#37

I’ve listened to the Sparklehorse + Flaming Lips cover so many times, but it was nice to listen to the original again.

#38

never heard Life in Vain before watching that video earlier. the album version is great too. wow.

#39

Another great American songwriter gone. These are dark days indeed.

Start each day with a clean slate
You’ll feel better if you can shake off all that hate
And don’t forget to forgive and forget
Don’t let the sun go down on your grievances

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#41

This song has given me so much comfort through some of the shittiest times. RIP Daniel.

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#42

A nice story here from Leagues, who brought Daniel to Ireland in the late 2000s.

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#43

Fuck, this is so sad.

So much of his work was understatedly beautiful and simple. Genius of a songwriter.

Going to quietly reflect today and indulge myself in his catalogue.