hi, how are you? [Archive]

uncle eggma

11-14-2006, 04:19 PM

i've been a huge daniel fan for years. now that the doc. is out seems a lot of people are discovering him. hi, how are you? is good, but in my opinion his master work is yip jump music. here's my favorite albums in order:

yip jump music
hi how are you
fun ( the major label album...way underrated among his fans)
songs of pain/more songs of pain
retired boxer
1990
artistic vice
the last two albums are pretty decent ( rejected unknown and fear yourself) but they are a bit overproduced in my opinion and daniel gets a little lost in the mix.

check out any of those albums though, i'm sure you'll enjoy. and watch the doc. if you haven't already!

Pål

11-14-2006, 04:20 PM

yip/jump is the greatest. and i'm almost as fascinated by his paintings as his songs.

lou2ser

11-14-2006, 04:28 PM

summer of 83

Gokk

11-14-2006, 05:05 PM

the documentary is riveting.

Aqualad

11-14-2006, 05:20 PM

i haven't heard any of his music.

horseface

11-14-2006, 05:41 PM

i heard yip, jump is back in print. that's cool, now it's not going to cost me a fortune.

BigBlackSmoke

11-14-2006, 06:24 PM

my friend's dad produced the documentary

thekingisdead

11-14-2006, 08:00 PM

I immediately fell in love the first time I heard Daniel Johnston. The first song I heard was "Walking the Cow" from HHAY, very reminiscent of Mr. Koster.

braintostem

11-14-2006, 08:18 PM

BIG BUSINESS MONKEY! you run your house like a burger king manager. cheeseburger, with a cashier smile.

josaphax

11-14-2006, 09:05 PM

walking the cow is my favorite song of his i believe. oh and i think i like hi, how are you better than yip/jump.

eggcup

11-14-2006, 09:11 PM

go and devil town

gonzo

11-15-2006, 09:49 AM

if you couldn't tell from my mood..... i'm a bit of a fan.

listened to continued story/hi how are you yesterday.

I think that "it's over" is just begging for a band to come along and dominate it.... talking huge guitars and booming drums.

fly eye is another of my favorites off the album.

that said, and I may be crucified by a lot of DJ fans, I think that I like the album "fun" the most. it is waaay more produced than anything else of DJ's, but it is just a great overall album. gibby haynes did some great production on it. i really dig the strings.

[Edited on 11-15-0606 by gonzo]

emanresu

11-15-2006, 10:48 AM

I used to have Fun and loved it, don't know were it is now!

Aqualad

11-15-2006, 01:13 PM

I still have fun.

thekingisdead

11-15-2006, 03:23 PM

The introductory comp is a nice.... well... introduction, but I think it would be better to give a newcomer HHAY or yip/jump.

uncle eggma

11-15-2006, 03:34 PM

Originally posted by gonzo
gibby haynes did some great production on it. i really dig the strings.

[Edited on 11-15-0606 by gonzo]

oh i love that album too, every song is really solid. but i actually believe it was paul leary from the butthole's that produced it.

raydavies02

11-15-2006, 04:39 PM

i really really love "1990"...if only for the song "some things last a long time".

gonzo

11-15-2006, 04:55 PM

Originally posted by uncle eggma
Originally posted by gonzo
gibby haynes did some great production on it. i really dig the strings.

[Edited on 11-15-0606 by gonzo]

oh i love that album too, every song is really solid. but i actually believe it was paul leary from the butthole's that produced it.

huh... you'r right. not sure why i got confused, but i had been for some time.

uncle eggma

11-15-2006, 05:40 PM

well he and gibby were pretty close friends for a while, so it's not far fetched at all.....

nervesandgel

11-16-2006, 05:13 AM

has anyone heard the version of devil town that was on a commercial for the television show "friday night lights"? needless to say it was very raped. sad.

eggcup

11-16-2006, 11:21 AM

No thank god. but (hopefully) maybe they paid him a lot for it...

untalkative

11-16-2006, 08:21 PM

I got into DJ via Yo La Tengo's awesome cover of Speeding Motorcycle a few years ago. 'Fun' was the first album I got, it's still prob my favourite. Also every cover on the Discovered, Covered compilation is crap.

eggcup

11-16-2006, 08:34 PM

i agree. no one has been able, as far as i can tell, to bring what dj does to his songs. they all sound like they are trying too hard. Even -sorry to say- built to spill- and i like them.

jaimi

11-16-2006, 09:52 PM

Originally posted by Gokk
the documentary is riveting.

Some kid is showing it this Sunday at my school. I've only seen a few pieces of his artwork, which I like very very much and a few songs which I liked a lot but don't remember what they are called.

Right now I am in an ambient, spacy dreamy post-punk place. Galaxie 500. They should have been on Pete and Pete. Where has this been all my life. Hiding, of course.

Perhaps I will be in a Daniel Johnston phase soon after seeing The Devil documentary. I dig the Music Tapes after all.

gonzo

11-17-2006, 01:31 AM

Right now I am in an ambient, spacy dreamy post-punk place. Galaxie 500. They should have been on Pete and Pete. Where has this been all my life. Hiding, of course.

Perhaps I will be in a Daniel Johnston phase soon after seeing The Devil documentary. I dig the Music Tapes after all.

galaxie 500 is hands down one of the most underappreciated bands of all time. they are fucking phenomenal and it seems like a lot of bands that they influenced (a lot of e6 bands, imo) went on to make a bigger splash than they did, excuse the cliche. dean wareham is absolutely one of the best guitarists in the "genre." he shreds in a completely understated way that affects you in a way that few others do.

i have a live show of theirs that i wouldn't mind putting on sendspace if people are interested.

eggcup

11-17-2006, 04:01 AM

yes, i would be interested.

damonin

11-18-2006, 04:35 PM

some of his songs are really good, but his drawings are really bad, for the most part it looks like a 2 year old's drawings of superheros.... oh well.

jaimi

11-18-2006, 05:32 PM

Originally posted by gonzo

Right now I am in an ambient, spacy dreamy post-punk place. Galaxie 500. They should have been on Pete and Pete. Where has this been all my life. Hiding, of course.

Perhaps I will be in a Daniel Johnston phase soon after seeing The Devil documentary. I dig the Music Tapes after all.

galaxie 500 is hands down one of the most underappreciated bands of all time. they are fucking phenomenal and it seems like a lot of bands that they influenced (a lot of e6 bands, imo) went on to make a bigger splash than they did, excuse the cliche. dean wareham is absolutely one of the best guitarists in the "genre." he shreds in a completely understated way that affects you in a way that few others do.

i have a live show of theirs that i wouldn't mind putting on sendspace if people are interested.

I'm interested!!

horseface

11-18-2006, 11:26 PM

it's amazing how galaxie 500 can take the most basic of harmonic backbones and create the most beautiful music. that kind of talent is what sets apart the boys from the men to use a tired cliche. and yeah you described dean wareham's leads perfectly. he's one of the few guitarists for me who can lead forever and it's still interesting.

gonzo

11-19-2006, 03:39 PM

I realized that the live show is actually a release... I am sure you resourceful people can find it, but I don't want to put it on sendspace. it's called "copenhagen." great disc.

uncle eggma

11-19-2006, 05:10 PM

i have that one too....it is good!

damonin

11-20-2006, 04:18 PM

have you guys played the nintendo game galaxy 5000? its good
ITS REALLY GOOD.

SlowCoreSadness

11-28-2006, 07:46 AM

1990 is one of the most chilling albums i've ever heard. i think this album captures daniel at his worst mental state. brrrrrrrrrr.

vb7000

12-04-2006, 03:37 PM

Danielson (featuring Sufjan)'s cover of Worried Shoes is top 3 - maybe best - song I've heard this year! Amaaaazin!

gonzo

01-05-2007, 03:23 PM

Originally posted by SlowCoreSadness
1990 is one of the most chilling albums i've ever heard. i think this album captures daniel at his worst mental state. brrrrrrrrrr.

just picked this up today... floored at the moment. I have a new favorite DJ album. held the hand is a beautiful as it is tragic.

The0wlsgo

01-06-2007, 01:06 PM

i heard a D.J cover by bright eyes once in a friends car not too long ago, and it too was disgusting as would be expected. why do people even bother?
i really like yip jump music the best aswell.

lou2ser

01-06-2007, 01:39 PM

Danny and the Monsters (Daniel Johnston'snew band) are playing Dallas the same night as of Montreal.

Opening for Daniel is the Townhall's own Fishboy and HHBTM Popfest's Happy Bullets. Luckily Daniel is playing an early show, so I should be able to catch all the acts before heading across town to see Elekibass and of Montreal.

It's gonna be a fun night.