"The Devil and Daniel Johnston" is one of the best docs ever -- wonderful and heart poking even if you're not aware of him -- as was my case prior to watching it.

He was smiling through his own personal hell
Dropped his last dime in a wishing well
But he was hoping to close and then he fell
Now he's Casper the Friendly Ghost

He was always polite to the people who'd tell him
That he was nothing but a lazy bum, but
Goodbye to them he had to go
Now he's Casper the Friendly Ghost

Nobody treated him nice while he was alive
You can't buy no respect like the librarian said, but
Everybody respects the dead, they
Love a friendly ghost

And now they say we'll never forget what he learned
As we were mean to him but he never burned
Just singing, "love lives forever!"
Thank you, Casper the Friendly Ghost
Thank you, Casper the Friendly Ghost

Shine on....

This song was my introduction to Daniel. It was on the soundtrack to a film called Surburbia which I only bought for the Flaming Lips and Sebadoh tracks.

Oops. Not Surburbia.... KIDS...

(I’ve actually never seen either movie, but I love both soundtracks.

I think her reluctance to let anyone in the house was more for tension (for the audience watching) more than anything.  In the end it turned out to be true.  The guy was sleeping and she didn't want him to fall asleep later when they were watching TV together.

Interesting theory but we'll respectfully agree to disagree. I didn't look at it like that. Basically, I agree with me about everything, *including* spoilers. I think spoilers are fun! It's fringe view but so what? I stand by it. Hate it if you wish, I don't give 2 flying figs. I literally couldn't care less about being soo serious about this spoiler thingy. ***major eyeroll*** I am individual, 1stly, I'll NEVER write "spoiler alert" as everybody. You just gotta deal with it, 'K?. I mean, why must I? It's free speech, I'll write reviews like I'm used to - detailed, describing scenes thru & thru etc.
It's not end of the world, for pete's sake. Quit twitching & fretting about it. You'd think people will appreciate my reviews, don't people like long reviews anyway? It's better than pointless useless one-liners (bgas, anybody? Ha).
I've very strong views about everything film/music-related. You gotta just accept it, hey.
This is film review thread. I posted film review. Makes sense? Exactly. Thus, I made VALUABLE THREAD CONTRIBUTION.
Don't thank me for this brilliant speech.

"Respectfully" agree to disagree.

"Respectfully".

 

My two favorites by Daniel:

The Story of an Artist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_RbSAwMa3U

Worried Shoes: Performed by Karen O

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_OKv6iNe1k

I’m shocked. Sad day indeed.

Cuz, Brian.

I think that's true. I general, my RSD purchases tend to be dirtier on first opening and the are cut a bit rough compared to other releases.

I like opera, but I went to Rigoletto this afternoon and really didn't care for it.

I may be crucified for this, but I think much of Verdi's works verge on "extremely boring".

Well, how many have you heard/seen?  He wrote over twenty, so to say that "much" of his works verge on boring means you've seen, at the very least, 14 Verdi operas, which would be, I suppose, just over half of them, depending on if we throw in the Requiem.  If you've seen 14 Verdi operas, then you're pretty hardcore, because it's mostly a handful that get the most attention.

With Verdi, I feel like there's something for everybody--Historical Dramas, Fairy Tales, Love Stories, Boston, Africa, Spain, Italy...you can travel around the world. 

I'm surprised Peter didn't like Rigoletto.  The great arias from that are almost Brian Wilson pop.  La Donna e Mobile is one of the most hummable melodies of all time, Caro Nome, Ella mi fu Rapita, Possente Amor, etc, etc--all great stuff.  But that's taste for you, I guess.

Of course, It helps when you have very good singers, which you can't always rely on.

My view of Verdi has softened since I last posted. Maybe it's because I am getting older. I dunno.  (for the record, at the time I posted, I had personally attended Otello, Falstaff, MacBeth, Luisa Miller, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, and Rigoletto. I have made a point of listening to his earlier opera's lately though.  Just finished listening to Nabucco last weekend whilst Spring cleaning)

Yea, but BOLDEN. He's responsible for way more than Robert Johnson. That's the movie! I hope it's good, cuz I don't watch movies, but I'm gonna watch that one.

ditto this sentiment. 

I still don't understand why there is a controversy over the falsetto. It's so obviously Brian.

Meh I enjoyed it. The only bit I didn't care for were Roger Taylor's sappy vocals over the end (and the cover art).

It's been officially uploaded on YouTube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4JCJPA3MI

Thanks!

@Jay: Are the backing vocals too much for you?

I did make a digital copy.  I suppose if the message board admins were cool with it, I could share a lo-fi copy of it on here.

I just received my copy via ebay, but you would save me the hassle of making my own digital copy. 

Found it on ebay for $15 shipped. Now i just hope it gets to me in one FLAT piece.

I spent three hours driving from record store to record store looking fir Holy Man. It completeky sold out at the 5 record stores I went to. 

No Roger Waters = no Pink Floyd.

This. I do  agree with this.

 

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3) Smiley Smile: Okay, I'm only being half serious with this one, but "Good Vibrations" takes me out of this album! Production-wise, it's jarring. Simple as that. I've said before that GV is probably my most skipped BB song, and that's true. It's also one of my favorite BB songs. So, do I believe that Smiley Smile is worse off because of it? No.

Yes! I wonder if substituting the Lai'd In Hawaii version of Good Vibrations would temper that. I've never tried it though.

Nah. Full sail is a miserably slow and boring song to me. It transports me to my friend's mom's 1984 Dodge Caravan listening to her lite-rock radio stations as she drives us to the mall. 

Obviously the most influential drummer of all time. RIP.

Showed up in my feed today

https://www.google.com/amp/s/longreads.com/2019/03/07/shelved-brian-wilsons-adult-child/amp/

Good article by a great writer and song writer (Tom Maxwell formerly from Squirrel Nut Zippers and writer of their hit song "Hell")

Peter Jackson did such a great job with the "They Shall Not Grow Old" documentary about WWI, I am quite excited about this.

My song of the moment--and what a song it is too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zc3idF_IZ0

I am with you. I think IATM is GLORIOUS.

Just finished listening. Your previous version was my default now this is my default. Brilliant work and thank you for sharing!

Priceless! Thank you for posting.

Al. Definitely. 

SWD doesn't claim to be a historian. He is not interested in conveying that aspect of his work with the Beach Boys. He can only recall events as he remembers them. If you disagree with a point of his, I doubt he cares that much. But it is those among us who want to browbeat him with their point and want him to acknowledge their absolute correctness that has put this thread and his website in it's current condition.

I have my opinion about SOS. But in the light of everything that SWD has brought to this forum, I could not careless if he said Dolly Parton sang it.

Just move on and let the man do his thang.