Tuesday 10 December 2013

Daniel Johnston - " Don't Be Scared " (self released Cassette) 1982

Songs of Pain continued, with more charmingly insular Outsider DIY from Mom's basement, hammered out on an old upright piano. There's a Daniel Johnston in all of us,and his work can be a portal for that.Purge yourself of all self-pity, and ask yourself why you don't lock yourself in a basement churning out endless hours of naively self-analytical ditties. Maybe its because you are 'Normal' and not a bi-polar schizophrenic, so pull yourself together and thank Satan you're not Daniel Johnston.

Side one:

  1. "Going Down" – 2:57
  2. "Lost Without a Dame" – 2:58
  3. "Harley Man" – 2:03
  4. "Something More" – 3:23
  5. "Evening Stars" – 2:04
  6. "Cold Hard World" – 3:10
  7. "I Had a Dream" – 2:40
  8. "The Story of an Artist" – 5:08
  9. "My Yoke Is Heavy" – 5:53
Side two:
  1. "Stars on Parade" – 2:42
  2. "And You Love It" – 4:01
  3. "I Had Lost My Mind" – 1:46
  4. "The Sun Shines Down on Me" – 2:50
  5. "Loner" – 4:09
  6. "Don't Be Scared" – 3:20
  7. "Lullaby" – 3:12
  8. "I Was Alone" – 4:44Link
  9. "Mother Mom Said" – 3:37
Don't be scared Download it HERE
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5 comments:

  1. Anischenko1 February 2019 at 07:14

    Wicked! This guy is fascinatingly weird!

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  2. xuma16 September 2019 at 17:33

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing all those glorious jewels from this deranged angel!

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  3. Jonny Zchivago16 September 2019 at 19:49

    My pleasure?
    One has noticed thatthere's a lot of Daniel johnston traffic of late....where are you coming from? That is what link did you follow...i'm curious.

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  4. Jonny Zchivago17 September 2019 at 00:39

    Whoops.....just googled him and found out that he's just died. The John Lennon/Elvis syndrome....they only wanna listen after they're gone.

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    1. xuma16 October 2019 at 02:15

      haha, it may seem like that. Just a superficial facination. But not for me. Yes, I came to know about him because of his death, through a post on Instagram. I'm not much of a sane person myself. And I have not felt good for a long time. Finding his music has been balsamic. I felt heavily identified. The voice stopped for a moment and I could breath.

      I felt relieved to have discovered him in such circumstances; death is freedom in my opinion.

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