"I finished my first tape today. I feel pretty darn proud ... Gee, how could something so simple and stupid mean so much to sombody, but it does. It feels good." I found out a few months ago that procrastination can be a form of fear. I'm going to finish my book. It'll be dumb. It'll be simple. And it'll mean so much to me. Thank you, Daniel
It's cathartic seeing Daniel get to talk to his younger self, comfort him, understand him. This was definitely made by someone who cared a lot about Daniel Johnston.
-Do you find love in the end? "- You mean true love? (giggles) Yeah.. Its more like, uhm... If you have some goods times, they seem even better when you just remember them, you know." Genius.
João Brandão - you almost knew what he was getting at right at the point when he said, "You mean true love?..." be he is so humble and non-judgemental toward the young lad (who was himself as a kid), when he says it, and completes his statement.
So it is. It's both the biggest tragedy of the human-race, yet the biggest compensator of misery at the same time. It's sharing good times with people who truly know what loss means, that makes us transcend our own misery in a way we couldn't have believed possible. A lot of people understood/related to a mind like Daniels. I think in some way he knew that. He was our friend, and we were all his.
Reminds me of "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you'd actually left them". Hits so hard and says so much about what we all feel with one simple sentence. RIP Daniel
joh joh Growing up in Hollywood and NYC I knew so many Daniels it kills me still from the 70s to now. someone wrote a book about them called "Lost Rockers". Check it out.
After a Vulcan mind meld with him...I am devastated, I now understand what I am going through, and it is the same...and in the end, will be the same. Our minds became one...sadness, pain, pain! No kill I.
Are you happy? "Nooo. I-I'm doing alright. I have a lot of fun with my cat Spongey." God that line hits me in the feels for some reason. This man was TRULY a genius. So many little words of wisdom in this short. RIP Daniel....your art lives on forever.
This makes me want to cry watching him in the end where he is sitting alone in his own world. Danny and I were friends and I knew his old self before the mental illness got a hold of him. I heard all his songs 36 years ago. I still have the tape he made for me in 1982. Ugly music he called it by Daniel Dale Johnston for John Fair. He never ever did anything wrong to anyone. He was a great wonderful friend. He was always kind, thoughtful, warm. never lied, never said a cross word about anyone. He was a very good soul that just wanted people to like his art work and music. Before you guys heard his early songs I was already singing them in my head. They relate to everyday life so well. Grievances, Peek a Boo, Wicked Will. I knew them all. I used to bring my guitar over and tried to play along with him. I just seen him at the Joy Theater in New Orleans. We shared stories of those years. All I wanted to do was just hug him and wished I could heal him back to the boy I knew years ago. If you want to see the tape he made me, go here...ruclips.net/video/HBb2RcRzhCU/видео.html
John Fair wow that's crazy that you knew him so well. I hope he knows about all of the love he's getting from this film, please give him a hug for all of us
John Fair I've been listening to DJ since A Texas Trip in 87 and since those years and many songs I know Daniel is one of the most gentlist souls on this earth. His religious (I'm athiest) views are such an inspiration and thru his music I know that there is nothing in his world that is better that god himself. Now after his documentaries and his songs being in movies the world loves him but in my opinion, he deserves so much more and one day he will be seated next to the god he loves. God bless daniel.
I feel the pain of both of u it is hard to have mental ilness such as depression and anxiety and I understand the pain of seeing him sad and he is a kind soul who deserves better
It was at the bottom of the Dobie Tower on the corner of 21st and Guadalupe. Back in the early 80’s there was a small mall with two levels. McDonalds was on the bottom level. There’s a Target there now (a small one).
my dad was at UT in the 80s too! i remember visiting the how are you mural with him and my mom when i was little, and now i listen to daniels music all the time. such a beautiful soul
"It's not all about her though man. I got this pain in my brain, it's gonna crush me to death." Young Daniel Johnston telling his older self about his depression.
I love how calm Daniel is while talking to his younger self. With all those sad memories, the loneliness, he accepted life, fought through it. Any weak soul could have broken down a long time ago being in Dani's situation, but he went on.
@@HoneyandCIover Its human nature to color our memories a little rosier or a little bleaker as time passes. And to dwell in nostalgia is to deprive yourself from savouring the present. A balance like you said @allen binion Depressive realism fits perfectly. Some people are depressed simply because they see the world too accurately. Rather than it being the delusion others tell them to medicate or pray away * My 2c as a psychologist fwiw
“Choose to love and not to die. Because you have a chance as Daniel Johnston to go wherever you want, but I choose the darker side. You should go with the light”
I had the greatest of pleasures of meeting Daniel on a train going down to the now legendary ATP Festival in Minehead Somerset.We were at the buffet car and he came up behind me and asked for a hot chocolate.We had that awkward moment of nodding and smiling and I broke the ice by saying I was a big fan.He smiled and said thank you.He asked who I was looking forward in seeing that weekend.I said apart from him it was Iggy & The Stooges and Shonen Knife.He said that Shonen Knife were one of Kurt Cobain's favourite bands.I smiled and said they are one of my favourite bands as well.He said it was lovely to meet me and if I saw him that weekend not to be scared and come up and say hello.I didn't see him after that but meeting him changed my life and if I saw him again I would buy the hot chocolate..
Load of shit. Most influential? How so when he has a reach that barely hits outside of texas and certainly doesnt reach international reach succesfully.
Not to mention daniel was popular through the 80's-90's how many household name artists from that era are more popular? Queen, acdc, michael jackson, cher i could go on and on. All these artists were popping at the same time as daniel. He was great no doubt but most influential?
Go around your local shopping centre and ask. I guarantee queen, MJ, acdc, guns n roses etc are ALL more well known and therefore had an influence on more people.
I literally started crying when he started having a conversation with himself and young Dan said he didn’t know if he could talk himself out of this one😖😥
People are talking about how tragic this is, but honestly I think we're looking at it wrong. Most people who have the same combination of illnesses and disadvantages as Daniel Johnston end up homeless by the time they're his age. As sad as his story may be, when you take his entire situation into account, he's really quite fortunate to have the support that he does.
Exactly - I am sooo proud of his story and the love he clearly had in his heart. It could have went sooo different for him. And he didnt have to live when he crashed that plane. Im grateful he hung around as long as he did .
But why do some people get embraced while others are left to provide similar contributions and starve on the sidelines. I understand that life but damn does it make the rest of this short film more hollow if you don’t recognize what dan had to do with it idea-wise
My husband has similar issues, he works at google, he’s be homeless without meds. What Daniel has done is a miracle, but it hurts me to see him so over medicated.
He was just a real ass dude with mental illness and good intentions. I struggle and stuff like this makes it all worth it cause you know you aren’t alone. I love you
Today I woke up like every other morning today and rummaged through my pile of t shirts on the floor in my room and grabbed a random shirt from the middle of the pile. The shirt happened to be the Daniel Johnston shirt I bought from his show in 2012. That show will go down as my favorite show I’ve been to. Daniel has meant so much to me and he has been there for me when it felt like no one else was. He helped me through some of the hardest times in my life & I will forever be grateful for him and his music. By the time I got home from work today, I found out Daniel has passed. I parked my car, immediately put on some things last a long time and had a good cry. Then I caught a look at myself in my rear view mirror & was reminded that I was wearing my Daniel shirt. A coincidence that is as weird & beautiful as Daniel. Rest In Peace DDJ. Thank you for everything.
There were days in college where I felt so strange and alone, I always had to pass Daniel's mural on my way to class. I never felt alone after passing Jeremiah. Memories.
I spent all day listening to Daniel’s music in my office at work. R.I.P. Danny your music will live on in the hearts of your fans and future fans to come.
I couldn't really process the degree of how upset I was about Dan's passing. I was binging his albums, watching live performances and I just had this empty feeling in my chest. But as soon as I watched this film, I started crying my eyes out as I hadn't remember doing in years. I sobbed for minutes on end. This was like therapy. It's a brilliant film. It requires a genius to portray Daniel's mind so raw and beautiful. You probably have the most intimate form of older Danny in your film man. Thank you for sharing this with the world. Rest in peace, Dan. You deserved more than life gave you.
MonsterUnder YourGrave when I found out it, I got home and decided to watch his interviews, and then I watched this. Cried my eyes out. I still can’t believe how upset I am over it. It hurts a lot. I’m still dumbfounded by how much it has affected me emotionally.
"You have a chance as Dan Johnson to go wherever you want. But I chose the darkness." This really resonated with me. Forced me to look at some things in perspective and realise that I'm of the age where I can change where I want to go with my life. Excellent short doc.
@@johnme4443 i appreciate the sentiment, but being loved by a random person online isn't quite the same as having a loving group of friends, or even better, finding true love.
That breaks my heart. When I was younger I wanted to have kids more than anything in the world - but one day, as I got older, I realised I was unwell and that I couldn't inflict that on loved ones. Something Spike Milligan's daughter once said in an interview after he passed was that they "Never knew which version of dad was going to walk through the door" - It stuck with me .. and I never wanted someone to say that about me.
That's my biggest fear man, my bipolar delusions are getting stronger every year... I have a one year old son, and my biggest fear is him catching on/getting it too... My wife says she'll stay, but I hate putting her through the bullshit. Daniel helps me not feel so alone...
What the hell is this!?! Did this win all the awards? This the greatest thing i've ever seen. The most rawest and most realest shit ive ever seen. This needs all the awards. All of them.
why is no one taking care of him and showing him the world? Really loved this film, I hope someone brings light into your life Daniel, you deserve it you beautiful soul.
I wouldn't worry about it. He lives at his parents place and I think his brother Dick lives near by. Daniel also tours around the world with his music and art. He had a local band Danny And The Nightmares not too long ago and Im sure he has lots of friends and family around :)
you made me cry. i felt you're worry, genuine concern and love for another human being. i always think the same thing about him ever since i found him but when you listen to his music you can see that he was annihilated to his family because that didnt approve or accept his path, yet he did it anyway and in the end he fell through the crack, like so many others.
Living with schizophrenia like Daniel did was a long time sad road. He was still an artist and glimpses into his life are looks into that thing that lasted a long time.
Daniel is a human treasure. He's inspired me to fight my demons (among them, PTSD, addiction) & keep on recording my own music & films... I would literally do anything to collaborate with, or even just get to talk with him someday... great film! "Artists don't be scared" - DJ
just read your comment and wanted to say........"Thanks for sharing that & glad to hear you keep "keepin' on" in spite of lifes struggles. Wishing you the very best this life has to offer you. If you haven't already, you really need to let Daniel know what he has done to inspire you & given you strength. He needs to know & it may be your one chance to collaborate with him on some level. It could be profound for you both. just sayin' "Don't be scared"
@@piffothegodtv5589 Wow, talk about having your own inner demons but being to scared/weak to deal with them. Mental illness can improve. Being an insecure asshole is incurable.
I understand what you're saying. I have similar obstacles. Keep creating no matter what. That's the pill you have to swallow everyday for emotional/spiritual stability. Sometimes I'll just sing original melodies into a recorder and surprisingly some of them eventually fit into a guitar idea like a jigsaw puzzle.
I sit here in the dark and watch this & I sob my eyes out under the weight of the things that go through my mind. Watching this makes me realize some of it may never go away for the rest of my Life, and the real answer is to exist beside it , not to try and overcome it.
I think what makes Daniel truly special as an artist and as a person is how he never really wanted anything in return. He didn’t want money or wealth or even fame. All he wanted was for people to hear his art because that how he communicated who he was he did it with art. He just wanted people to know him.
I came back to watch again. I remember looking at him in his parents basement. We were standing in a small room by the stairs. He had all kinds of crazy art work that no one else had ever created. A baby doll head nailed to the wall with his art work on it, pictures he changed into his imaginative art work, I looked at it all and we looked at each other. I thought to myself " What is going to happen to him" I knew he was different, but as a kid you don't know someone has mental illness. We were just friends hanging out. As we all do, you have to move on to start a life. I joined the Air Force. I heard he was having problems later and that his Mom was looking for me to come and visit and maybe pull him back to the Danny I knew. Watching his life now and how it ended makes me so sad. I knew the boy before he became this man sitting in this chair smoking. Back then Danny would not have smoked. I wish I could go back to that day by the stair well and hug him. I wish I could tell him all the things he needed to hear that would have made him whole. I think his only mental illness was a lack true deep seated belief in himself. Growing up were he grew up I understand it all. I think he just needed the right person to be his guide and it would have made all the difference in the world. His art and music is all he had to hang onto in this world. We are all blessed to have known such a beautiful soul. When I seen him in New Orleans I told him how my Dad was abusive and kicked me out of the house. He said "Don't worry I will take care of you." That is love. I knew he still loved me as I still loved my boyhood friend. Years had gone by and our friendship was still the same. I pray God will let me see him again in Heaven, whole and happy like the young man I knew.
Daniel Johnston was nobody that I knew. He was somebody I discovered about a week or two ago. I heard his son in a commercial and I found it on RUclips and I’ve been in a spiral of him ever since. In that time, however, I’ve realized what an impact a person (a total complete stranger) can make on another in such a short time.
"There really isn't a world with me. I got... it's my own world" Those words hit me harder in the wake of his death. RIP Daniel Johnston, I will miss you.
“I say live, choose to live and to not to die, cause you have a chance as Dan Johnston to go whatever you want, But I chose the darker side, but you should go with the light” Genius Artist
I was happy to call Daniel my friend. I may be the only person that ever collaborated with Daniel on another album cover design we shared the credits on The Rhythm Rats album called Equipment Check. Daniel did the artwork and the liner notes and I did the photography and my name is Niles.
Love this man seen him two months before he died in Michigan. It was a dream come true to actually see Daniel Johnston perform alive. He did an amazing performance so carrying graceful afterwards he changed my life as a young man and open my eyes to what true love was I’m happily married now 37 years old I treated women differently and thought of Love differentlyafter seeing his story and learning about him there’s a lot that you can learn from one man’s loss and make it your future, not making that mistake. Rest in peace, one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
RUclips recommended this. I just woke up, I'm grateful to have watched this and now I'm depressed to know he died 4 days ago. Rest in Peace, Daniel. I hope love truly did find you in the end.
Daniel Johnston was one of My Moms favorite artists... this was hard to watch... I hope You're laughing and smiling and playing music together in Heaven, I Love You Mom, I'll See You Again One Day❤❤❤❤❤🙏💜💙💚🧡💛🙏❤❤❤❤❤
As a young man with a family history of mental illness, I’ve always been terrified of losing my mind. I’m a musician and songwriter as well and I feel like my creativity may just be an extension of my madness. This made me feel a lot better.
Never heard about him before, I just came up to here from the Kurt Cobain shirt he wore at UCLA show, in a video I saw 5 minutes ago and got attrackted by this "Hi, how are you..." But Kurt did well by supporting this artist, I can feel why! Just sad that I'd never heard about him before!!
Hi, sir! The ads aren't my doing, actually. I'm sure you probably know this already, but if content isn't originally yours, once their system traces the copyright owner or claimant (Merlin PIAS, INgrooves, on behalf of Eternal Yip Eye), you are allowed to continue hosting the content, but ads will run, and I assumed you were, in some way, the one benefiting from that, or one of them. Will include the link right away! Thanks again for such a great film!
great job on the film. i have a copy of yip/jump music that daniel made himself, alternate versions and everything! Daniel: you are my friend always, I hope to meet you one day and talk about music and play. everyone is your biggest fan, so I am not special in that regard. i have had similar struggles and your songs and art always make me feel like I won't ever be alone. life is longer than we ever expected, you have made my world joyous. i don't suppose this message will make it to you, let alone that you might ever reply, but I am interested to correspond with you, if you ever have interest in making a new friend. no agenda
In that case please let Daniel know that my friends and I love and appreciate his music very much. A lot of us lead happier, more charming lives because of him. Thank you Gabriel. Thank you Daniel.
Usually neuroticism (sensitivity to negative emotion) goes down as people get older, but I guess people and artists like Daniel never lose that childlike wonder and expression.
This really touched my heart. As I watched and watched, I could just feel the words, songs, and images shown. And when he said you can't go back to the way things were before because there's no more (or something along the lines of that) I could feel my heart drop. Something about this short film comforted me. It was the satisfaction of expressing the sadness I burden in my mind. And knowing that it's also present in many others. When Daniel described the life he lives now, it may sound insipid, but in the midst of all discomfort is peace within life that lies in the whole experience of it. Maybe some of us are destined to always long for the past, but I have high hopes that art lies beneath it. The darkness we wished would dissolve might stay, yet the life we're bound to live might just be okay. Lana's voice at the end gave me that wild idea. This feeling of peace, a feeling of stability. It could just be true.
There's a little record shop in Houston I visit every once in a while. On their wall are two drawings by Daniel Johnston, with big "NOT FOR SALE" signs next to them. When I do visit that store, I stare at those drawings for a while, thinking about him. Rest easy, man.
I love daniel so much i'm tearing up watching this. i hope he lives a long happy life. my 4 biggest heroes and inspirations in life are daniel, bowie, mark linkous and vic chesnutt and they've all died fairly recently, except daniel. if daniel went away i feel like i'd have nothing left.
This isnt how i wanted my day to end by hearing that he passed. R.I.P Daniel Johnston such a unique overlooked artist. There will never be another one like you
Ngl the first time I heard of Daniel Johnston was through Supreme, and I’ve always loved the artwork in those collabs, finally took the time to find out who Daniel Johnston is and I don’t regret it one bit. Johnston forever
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"To all the artists out there: don't be scared."
produced by mac miller
does anyone know what the song at 5:14 is?
@@ahankadam7447 ruclips.net/video/RR7uJA8QZBo/видео.html
"I finished my first tape today. I feel pretty darn proud ... Gee, how could something so simple and stupid mean so much to sombody, but it does. It feels good."
I found out a few months ago that procrastination can be a form of fear.
I'm going to finish my book. It'll be dumb. It'll be simple. And it'll mean so much to me.
Thank you, Daniel
@@Kendojin 🤗👍
It's cathartic seeing Daniel get to talk to his younger self, comfort him, understand him. This was definitely made by someone who cared a lot about Daniel Johnston.
Lung Leg
-Do you find love in the end?
"- You mean true love? (giggles) Yeah.. Its more like, uhm... If you have some goods times, they seem even better when you just remember them, you know." Genius.
João Brandão - you almost knew what he was getting at right at the point when he said, "You mean true love?..." be he is so humble and non-judgemental toward the young lad (who was himself as a kid), when he says it, and completes his statement.
sheer brilliance
that part made me cry
João Brandão wow. That caught me off guard. Tragic genius words right there.
i love that
"You're a writer... but write fast 'cause your paper's on fire."
loved this
The pen's a flamethrower
When he said " Find another girl besides Lorie, Loire's taken" my heart broke in two
why? that's a step in the right direction. His obsession with "true love" ruined him.
it's amazing how nice Lorie was to him.
@@mssveyeah but I guess the time he realises that’s it’s way too late
"If you have some goods times, they seem even better when you just remember them."
So it is. It's both the biggest tragedy of the human-race, yet the biggest compensator of misery at the same time.
It's sharing good times with people who truly know what loss means, that makes us transcend our own misery in a way we couldn't have believed possible.
A lot of people understood/related to a mind like Daniels. I think in some way he knew that. He was our friend, and we were all his.
That shit strikes a cord inside
Reminds me of "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you'd actually left them". Hits so hard and says so much about what we all feel with one simple sentence. RIP Daniel
that kinda broke my heart.. ive never ever seen someone so real
joh joh
Growing up in Hollywood and NYC I knew so many Daniels it kills me still from the 70s to now. someone wrote a book about them called "Lost Rockers". Check it out.
If you grew up in the early 80s,you had a guy like this int he neighborhood,or two,but thank god for that.
Produced by mac miller btw
It's like he's perpetually heartbroken.
some people live with back pain their whole life, i think i'd prefer it to this.
Arent we all
After a Vulcan mind meld with him...I am devastated, I now understand what I am going through, and it is the same...and in the end, will be the same. Our minds became one...sadness, pain, pain! No kill I.
I am too.
I think some of us are destined to be
Are you happy? "Nooo. I-I'm doing alright. I have a lot of fun with my cat Spongey." God that line hits me in the feels for some reason. This man was TRULY a genius. So many little words of wisdom in this short. RIP Daniel....your art lives on forever.
Spunky*
This makes me want to cry watching him in the end where he is sitting alone in his own world. Danny and I were friends and I knew his old self before the mental illness got a hold of him. I heard all his songs 36 years ago. I still have the tape he made for me in 1982. Ugly music he called it by Daniel Dale Johnston for John Fair. He never ever did anything wrong to anyone. He was a great wonderful friend. He was always kind, thoughtful, warm. never lied, never said a cross word about anyone. He was a very good soul that just wanted people to like his art work and music. Before you guys heard his early songs I was already singing them in my head. They relate to everyday life so well. Grievances, Peek a Boo, Wicked Will. I knew them all. I used to bring my guitar over and tried to play along with him. I just seen him at the Joy Theater in New Orleans. We shared stories of those years. All I wanted to do was just hug him and wished I could heal him back to the boy I knew years ago. If you want to see the tape he made me, go here...ruclips.net/video/HBb2RcRzhCU/видео.html
John Fair wow that's crazy that you knew him so well. I hope he knows about all of the love he's getting from this film, please give him a hug for all of us
John Fair those are beautiful words!!!
John Fair I've been listening to DJ since A Texas Trip in 87 and since those years and many songs I know Daniel is one of the most gentlist souls on this earth. His religious (I'm athiest) views are such an inspiration and thru his music I know that there is nothing in his world that is better that god himself. Now after his documentaries and his songs being in movies the world loves him but in my opinion, he deserves so much more and one day he will be seated next to the god he loves. God bless daniel.
Ok. So who exactly is Danny? I just found out about him. His story insterests me.
I feel the pain of both of u it is hard to have mental ilness such as depression and anxiety and I understand the pain of seeing him sad and he is a kind soul who deserves better
I was a student at UT in the early 80’s when he handed me a copy of Hi, How Are You at the McDonald’s inside Dobie. Genius.
where was the McDonald’s that he actually worked ?
It was at the bottom of the Dobie Tower on the corner of 21st and Guadalupe. Back in the early 80’s there was a small mall with two levels. McDonalds was on the bottom level. There’s a Target there now (a small one).
@@robert.m.c63 thank you so much, i was wondering that for years hahah
Sure thing! 😌😌😌
my dad was at UT in the 80s too! i remember visiting the how are you mural with him and my mom when i was little, and now i listen to daniels music all the time. such a beautiful soul
she is the sweetest girl, i ever have seen. i got this pain in my brain, its going to crush me.
Hence the word "crushing" on someone
"It's not all about her though man. I got this pain in my brain, it's gonna crush me to death."
Young Daniel Johnston telling his older self about his depression.
Sweet obsession
I love how calm Daniel is while talking to his younger self. With all those sad memories, the loneliness, he accepted life, fought through it. Any weak soul could have broken down a long time ago being in Dani's situation, but he went on.
The comment to his young self..on memories being more beautiful than the event.
Those arent the words of an ill man..those are the words of wisdom.
allen binion those things aren’t mutually exclusive
100% amazing insight.
He is so right.
@@HoneyandCIover Its human nature to color our memories a little rosier or a little bleaker as time passes. And to dwell in nostalgia is to deprive yourself from savouring the present. A balance like you said
@allen binion Depressive realism fits perfectly. Some people are depressed simply because they see the world too accurately. Rather than it being the delusion others tell them to medicate or pray away
* My 2c as a psychologist fwiw
Hey all of you in the comments. It's nice to have you. We all came to this video for a reason. We share something. Love to all of you.
Always. Love to you, and your loved ones! have a wonderful life.
@@CS7MR thank you.
love
“Choose to love and not to die.
Because you have a chance as Daniel Johnston to go wherever you want, but I choose the darker side.
You should go with the light”
He says “choose to live”. Not “choose to love”.
I cry every time I watch this ,I’m scared of my future
Me too, I just try not to think about it too much, but that gets difficult after awhile
Just keep brushing your teeth. 😩
Same
Take Daniels words of wisdom He said he chose the dark, he tells younger Daniel to chose the light, and I think all young folks should chose the light
@@jasmin12401 and what is the light
I had the greatest of pleasures of meeting Daniel on a train going down to the now legendary ATP Festival in Minehead Somerset.We were at the buffet car and he came up behind me and asked for a hot chocolate.We had that awkward moment of nodding and smiling and I broke the ice by saying I was a big fan.He smiled and said thank you.He asked who I was looking forward in seeing that weekend.I said apart from him it was Iggy & The Stooges and Shonen Knife.He said that Shonen Knife were one of Kurt Cobain's favourite bands.I smiled and said they are one of my favourite bands as well.He said it was lovely to meet me and if I saw him that weekend not to be scared and come up and say hello.I didn't see him after that but meeting him changed my life and if I saw him again I would buy the hot chocolate..
that’s so beautiful, you are so lucky !
Most Types Of Music He died last year. I am sorry.
You are very lucky person.!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🚬🤟🏽
- Are you happy?
- no
It breaks my heart everytime
No one ever is. And thata ok.
@@neverusingthisagain2 that’s not true
R.I.P. one of the most influential and interesting artist of our time.
Load of shit. Most influential? How so when he has a reach that barely hits outside of texas and certainly doesnt reach international reach succesfully.
Im all for passion and loving artists but i cant stand pretentious uneducated teenagers over glorifying everything they think is somewhat cool.
For fucks sake lil peep had more of an influence in "todays" world.
Not to mention daniel was popular through the 80's-90's how many household name artists from that era are more popular? Queen, acdc, michael jackson, cher i could go on and on. All these artists were popping at the same time as daniel. He was great no doubt but most influential?
Go around your local shopping centre and ask. I guarantee queen, MJ, acdc, guns n roses etc are ALL more well known and therefore had an influence on more people.
I literally started crying when he started having a conversation with himself and young Dan said he didn’t know if he could talk himself out of this one😖😥
Duuuude same :'( I empathize as well as deeply sympathize
Literally like
People are talking about how tragic this is, but honestly I think we're looking at it wrong. Most people who have the same combination of illnesses and disadvantages as Daniel Johnston end up homeless by the time they're his age. As sad as his story may be, when you take his entire situation into account, he's really quite fortunate to have the support that he does.
Exactly - I am sooo proud of his story and the love he clearly had in his heart. It could have went sooo different for him. And he didnt have to live when he crashed that plane. Im grateful he hung around as long as he did .
But why do some people get embraced while others are left to provide similar contributions and starve on the sidelines. I understand that life but damn does it make the rest of this short film more hollow if you don’t recognize what dan had to do with it idea-wise
@@Mocityspirit anybody thats alright was.meant to bee alright ima old school street cat i suffer my demons too life is crazy and tough you know
From the sounds of it you don't act like you have demons
My husband has similar issues, he works at google, he’s be homeless without meds. What Daniel has done is a miracle, but it hurts me to see him so over medicated.
"I got this pain in my brain, ya know?"
God damn that hit me hard
Had to come back and watch just as a way to honor the man. Rest In Peace.
LilBuncs yes me too ❤️😭🥺
Same 🙏🏼
LilBuncs he’s a genius
Whaaat???? He pass away ? Stop. Omg wtf , no wonder there was a reason he popped in my head
I've got this pain in my brain... it's gonna crush me to death
Me too. And I don't know how to cure it. I'm really struggling, these days.
@@lhommedapresdemain2033 stay strong ❣️🥰 I'm on your side :)
@@lhommedapresdemain2033 have u try with "mellon collies and the infinite sadness?"
Mac Miller was an executive director on this holy shit
Dope..dope..
So did Lana Del Rey
That’s so fucking sick mate
Who is Mac Miller?
@@performansas a very talented artist
He reminds me so much of my uncle who has schizophrenia and sends poems for me to sing. I love daniel's music and it will always make me feel so much.
Holy shit this is too much to handle, I wasn't ready for this I just woke up
I read this comment last night before committing to watch the full video. Here I am the next morning, still not ready.
Yeah this completely shifted the course of my morning.
I feel you
Currently experiencing this… really not a morning movie, but you can’t quit once you press play.
He was just a real ass dude with mental illness and good intentions. I struggle and stuff like this makes it all worth it cause you know you aren’t alone. I love you
this is so sad, daniel johnston is the first musician who i can relate to on every level and probably the last too
Nah you cant relate to him
what makes you think you can choose who people can and can't relate to?
Ron Weedsley Unless he has also been diagnosed as a schizophrenic, he can't totally relate to him, and frankly wouldn't want to.
One out of 100 people are schizophrenic, and some probably use RUclips. Those people might find somebody relatable in Daniel.
Spitshine Tommy - I couldn't relate to me, either! Welcome to the lonesome world of schizophrenia!
I have to come back to this. Rest in peace, Daniel. True love has found you in the end.
Me too
dang… last sentence got me
Come back
Today I woke up like every other morning today and rummaged through my pile of t shirts on the floor in my room and grabbed a random shirt from the middle of the pile. The shirt happened to be the Daniel Johnston shirt I bought from his show in 2012. That show will go down as my favorite show I’ve been to. Daniel has meant so much to me and he has been there for me when it felt like no one else was. He helped me through some of the hardest times in my life & I will forever be grateful for him and his music. By the time I got home from work today, I found out Daniel has passed. I parked my car, immediately put on some things last a long time and had a good cry. Then I caught a look at myself in my rear view mirror & was reminded that I was wearing my Daniel shirt. A coincidence that is as weird & beautiful as Daniel. Rest In Peace DDJ. Thank you for everything.
@@dansprague2 hell I do that sometimes! 😕
mega smacky ‘I fumbled in my closet through my clothes,and found my cleanest dirty shirt’...Kristofferson..the greatest line ever written.
"If you have some good times, they seem even better when you just remember them"
“If you have some good times, they seem even better when you remember them”
I can’t even remember what she looks like. That has to be the saddest thing ever😔
There were days in college where I felt so strange and alone, I always had to pass Daniel's mural on my way to class. I never felt alone after passing Jeremiah. Memories.
"there isn't really a world with me, I've got, its my own world". That has to be the strongest quote ever created.
Ever?
Ridiculous
Came here immediately after watching The Devil and Daniel Johnston just now. This made me feel something. Currently crying. RIP Daniel.
“Try to hit the chord organ nice and early, when God is happy and the sun is out.”
I have a picture of a ghost on a tv.
In the wake of his death I have to come back and revisit this. Such a beautiful short film, absolutely crushing. RIP
This film hurts me. We lost a great one. R.I.P. Danny
Thank u 🙏🏻❤️ I’m so happy people r sharing it. Today I miss his creative spirit, but it lives on in art.
I spent all day listening to Daniel’s music in my office at work. R.I.P. Danny your music will live on in the hearts of your fans and future fans to come.
It hurts.
So very sad. He was one of a kind. RIP Daniel.
I couldn't really process the degree of how upset I was about Dan's passing.
I was binging his albums, watching live performances and I just had this empty feeling in my chest.
But as soon as I watched this film, I started crying my eyes out as I hadn't remember doing in years. I sobbed for minutes on end.
This was like therapy. It's a brilliant film. It requires a genius to portray Daniel's mind so raw and beautiful. You probably have the most intimate form of older Danny in your film man. Thank you for sharing this with the world.
Rest in peace, Dan. You deserved more than life gave you.
MonsterUnder YourGrave when I found out it, I got home and decided to watch his interviews, and then I watched this. Cried my eyes out. I still can’t believe how upset I am over it. It hurts a lot. I’m still dumbfounded by how much it has affected me emotionally.
"You have a chance as Dan Johnson to go wherever you want. But I chose the darkness." This really resonated with me. Forced me to look at some things in perspective and realise that I'm of the age where I can change where I want to go with my life. Excellent short doc.
Well, did you?
I gave money via kickstarter to help get this film made; seeing my name in the credits always gives me a chill. Rest easy Daniel...
goodbye we’ll miss you.
Damn, this hit me so hard, I'm affraid some day I might end this way, living alone with a lot of memories.
RIP Daniel.
Quetzalcoatl83
keep your head up.I love you!!
same
i'm so scared of dying alone
WAΓUIGI
and i love you too!!
@@johnme4443 i appreciate the sentiment, but being loved by a random person online isn't quite the same as having a loving group of friends, or even better, finding true love.
"you can't go back to the time before. Cos if you go back, there's nothing there anymore..."
how is not every single person on the planet talking about this??????
Ridiculous
watching this on christmas eve, alone... thousands of miles away from any one i love... this really hits home... he really was a beautiful person..
A perfect short, and a timely tribute. Who's to judge the quality of a life? To stay true is a gift.
Beautifully said.
reminds me of my father, he loved us very much but knew that his illness would not allow him to live with us, so one day he just left
That breaks my heart. When I was younger I wanted to have kids more than anything in the world - but one day, as I got older, I realised I was unwell and that I couldn't inflict that on loved ones. Something Spike Milligan's daughter once said in an interview after he passed was that they "Never knew which version of dad was going to walk through the door" - It stuck with me .. and I never wanted someone to say that about me.
@@johnnymao I totally understand your comment. Have been separated from my family for a long time. Fighting to be healthy and see them again.
@@sryburn641 I wish you all the very best and hope you reconnect with them. Love and well-wishes, mate.
@@johnnymao well wishes for you as well. Thanks man.
That's my biggest fear man, my bipolar delusions are getting stronger every year... I have a one year old son, and my biggest fear is him catching on/getting it too... My wife says she'll stay, but I hate putting her through the bullshit. Daniel helps me not feel so alone...
Just discovered him today. Wow. Words can’t describe how him, his music, and his story inspires, depresses, and uplifts me all at once.
He was so amazing. I wish I could have seen him live
What the hell is this!?! Did this win all the awards? This the greatest thing i've ever seen. The most rawest and most realest shit ive ever seen. This needs all the awards. All of them.
Schizophrenia is such a cruel disease, what a damn shame.
Just discovered this guy the other day, had no idea he recently died.
i just discovered him 30 minutes ago :/ wow. what a soul
Just discovered him through Mac Miller. RIP the both of em.
Hes dead noooooo what a real human being
@@tombeatsbeats3846 which drug
@@SyntaxErr19287 lsd
why is no one taking care of him and showing him the world? Really loved this film, I hope someone brings light into your life Daniel, you deserve it you beautiful soul.
I wouldn't worry about it. He lives at his parents place and I think his brother Dick lives near by. Daniel also tours around the world with his music and art. He had a local band Danny And The Nightmares not too long ago and Im sure he has lots of friends and family around :)
I'm really glad to hear that!
Because he has autonomy.
you made me cry. i felt you're worry, genuine concern and love for another human being. i always think the same thing about him ever since i found him but when you listen to his music you can see that he was annihilated to his family because that didnt approve or accept his path, yet he did it anyway and in the end he fell through the crack, like so many others.
Living with schizophrenia like Daniel did was a long time sad road. He was still an artist and glimpses into his life are looks into that thing that lasted a long time.
Dude lived a life full of struggle. Glad he could see his dream come into fruition. What a talent
one of my biggest inspirations, thank you daniel
Woah. Wiping tears away from my eyes.
daniel is such an interesting human being
I found out who this guy was 5 minutes ago and I’m sobbing
me rn 😭😭
Same, one year later
@@bootscats366 same.
same and it hurts a lot
same here 😭
Daniel is a human treasure. He's inspired me to fight my demons (among them, PTSD, addiction) & keep on recording my own music & films... I would literally do anything to collaborate with, or even just get to talk with him someday... great film! "Artists don't be scared" - DJ
just read your comment and wanted to say........"Thanks for sharing that & glad to hear you keep "keepin' on" in spite of lifes struggles. Wishing you the very best this life has to offer you. If you haven't already, you really need to let Daniel know what he has done to inspire you & given you strength. He needs to know & it may be your one chance to collaborate with him on some level. It could be profound for you both. just sayin' "Don't be scared"
Bill Barzini I've got severe PTSD which led to addiction also my friend. I hope you are doing ok and know that you are not alone.
@@piffothegodtv5589 Wow, talk about having your own inner demons but being to scared/weak to deal with them. Mental illness can improve. Being an insecure asshole is incurable.
I understand what you're saying. I have similar obstacles. Keep creating no matter what. That's the pill you have to swallow everyday for emotional/spiritual stability. Sometimes I'll just sing original melodies into a recorder and surprisingly some of them eventually fit into a guitar idea like a jigsaw puzzle.
This absolutely wrecked me to my core. RIP Daniel.
Highly intelligent people, when they get stuck in their head...can be cataclysmic.
I sit here in the dark and watch this & I sob my eyes out under the weight of the things that go through my mind. Watching this makes me realize some of it may never go away for the rest of my
Life, and the real answer is to exist beside it , not to try and overcome it.
"There isn`t really a world with me....it`s my own world".
I think what makes Daniel truly special as an artist and as a person is how he never really wanted anything in return. He didn’t want money or wealth or even fame. All he wanted was for people to hear his art because that how he communicated who he was he did it with art. He just wanted people to know him.
As a Daniel Johnston fan I can't stop watching this, this is such a great short film
Alexander Gapinski I've been in love with him since I've heard him on the record A Texas Trip in 87. Hes such a gentle human being.
I came back to watch again. I remember looking at him in his parents basement. We were standing in a small room by the stairs. He had all kinds of crazy art work that no one else had ever created. A baby doll head nailed to the wall with his art work on it, pictures he changed into his imaginative art work, I looked at it all and we looked at each other. I thought to myself " What is going to happen to him" I knew he was different, but as a kid you don't know someone has mental illness. We were just friends hanging out. As we all do, you have to move on to start a life. I joined the Air Force. I heard he was having problems later and that his Mom was looking for me to come and visit and maybe pull him back to the Danny I knew. Watching his life now and how it ended makes me so sad. I knew the boy before he became this man sitting in this chair smoking. Back then Danny would not have smoked. I wish I could go back to that day by the stair well and hug him. I wish I could tell him all the things he needed to hear that would have made him whole. I think his only mental illness was a lack true deep seated belief in himself. Growing up were he grew up I understand it all. I think he just needed the right person to be his guide and it would have made all the difference in the world. His art and music is all he had to hang onto in this world. We are all blessed to have known such a beautiful soul. When I seen him in New Orleans I told him how my Dad was abusive and kicked me out of the house. He said "Don't worry I will take care of you." That is love. I knew he still loved me as I still loved my boyhood friend. Years had gone by and our friendship was still the same. I pray God will let me see him again in Heaven, whole and happy like the young man I knew.
John Fair sorry for your loss
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
God bless you buddy, you are a very lucky person!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Hey John.. I hope you have a great day today.
@@potterportraits Thank you, Ihope you are doing well also.
I cry every time I watch this. He’s such a perfect soul ahead of his time.
I cant stop crying. As an outsider artist with mental health problems, this really spoke to me.
💜
Lol you’re not Daniel Johnston. Grow a pair
Daniel Johnston was nobody that I knew. He was somebody I discovered about a week or two ago. I heard his son in a commercial and I found it on RUclips and I’ve been in a spiral of him ever since. In that time, however, I’ve realized what an impact a person (a total complete stranger) can make on another in such a short time.
papermoon he doesnt have children
@@nathansmith7809 i think he meant 'song'
Oh
What song and what commercial
Cole Johnstone probably Story of An Artist from an apple ad
"There really isn't a world with me. I got... it's my own world"
Those words hit me harder in the wake of his death. RIP Daniel Johnston, I will miss you.
wait!,this is a masterpiece Daniel such a legend, soko and Lana del rey here too. my life is done
“I say live, choose to live and to not to die, cause you have a chance as Dan Johnston to go whatever you want, But I chose the darker side, but you should go with the light” Genius Artist
I was always so grateful to know he was alive, and that I never had to see comments like I’m about to comment.
Rest In Peace, Daniel
"I can't even remember what she looks like."
I was happy to call Daniel my friend. I may be the only person that ever collaborated with Daniel on another album cover design we shared the credits on The Rhythm Rats album called Equipment Check. Daniel did the artwork and the liner notes and I did the photography and my name is Niles.
Love this man seen him two months before he died in Michigan. It was a dream come true to actually see Daniel Johnston perform alive. He did an amazing performance so carrying graceful afterwards he changed my life as a young man and open my eyes to what true love was I’m happily married now 37 years old I treated women differently and thought of Love differentlyafter seeing his story and learning about him there’s a lot that you can learn from one man’s loss and make it your future, not making that mistake. Rest in peace, one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
I love Daniel Johnston. Him and Brian Wilson are my biggest inspirations. They're the whole reason I write songs.
This is one of my all time "go to" videos when I need to cry and/or get inspired
The feeling I get from watching this is one I cannot describe.
RUclips recommended this. I just woke up, I'm grateful to have watched this and now I'm depressed to know he died 4 days ago.
Rest in Peace, Daniel.
I hope love truly did find you in the end.
Daniel Johnston was one of My Moms favorite artists... this was hard to watch... I hope You're laughing and smiling and playing music together in Heaven, I Love You Mom, I'll See You Again One Day❤❤❤❤❤🙏💜💙💚🧡💛🙏❤❤❤❤❤
As a young man with a family history of mental illness, I’ve always been terrified of losing my mind. I’m a musician and songwriter as well and I feel like my creativity may just be an extension of my madness. This made me feel a lot better.
"But I chose the darker side..."
TheBrotherChamp 😩 why
Music is not always written for people… but written as a journal/diary…. I love this beautiful soul
This deserves millions of views.
Never heard about him before, I just came up to here from the Kurt Cobain shirt he wore at UCLA show, in a video I saw 5 minutes ago and got attrackted by this "Hi, how are you..."
But Kurt did well by supporting this artist, I can feel why!
Just sad that I'd never heard about him before!!
Daniel Johnston is like an urban myth come to life. He will forever be a legend
🙏🏻❤️I’m happy people r finding this film. RIP Danny. Godbless the Beatles and rest easy now. (Edit: removed original message about the ads)
Wow, he put ads on this? What a Bfucker! ;) Excellent video, by the way.
Hi, sir! The ads aren't my doing, actually. I'm sure you probably know this already, but if content isn't originally yours, once their system traces the copyright owner or claimant (Merlin PIAS, INgrooves, on behalf of Eternal Yip Eye), you are allowed to continue hosting the content, but ads will run, and I assumed you were, in some way, the one benefiting from that, or one of them. Will include the link right away! Thanks again for such a great film!
Thanks. I'm happy people are enjoying the movie! I'll print 'up the comments and send to Daniel :)
great job on the film. i have a copy of yip/jump music that daniel made himself, alternate versions and everything!
Daniel: you are my friend always, I hope to meet you one day and talk about music and play. everyone is your biggest fan, so I am not special in that regard. i have had similar struggles and your songs and art always make me feel like I won't ever be alone. life is longer than we ever expected, you have made my world joyous. i don't suppose this message will make it to you, let alone that you might ever reply, but I am interested to correspond with you, if you ever have interest in making a new friend. no agenda
In that case please let Daniel know that my friends and I love and appreciate his music very much. A lot of us lead happier, more charming lives because of him. Thank you Gabriel. Thank you Daniel.
Usually neuroticism (sensitivity to negative emotion) goes down as people get older, but I guess people and artists like Daniel never lose that childlike wonder and expression.
This really touched my heart. As I watched and watched, I could just feel the words, songs, and images shown. And when he said you can't go back to the way things were before because there's no more (or something along the lines of that) I could feel my heart drop. Something about this short film comforted me. It was the satisfaction of expressing the sadness I burden in my mind. And knowing that it's also present in many others. When Daniel described the life he lives now, it may sound insipid, but in the midst of all discomfort is peace within life that lies in the whole experience of it. Maybe some of us are destined to always long for the past, but I have high hopes that art lies beneath it. The darkness we wished would dissolve might stay, yet the life we're bound to live might just be okay. Lana's voice at the end gave me that wild idea. This feeling of peace, a feeling of stability. It could just be true.
Animal finatic
I think I love you ;)
There's a little record shop in Houston I visit every once in a while. On their wall are two drawings by Daniel Johnston, with big "NOT FOR SALE" signs next to them. When I do visit that store, I stare at those drawings for a while, thinking about him. Rest easy, man.
What’s the shop called?
@@solrac2001 Vinyl Edge in the Heights.
Rest In Peace Danny, thanks for the art, love you forever.
It's sad to think that he never saw world with him in it, just that he was in his own world. That sounds very lonely to me.
RIP Daniel.
I love daniel so much i'm tearing up watching this. i hope he lives a long happy life. my 4 biggest heroes and inspirations in life are daniel, bowie, mark linkous and vic chesnutt and they've all died fairly recently, except daniel. if daniel went away i feel like i'd have nothing left.
Very sorry for your loss today. Art lives on after the artists gone.
mae I know the feeling
This isnt how i wanted my day to end by hearing that he passed. R.I.P Daniel Johnston such a unique overlooked artist. There will never be another one like you
"If you have some good times, they seem even better when you remember em." - What a guy.
Come back to watch this every now and then. RIP
Ngl the first time I heard of Daniel Johnston was through Supreme, and I’ve always loved the artwork in those collabs, finally took the time to find out who Daniel Johnston is and I don’t regret it one bit. Johnston forever
who cares man, as long as his art and music is being recognized by people everywhere.
This is one of the only things I’ve ever commented on. This is fucking incredible.