Moondog used to stand on the corner of 6th Ave. & W. 54th St., right under my father's office window in the Warwick Hotel. I was in school on the East Side & would often walk down meet my father. I used to talk with Moondog regularly & he gave me poems he had written. This was in the mid-late 60's. He was a real sweet character.
I know I’ve heard of him before and his music. But the song “High On The Rocky Ledge” played at the end of an OFMD episode, and I was blown away by how utterly beautiful it is. So had to hop on RUclips to hear more. Thanks for shining a light on this wonderful musician’s life.
I spent an hour googling and redditing him after I watched the Outer range episode. So similar things led us here to learn about this man, brave enough to live his dream; gifting the world with his music and poetry.
I just found out about Moondog. I was watching Our Flag Means Death and "High Over a Rocky Ledge" starts playing at the end I've never heard it before, i've never heard his voice before. But it brought me to tears.
I used to visit with Moondog all of the time back in the 1970's. He was a fascinating and highly intelligent man and one of the true landmarks of old time New York City.
My Dad knew Moon Dog when they both lived in Batesville Arkansas must have been in the 1930's probably when they were teenagers Moon Dog taught my Dad how to sing and play guitar which my Dad did very well, he told me about his good friend Moon Dog when I was a young boy in the 1960's
This was a nice film. I am a lucky guy who have seen two concerts By moondog. One was at historical Museum in Stockholm 1986 He played the creation as i remembered Not seen that piece released
I forgot all about this man. He really inspires me. I have one arm and as I type this, I am currently pursuing my degree in Graphic Design. Here is this guy, this man, who is blind and still composed music for 60+ years. If he can do that, what's stopping me from doing that?
I was thinking about it during the video, if he never got blinded...he mightve got drafted in ww2 and wouldn't have even had the chance to express his art.
Wonderful film, just lovely. I live in the uk , but last year my friend came to visit us from NYC. He spotted a felt doll my wife had made me of Moondog ,that was sitting on a shelve . He asked me about it and I said it is moondog of 6th avenue. He then told me at his school Moondog came and did some talks . I then played him a Moondog record ,he had never heard his music before.
Moondog was a Kansas boy. The first time I heard his music, it was "Enough About Human Rights" on KJHK, the college radio station in Lawrence Kansas. Great song.
The portrait of Moondog, you created is really felicitous! I heard his music for the first time at the end of the 1970s on the Austrian television show Trailer. In the late 90s I inherited two Moondog CDs from my brother and got deeper into his music. I particularly like these actually short canons with percussion, which can be played almost indefinitely like „My Tiny Butterfly“, Cheerio, fil of WeinHara.
His music is just amazing to listen to. Paris might be my favorite of his work so far. Thanks for making this, it was really well made and gave me a lot of insight to the type of person Moondog was.
Before I even knew about moon dog I spent 4 summers in NYC down in the east village and around Tompkins Sq, I loved browsing through all the cool record shops and I picked up a couple of prints of moondog standing where he would back then, I was just draw to them.
One very important thing, in my opinion, you forgot to mention about Moondog . A thing that is important to every MAN, but nowadays has, sadly, little or none value. He rarely, or never did COMPROMISE, Moondog was always his own, original, never sold out (... and he could - BIG TIME/FAME/BUCKS. ). I respect him very much becouse of that. There are very few people like him today, becouse "compromise" is easier way out..., but little by little you lose your "original", true self, and with compromises slowly become generic shadow of yourself. R. I. P. - Moondog.
Excellent documentary ! His quote at the end, astoundingly profound thank you for that gift to me. I was unaware of this beautiful soul. I shall not forget him.
Beautifully done, thank you for sharing this info about such an amazing character. I worked in Midtown Manhattan for many years, in the area that Moondog spent much of his time. I'm sure that I must have passed by him, but to me, a lifelong New Yorker, I saw all sorts of characters, so if I did pass by Moondog I didn't pay any attention to him.
‘Been fascinated by his music for many years now! I’ve enjoy hearing him on the Big Lebowski soundtrack or listening to Big Brother and the Holding Company’s cover of “All Is Loneliness”
I am Maxwell Hardin, 7th cousin of Moondog. Born of a preacher in Tennessee. Born one year to the day after my cousin's death, I can't believe I'm just now finding him, the parallels are completely uncanny. Thank you for this biography.
I met Moondog in the summer of 63' or 64', while walking on Broadway in NYC, It was a very hot day, my two dumb friends had jumped into the Hudson River to cool off. Then we walked around the city. We were twenty five feet away from Moondog, he looked our way and said "how was the swim boys?" Huh? How did he know? I asked , He said in a very gentle and jocund manner "..I could smell your friends!".
Excellent video. He was one of nature's truly original prototypes which saw production no more than the concept, for whatever reason. Probably at Moondogs request...
Very good video edit: my bad, did not pay attention to the spotify link... edit2: I'm sorry I did not saw the name of the song used was displayed on the video also...
thanks for this video! I'd like to watch the full documentary but I think they scammed the people on Kickstarter or something... no response whatsover, no updates
Moondog used to stand on the corner of 6th Ave. & W. 54th St., right under my father's office window in the Warwick Hotel. I was in school on the East Side & would often walk down meet my father. I used to talk with Moondog regularly & he gave me poems he had written. This was in the mid-late 60's. He was a real sweet character.
Do you have any of the poems left? They really ought to be published... thank you for sharing!
@@jodawgsup I wish...
I know I’ve heard of him before and his music. But the song “High On The Rocky Ledge” played at the end of an OFMD episode, and I was blown away by how utterly beautiful it is. So had to hop on RUclips to hear more. Thanks for shining a light on this wonderful musician’s life.
I spent an hour googling and redditing him after I watched the Outer range episode. So similar things led us here to learn about this man, brave enough to live his dream; gifting the world with his music and poetry.
It ties in to well with the story on ofmd. That's why im here too 😁
ofmd intoduced me to his music and now he's one of my favorite, I love his stuff
Same here. Going down the Moondog rabbit hole after hearing High on a Rocky Ledge from OFMD. So friggin good
Lakatos is very much a Hungarian surname.
I just found out about Moondog.
I was watching Our Flag Means Death and "High Over a Rocky Ledge" starts playing at the end
I've never heard it before, i've never heard his voice before. But it brought me to tears.
I used to visit with Moondog all of the time back in the 1970's. He was a fascinating and highly intelligent man and one of the true landmarks of old time New York City.
My Dad knew Moon Dog when they both lived in Batesville Arkansas must have been in the 1930's probably when they were teenagers Moon Dog taught my Dad how to sing and play guitar which my Dad did very well, he told me about his good friend Moon Dog when I was a young boy in the 1960's
What a wonderful memory to have :)
That's fabulous
Such a gentle voice, like a gentle breeze under the moonlight, tells the story of a positive life. Thank you, beautiful person
Loved the clip of him talking. He sounds wonderful. Thank you for making this video.
Bravo! This deserves way more views.
thank you! more to come.
This was a nice film. I am a lucky guy who have seen two concerts
By moondog. One was at historical
Museum in Stockholm 1986
He played the creation as i remembered Not seen that piece released
I forgot all about this man. He really inspires me. I have one arm and as I type this, I am currently pursuing my degree in Graphic Design. Here is this guy, this man, who is blind and still composed music for 60+ years. If he can do that, what's stopping me from doing that?
fucking beautifully put
dude made his own clothes also, moondog was like the first beat!
Man what I wouldn't give to spend an afternoon drinking coffee with him, what a guy
I was thinking about it during the video, if he never got blinded...he mightve got drafted in ww2 and wouldn't have even had the chance to express his art.
Wonderful film, just lovely. I live in the uk , but last year my friend came to visit us from NYC. He spotted a felt doll my wife had made me of Moondog ,that was sitting on a shelve . He asked me about it and I said it is moondog of 6th avenue. He then told me at his school Moondog came and did some talks . I then played him a Moondog record ,he had never heard his music before.
Moondog was a Kansas boy. The first time I heard his music, it was "Enough About Human Rights" on KJHK, the college radio station in Lawrence Kansas. Great song.
The portrait of Moondog, you created is really felicitous! I heard his music for the first time at the end of the 1970s on the Austrian television show Trailer. In the late 90s I inherited two Moondog CDs from my brother and got deeper into his music. I particularly like these actually short canons with percussion, which can be played almost indefinitely like „My Tiny Butterfly“, Cheerio, fil of WeinHara.
The irony that there is a dude that looks just like this and is named moondog, but he's a wrestler.
His music is just amazing to listen to. Paris might be my favorite of his work so far. Thanks for making this, it was really well made and gave me a lot of insight to the type of person Moondog was.
paris is such a joyful track.
Before I even knew about moon dog I spent 4 summers in NYC down in the east village and around Tompkins Sq, I loved browsing through all the cool record shops and I picked up a couple of prints of moondog standing where he would back then, I was just draw to them.
Wow, i can't believe you've done only three videos. So good dog. Thanks for this one
My favorite composer! Thank you for this beautiful vídeo!
One very important thing, in my opinion, you forgot to mention about Moondog . A thing that is important to every MAN, but nowadays has, sadly, little or none value.
He rarely, or never did COMPROMISE, Moondog was always his own, original, never sold out (... and he could - BIG TIME/FAME/BUCKS. ). I respect him very much becouse of that. There are very few people like him today, becouse "compromise" is easier way out..., but little by little you lose your "original", true self, and with compromises slowly become generic shadow of yourself.
R. I. P. - Moondog.
Thank you for this overview. I rediscovered Moondog after remembering his composition on the album Fill Your Head With Rock.
That is beautiful. Thanks and blessings.
I met him & had his album. A legend!
Excellent documentary ! His quote at the end, astoundingly profound thank you for that gift to me. I was unaware of this beautiful soul. I shall not forget him.
Beautifully done, thank you for sharing this info about such an amazing character.
I worked in Midtown Manhattan for many years, in the area that Moondog spent much of his time. I'm sure that I must have passed by him, but to me, a lifelong New Yorker, I saw all sorts of characters, so if I did pass by Moondog I didn't pay any attention to him.
‘Been fascinated by his music for many years now! I’ve enjoy hearing him on the Big Lebowski soundtrack or listening to Big Brother and the Holding Company’s cover of “All Is Loneliness”
This was amazing...and kind. Bird's Lament is extraordinary. Thank you for this look at the strange, beautiful life.
Be sure to check out the remix by Mr Scruff
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your storytelling here. Fascinating story. Thank you!
Well done- great production - compelling narrator - well done - ty
This is great!!!👍Thank you
Thanks for making this video, I stumbled across his music and just knew he had to be some sort of maverick. Well done 👍
Wonderfully done video!! You added a respectful and subtly humorous tone to it
this doc really needs more views.
I am Maxwell Hardin, 7th cousin of Moondog. Born of a preacher in Tennessee. Born one year to the day after my cousin's death, I can't believe I'm just now finding him, the parallels are completely uncanny. Thank you for this biography.
What a beautiful documentary. I would have loved to meet him.
Thanks for this very nice and sensitive story of a fascinating man.
I love him. He was the real artist
I met Moondog in the summer of 63' or 64', while walking on Broadway in NYC, It was a very hot day, my two dumb friends had jumped into the Hudson River to cool off. Then we walked around the city. We were twenty five feet away from Moondog, he looked our way and said "how was the swim boys?" Huh? How did he know? I asked , He said in a very gentle and jocund manner "..I could smell your friends!".
Great job!
It may be that the missing word on the dog bones recording after he says "Sounds like.." and before "gray wolf" could possibly be 'Fenris'
This stoy is excellent ! 😊
Excellent video. He was one of nature's truly original prototypes which saw production no more than the concept, for whatever reason.
Probably at Moondogs request...
Never knew him, but love him just the same.
Thank you.
_His legend... is _*_Only Growing_*
My favorite musician!
what a great video! congrats on the great work
Excellent story of moondog 😊 !
VERY WELL DONE! Thank you!
What a precious story ❤
Beautiful.
thank you for sharing this incredible story 🙏
For some reason I remember seeing a photo of him with an article in Life magazine in the 1960s. Then I never heard of him again.
Wonderful
A lot of people don't know that Moondog actually joined DEVO for their 5th album. He sure loved DEVO!
Source?
@@brennaaaahhhhhhhhhhh 🤣
What a tragic, yet unique life fighting for his freedom
I have visited his tomb in Münster, very lovely city
I can listen to that tape for hours
Very good video
edit: my bad, did not pay attention to the spotify link...
edit2: I'm sorry I did not saw the name of the song used was displayed on the video also...
Thanks for making this awsome piece ❤️
Excellent ❤😊
This man is the modern day Homer
Interesting piece.
This is absolutely beautiful!!
such a cool guy
great video by the way dude
@@philbert3333 thank ya. more will come soon
I wonder if he had Norwegian in his family tree?
Rest in Peace Stefan Lakatos
I want to read some of his poems, any recommendations?
Einfahrt - Ausfahrt
brilliant
Was Moondog like Odin?⚜️🤔🔱
No mention of his recording with Julie Andrews.
The clip of Moondog 1972 really reminded me of the dude from big lebowski
Amen GOD bless moon 🐕
Legend.
thanks for this video! I'd like to watch the full documentary but I think they scammed the people on Kickstarter or something... no response whatsover, no updates
Genius!
le premier qui dit "qui est la grace a seb" on le fume
Passe ton adresse alors
Please keep making content. This is great.
Thank-you*
Fire vid bro🔥
Never heard of Moondog until Outer Range. "High on a Rocky Ledge" is brilliant.
how does he write down the instrumentation down, that bit i don't quite understand?
Mr Scruff sent me here
What is the last song called?
do your thing
I just watched "beach bum". ....wtf was that shit?
Jesus Christus
this is very sweet and also silly