WilcoFan Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Where's the best album to start? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 One disc are covers by the likes of Flaming Lips, Beck, Mercury Rev, Eels etc.. and the other side is the same songs by Johnston. It's a good way to get into him I guess. If not that then this is brilliant: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aver Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Fun Love Wheel is worth it alone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 One disc are covers by the likes of Flaming Lips, Beck, Mercury Rev, Eels etc.. and the other side is the same songs by Johnston. It's a good way to get into him I guess. If not that then this is brilliant: I bought that before Christmas as an intro to Johnston myself, but it's not arrived yet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 on the cover of the movie it says Wilco covered one of his songs....which one was this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 on the cover of the movie it says Wilco covered one of his songs....which one was this? True Love Will Find You In The End Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TakiSC Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I only have 'Songs of Pain' and just can't get past the poor sound quality (this coming from a lover of early Mountain Goats). Are all of his albums as, ahem, "low-fi"? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I only have 'Songs of Pain' and just can't get past the poor sound quality (this coming from a lover of early Mountain Goats). Are all of his albums as, ahem, "low-fi"? Johnston began recording John Lennon- and Beatles-inspired music in the late 1970s on a $59 Sanyo monaural Boombox, singing and playing guitar, piano, and chord organ. He gave tapes of his music to anyone who would take them and created the comic book-inspired art that usually accompanied his recordings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Johnston#Music_career Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 "Don't Be Scared" is real good. Also the classic lo-fi "Hi, How Are You" is offered on a CD along with "Continued Story" which is a collection of studio recordings, if you wanna hear Danny sans hiss. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Steve Brule Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I'm kinda worried about the Discovered Covered comp... It is the finest into to his work but we haven't been able to reorder it for the store, and Amazon has a long wait for it as well. There is an affordable single disc "best of" that just came out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boywiththorninside Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 The new "best of" - Welcome To My World - might be the best place to start. It has my favorite Johnston song, "Some Things Last a Long Time." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 For UK residents, the film The Devil And Daniel Johnston is on More4 on Wednesday evening if you have digital tele... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aver Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Fun is the only major label release. Its a good quality recording in a real studio with Paul Leary producing and playing most of the instruments Daniel doesn't play. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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