Search - Daniel Johnston :: Why Me? Live Volksbuhne Am Rosa Luxemburg-Platz 6/6/99

Best album ever!

cheetah | San Fransisco CA | 05/26/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album has some great songs that aren't recorded on any other albums. My favorite songs on this album are "History of our love", "Without love", and "Death". This is defintely some of Daniel's best work. I bought this album years ago and listened to it once and threw it in a box. A few months ago, I pulled it out and listened to it again. I couldn't believe I didn't give this gem the listen it deserves before. Here is an example of some great lyrics in "Death".



"I wanted to be free / but the world was like a prison to me / when you're all alone in the darkness you can't see / maybe you can get the gist of me / it hurts to be alone / it hurts to be alone."



Don't listen to the album from the beginning. Listen to the three songs above. You will be hooked then you will give some of the other songs a chance and they really are great like "sublime groove" and "nothing." These songs aren't on any other album. I think this album and "Yip/Jump Music" are Daniel's best albums."

Pain and more pain

WILSON | the midwest | 05/07/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I 1st heard Daniel Johnston back in 1985 at Al's House. Of course his voice and music is a joke...but actually as you have already read its not a joke....here is a disturbed individual who could have and still could enjoy a HEALTHY life but he has chosen to live within his pain....but his pain is made available in music and when you approach it as it is ART it is a masterpiece !"