"He was dead inside my head long before he died" is such a perfect summation of what it's like watching someone decline, seemingly in slow motion, from a terminal illness. Willi never ceases to amaze with his song writing 😢
Well, I thought I was safe to listen to this one. I’ve heard it live and I had a good dad. Certainly this is a song that I’ll be able to get through without a breakdown. Then “even bastards need their friends”…. Waterfalls. Willi can’t write a song that isn’t universally relatable no matter how specific the material. Tears are cathartic though I suppose.
I remember when you played this song in Nijmegen (netherlands) 2023.... I was deeply impressed and it was so beautiful.. thanks for your music Willi... please come back some day... cheers to you! hot dog!!!
Fuck me, man. It was a pleasure meeting you last month. And there's something about this song, working through your own relationship with your pops, it seems like both when you wrote it and each time you perform it... I suppose from the million of the rest of us that haven't found the right words for ourselves let alone others, thank you.
I've been working on killing the misandry my father and others instilled in me lately 'cause I just had a son. I don't want him to feel that way about himself just for existing. Beautiful song, Willi. Thank you.
He is fortunate to be born to you. The suffocating swamp of shit we men spend our lives drowning in can only be drained through affectionate love and acceptance. Not acceptance of actions, but of people. Everyone needs that, not just men. It sounds like you're giving it to yourself also. Remember to celebrate yourself as you celebrate him. Parenting is the work of the angels.
Ducks? WI wants to shoot cranes soon enough 🙃🙄 Farmers and their crops but the mom and pop farm shops are hopefully not soon forgot. Poem for ya sprog spok
Had a pretty shit mom whos alcoholism destroyed most of our family. Dad was the only thing that held us together, and if ya ever make it down to Sarasota again, he'd love to have a beer with ya.
Ugh. The whitmans in the back and the books. So many books so little time i never find to read all the ones i really want to. Thats why i oass them on. Its really just borrowing. Ill borrow a g20 van just so i dont get buried in it. Thank. Fucking. God. I dont know what the fuck im doing 99% of the time. Ive poured so many out in sinks and my guts through my own bodies repulsion at the gosh dang copious anounts of tully and jame-o id shove down my gullet. Im so glad youve opened all these doors willi. Your nusic is beautiful. I stil would love to "borrow" one of your big foot t's but the bigfoot musuem i stumbled across out in old BORING, OREGON. MY FRIEND kodiak bearface lives there and he is the best chef and farmer ive ever met. He'll cook if you bring im willing to bet. He drove me around and tonred lodge montana after four daya and we split ways. Hes still doing great and has a beautiful wife. Ive briken bread with both if them. Thank got im not winnebago or ho-chunk cause i would be insane or dead. Just got out of the rehabs in oshkosh/ called winnebago. Thank god for Bill W. Thank god for AA Thank god for Willi Carslisle for teaching me to be brave and to wear the yellow aviators as often as i could. Ive lost them now but i have a BEAUTIFUL shade of dad rays to hekp my eyes against the sun and vertigo. Dizzy spells at cliff edges but i have my dog mudbug to get my 6 and vice versa. A thiusand times thank you and bravo brother. Come through the dells next time you can manage. Please for the love of your good just dont fly alaskan airlines or get in a boeing until theyre figured out. Shit is like the wildest western most shit ive ever seeen 😂😂 🔥❤☮️🐦🖖🤠👢🥵🛀🙏
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Today would have been Townes Van Zandt’s 80th birthday. I think this is a fitting memorial.
💯 🎉 happy late TVZ
"He was dead inside my head long before he died" is such a perfect summation of what it's like watching someone decline, seemingly in slow motion, from a terminal illness. Willi never ceases to amaze with his song writing 😢
Or addiction. It's all death and it's all depressing as get out
Huh. I took that line to mean 'he was dead to me long before he died'.
Two of the best things in my life is having a great father and discovering Willi.
why you gotta always make me cry? a gorgeous piece of tears you got here.
Ikr I’m sitting here in class playing Russian roulette with his music, if I cry and embarrass myself, or get a medicine like experience from it.
"this is a song for bad fathers".....immediately sits down. I love you Willi
Thank you Willie. It's been 23 years gone but I still needed this
I've listened to the entire album five times this week. It's a deeply affecting work of art. Beautiful work.
Well said. Same here
Willi is one of those special ones, sings from the heart, right to the soul. His music is better than any therapy.
You brilliant bastard. 👍
Thanks again for another great one!
I am 58 years old and music, good music, can still blow me away. This is one of those rare gems. Thanks Willi
Well, I thought I was safe to listen to this one. I’ve heard it live and I had a good dad. Certainly this is a song that I’ll be able to get through without a breakdown. Then “even bastards need their friends”…. Waterfalls. Willi can’t write a song that isn’t universally relatable no matter how specific the material. Tears are cathartic though I suppose.
Man. between two headed sheep and this one, I don't know which one hits me harder. Thanks man. Townes, Dylan, Prine, Neal and you.
Thank God for all of them even if they're l8 to the party
This song really hits. My dad left when i was in second grade and this song really gets me everytime I hear it. In a great way of course.
Probably my favourite sing from Critterland. So good.
I remember when you played this song in Nijmegen (netherlands) 2023.... I was deeply impressed and it was so beautiful.. thanks for your music Willi... please come back some day... cheers to you! hot dog!!!
He's been worldwide already?!
Incredible man in so many ways ❤
Thanks
Youre welcome
another sad and lovely tune. thx Willi
Thank you for sharing your gift of song writing with us
Painful, poignant, beautiful, soul-searching stuff here, Willi. Thank you sincerely.
Wish I could "like" this song every time I listen.
Just lost my shitty father thanks for this
Fuck me, man. It was a pleasure meeting you last month. And there's something about this song, working through your own relationship with your pops, it seems like both when you wrote it and each time you perform it... I suppose from the million of the rest of us that haven't found the right words for ourselves let alone others, thank you.
Damn, another killer. Love it, Willi.
I've been working on killing the misandry my father and others instilled in me lately 'cause I just had a son. I don't want him to feel that way about himself just for existing. Beautiful song, Willi. Thank you.
He is fortunate to be born to you. The suffocating swamp of shit we men spend our lives drowning in can only be drained through affectionate love and acceptance. Not acceptance of actions, but of people. Everyone needs that, not just men. It sounds like you're giving it to yourself also. Remember to celebrate yourself as you celebrate him. Parenting is the work of the angels.
Love my daddy issues making me replay this song,
Du bist in Deutschland angekommen, lange nicht mehr so gute Musik gehört. Danke Willi
I saw him live before he left for Europe, he's amazing, I'm glad we both had a chance to see him!
what an incredible recording! but also I love the little hot dog pin, when are we getting that in the merch store 😂
I don't know if ducks are in season so I'll type the number 1,000,000 right here. Gluck, Willy
Ducks? WI wants to shoot cranes soon enough 🙃🙄
Farmers and their crops but the mom and pop farm shops are hopefully not soon forgot.
Poem for ya sprog spok
❤ Thank you for this willi
Great tribute for us douched up fathers.
I’d like the way you changed the order of the lyrics, your work is beautiful
Had a pretty shit mom whos alcoholism destroyed most of our family. Dad was the only thing that held us together, and if ya ever make it down to Sarasota again, he'd love to have a beer with ya.
♥ "I am my own father now..." Thank you Willi for this tune! Hope to see you back in Germany soon!
He went to Europe and I missed it ?! CAPITAL F!
@@RoZioNoiR More than once.
Sounds like Johnny Cash's voice, beautiful!
Ugh. The whitmans in the back and the books. So many books so little time i never find to read all the ones i really want to. Thats why i oass them on. Its really just borrowing. Ill borrow a g20 van just so i dont get buried in it. Thank. Fucking. God. I dont know what the fuck im doing 99% of the time.
Ive poured so many out in sinks and my guts through my own bodies repulsion at the gosh dang copious anounts of tully and jame-o id shove down my gullet. Im so glad youve opened all these doors willi. Your nusic is beautiful. I stil would love to "borrow" one of your big foot t's but the bigfoot musuem i stumbled across out in old BORING, OREGON. MY FRIEND kodiak bearface lives there and he is the best chef and farmer ive ever met. He'll cook if you bring im willing to bet. He drove me around and tonred lodge montana after four daya and we split ways. Hes still doing great and has a beautiful wife. Ive briken bread with both if them.
Thank got im not winnebago or ho-chunk cause i would be insane or dead. Just got out of the rehabs in oshkosh/ called winnebago.
Thank god for Bill W.
Thank god for AA
Thank god for Willi Carslisle for teaching me to be brave and to wear the yellow aviators as often as i could. Ive lost them now but i have a BEAUTIFUL shade of dad rays to hekp my eyes against the sun and vertigo.
Dizzy spells at cliff edges but i have my dog mudbug to get my 6 and vice versa.
A thiusand times thank you and bravo brother. Come through the dells next time you can manage.
Please for the love of your good just dont fly alaskan airlines or get in a boeing until theyre figured out. Shit is like the wildest western most shit ive ever seeen 😂😂
🔥❤☮️🐦🖖🤠👢🥵🛀🙏
Hugs and love to you and Mudbug! There's nothing better than a good dog.
Holy smokes that picking brother!
Not all songs are about bad fathers. Some can be about birds and two-headed cows 🤷♂️🤷♀️🤠 👢
Aren’t most songs about bad fathers?
in their way, yeah
@Willi-Carlisle love to see you play again soon and maybe have a convo over a NA beer er two 🔥🔥
Leader of the landslide by the lumineers is about a bad mom
Having one, and being one.
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