The more I listen to this guy's music, the more I appreciate it. He has a unique, stripped-down style that really appeals to me. He's far more astute than people might think. His music may be simple, but that's the genius of it. It's simple, but far from simplistic. He truly gets what music is about.
so true. His early albums especially--they use the open strum guitar to convey such a tone, so downtrodden but dreamy... and a book of his lyrics would exceed pretty much all the poetry I've read in the New Yorker. (And the fact that almost no one will listen to Jandek with you makes it all the more anthem of the loner.)
Just sounds like an asshole who doesnt know if he wants to solo on guitar or raise his voice on the mic. You pulled your comment out your minds asshole.
its about atmosphere and his ability to craft an incredibly creepy one due to how sparse and emotional it all sounds. I can picture myself being asleep in a completely empty room, i know there are rats in this room but I cant see them, though I can hear them running around and chewing on things from time to time, closing my eyes and pretending that they aren't there does nothing.
After getting scared from listening to Ready For The House at 2am, the last thing I would expect to find from the same artist would be to find a song that never fails to calm me. It's like the two halves form a whole. Completely beautiful on both sides, but affect in opposite ways.
I listened to the first couple of tracks of Ready for the House and assumed all Jandek songs would sound like them since I'd never heard anything else from him... but this is so conventionally pretty!
That's the beauty about Jandek imo. There's just so much from where you can dig. And sometimes you just find an awesome gem among all those other linear strumming weird guitar songs he makes. My favorite is "I'm ready".
I've just read an article largely rubbishing Jandek but what little of him I've heard he still has more talent than the combined efforts of those in current and chart music going back over the last decade!
About the Pink Floyd comments: I just find it funny that I had to explore music for oh so long before I found Jandek, and some more before I started enjoying the music (as opposed to the story); whereas PF were my favorite band back when I was like 14 but I haven't really listened to them for the last couple of years. I mean PF is kind of the obvious band to like when you're that weird kid in high school who's really into music, but they're not that strange or challenging; whereas Jandek is so out there and comes from such a different musical place that I'd never think of linking the two of them.
+Flaming Failure Productions Yeah. It's like when I showed my dad Godspeed You Black Emperor for the first time. He heard it and went "sounds like Roger Waters' solo stuff." First and only time I had to call my own father out for being a douchebag.
i’m very new to jandek, (just started listening to him yesterday), and i can see where the PF comparisons are coming from but personally i don’t think they’re fair. I am a fan of PF but they’re not on the same level of Jandek, they both make very good music but i feel like they’re completely different.
Well let's burst upon the grandeur Second to see the scene (?) And when it's time To find a ??? Too close to ??? your picture I'm down to You deliver a place for me I ??? upon a ??? of stone ??? You turn around to ??? You ??? run away You smile ??? I pray to see the day And if you go away I will wait here and miss you Oh join hands and lead the way Reborn again today I feel whimsical That's the whimsy And there's no question Ask any man in the world And when this time is over There'll be another one To be ??? this (?) And you're moving on to the next one ??? lurks It's cold and your neck hurts There ain't a ??? here no more A letter's by the door (?) I leave by dawn today To find another way 'Til the day I see the light That brings my fortune here tonight
Lyrics transcribed most accurately (by nofxfonofx, on the tisue mailing list) Let's burst upon the grandeur Second to see the same And when it's time To find a flame To post upon your picture I'm done too far I see You build a place for me I cry upon a cornerstone You there to find a phone You turn around today You burn a land away You smile, say it's OK I fail to see the day And if you go away I will wait here and miss you Join hands and love the way Be born again today I feel quizzical If that's the reason And there's no question I see the night long And when this time's over There'll be another one To be in front of this one Moving on to the next one And if the drug hurts It's cold and your neck hurts The ink don't spill no more On letters read before I leave at dawn today To find another way 'Til I dream I see the light That brings my fortune here tonight
@@cameronschotter3545 There's plenty. His first period of music was all atonal blues. After that things got more melodic. Listen to I'm Ready, I'll Sit Alone and Think A Lot About You, and Time and Space to get started. And give those atonal albums a try. Think of them more as spoken word. That's really what they are, actually. Spoken poetry. Listen to I Knew You Would Leave, it's a beautiful piece. He did some recent albums that were just reading, with no accompaniment at all. Just writing.
Show your musician friends who brag about having perfect pitch all the time this to get back at them for bragging about having perfect pitch all the time
he's amazing ...like the emperor's new jandek. Love it, when people write tuneless boring, meandering songs, and can't in tune or play their instruments at all and pretend they're artists most likely sell their souls to Satan to make other people believe they're an important artist and not a phony hack.
Jandek is good, but Pink Floyd is a REALLY tough nut to crack. You don't just say it's more complex than Pink Floyd and leave it at that. Song by song comparisons! Show us what you mean!
toots mctoots Pink Floyd were recording and releasing albums a full decade before Jandek released his first. You may prefer Jandek's music, but in no way was it 'ahead,' or at least not from a historical perspective. More likely it was 'influenced by.'
If you want "out of tune" you should check some of his earliest electric stuff (e.g. 'The Rocks Crumble'/'Interstellar Discussion'). The VU at their noisiest would be a good starting point, but still not quite an adequate comparison.
Don't you EVER compare Jandek to Pink Floyd, don't ever compare any band to Pink Floyd. This is the only Jandek song that isn't them fretting random notes and hitting random strings. Pink Floyd were musical geniuses that wrote some of the best and most intricate music ever written. Don't ever make that mistake again.
and no one has ever said "man the way he punches his guitar is awesome I wonder what he was thinking when he wrote that" I actually do wonder what he was thinking because it most certainly wasnt "how to write a song and play my instrument" this is garbage
Me and a couple of friends saw him live at som snobbish music festival and we had a good laugh, i'm a fan of the cult and phenomenon but I think all this is a joke, theatre....I was in correspondence (a laden word here.) wth Sterling Smith, thats his real name, and he send me lots of cd's I never bought one, the cult grew then he got a manager I suppose and the game was over and I lost interest....I thing there a cd of that AB concert in Brussels.
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see." - Schopenhauer
Mopenhauer (Me)
I was privileged to attend a college where the college radio station owned every Jandek record and we would play them on air from time to time.
What the fuck college was this?
@@tylermoore8370 buttfuck-asshole-college for half-retarded cabbage people.
You're the second guy who I've seen comment this. What college was it? Might go there lol
@@pigammon7843 Boston College. But I betcha a lot of colleges with indie rock / noncommercial radio stations play Jandek records.
@@cakesnatcher4541 prestigious institution
The more I listen to this guy's music, the more I appreciate it. He has a unique, stripped-down style that really appeals to me. He's far more astute than people might think. His music may be simple, but that's the genius of it. It's simple, but far from simplistic. He truly gets what music is about.
so true. His early albums especially--they use the open strum guitar to convey such a tone, so downtrodden but dreamy... and a book of his lyrics would exceed pretty much all the poetry I've read in the New Yorker.
(And the fact that almost no one will listen to Jandek with you makes it all the more anthem of the loner.)
Same...
Just sounds like an asshole who doesnt know if he wants to solo on guitar or raise his voice on the mic. You pulled your comment out your minds asshole.
@@cakesnatcher4541 what an utterly meaningless statement, where else do you pull comments from? did yours come from your asshole?
its about atmosphere and his ability to craft an incredibly creepy one due to how sparse and emotional it all sounds. I can picture myself being asleep in a completely empty room, i know there are rats in this room but I cant see them, though I can hear them running around and chewing on things from time to time, closing my eyes and pretending that they aren't there does nothing.
this song could go on forever
I've been listening to Jandek for years and I've never heard this song or anything like it. Beautiful.
my favorite song to falling asleep
After getting scared from listening to Ready For The House at 2am, the last thing I would expect to find from the same artist would be to find a song that never fails to calm me. It's like the two halves form a whole. Completely beautiful on both sides, but affect in opposite ways.
And that is called The Principle of Polarity 😊
I listened to the first couple of tracks of Ready for the House and assumed all Jandek songs would sound like them since I'd never heard anything else from him... but this is so conventionally pretty!
That's the beauty about Jandek imo. There's just so much from where you can dig. And sometimes you just find an awesome gem among all those other linear strumming weird guitar songs he makes. My favorite is "I'm ready".
the fact that most people think this is garbage makes me feel privileged. thanks jandek.
I've just read an article largely rubbishing Jandek but what little of him I've heard he still has more talent than the combined efforts of those in current and chart music going back over the last decade!
one of my favourite Jandek songs
ahhhh....I love you Jandek
This song feels like it’s the end of the world and I’m enjoying the last moments in pain.
You can't fool me, this isn't Jandek. The song actually has a key signature.
People with perfect pitch are screaming rn
About the Pink Floyd comments: I just find it funny that I had to explore music for oh so long before I found Jandek, and some more before I started enjoying the music (as opposed to the story); whereas PF were my favorite band back when I was like 14 but I haven't really listened to them for the last couple of years. I mean PF is kind of the obvious band to like when you're that weird kid in high school who's really into music, but they're not that strange or challenging; whereas Jandek is so out there and comes from such a different musical place that I'd never think of linking the two of them.
+Flaming Failure Productions
Yeah. It's like when I showed my dad Godspeed You Black Emperor for the first time. He heard it and went "sounds like Roger Waters' solo stuff." First and only time I had to call my own father out for being a douchebag.
lmao
I mean, Waters makes good music, GYBE don't
@@pagapollo5601 Factually incorrect, GY!BE is incredible
@@vick207
Mmm, debatable. That said, they did a great, very fitting track for 28 Days Later.
Edited because I can't count!
there's so many sides to jandek. blues, rock, jazz, psych, musique concrete, spoken word,
What are some of his best spoken word albums / songs? I can’t seem to find any
nice. I've been looking up Jandek material all day. This is one of my favorites so far in the more tonal realm of his music
Jandek is one of the best live performers I have ever seen.
This guy performs live? Jesus. What dumb cock-smoker actually pays for this wanky shite?
@@cakesnatcher4541 seeing you all over his videos. it’s kind of hilarious. Hope I see you again. If I do I’ll say what’s up.
Such undisturbable peace
I always found the story of Jandek far more interesting than the music itself, this tune is an exception.
check out "The Cat that walked from Shelbyville"
Amazing
'that cat that walked from shelbyville' is also pretty song-ish. maybe there are some others in this style too.
beautiful
jandek clammed all those notes in the intro just so you wouldn't compare him to dave gilmour. stop hurting his feelings
jandek was like "god shut the fuck up i do know how to play and tune fuckin a"
Gilmore never "clammed" notes.
@@ST-xg3gy that’s... the point of his comment
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My musical wet dream. To hear The Rep do this song with the 13th Floor Elevators.
feelings
i’m very new to jandek, (just started listening to him yesterday), and i can see where the PF comparisons are coming from but personally i don’t think they’re fair. I am a fan of PF but they’re not on the same level of Jandek, they both make very good music but i feel like they’re completely different.
Pink Floyd?
His vocals sound like Roger Waters on Benzedrine and his guitar playing is like David Gilmore with a railroad spike through his head.
@@PaulMcMinotaur I love this
@@synthmalicious7541 dude i don't remember posting this but i have no idea who i was referring to as "PF" LMAO
"upon" is the word of grandeur par excellence, making this song a bundle of valuable whims
Well let's burst upon the grandeur
Second to see the scene (?)
And when it's time
To find a ???
Too close to ??? your picture
I'm down to
You deliver a place for me
I ??? upon a ??? of stone
???
You turn around to ???
You ??? run away
You smile ???
I pray to see the day
And if you go away
I will wait here and miss you
Oh join hands and lead the way
Reborn again today
I feel whimsical
That's the whimsy
And there's no question
Ask any man in the world
And when this time is over
There'll be another one
To be ??? this (?)
And you're moving on to the next one
??? lurks
It's cold and your neck hurts
There ain't a ??? here no more
A letter's by the door (?)
I leave by dawn today
To find another way
'Til the day I see the light
That brings my fortune here tonight
Lyrics transcribed most accurately (by nofxfonofx, on the tisue mailing list)
Let's burst upon the grandeur
Second to see the same
And when it's time
To find a flame
To post upon your picture
I'm done too far I see
You build a place for me
I cry upon a cornerstone
You there to find a phone
You turn around today
You burn a land away
You smile, say it's OK
I fail to see the day
And if you go away
I will wait here and miss you
Join hands and love the way
Be born again today
I feel quizzical
If that's the reason
And there's no question
I see the night long
And when this time's over
There'll be another one
To be in front of this one
Moving on to the next one
And if the drug hurts
It's cold and your neck hurts
The ink don't spill no more
On letters read before
I leave at dawn today
To find another way
'Til I dream I see the light
That brings my fortune here tonight
This is beautiful and completely unlike the majority of his output.For those who think his music is unlistenable,this proves o
therwise
seriously, only song ive heard of him thats not atonal
@@cameronschotter3545 There's plenty. His first period of music was all atonal blues. After that things got more melodic. Listen to I'm Ready, I'll Sit Alone and Think A Lot About You, and Time and Space to get started. And give those atonal albums a try. Think of them more as spoken word. That's really what they are, actually. Spoken poetry. Listen to I Knew You Would Leave, it's a beautiful piece. He did some recent albums that were just reading, with no accompaniment at all. Just writing.
This is strong
Show your musician friends who brag about having perfect pitch all the time this to get back at them for bragging about having perfect pitch all the time
Put this on but was like nah, some Floyd mine doods.
one of the more conventional singles from One foot in the north album en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Foot_in_the_North
Well
He can't sing, he can't play, but it's great
jefferson airplane meets velvet underground
Finally, the first real comparisons in this entire comment section.
What album is this on?
word vert One Foot In The North
Could easily slap it on a film and have a great vibe, I mean the film would have to relate the emotion so I’m not sure how you’d do it lol
i always thought certain jandek songs could be used as soundtracks for Stan Brakhage films
I'm surprised Tarantino hasn't used stuff like this!
wow... looks like my cousin adam. makes me appreciate my cousin's dj spin session that i caught, all the more.
Is he playing guitar on this one at all?
grandeur is such a beautiful word I don't even know what it means
Andy Kaufman
Jandek > Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
You have good taste
he's amazing ...like the emperor's new jandek. Love it, when people write tuneless boring, meandering songs, and can't in tune or play their instruments at all and pretend they're artists most likely sell their souls to Satan to make other people believe they're an important artist and not a phony hack.
Why so many comparisons in these comments to Pink Floyd? You might as well compare him to George Floyd because it's that apt.
Why tf is everyone compare Jandek to Pink Floyd? Angry hipsters alert.
Jandek is good, but Pink Floyd is a REALLY tough nut to crack. You don't just say it's more complex than Pink Floyd and leave it at that. Song by song comparisons! Show us what you mean!
Not a big surprise it's your favorite people. It's the only one that sounds like an actual song.
I seriously see nothing weird w/ this. You commenters make me overthink.
this makes pink Floyd look like cheap rip offs. jandek is so far ahead of Floyd, it hurts.
toots mctoots Pink Floyd were recording and releasing albums a full decade before Jandek released his first.
You may prefer Jandek's music, but in no way was it 'ahead,' or at least not from a historical perspective. More likely it was 'influenced by.'
itisleben is that all youve got, dork?
itisleben is that all youve got, dork?
It's the only argument I need so... yeah.
itisleben no. its all youve got.
i dont know yall yall are just out of good music to listen to now yall settle for this
Sounds out of tune.
+D3ft0ne sounds like a old tube amp cranked
If you want "out of tune" you should check some of his earliest electric stuff (e.g. 'The Rocks Crumble'/'Interstellar Discussion'). The VU at their noisiest would be a good starting point, but still not quite an adequate comparison.
Jandek is infinitely more listenable than pink floyd. even the syd barrett stuff fucking sucks
based
Don't you EVER compare Jandek to Pink Floyd, don't ever compare any band to Pink Floyd. This is the only Jandek song that isn't them fretting random notes and hitting random strings. Pink Floyd were musical geniuses that wrote some of the best and most intricate music ever written. Don't ever make that mistake again.
I take you listened to his entire discography, then?
Woah man
lol
lol
lol
10 years old boys are better
and no one has ever said "man the way he punches his guitar is awesome I wonder what he was thinking when he wrote that" I actually do wonder what he was thinking because it most certainly wasnt "how to write a song and play my instrument" this is garbage
As compared to some of the stuff you wrote? Of course it is - you are a genius, just like everyone else commenting here
6 years later and this comment still sucks
@@bigfat4172 8 now, this shit is atemporal lmao
Me and a couple of friends saw him live at som snobbish music festival and we had a good laugh, i'm a fan of the cult and phenomenon but I think all this is a joke, theatre....I was in correspondence (a laden word here.) wth Sterling Smith, thats his real name, and he send me lots of cd's I never bought one, the cult grew then he got a manager I suppose and the game was over and I lost interest....I thing there a cd of that AB concert in Brussels.