Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston? (Short Film- 2015)

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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2016
  • "Gabriel Sunday’s hallucinogenic portrait of the outsider artist and Kurt Cobain favorite Daniel Johnston.."
    Gabriel Sunday also plays a younger Daniel in some scenes
    Also features Soko throughout the film and a cover by Lana Del Rey at the end.
    I am one of the first (among many) Kickstarter special thanks, and am happy and proud to be a part of this, in whatever small way I could be.
    Film can purchased/supported here: vimeo.com/ondemand/hihowareyou

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  • @gwchk7
    @gwchk7 4 роки тому +2447

    "To all the artists out there: don't be scared."

    • @familiaandradeherederodelr2320
      @familiaandradeherederodelr2320 4 роки тому +45

      produced by mac miller

    • @ahankadam7447
      @ahankadam7447 4 роки тому +5

      does anyone know what the song at 5:14 is?

    • @SonicGarden76
      @SonicGarden76 4 роки тому +3

      @@ahankadam7447 ua-cam.com/video/RR7uJA8QZBo/v-deo.html

    • @Kendojin
      @Kendojin 3 роки тому +58

      "I finished my first tape today. I feel pretty darn proud ... Gee, how could something so simple and stupid mean so much to sombody, but it does. It feels good."
      I found out a few months ago that procrastination can be a form of fear.
      I'm going to finish my book. It'll be dumb. It'll be simple. And it'll mean so much to me.
      Thank you, Daniel

    • @sixthsenseamelia4695
      @sixthsenseamelia4695 3 роки тому +3

      @@Kendojin 🤗👍

  • @joaobrandao9482
    @joaobrandao9482 6 років тому +3862

    -Do you find love in the end?
    "- You mean true love? (giggles) Yeah.. Its more like, uhm... If you have some goods times, they seem even better when you just remember them, you know." Genius.

    • @KurtSlotkowski-hj8jd
      @KurtSlotkowski-hj8jd 6 років тому +49

      João Brandão - you almost knew what he was getting at right at the point when he said, "You mean true love?..." be he is so humble and non-judgemental toward the young lad (who was himself as a kid), when he says it, and completes his statement.

    • @morgansalgat375
      @morgansalgat375 5 років тому +25

      sheer brilliance

    • @hellbenders87
      @hellbenders87 5 років тому +84

      that part made me cry

    • @mrupert22
      @mrupert22 5 років тому +24

      João Brandão wow. That caught me off guard. Tragic genius words right there.

    • @spookypixie7362
      @spookypixie7362 4 роки тому +7

      i love that

  • @drakesculley6525
    @drakesculley6525 5 років тому +671

    When he said " Find another girl besides Lorie, Loire's taken" my heart broke in two

  • @relaxingsounds2829
    @relaxingsounds2829 4 роки тому +1031

    "If you have some goods times, they seem even better when you just remember them."

    • @william4661
      @william4661 4 роки тому +24

      So it is. It's both the biggest tragedy of the human-race, yet the biggest compensator of misery at the same time.
      It's sharing good times with people who truly know what loss means, that makes us transcend our own misery in a way we couldn't have believed possible.
      A lot of people understood/related to a mind like Daniels. I think in some way he knew that. He was our friend, and we were all his.

    • @beerealopenyoureyes8587
      @beerealopenyoureyes8587 4 роки тому +8

      That shit strikes a cord inside

    • @norristurnnidge7178
      @norristurnnidge7178 4 роки тому +11

      Reminds me of "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you'd actually left them". Hits so hard and says so much about what we all feel with one simple sentence. RIP Daniel

  • @marbleblue5127
    @marbleblue5127 4 роки тому +129

    "You're a writer... but write fast 'cause your paper's on fire."

    • @ianperl
      @ianperl 4 роки тому +2

      loved this

  • @johjoh4571
    @johjoh4571 7 років тому +1222

    that kinda broke my heart.. ive never ever seen someone so real

    • @Mytube777
      @Mytube777 7 років тому +42

      joh joh
      Growing up in Hollywood and NYC I knew so many Daniels it kills me still from the 70s to now. someone wrote a book about them called "Lost Rockers". Check it out.

    • @thebicyclechronicles5620
      @thebicyclechronicles5620 5 років тому +14

      If you grew up in the early 80s,you had a guy like this int he neighborhood,or two,but thank god for that.

    • @familiaandradeherederodelr2320
      @familiaandradeherederodelr2320 3 роки тому +1

      Produced by mac miller btw

  • @shipyardskater99
    @shipyardskater99 4 роки тому +2114

    In the wake of his death I have to come back and revisit this. Such a beautiful short film, absolutely crushing. RIP

    • @brendothedude4660
      @brendothedude4660 4 роки тому +37

      This film hurts me. We lost a great one. R.I.P. Danny

    • @gabrielsunday925
      @gabrielsunday925 4 роки тому +23

      Thank u 🙏🏻❤️ I’m so happy people r sharing it. Today I miss his creative spirit, but it lives on in art.

    • @jonathanaldecoa1099
      @jonathanaldecoa1099 4 роки тому +16

      I spent all day listening to Daniel’s music in my office at work. R.I.P. Danny your music will live on in the hearts of your fans and future fans to come.

    • @jeffreynil
      @jeffreynil 4 роки тому +11

      It hurts.

    • @jmjcpacia
      @jmjcpacia 4 роки тому +10

      So very sad. He was one of a kind. RIP Daniel.

  • @space_1073
    @space_1073 5 місяців тому +36

    It's cathartic seeing Daniel get to talk to his younger self, comfort him, understand him. This was definitely made by someone who cared a lot about Daniel Johnston.

  • @sharinganchidori100
    @sharinganchidori100 7 років тому +796

    It's like he's perpetually heartbroken.

    • @mynameismark25
      @mynameismark25 5 років тому +92

      some people live with back pain their whole life, i think i'd prefer it to this.

    • @ksfishchannel
      @ksfishchannel 5 років тому +32

      Arent we all

    • @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785
      @pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 4 роки тому +11

      After a Vulcan mind meld with him...I am devastated, I now understand what I am going through, and it is the same...and in the end, will be the same. Our minds became one...sadness, pain, pain! No kill I.

    • @lhmmhl1
      @lhmmhl1 4 роки тому +2

      I am too.

    • @brocowsci
      @brocowsci 4 роки тому +7

      I think some of us are destined to be

  • @TARPGOD
    @TARPGOD 4 роки тому +1257

    Mac Miller was an executive director on this holy shit

    • @hb3528
      @hb3528 3 роки тому +18

      Dope..dope..

    • @TooCooFoYou
      @TooCooFoYou 3 роки тому +77

      So did Lana Del Rey

    • @Gognorlll
      @Gognorlll 3 роки тому +15

      That’s so fucking sick mate

    • @performansas
      @performansas 3 роки тому +2

      Who is Mac Miller?

    • @hb3528
      @hb3528 3 роки тому +69

      @@performansas a very talented artist

  • @schmidt640
    @schmidt640 4 роки тому +555

    Are you happy? "Nooo. I-I'm doing alright. I have a lot of fun with my cat Spongey." God that line hits me in the feels for some reason. This man was TRULY a genius. So many little words of wisdom in this short. RIP Daniel....your art lives on forever.

  • @robcarpenter1225
    @robcarpenter1225 4 роки тому +244

    I was a student at UT in the early 80’s when he handed me a copy of Hi, How Are You at the McDonald’s inside Dobie. Genius.

    • @bubuxtouras
      @bubuxtouras 3 роки тому +5

      where was the McDonald’s that he actually worked ?

    • @robcarpenter1225
      @robcarpenter1225 3 роки тому +16

      It was at the bottom of the Dobie Tower on the corner of 21st and Guadalupe. Back in the early 80’s there was a small mall with two levels. McDonalds was on the bottom level. There’s a Target there now (a small one).

    • @bubuxtouras
      @bubuxtouras 3 роки тому +6

      @@robcarpenter1225 thank you so much, i was wondering that for years hahah

    • @robcarpenter1225
      @robcarpenter1225 3 роки тому +2

      Sure thing! 😌😌😌

    • @chlo_simpso
      @chlo_simpso 3 роки тому +4

      my dad was at UT in the 80s too! i remember visiting the how are you mural with him and my mom when i was little, and now i listen to daniels music all the time. such a beautiful soul

  • @johnfair62
    @johnfair62 6 років тому +3547

    This makes me want to cry watching him in the end where he is sitting alone in his own world. Danny and I were friends and I knew his old self before the mental illness got a hold of him. I heard all his songs 36 years ago. I still have the tape he made for me in 1982. Ugly music he called it by Daniel Dale Johnston for John Fair. He never ever did anything wrong to anyone. He was a great wonderful friend. He was always kind, thoughtful, warm. never lied, never said a cross word about anyone. He was a very good soul that just wanted people to like his art work and music. Before you guys heard his early songs I was already singing them in my head. They relate to everyday life so well. Grievances, Peek a Boo, Wicked Will. I knew them all. I used to bring my guitar over and tried to play along with him. I just seen him at the Joy Theater in New Orleans. We shared stories of those years. All I wanted to do was just hug him and wished I could heal him back to the boy I knew years ago. If you want to see the tape he made me, go here...ua-cam.com/video/HBb2RcRzhCU/v-deo.html

    • @santiagoperez480
      @santiagoperez480 6 років тому +118

      John Fair wow that's crazy that you knew him so well. I hope he knows about all of the love he's getting from this film, please give him a hug for all of us

    • @johnnybegood6281
      @johnnybegood6281 6 років тому +37

      John Fair those are beautiful words!!!

    • @blitzedpig1651
      @blitzedpig1651 6 років тому +34

      John Fair I've been listening to DJ since A Texas Trip in 87 and since those years and many songs I know Daniel is one of the most gentlist souls on this earth. His religious (I'm athiest) views are such an inspiration and thru his music I know that there is nothing in his world that is better that god himself. Now after his documentaries and his songs being in movies the world loves him but in my opinion, he deserves so much more and one day he will be seated next to the god he loves. God bless daniel.

    • @victoriamatiz5081
      @victoriamatiz5081 6 років тому +17

      Ok. So who exactly is Danny? I just found out about him. His story insterests me.

    • @coconutkenalmightylifexd5507
      @coconutkenalmightylifexd5507 6 років тому +17

      I feel the pain of both of u it is hard to have mental ilness such as depression and anxiety and I understand the pain of seeing him sad and he is a kind soul who deserves better

  • @awkwardscience
    @awkwardscience 8 років тому +882

    she is the sweetest girl, i ever have seen. i got this pain in my brain, its going to crush me.

    • @leland-bobpalmer4274
      @leland-bobpalmer4274 4 роки тому +13

      Hence the word "crushing" on someone

    • @aakrueger
      @aakrueger 4 роки тому +24

      "It's not all about her though man. I got this pain in my brain, it's gonna crush me to death."
      Young Daniel Johnston telling his older self about his depression.

    • @zic75
      @zic75 3 роки тому +4

      Sweet obsession

  • @ske7235
    @ske7235 5 років тому +203

    “Choose to love and not to die.
    Because you have a chance as Daniel Johnston to go wherever you want, but I choose the darker side.
    You should go with the light”

    • @EMVelez-qb1zu
      @EMVelez-qb1zu 2 роки тому +9

      He says “choose to live”. Not “choose to love”.

  • @ChEkAlOtIcH3
    @ChEkAlOtIcH3 4 роки тому +391

    I love how calm Daniel is while talking to his younger self. With all those sad memories, the loneliness, he accepted life, fought through it. Any weak soul could have broken down a long time ago being in Dani's situation, but he went on.

  • @allenbinion1575
    @allenbinion1575 5 років тому +466

    The comment to his young self..on memories being more beautiful than the event.
    Those arent the words of an ill man..those are the words of wisdom.

    • @HoneyandCIover
      @HoneyandCIover 4 роки тому +11

      allen binion those things aren’t mutually exclusive

    • @HollowayEsteban
      @HollowayEsteban 4 роки тому +1

      100% amazing insight.

    • @MrEldoradot
      @MrEldoradot 3 роки тому

      He is so right.

    • @37thraven
      @37thraven 2 роки тому +4

      @@HoneyandCIover Its human nature to color our memories a little rosier or a little bleaker as time passes. And to dwell in nostalgia is to deprive yourself from savouring the present. A balance like you said
      @allen binion Depressive realism fits perfectly. Some people are depressed simply because they see the world too accurately. Rather than it being the delusion others tell them to medicate or pray away
      * My 2c as a psychologist fwiw

  • @trendkill1891
    @trendkill1891 3 роки тому +103

    I literally started crying when he started having a conversation with himself and young Dan said he didn’t know if he could talk himself out of this one😖😥

    • @notgayryan7027
      @notgayryan7027 3 роки тому +9

      Duuuude same :'( I empathize as well as deeply sympathize

  • @CrenshawMoreno
    @CrenshawMoreno 4 роки тому +359

    I've got this pain in my brain... it's gonna crush me to death

    • @lhommedapresdemain2033
      @lhommedapresdemain2033 3 роки тому +5

      Me too. And I don't know how to cure it. I'm really struggling, these days.

    • @5oncloverst86
      @5oncloverst86 3 роки тому +3

      @@lhommedapresdemain2033 stay strong ❣️🥰 I'm on your side :)

    • @alansesco
      @alansesco 3 роки тому +3

      @@lhommedapresdemain2033 have u try with "mellon collies and the infinite sadness?"

  • @billy887
    @billy887 4 роки тому +245

    I cry every time I watch this ,I’m scared of my future

    • @katefitzpatrick4058
      @katefitzpatrick4058 3 роки тому +13

      Me too, I just try not to think about it too much, but that gets difficult after awhile

    • @dr.inkwell1070
      @dr.inkwell1070 3 роки тому +23

      Just keep brushing your teeth. 😩

    • @monsieurpoope5434
      @monsieurpoope5434 3 роки тому +2

      Same

    • @jasmin12401
      @jasmin12401 3 роки тому +12

      Take Daniels words of wisdom He said he chose the dark, he tells younger Daniel to chose the light, and I think all young folks should chose the light

    • @monsieurpoope5434
      @monsieurpoope5434 3 роки тому +1

      @@jasmin12401 and what is the light

  • @mosttypesofmusic7502
    @mosttypesofmusic7502 7 років тому +542

    I had the greatest of pleasures of meeting Daniel on a train going down to the now legendary ATP Festival in Minehead Somerset.We were at the buffet car and he came up behind me and asked for a hot chocolate.We had that awkward moment of nodding and smiling and I broke the ice by saying I was a big fan.He smiled and said thank you.He asked who I was looking forward in seeing that weekend.I said apart from him it was Iggy & The Stooges and Shonen Knife.He said that Shonen Knife were one of Kurt Cobain's favourite bands.I smiled and said they are one of my favourite bands as well.He said it was lovely to meet me and if I saw him that weekend not to be scared and come up and say hello.I didn't see him after that but meeting him changed my life and if I saw him again I would buy the hot chocolate..

    • @uncertaindaisy
      @uncertaindaisy 4 роки тому +10

      that’s so beautiful, you are so lucky !

    • @alexjeffrey4093
      @alexjeffrey4093 4 роки тому +3

      Most Types Of Music He died last year. I am sorry.

    • @giannismitropoulos5456
      @giannismitropoulos5456 3 роки тому +3

      You are very lucky person.!!🙌🏾🙌🏾🚬🤟🏽

  • @plexpopper8763
    @plexpopper8763 5 років тому +1392

    People are talking about how tragic this is, but honestly I think we're looking at it wrong. Most people who have the same combination of illnesses and disadvantages as Daniel Johnston end up homeless by the time they're his age. As sad as his story may be, when you take his entire situation into account, he's really quite fortunate to have the support that he does.

    • @imyouyoureme1533
      @imyouyoureme1533 4 роки тому +60

      Exactly - I am sooo proud of his story and the love he clearly had in his heart. It could have went sooo different for him. And he didnt have to live when he crashed that plane. Im grateful he hung around as long as he did .

    • @Mocityspirit
      @Mocityspirit 3 роки тому +13

      But why do some people get embraced while others are left to provide similar contributions and starve on the sidelines. I understand that life but damn does it make the rest of this short film more hollow if you don’t recognize what dan had to do with it idea-wise

    • @housecat1359
      @housecat1359 3 роки тому +4

      @@Mocityspirit anybody thats alright was.meant to bee alright ima old school street cat i suffer my demons too life is crazy and tough you know

    • @meep9231
      @meep9231 3 роки тому +1

      From the sounds of it you don't act like you have demons

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 3 роки тому +7

      My husband has similar issues, he works at google, he’s be homeless without meds. What Daniel has done is a miracle, but it hurts me to see him so over medicated.

  • @NASkeywest
    @NASkeywest 4 роки тому +87

    Highly intelligent people, when they get stuck in their head...can be cataclysmic.

  • @jorgesierra3203
    @jorgesierra3203 3 роки тому +47

    - Are you happy?
    - no
    It breaks my heart everytime

  • @MunchingUpMangosutube
    @MunchingUpMangosutube 4 роки тому +536

    R.I.P. one of the most influential and interesting artist of our time.

    • @BennysUnhinged
      @BennysUnhinged 4 роки тому +7

      Load of shit. Most influential? How so when he has a reach that barely hits outside of texas and certainly doesnt reach international reach succesfully.

    • @BennysUnhinged
      @BennysUnhinged 4 роки тому +11

      Im all for passion and loving artists but i cant stand pretentious uneducated teenagers over glorifying everything they think is somewhat cool.

    • @BennysUnhinged
      @BennysUnhinged 4 роки тому +3

      For fucks sake lil peep had more of an influence in "todays" world.

    • @BennysUnhinged
      @BennysUnhinged 4 роки тому +5

      Not to mention daniel was popular through the 80's-90's how many household name artists from that era are more popular? Queen, acdc, michael jackson, cher i could go on and on. All these artists were popping at the same time as daniel. He was great no doubt but most influential?

    • @BennysUnhinged
      @BennysUnhinged 4 роки тому +1

      Go around your local shopping centre and ask. I guarantee queen, MJ, acdc, guns n roses etc are ALL more well known and therefore had an influence on more people.

  • @ImyurLoverboy
    @ImyurLoverboy 4 роки тому +481

    Had to come back and watch just as a way to honor the man. Rest In Peace.

    • @gabrielbarre9800
      @gabrielbarre9800 4 роки тому +1

      LilBuncs yes me too ❤️😭🥺

    • @mpv9866
      @mpv9866 4 роки тому

      Same 🙏🏼

    • @ryanpatrickwhite97
      @ryanpatrickwhite97 4 роки тому

      LilBuncs he’s a genius

    • @jasondorelle1715
      @jasondorelle1715 4 роки тому

      Whaaat???? He pass away ? Stop. Omg wtf , no wonder there was a reason he popped in my head

  • @SneetyPete
    @SneetyPete 11 місяців тому +15

    "I got this pain in my brain, ya know?"
    God damn that hit me hard

  • @imanoakyboy
    @imanoakyboy 4 роки тому +125

    "No one treated him right when he was alive" Daniel Johnson is Casper the Friendly Ghost. now

    • @jasmin12401
      @jasmin12401 3 роки тому +4

      ...you’re right He wrote the song like a prophecy of his life

  • @M1A1official
    @M1A1official 8 місяців тому +25

    I have paranoid schizophrenia and I have hallucinated three times in the last week. one was I was listening to an Andrew wk song she is beautiful and thought maybe I was wrong scripter being the word of god and andrews voice said to me through the song like he spoke over it and said to me "I'm lying?" and it sounded so caustic and disappointed with me. I get my medication through injection and am stable most of the time have not halucinated in an obvious way in a couple of years but dang is it rough. this short film makes me cry because even the most positive triumph over my illness is a tragedy. it breaks my heart and makes me cry. I function best alone scribbling bad drawings and making music no one listen to. and this is a place to comment on daniel I am just really confused and tired. I found out daniel passed because my brother said do you think he will make any more records? and I said yes and he's said I cant believe you don't know and I said what and he said he passed away and that is how I found out about him passing away.. I am a huge fan and try to keep up with music news but... I don't know I am going to bed. not thinking clearly but thinking clearly enough to see I am not so will come back and delete this comment later

    • @humanbean4037
      @humanbean4037 20 годин тому +1

      I like your comment. It breaks my heart too but at least we had him when we did right and we still have all his music
      It’s still hard though

  • @Caalifrna
    @Caalifrna 8 років тому +762

    Holy shit this is too much to handle, I wasn't ready for this I just woke up

    • @jessadambradlee
      @jessadambradlee 5 років тому +6

      I read this comment last night before committing to watch the full video. Here I am the next morning, still not ready.

    • @fantasticskeetskeet
      @fantasticskeetskeet 5 років тому +6

      Yeah this completely shifted the course of my morning.

    • @MSTL144
      @MSTL144 4 роки тому

      I feel you

    • @coaltin2509
      @coaltin2509 3 роки тому +1

      Currently experiencing this… really not a morning movie, but you can’t quit once you press play.

  • @orlahalligan8305
    @orlahalligan8305 4 роки тому +290

    I found out who this guy was 5 minutes ago and I’m sobbing

  • @bleepbleepohio
    @bleepbleepohio 4 роки тому +56

    "there isn't really a world with me, I've got, its my own world". That has to be the strongest quote ever created.

  • @user-fk8uf7xj7g
    @user-fk8uf7xj7g 7 років тому +412

    this is so sad, daniel johnston is the first musician who i can relate to on every level and probably the last too

    • @noahbixnash
      @noahbixnash 7 років тому +64

      Nah you cant relate to him

    • @0kratos09
      @0kratos09 7 років тому +29

      what makes you think you can choose who people can and can't relate to?

    • @spitshinetommy3721
      @spitshinetommy3721 7 років тому +31

      Ron Weedsley Unless he has also been diagnosed as a schizophrenic, he can't totally relate to him, and frankly wouldn't want to.

    • @JustPietzche
      @JustPietzche 6 років тому +35

      One out of 100 people are schizophrenic, and some probably use UA-cam. Those people might find somebody relatable in Daniel.

    • @KurtSlotkowski-hj8jd
      @KurtSlotkowski-hj8jd 6 років тому +5

      Spitshine Tommy - I couldn't relate to me, either! Welcome to the lonesome world of schizophrenia!

  • @blytheheintz3481
    @blytheheintz3481 4 роки тому +50

    He was just a real ass dude with mental illness and good intentions. I struggle and stuff like this makes it all worth it cause you know you aren’t alone. I love you

  • @EdwardRamirezMusic
    @EdwardRamirezMusic 4 роки тому +276

    I have to come back to this. Rest in peace, Daniel. True love has found you in the end.

  • @Quetzalcoatl83
    @Quetzalcoatl83 4 роки тому +401

    Damn, this hit me so hard, I'm affraid some day I might end this way, living alone with a lot of memories.
    RIP Daniel.

    • @johnme4443
      @johnme4443 4 роки тому +9

      Quetzalcoatl83
      keep your head up.I love you!!

    • @apeapeape999
      @apeapeape999 4 роки тому +3

      same

    • @apeapeape999
      @apeapeape999 4 роки тому +12

      i'm so scared of dying alone

    • @johnme4443
      @johnme4443 4 роки тому +1

      WAΓUIGI
      and i love you too!!

    • @apeapeape999
      @apeapeape999 4 роки тому +10

      @@johnme4443 i appreciate the sentiment, but being loved by a random person online isn't quite the same as having a loving group of friends, or even better, finding true love.

  • @TheBrotherChamp
    @TheBrotherChamp 7 років тому +143

    "But I chose the darker side..."

    • @linaarte
      @linaarte 6 років тому +1

      TheBrotherChamp 😩 why

  • @bestjoswel
    @bestjoswel 6 років тому +34

    There were days in college where I felt so strange and alone, I always had to pass Daniel's mural on my way to class. I never felt alone after passing Jeremiah. Memories.

  • @sleepdemonsmusic
    @sleepdemonsmusic 4 роки тому +23

    "If you have some good times, they seem even better when you just remember them"

  • @bochain45
    @bochain45 4 роки тому +56

    He reminds me so much of my uncle who has schizophrenia and sends poems for me to sing. I love daniel's music and it will always make me feel so much.

  • @NonceKillaz
    @NonceKillaz 4 роки тому +47

    I cant stop crying. As an outsider artist with mental health problems, this really spoke to me.

    • @motucker44
      @motucker44 Рік тому

      💜

    • @kidfortoday
      @kidfortoday 3 місяці тому

      Lol you’re not Daniel Johnston. Grow a pair

  • @bruhhitteo8890
    @bruhhitteo8890 3 роки тому +8

    I can’t even remember what she looks like. That has to be the saddest thing ever😔

  • @austinlittle920
    @austinlittle920 4 роки тому +611

    Schizophrenia is such a cruel disease, what a damn shame.
    Just discovered this guy the other day, had no idea he recently died.

    • @icebear8793
      @icebear8793 4 роки тому +28

      i just discovered him 30 minutes ago :/ wow. what a soul

    • @BanksRolls
      @BanksRolls 3 роки тому +16

      Just discovered him through Mac Miller. RIP the both of em.

    • @DEvilParsnip
      @DEvilParsnip 3 роки тому +4

      Hes dead noooooo what a real human being

    • @SyntaxErr19287
      @SyntaxErr19287 2 роки тому

      @@tombeatsbeats3846 which drug

    • @revalone3944
      @revalone3944 2 роки тому

      @@SyntaxErr19287 lsd

  • @isaacyance1004
    @isaacyance1004 4 роки тому +162

    I couldn't really process the degree of how upset I was about Dan's passing.
    I was binging his albums, watching live performances and I just had this empty feeling in my chest.
    But as soon as I watched this film, I started crying my eyes out as I hadn't remember doing in years. I sobbed for minutes on end.
    This was like therapy. It's a brilliant film. It requires a genius to portray Daniel's mind so raw and beautiful. You probably have the most intimate form of older Danny in your film man. Thank you for sharing this with the world.
    Rest in peace, Dan. You deserved more than life gave you.

    • @Blooodhail
      @Blooodhail 4 роки тому +4

      MonsterUnder YourGrave when I found out it, I got home and decided to watch his interviews, and then I watched this. Cried my eyes out. I still can’t believe how upset I am over it. It hurts a lot. I’m still dumbfounded by how much it has affected me emotionally.

  • @starknox477
    @starknox477 7 років тому +255

    daniel is such an interesting human being

  • @johnfair62
    @johnfair62 4 роки тому +413

    I came back to watch again. I remember looking at him in his parents basement. We were standing in a small room by the stairs. He had all kinds of crazy art work that no one else had ever created. A baby doll head nailed to the wall with his art work on it, pictures he changed into his imaginative art work, I looked at it all and we looked at each other. I thought to myself " What is going to happen to him" I knew he was different, but as a kid you don't know someone has mental illness. We were just friends hanging out. As we all do, you have to move on to start a life. I joined the Air Force. I heard he was having problems later and that his Mom was looking for me to come and visit and maybe pull him back to the Danny I knew. Watching his life now and how it ended makes me so sad. I knew the boy before he became this man sitting in this chair smoking. Back then Danny would not have smoked. I wish I could go back to that day by the stair well and hug him. I wish I could tell him all the things he needed to hear that would have made him whole. I think his only mental illness was a lack true deep seated belief in himself. Growing up were he grew up I understand it all. I think he just needed the right person to be his guide and it would have made all the difference in the world. His art and music is all he had to hang onto in this world. We are all blessed to have known such a beautiful soul. When I seen him in New Orleans I told him how my Dad was abusive and kicked me out of the house. He said "Don't worry I will take care of you." That is love. I knew he still loved me as I still loved my boyhood friend. Years had gone by and our friendship was still the same. I pray God will let me see him again in Heaven, whole and happy like the young man I knew.

  • @arnogh11
    @arnogh11 4 роки тому +19

    "you can't go back to the time before. Cos if you go back, there's nothing there anymore..."

  • @gbay99
    @gbay99 Рік тому +5

    “Try to hit the chord organ nice and early, when God is happy and the sun is out.”

  • @Metalheadaches
    @Metalheadaches 6 років тому +218

    reminds me of my father, he loved us very much but knew that his illness would not allow him to live with us, so one day he just left

    • @johnnymao
      @johnnymao 4 роки тому +15

      That breaks my heart. When I was younger I wanted to have kids more than anything in the world - but one day, as I got older, I realised I was unwell and that I couldn't inflict that on loved ones. Something Spike Milligan's daughter once said in an interview after he passed was that they "Never knew which version of dad was going to walk through the door" - It stuck with me .. and I never wanted someone to say that about me.

    • @sryburn641
      @sryburn641 4 роки тому +3

      @@johnnymao I totally understand your comment. Have been separated from my family for a long time. Fighting to be healthy and see them again.

    • @johnnymao
      @johnnymao 4 роки тому +4

      @@sryburn641 I wish you all the very best and hope you reconnect with them. Love and well-wishes, mate.

    • @sryburn641
      @sryburn641 4 роки тому +3

      @@johnnymao well wishes for you as well. Thanks man.

    • @dustinjolley5607
      @dustinjolley5607 4 роки тому +5

      That's my biggest fear man, my bipolar delusions are getting stronger every year... I have a one year old son, and my biggest fear is him catching on/getting it too... My wife says she'll stay, but I hate putting her through the bullshit. Daniel helps me not feel so alone...

  • @missynemo1006
    @missynemo1006 7 років тому +34

    What the hell is this!?! Did this win all the awards? This the greatest thing i've ever seen. The most rawest and most realest shit ive ever seen. This needs all the awards. All of them.

  • @stepstew40
    @stepstew40 4 роки тому +170

    A perfect short, and a timely tribute. Who's to judge the quality of a life? To stay true is a gift.

  • @WaldoMaldonado
    @WaldoMaldonado 4 роки тому +376

    Today I woke up like every other morning today and rummaged through my pile of t shirts on the floor in my room and grabbed a random shirt from the middle of the pile. The shirt happened to be the Daniel Johnston shirt I bought from his show in 2012. That show will go down as my favorite show I’ve been to. Daniel has meant so much to me and he has been there for me when it felt like no one else was. He helped me through some of the hardest times in my life & I will forever be grateful for him and his music. By the time I got home from work today, I found out Daniel has passed. I parked my car, immediately put on some things last a long time and had a good cry. Then I caught a look at myself in my rear view mirror & was reminded that I was wearing my Daniel shirt. A coincidence that is as weird & beautiful as Daniel. Rest In Peace DDJ. Thank you for everything.

    • @marymichel3801
      @marymichel3801 4 роки тому +2

      @@dansprague2 hell I do that sometimes! 😕

    • @joelfildes5544
      @joelfildes5544 4 роки тому +1

      mega smacky ‘I fumbled in my closet through my clothes,and found my cleanest dirty shirt’...Kristofferson..the greatest line ever written.

  • @Kingro619
    @Kingro619 7 років тому +89

    "You have a chance as Dan Johnson to go wherever you want. But I chose the darkness." This really resonated with me. Forced me to look at some things in perspective and realise that I'm of the age where I can change where I want to go with my life. Excellent short doc.

  • @tiak8830
    @tiak8830 7 років тому +309

    why is no one taking care of him and showing him the world? Really loved this film, I hope someone brings light into your life Daniel, you deserve it you beautiful soul.

    • @TRUEiMPROrecords
      @TRUEiMPROrecords 7 років тому +89

      I wouldn't worry about it. He lives at his parents place and I think his brother Dick lives near by. Daniel also tours around the world with his music and art. He had a local band Danny And The Nightmares not too long ago and Im sure he has lots of friends and family around :)

    • @tiak8830
      @tiak8830 7 років тому +18

      I'm really glad to hear that!

    • @jacob.g.l1592
      @jacob.g.l1592 5 років тому +7

      Because he has autonomy.

    • @jacksonvoase2556
      @jacksonvoase2556 5 років тому +21

      you made me cry. i felt you're worry, genuine concern and love for another human being. i always think the same thing about him ever since i found him but when you listen to his music you can see that he was annihilated to his family because that didnt approve or accept his path, yet he did it anyway and in the end he fell through the crack, like so many others.

    • @williamkeith8944
      @williamkeith8944 4 роки тому +5

      Living with schizophrenia like Daniel did was a long time sad road. He was still an artist and glimpses into his life are looks into that thing that lasted a long time.

  • @k-dogg711
    @k-dogg711 3 роки тому +56

    Just discovered him today. Wow. Words can’t describe how him, his music, and his story inspires, depresses, and uplifts me all at once.

    • @thunder_heads
      @thunder_heads 3 роки тому +3

      He was so amazing. I wish I could have seen him live

  • @blixtenmusik
    @blixtenmusik 11 місяців тому +6

    “If you have some good times, they seem even better when you remember them”

  • @willythewave
    @willythewave 6 років тому +61

    "There isn`t really a world with me....it`s my own world".

  • @BigCraig
    @BigCraig Рік тому +10

    I gave money via kickstarter to help get this film made; seeing my name in the credits always gives me a chill. Rest easy Daniel...

  • @almosttoearth
    @almosttoearth 4 роки тому +29

    watching this on christmas eve, alone... thousands of miles away from any one i love... this really hits home... he really was a beautiful person..

  • @williamepperson3443
    @williamepperson3443 7 років тому +174

    Daniel is a human treasure. He's inspired me to fight my demons (among them, PTSD, addiction) & keep on recording my own music & films... I would literally do anything to collaborate with, or even just get to talk with him someday... great film! "Artists don't be scared" - DJ

    • @aprilbraziel1688
      @aprilbraziel1688 7 років тому +7

      just read your comment and wanted to say........"Thanks for sharing that & glad to hear you keep "keepin' on" in spite of lifes struggles. Wishing you the very best this life has to offer you. If you haven't already, you really need to let Daniel know what he has done to inspire you & given you strength. He needs to know & it may be your one chance to collaborate with him on some level. It could be profound for you both. just sayin' "Don't be scared"

    • @blitzedpig1651
      @blitzedpig1651 6 років тому +4

      Bill Barzini I've got severe PTSD which led to addiction also my friend. I hope you are doing ok and know that you are not alone.

    • @demoleramera
      @demoleramera 5 років тому +3

      ​@@piffothegodtv5589 Wow, talk about having your own inner demons but being to scared/weak to deal with them. Mental illness can improve. Being an insecure asshole is incurable.

    • @sryburn641
      @sryburn641 4 роки тому

      I understand what you're saying. I have similar obstacles. Keep creating no matter what. That's the pill you have to swallow everyday for emotional/spiritual stability. Sometimes I'll just sing original melodies into a recorder and surprisingly some of them eventually fit into a guitar idea like a jigsaw puzzle.

  • @Ianstrox
    @Ianstrox 4 роки тому +65

    At 5:10 it's like daniel is talking to himself but also everyone experiencing heartbreak. Move on, because you deserve someone else who will reciprocate feelings for you.
    And if that person doesnt come along it's like daniel says; true love for him just turned out to be having and remembering good times.

  • @cadesturgeon2172
    @cadesturgeon2172 4 роки тому +80

    goodbye we’ll miss you.

  • @jpreefer1991
    @jpreefer1991 9 місяців тому +5

    Came here immediately after watching The Devil and Daniel Johnston just now. This made me feel something. Currently crying. RIP Daniel.

  • @bgboof7482
    @bgboof7482 3 роки тому +15

    Dude lived a life full of struggle. Glad he could see his dream come into fruition. What a talent

  • @tomutomi______________
    @tomutomi______________ 8 років тому +328

    one of my biggest inspirations, thank you daniel

  • @mauriceisnotmyname480
    @mauriceisnotmyname480 3 роки тому +16

    There's a little record shop in Houston I visit every once in a while. On their wall are two drawings by Daniel Johnston, with big "NOT FOR SALE" signs next to them. When I do visit that store, I stare at those drawings for a while, thinking about him. Rest easy, man.

  • @111HONESTY
    @111HONESTY Рік тому +4

    Daniel Johnston was one of My Moms favorite artists... this was hard to watch... I hope You're laughing and smiling and playing music together in Heaven, I Love You Mom, I'll See You Again One Day❤❤❤❤❤🙏💜💙💚🧡💛🙏❤❤❤❤❤

  • @MyIcker
    @MyIcker 7 років тому +87

    wait!,this is a masterpiece Daniel such a legend, soko and Lana del rey here too. my life is done

  • @alexandergapinski557
    @alexandergapinski557 8 років тому +209

    As a Daniel Johnston fan I can't stop watching this, this is such a great short film

    • @blitzedpig1651
      @blitzedpig1651 6 років тому +1

      Alexander Gapinski I've been in love with him since I've heard him on the record A Texas Trip in 87. Hes such a gentle human being.

  • @infobahnpirate9713
    @infobahnpirate9713 4 роки тому +46

    This absolutely wrecked me to my core. RIP Daniel.

  • @gaptooth2164
    @gaptooth2164 4 роки тому +19

    rip daniel johnston, rip mac miller

  • @Mingotheking
    @Mingotheking 2 роки тому +14

    I cry every time I watch this. He’s such a perfect soul ahead of his time.

  • @professorchaos284
    @professorchaos284 4 роки тому +29

    "There really isn't a world with me. I got... it's my own world"
    Those words hit me harder in the wake of his death. RIP Daniel Johnston, I will miss you.

  • @EmporiumFoolProductions
    @EmporiumFoolProductions 4 місяці тому +4

    how is not every single person on the planet talking about this??????

  • @DANIELIT05
    @DANIELIT05 4 роки тому +11

    “I say live, choose to live and to not to die, cause you have a chance as Dan Johnston to go whatever you want, But I chose the darker side, but you should go with the light” Genius Artist

  • @400hands
    @400hands 6 років тому +99

    Daniel Johnston was nobody that I knew. He was somebody I discovered about a week or two ago. I heard his son in a commercial and I found it on UA-cam and I’ve been in a spiral of him ever since. In that time, however, I’ve realized what an impact a person (a total complete stranger) can make on another in such a short time.

  • @bensuino3685
    @bensuino3685 4 роки тому +44

    I was always so grateful to know he was alive, and that I never had to see comments like I’m about to comment.
    Rest In Peace, Daniel

  • @WiddlyScuds2909
    @WiddlyScuds2909 4 роки тому +16

    UA-cam recommended this. I just woke up, I'm grateful to have watched this and now I'm depressed to know he died 4 days ago.
    Rest in Peace, Daniel.
    I hope love truly did find you in the end.

  • @msstg6078
    @msstg6078 Рік тому +3

    Never heard about him before, I just came up to here from the Kurt Cobain shirt he wore at UCLA show, in a video I saw 5 minutes ago and got attrackted by this "Hi, how are you..."
    But Kurt did well by supporting this artist, I can feel why!
    Just sad that I'd never heard about him before!!

  • @gabrielsunday925
    @gabrielsunday925 8 років тому +137

    🙏🏻❤️I’m happy people r finding this film. RIP Danny. Godbless the Beatles and rest easy now. (Edit: removed original message about the ads)

    • @yesticles
      @yesticles 8 років тому +2

      Wow, he put ads on this? What a Bfucker! ;) Excellent video, by the way.

    • @Bfuckin7
      @Bfuckin7  8 років тому +22

      Hi, sir! The ads aren't my doing, actually. I'm sure you probably know this already, but if content isn't originally yours, once their system traces the copyright owner or claimant (Merlin PIAS, INgrooves, on behalf of Eternal Yip Eye), you are allowed to continue hosting the content, but ads will run, and I assumed you were, in some way, the one benefiting from that, or one of them. Will include the link right away! Thanks again for such a great film!

    • @gabrielsunday925
      @gabrielsunday925 8 років тому +25

      Thanks. I'm happy people are enjoying the movie! I'll print 'up the comments and send to Daniel :)

    • @andrewcameroncline3733
      @andrewcameroncline3733 8 років тому +3

      great job on the film. i have a copy of yip/jump music that daniel made himself, alternate versions and everything!
      Daniel: you are my friend always, I hope to meet you one day and talk about music and play. everyone is your biggest fan, so I am not special in that regard. i have had similar struggles and your songs and art always make me feel like I won't ever be alone. life is longer than we ever expected, you have made my world joyous. i don't suppose this message will make it to you, let alone that you might ever reply, but I am interested to correspond with you, if you ever have interest in making a new friend. no agenda

    • @ozmaapophenia3811
      @ozmaapophenia3811 8 років тому +1

      In that case please let Daniel know that my friends and I love and appreciate his music very much. A lot of us lead happier, more charming lives because of him. Thank you Gabriel. Thank you Daniel.

  • @maxtobinfilms
    @maxtobinfilms 4 роки тому +95

    God this hurts. And seeing that Mac Miller saw the beauty in this film hurts even more.

    • @katjasinnett5349
      @katjasinnett5349 8 місяців тому

      I came here because of Mac. Mac is my favorite artist. Watching this.. I just started crying. For obvious reasons

  • @710Jeaux
    @710Jeaux 11 місяців тому +5

    I sit here in the dark and watch this & I sob my eyes out under the weight of the things that go through my mind. Watching this makes me realize some of it may never go away for the rest of my
    Life, and the real answer is to exist beside it , not to try and overcome it.

  • @Jackson-pn4pn
    @Jackson-pn4pn 3 роки тому +26

    As a young man with a family history of mental illness, I’ve always been terrified of losing my mind. I’m a musician and songwriter as well and I feel like my creativity may just be an extension of my madness. This made me feel a lot better.

  • @liammgill
    @liammgill Рік тому +6

    "I can't even remember what she looks like."

  • @jonwhitfield6505
    @jonwhitfield6505 5 років тому +23

    I love Daniel Johnston. Him and Brian Wilson are my biggest inspirations. They're the whole reason I write songs.

  • @SixthQuarter
    @SixthQuarter 4 роки тому +12

    It's sad to think that he never saw world with him in it, just that he was in his own world. That sounds very lonely to me.
    RIP Daniel.

  • @mentalduplex6033
    @mentalduplex6033 4 роки тому +18

    The feeling I get from watching this is one I cannot describe.

  • @chubbydexter7987
    @chubbydexter7987 6 років тому +270

    I was at Goodwill on North Lamar and saw a boom box, it had a cassette that had written in marker yip/jump music Daniel Johnston, played it and heard the weirdest music ever. So here I am now looking at this guy on UA-cam , pretty interesting...

    • @chubbydexter7987
      @chubbydexter7987 5 років тому +14

      Fish - Y I kept the cassette I didn't buy the boom box though

    • @ColeJohnstone
      @ColeJohnstone 4 роки тому +4

      You should post it

    • @TooCooFoYou
      @TooCooFoYou 4 роки тому

      Sounds like something DJ would do back in the ‘80s

    • @BendApparatus
      @BendApparatus 4 роки тому

      @@chubbydexter7987 lol that's the greatest response ever...you sound like you're pretty unique your self...

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 3 роки тому +1

      TooCooFoYou that’s how Daniel made music because he didn’t have a tape recorder

  • @mustbejames1
    @mustbejames1 3 роки тому +8

    We all had a laurie in our lives.

  • @Soggywafflesyrup
    @Soggywafflesyrup 4 роки тому +14

    Ngl the first time I heard of Daniel Johnston was through Supreme, and I’ve always loved the artwork in those collabs, finally took the time to find out who Daniel Johnston is and I don’t regret it one bit. Johnston forever

    • @layoramirez4993
      @layoramirez4993 4 роки тому

      who cares man, as long as his art and music is being recognized by people everywhere.

  • @phqutub
    @phqutub 8 місяців тому +4

    Lana is perfect for this. RIP Daniel

  • @tekkara1548
    @tekkara1548 4 роки тому +12

    This isnt how i wanted my day to end by hearing that he passed. R.I.P Daniel Johnston such a unique overlooked artist. There will never be another one like you

  • @espirituneutro9696
    @espirituneutro9696 4 роки тому +60

    Rest In Peace Danny, thanks for the art, love you forever.

  • @triplesevensix291
    @triplesevensix291 4 роки тому +25

    Maybe now he can get some of that peace that so eluded him in life? R.I.P. Daniel. Go chill out with Casper..... ;) Godspeed.

  • @mysteriousstranger1454
    @mysteriousstranger1454 4 роки тому +95

    I was just listening to his music and later found out he died...I would send him messages now and then. I can relate to him, the depression and anxiety is finally over..

    • @LevUFO
      @LevUFO 4 роки тому

      An amazing soul

    • @chrisscarfo8832
      @chrisscarfo8832 4 роки тому +1

      I kinda wish you weren't a stranger.....mysterious is cool tho.

    • @jennmullins1063
      @jennmullins1063 3 роки тому

      Hope you're doing ok

  • @animalfinatic9366
    @animalfinatic9366 7 років тому +181

    This really touched my heart. As I watched and watched, I could just feel the words, songs, and images shown. And when he said you can't go back to the way things were before because there's no more (or something along the lines of that) I could feel my heart drop. Something about this short film comforted me. It was the satisfaction of expressing the sadness I burden in my mind. And knowing that it's also present in many others. When Daniel described the life he lives now, it may sound insipid, but in the midst of all discomfort is peace within life that lies in the whole experience of it. Maybe some of us are destined to always long for the past, but I have high hopes that art lies beneath it. The darkness we wished would dissolve might stay, yet the life we're bound to live might just be okay. Lana's voice at the end gave me that wild idea. This feeling of peace, a feeling of stability. It could just be true.

  • @thewisefromwest6941
    @thewisefromwest6941 Рік тому +4

    Makes me tear out

  • @aakkoin
    @aakkoin Рік тому +4

    Usually neuroticism (sensitivity to negative emotion) goes down as people get older, but I guess people and artists like Daniel never lose that childlike wonder and expression.

  • @wesscott7497
    @wesscott7497 Рік тому +4

    Daniel Johnston is like an urban myth come to life. He will forever be a legend

  • @Be_Bop
    @Be_Bop 7 років тому +92

    This made me bawl my eyes out for some reason.

    • @labotamysausagedog
      @labotamysausagedog 6 років тому +15

      Same here but, I know the reason why, because it's heartbreaking and because I can relate to a lot of it (it's the expression of melancholy sadness, loneliness, and the desire to be loved, as well as the sense of the lost time you can never get back).

    • @acetate909
      @acetate909 6 років тому +5

      I think that most intelligent and empathetic people cried during this video. If you haven't watched 'The Devil and Daniel Johnston' I recommend it.

    • @CHIEFS_DYNASTY_
      @CHIEFS_DYNASTY_ 6 років тому

      Dominic Elliott i hate people who say "for some reason" like yeah it isnt completely obvious why this might be sad. shut up dude

    • @criddycriddy
      @criddycriddy 4 роки тому

      @@acetate909 Thanks ... I will, only just found this amazing soul ... incredible talent and much more ....