Watched this documentary last night about Daniel Johnston. He's sort of a skitzoid savant genius songwriter who has the voice of a little boy and sings very sweet, but tortured songs. Got himself famous by recording "albums" by placing a portable tape recorder against his piano and just playing/singing. The tapes just got passed around and passed around and this is all in the early 80s. Even made in on MTV in 1985 (only having played one real show) by ambushing a taping that was going on in his hometown.
Some questions I am left with: As a believer in Jesus who has a hard time understanding the devil, if this guy is really possessed and not just crazy, why would the devil pick this guy who is an outspoken christian (was even arrested for writing hundreds of christian fishes all over the inside of the statue of liberty in order to ward off the innevitable "military take-over")? ALSO: How synonymous are the words genius and crazy? The people in my life who I believed were even borderline genius couldn't hang socially. Van Gogh cut off his ear.I think musicians and people interested in "spirit world" type stuff could/should watch this movie. I think musicians should definately have Daniel Johnston in their musical vocabulary and be able to reference his style/influence. I think spiritual people would have an interesting time cracking this egg.
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