Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered

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Product Description We are here to confirm truth to the rumors that we are currently working on a compilation of Daniel Johnston covers songs. What we won't tell you is the names of the Artist and bands that will be on it. This compilation we surely blow your mind. You'll see it on the shelves in your favorite record sooner then you think! Oh yeah the producer of this project is Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse. .com Here we have a flawed but interesting introduction to the songs and recordings of one of the twentieth century’s great, maudlin pop musicians, Texas-based Daniel Johnston. This double CD has a pack of alt-rock superstars--among them Beck, Tom Waits, Vic Chesnutt, Bright Eyes and Calvin Johnson--tackling Johnston’s idiosyncratic and visionary songs, while the other disc has the originals, in the same order. With the exception of TV on the Radio’s Ubu-ish take on "Walking the Cow" and Waits' over the top version of "King Kong," there’s not much to say about the covers CD. Sincere indie-rock takes on Johnston's amazingly strong, emotionally intimate songs? How obvious and boring is that? Why have the work of one vocally eccentric artist interpreted by a bunch of wimpy dudes? However, as a sampler of his work, disc two is exemplary, focusing primarily as it does on his '80s home recordings. If you look at this as a great mixtape that comes with some silly covers, you’ll enjoy it plenty. --Mike McGonigal