M. Ward - Story of an artist (Daniel Dale Johnston)

[RobotPirateNinja616]

millions of frogs were harmed in the making of this movie.

[hitshitwithsticks]

meh, this is so-so at best. doesn't have the heart of the original.

[1185sammi]

what is this video, though?

[ChristopherKaiJensen]

@1185sammi its scenes from the film Magnolia

[CurleysPizzeria]

i also feel bad for the frogs

[netforce0]

ITS SHARK WEEK

[luisefer]

it went from awkward sounding kid(daniel) to this creep voice(m.ward)

[chocolemonade]

This song is so absolutely beautiful. It was playing in my drawing class the other day as everyone worked and I just thought "wow, this is so perfect. It just fits every artist" beautiful.

[backwardshoe]

Just saw M. Ward perform this live in Brisbane, it was beautiful.

[iamjoedubois]

what's going on in the video?

raining frogs?

[MoonFlavor]

You destroyed a great song D:

[netforce0]

@MoonFlavor theres always one hahahaa

[AlexFate101]

superb. ty so much.

[EuRiTa]

soooo special song to my story...

[fuzzh3ad]

This song made me cry

[psychicguitar]

this is one of the most beautiful videos on youtube. this performance, of this song, set to this video = MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yeaidoubledip]

what movie is this scene from?

[benair7]

The name of the movie is "Magnolia."

[xfebar]

holy crap man... it´s a great cover.

[YoHuckleberry]

WHAT!? This incredibly ironic. I had to perform the Jim/Claudia restaurant scene from this movie the other day in my acting class and a few weeks ago my teacher and I were talking about M. Ward (before I even got this scene to do). She wanted us to pick a song to inspire us for our scenes and I was gonna pick M. Ward's "Vincent O'Brien." Now I find this amazing M. Ward/ Magnolia video and it's absolutely haunting. Excellent job on the video.

[spoonface]

@YoHuckleberry  That's not ironic.

[Beermuff]

putting this video with this song was brilliant! it's better than a lot of videos that were originally made for the song.

[cameradiary]

misfitadictpistol, i totally agree.

i found daniel johnston from jeffree lewis playing with him in a performance.

the movie, the devil and daniel johnston is amazing

i love m.ward

[yuppy64]

This was an unsettling video to watch before bed, does anybody know the story of the video? I assume it wasn't made to go with Ward's cover.

The frogs were cute (in a sad way) bouncing off the diving board.

[ceraines]

I hate frogs...love M.

[dcs577]

paul thomas anderson meets daniel johnston! yeah!

[misfitadictpistol]

beautiful.

i find that alot of people are discovering daniel through newer artist covering his stuff, and i think its awesome, like bright eyes covering devil town is what led me to him and im so amazed by his stuff

[midnight260]

I actually found a few bands through bright eyes, both daniel johnston and m ward, which makes this cool.

plus when i first listened to Story of an artist i actually thought this would sound cool with a lower voice and a guitar, and voila found it.

[rafaelmadferit]

Good cover. Still prefer Dan Johnston, but M. Ward is fuckin' great

[devinshea]

this video is just so far off base, but i am a huge Johnston Fan, and I dig this. I also dig Devil town by Bright eyes.

[TruLuv4Evr]

First I've ever heard of M. Ward.

Huge Daniel Johnston fan. Favorite song of his.

I like this dude. Does the song justice. He gets a pass in my book.

[adamski177]

what a cover...good stuff

[eversincealways]

"i like orginal more..."

But only M. Ward can do it justice.

[alexj89]

i love m.ward. his covers are always great. not necessarily as raw as daniel johnston, but they're always well arranged. i especially love his cover of to go home on post-war.

[davedylan22]

yeah to go home is done amazingly well.

[bigcheese420s]

wow that is really cool footage when did frogs rain from the sky like that?

[brolindevine]

the the movie Magnolia.

[patrickvansante]

What an incredible version of Daniel Johnstons beautiful song.

I can hear it a 1000 times! Hats off to M. Ward, a true, fine and fantastic Artist.

[AlienIQ420]

@patrickvansante I Agree, no matter how many times I hear this I never get tired of it

[heroe2]

My favorite song by my favorite artist.

[drcolumbus]

if m. ward is ur favorite..then this isnt his song...if u didnt already know

[larrieking]

The original has so much depth and emotion...I enjoy hearing other versions of Johnston's work, but I agree that the original is how it was supposed to be. This version doesn't evoke(in me)NEARLY the amount of emotion that the original does.

[Lifeisamazing]

is this song actually in the movie, or has someone edited it with this song over the top? looks like a real thought provoking film, still trying to find it!!!

[NathanZackery]

This is so much better than the original. For one thing, M. Ward is in tune, and also we don't have to listen to that terrible piano. Still, props to Johnston for doing the groundwork.

[maxelsbutt]

you still need to learn a lot about music brother. that's for sure

[jisais84]

...as much as I love M. Ward, I think the original is better...

[mikedowd66]

what a great engineer mward is (see jenny lewis!).

At the very beginning of this song, before his guitar plays the melody, you hear Daniel play the melody on his piano. A subtle and tasteful nod to Daniel perhaps.

[mikedowd66]

I agree with chbrules...this is an amazing video. sweet irony. this song (hearing daniel sing it banging at his piano), mward on his trapeez, this breathtaking scene from magnolia....life is good when it's this sad...state of emergency...where i want 2 B

[cousteaujr]

i believe this song was written by daniel johnston - a very special artist

[mjdoyza]

No frogs were hurt or injured in the making of this video, except the ones that fell from the sky

[pcahern]

The movie is Magnolia. The song was written by Daniel Johnston, a manic depressive who started making tapes of his songs and handing them out when he was a teenager. There was a tribute album of his songs being played by M Ward, Tom Waits, Beck, Conor Oberst, and several others. The original version of this song is one of the saddest I've ever heard.

[chbrules]

This has to be one of the most amazing songs and videos I've ever had the pleasure of hearing and seeing.

I just found M. Ward tonight through pandora and I am so glad I did. I just bought every one of his albums.

[dReAdLoCkA]

Simply beautiful damn it! *.*