The Devil And Daniel Johnston - Laurie

[theeightofcups]

Dan has good taste- this girl is beautiful

[pizzaz91]

such an amazing documentary

[frequencysquared]

Daniel You have saved my life so many times. Thank You.

[melroach]

She had no idea? Why was she playing with him and licking her lips while staring into his view finder then?

[axemahn]

i wana bang laurie

[princessspea]

I wish someone would upload Chords of Fame!

[princessspea]

I wish someone would upload Chords of Fame!

[Bulldog22031]

She was really pretty

[dansradioshow]

"...And I knew I was an artist." What a profound effect to have on someone

[StevenJacobbb]

bwahaha 1:16

[Zepster77]

Easy to see why he was crazy about her!!! She's gorgeous!!! And looks like she was a lot of fun too.

[brandoncipelle]

@ FunBoy15 she saw the film. she she knows. This video and artist makes me cry in the best possible way .

[30SecondDogWalk]

Laurie behaved as if she liked Daniel right back. How unfortunate that they didn't end up together and all because she thought she loved the undertaker, only for that marriage to end up in divorce anyway. I hate that crap so much. How stupid and unfair. She sat there flirting and playing with Daniel behind the undertaker's back, and then marries that ass only to divorce the ass. Sick and pathetic! People, please do the right thing in your lives. Never do the opposite of what your heart demands

[omgstfudavid]

@30SecondDogWalk wow youre stupid

[The6degreeseparation]

@omgstfudavid: That's quite a claim. What's so stupid about it?

[omgstfudavid]

@The6degreeseparation because he knows nothing about the situation other than a 5 minute segment on the documentary. never do the the opposite of what your heart demands? how do you know what her heart desired?

[fang11]

Laurie mann is her real name.

[fattysnaxx]

i love you danny!!

[Vitusvonatzinger]

The saddest thing is that if Daniel had not been so sick he may have been able to win her away from Undertaker Pete. She could tell that he obviously wasn't right. He was highly aware that it was his illness that was the biggest barrier.

[jhartist123]

Still seeking acceptance. I've been called an artistic genious but Noone thinks I deserve to make a living doing all I know and love. So I give alot of it away just to seek acceptance. I can hide behind the paintings and drawings that's what use I have found. The artist is a different being. The world is weird, not us.

[catseatingclouds]

@jhartist123 well said.

[jhartist123]

I understand the depression. The soul of a true artist gets so obsessed by a subject their totally ingulfed in it until they move on to the next subject. I'm 41 my mental breakdowns came at 14 and 38. I spent my whole life being called sinsitive. The trueth is I think everyone else is blind. I have artist ditemperment and every piece has to be perfect or I'll shred it. Still seeking

[erboz]

goddamnit laurie wtf!

[iloveher1773]

Daniel Johnston is by far the greatest man alive. :) And if anyone is interested, i have two Daniel Johnston covers up. one of his song, "Favourite Darling Girl" and "True Love Will Find You In The End". please watch if anyone has the time. thanks.

[bryanini]

damn shes beautiful....

[Lysystra]

Laurie does seem like a beautiful girl. I dont blame him for falling for her.

[foldedeggs]

I'll say this, he has good taste in women, she is absolutely beautiful even at the reunion. Even watching the old video of her being goofy gave me a small crush, lol.

[PixelPwner]

@foldedeggs me2 lol

[Feadpool2112]

This is just a really beautiful film about a really beautiful person.

I wish that I didn't relate to it so much. :(

[Nosmos]

Whenever I see Daniel looking at the video of Laurie, I keep thinking he's going to cry. It seems like we're intruding on a private moment that shouldn't be shared!!!! Very similar to when he meets her in 2005 elsewhere on the DVD, it's a massive deal to him and so raw.

[stricken2death]

i just wanna know y people like him.. is it his lyrics?

[xdarkrabbitx]

His art. His words. His sound. His voice. His love. His pain. His life. His reflection in us all

[gwamba]

good question..but why do people like liver and onions, hunting and fishing, scary movies, football, death metal...its just what ya like i guess, for me Daniels music is very un-manicured,from the heart, expressive...i donno...i just like him...i never really stopped to think why...thanx for making me stop and think!

respect..

~g~

[PrairieDon1021]

He's not overrated, he just has a different scale by which he's rated. He's been dealt a rough hand in life, and it's hard to fully see his talent as a song writer because his recordings are crappy quality done on a tape recorder, and he has also battle severe mental illness his whole life. Much like if you handed someone a toothbrush youd get different than a paintbrush. Does it make the artist less talented? No. They just didn't have the right tools & Daniels always been forced to fingerpaint

[ListenToSpacemen3]

thats actually a really great way to put it... he was forced to fingerpaint, and could STILL put so much heart into his songs, which makes him a legend in my eyes.

[revender13]

Hah. What an awesome way to word it.

[TheDude0fLife]

...and I had her boots!

[redcat10]

i realize i am opening myself up for this one...but i kinda think this guy is overated

[deltacomccullum]

I really enjoy his music, but i kinda have to agree with you.

[thefriendsociety]

overrated huh? uh...what?

[lildesigner51]

I would say the opposite

[jaylemmingleader]

Yeah!

In fact...people should stop writing songs altogether! There's really nothing interesting towrite about.

[putdownan8dude]

dude did not age well

[lukealpha]

men, " are worth nothing,," i disagree, men have played a very important role human evolution: Men invented history, men invented Science, men invented art, men invented religion. I'm sorry, men have accomplished more than women. Women were built for a totally different task. I'm not saying women are inferior or less intelligent. Women are just different. " bitches come and go " that's why i don't think he should write a song about girl. The majority of them are ungrateful, and don't care.

[lukealpha]

I feel bad for this guy. I would never write a song about a girl. Women aren't worth writing songs about in my opinion.

[randomguy1774]

they are if your in love. which daniel is/was

[hygraed]

Sweet, open misogyny. You sound like a swell dude.

[seraphx20033]

Why did i get a downgrade on my comment?

[seraphx20033]

i wonder if they got back together after they met up and the end of this movie

[kraigus]

nope.

[FunBoy15]

i wonder if she's seen this and how she feels about it

[kraigus]

she has.

[gointothatfuneral]

@FunBoy15 shes definitely seen it. in the movie, at the end or in special features shes at a showing of it somewhere and they talk

[SpaceCowboyMcCoy]

@FunBoy15 the dvd includes a featurette on the reunion between the two.

[TheEvilelvis89]

@FunBoy15

She's seen the movie and she thought it was really sweet how Daniel thought of her.

[MomeRaths10]

how old was he? and how old are he now? pls kiss

[tracksuitjim]

and in this nightmare there was a dream

that is probably one of the most amazing things i've ever heard.

even if you don't like his music, you gotta appreciate how honest he and he says some very meaningful stuff.

[ghost037]

I can relate to Daniel.

[welcometheplagueyear]

i thought he was gonna cry.

but he was just smiling.

[warleyanarkist]

laurie seems kool.....poor daniel

[grungecro]

my god..how sensitive this man is..i cry when i look at this movie..

[waywardwatchdog1]

Great clip. You can immediately empathize with the pain that he felt from not being able to attain his ideal woman. Oddly, nearly all the greatest art manifests itself out of loss and heartbreak.

[RunTerranova]

Lauri

[andywho2222]

yes...

[sydbarrett5]

Please people. Don't bash L'il Wayne and Mariah Carey. They do what they do, and Daniel does what he does.

[lmosco]

this is exactly 100% what I was getting at

[caffeinatedDOUGHNUT]

Mortician school. xDD

[direweasal]

I always thought that was made up - like clown college.

[lmosco]

haha that is such a cop out, maria carey and lil wayne make catchy, memorable pop music and nothing else, nothing wrong with that atleast they arent pretending that their music is anything else. If he wasnt mad or if he was a massive chart topping artist u woudnt give him the time of day, u like the idea of liking him more than the actual music

[danny54125412]

No, it's simply the fact that his music is amazing

[asugar]

Well, I can't say that I wouldn't like him if he wasnt' who he was, it would be impossible, since if he wasn't original, soulful, and true to who he was, he wouldn't have any music whatsoever.

I am in no way a music elitist and hate people that are, but I really like Johnston, because he is really good and putting really specific moods in his songs, and I can see what he feels very clearly.

[kamalLanier]

there is no such thing as 'memorable' pop music.

it becomes more of a novelty rather than timeless recording.

[lmosco]

neither is this memorable. music doesnt have to be memorable, lighten up, it can be just fun. and to be honest, casper the friendly ghost is anything but timeless, how can you sitand judge pop music while listening to that.

[kamalLanier]

i think casper the friendly ghost has a poetic quality that you couln't gather from any top 40 song.

there's a distinct difference, man

[Alfrunk]

I agree. He kind of creates archetypes from his own past that only make sense to him - but they're applicable to many peoples' lives. I didn't like 'Casper' until I realized what it meant to me. Guess it's just a personal thing.

[tracksuitjim]

you're kind of making a blanket statement man.last time i checked the beatles aren't a novelty. there's plenty of unbelievable pop music. just cause it's pop doesn't mean it's shit or meaningless, etc. open your mind.

[kamalLanier]

I was referring to current music-if i remember correctly he compared him to a Brittany Spears or something alike

[lmosco]

why does everyone think this dude is a genius hes just summ creepy stalker cunt with shit music

[ImSuperKewl]

What type of music do you listen to? Lil Wayne? Moron.

[lmosco]

i listen to everything from the beatles, bob dylan, lil wayne,mariah carey. im not some pretentious music elitist like u who thinks the more obscure the artist the better they are

[ImSuperKewl]

You know why we like Daniel? He has soul in his music, he means what he says, unlike lil wayne and mariah carey (whom are trash).

[rs0n1st]

see i feel this is were ignornace occurs. If we stop labeling lil wayne and Daniel Johnston as a type of music, and stop nd listen to what they actually say you would get a better understanding of thier work as a whole... listen to Tie my hands by lil wayne understand what he is saying and them tell me if he has soul.

[SYouden84]

she is beautiful, he knows how to pick em

[chrish12345]

lol i luv that cat

[silvergult]

shhh

[badboy91488]

she was really pretty but damn that sucks she married someone else :\

[10SecondToDie]

Ayer vi este documental, no se que decir... cuando hablan de la historia de Laurie, casi llore... es tan "no se"

Daniel Johnston no lo conocia, pero despues de ver esto, siento que lo conocia desde siempre...

[MoiDeCoentro]

there's a video of their encounter 26 years later, called "Devil and Daniel Johnston -- Laurie Continued"

[silvergult]

amazing mannnnnnnnnnnnnn

[anitasseo]

era muy lindo.. por qué no le dio bola por el funerario?? no lo entiendo. quiero ver esa parte del dvd en que se reencuentran. no la conseguí

why didnt she accept him?? i dont get her. he was so cute and talented, i mean, how as a woman could you say no to him??! he was SO lovely. i dont get her, her husband was normal and boring. how could you prefer that? she could have make dan so happy. and to dan: why didnt you just FORGET HER AND move on?? many girls would have dated you

[mufasahhh]

porqué ella era el amor de su vida

[violaozim]

Daniel was right, she was something...

[goretex12]

Laurie is rather dashing

[rijstmetprutje]

Greatttt!!!

[mushy85]

whats laurie think about all this now?

[chipdevourer]

On the DVD they actually meet up again- and Dan asks her to marry him.

[mushy85]

that a boy.

[Mick342]

Noo Way What Happens????

[girlredefind]

really? what happened?

[darkbenny]

What a wonderful movie...

Can somebody please tell me the name of the song that comes in at the 9 second mark? I've been searching for a while and nobody seems to know the name of that little tune...

[chrish12345]

its music he did for the film, like the song he sings at the piano

[freshprinceofbelaire]

iv always loved daniels johnston

[darkbenny]

Does anybody know the name of the piano tune in the background of the first part of this scene - it is hauntingly beautiful but I don't know the name :(

[RapeTheVirgin]

Breaks my heart over and over.

[torikmoon]

I thought the movie was very interesting when I saw it at the theater. I went and bought one of his CDs the next day.