Daniel Johnston - Come See Me Tonight

Taken from the album Please Don't Feed The Ego (1994). Originally from the album Hi, How Are You. Also featured on the soundtrack of My So Called Life.

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Music

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• daniel
• johnston
• come
• see
• me
• tonight
• please
• don't
• feed
• the
• ego

[NintendoSegaSonyGuy]

You say this song was on the My So Called Life Soundtrack? That's incredible. Which episode?

[mepsib]

@NintendoSegaSonyGuy I'm actually not sure. I was quite little when that show was on so I don't remember the individual episodes very well. I just know it was on a CD my cousin had of the soundtrack. It doesn't specify the episode on imdb either.

[NintendoSegaSonyGuy]

@mepsib

It's just funny, because reruns of the show have been being shown on the SunDance channel. My sister and I have been watching them recently. From the numerous episodes we've seen so far, I can't recall ever hearing this song.

If you've never watched the show, I highly recommend that you do sometime.

[mepsib]

@NintendoSegaSonyGuy I remember the characters quite well (esp. Jordan Catalano!), but I think most of the themes/plots probably went right over my head - I'd like to see it again as an adult just for all the nineties nostalgia!

[mepsib]

Personally, it's his non-perfect performance that makes me like the song in the first place. I would hate this song if it didn't have his strange vocals. His voice seem to fit the lyrics more than a better trained one, in my opinion.

[TheScissorhandsKhemi]

i trully like his imperfection, its what makes the music so great ..

[SilenceBroken23]

I have heard this song many times before but it still always brings out strong emotions in me. Somehow this song taps into loneliness really well.

[tunaketchup]

Why do people have to over-complicate this? He is a great songwriter. There's nothing else to say. Who cares about anything else? He writes great songs.

[mepsib]

@NintendoSegaSonyGuy I totally agree. In conventional contexts, imperfection seems like a negative thing, but when someone or something is completely individual, the perfection is in the imperfection, if that makes sense.

[NintendoSegaSonyGuy]

@mepsib

Typically, saying something is not perfect when someone really likes it is regarded as a negative thing. But now I see your point. Nothing is really perfect. By claiming something has a character flaw, it makes it seem complete. Some people just happen to take that the wrong way.

[mepsib]

@NintendoSegaSonyGuy My point is that nothing is perfect, and his music is not perfect by CONVENTIONAL standards. Which makes it, in its own context, perfect because he is not concerned with being conventional anyway. You are all misunderstanding my point, which actually originally was in response to someone ELSE claiming an imperfection. I don't know why refering to something as not being perfect is considered a negative thing - it's a compliment.

[NintendoSegaSonyGuy]

I'm going with YunaBonbeurre. This song is perfect, without an "imperfection" that mepsib is claiming. It's just blowing me away.