I’ve been battling with depression since I was 12. Nom I’m 26 and David’s music and profound lyrics gives me strength to live everyday since I discovered him. It’s devastating to know that this was a suicide note. It reminds me that this struggle is so real. Safe travels David, your music will always speak to me like no other thing does.
I have a ton of respect for anyone who battles the monster for so long. I was “diagnosed” at 7 years old. Now I am 55 and don’t really know how I got here. I had tickets to see Purple Mountains but alas, that ended up being a night that won’t happen. Be well my friend.
Probably the darkest, saddest song I've ever heard. I can barely get through a listen. I can't even begin to imagine what he was feeling as he wrote this.
It sucks so much I found David Berman after he pasted, but this last year listening to his music has been a real treat. RIP to one of the best song writers ever. I hope you found the peace you were looking for.
I can't even bring myself to listen to this album straight through and that isn't like me. David is like the best friend I never had, and no complaints about my actual beat friend here, it just feels like he was telling the truth and also giving us some horrific news as a joke. Not this song, but some of Silver Jews most depressing songs aren't without their zingers. It seems he saw the humor in things most would find it possible to laugh about. If I had to guess, although this song negates this statement but it's pre-horrible decision, I would say he really regrets doing that and to be honest, what can you change or fight if you're fucking DEAD? I mean what can he do about his father now? Knock pencils off of his desk on good days? I love you, David, but you, my friend, are a fucking idiot this time. Now we are all stuck here with no one to speak for us. That's no way to treat a beat friend!
Turntables Rockmyworld it really is. When it came out last year and he killed himself a month later I was crushed. And I thought the same thing then. So sad but what a beautiful album.
I find David Berman to be the most relatable and real musician when it coes to explaining and visualizing emotions. This whole album is just masterfully beautiful. I absolutely love him. RIP
This is so confusing and conflicting emotionally. I listened to this because it cropped up on lots of "Best of 2019" lists, the Purple Mountains album. I listened to it, really enjoyed it so thought I'd read into them more, only to discover Silver Jews, their connection to Pavement but most importantly - David Berman, his lyrics and most fucking frustratingly of all- his death. I can't remember how I interpreted the album before listening to it in the context of his death. His ghost haunts so many of the songs now. It's beautiful but incredibly sad, sort of like listening to Black Star after Bowie died. I wish I could disassociate this album from Bermans death and simply love it, but I can't. Instead, I find myself wishing Berman stayed long enough to see the impact his album had on people. He said in an interview that reviews - one by Pitchfork in particular - hurt him. All he had to do was come to his songs comment sections and see how much strength he gave people through his music - strength to overcome the everyday adversities, choices and wounds life gives us. It's a two-way street; surely he could have found solace in reading earnest comments like these. Outpourings of vicarious gratitude for guidance on dealing with emotions we found hard to deal with or understand. That was why Berman was loved! "Art makes us feel less alone". Berman was so many peoples friend they had never met. He could have took heart from the fact that in giving so much of his, he eased so many strangers passages through life. Urgh. It reminds me of David Foster Wallace all over again. - anyway, lovely song, lovely tribute. thanks man
His craft was exceptional compared to his contemporaries, let's be honest. Music isn't a competition but if it was, Berman's king. You are dearly missed, David, and I would love to shake your hand one day. Wherever you are, I'll take a train across the sea to get there and I'm sure you did too.
@@ludaheracles7201 Brian I am the same Attention lad, completely missed the Silver Jews till I listened to this album. I knew of the Silver Jews but never heard any of the albums. Getting into them now as I head to my fifties
Unbelievably sad song and sad album. But like all good sad albums still worth listening to. Horrible that he was so unhappy but amazing that he made all this stuff.
i discovered this album randomly by chance over 5 years ago thanks to the youtube algorithm, and it remains one of my favorites to this day few people capture the feeling of knowing that life has lost it's lustre as well as david berman can
I was devastated when we lost David. I come back here often. We said goodbye to my little 16 year old Shih-Tzu on Christmas Day a few days ago. I miss him more than I can put into words but I find some catharsis here. Thank you for everything, David.
David, you made me feel less alone. I like to think you received a lot of love while working on this album. I’m sorry it wasn’t enough. Through your music I can feel your presence, now I’m less skeptical about ghosts. You will always be my hero. I wish you hadn’t suffered. I love you. I remember you.
For anyone interested, David had a personal blog. It feels morose and like violating privacy to read the entries now, but it is a capsule of sorts of his thoughts and influences.
I truly adore all his works. This was a beautiful but difficult masterpiece to except. I've been listening to this full record almost every morning I wake up and have the day off since it was up for sale and arrived at my house.
I haven't been able to even listen to the new album until this video. This is my first taste. I couldn't listen to it after he died, and I hadn't listened to it yet, so it was an unknown to me. This broke the seal. Thanks for making it graceful.
I am just discovering David - I wish he could have felt the inspiration and joy that he brought to so many - maybe he did and it still wasn't enough.... I'm grateful for this album, but I wish we still had David Berman.
I have always been extremely fond of Silver Jews but Berman's album slipped under the radar for me. I only found out about the album when I was listening to a playlist and heard a Purple Mountains song come on. Heartbroken to hear he took his own life shortly after this was released. American Water is a true gem, and it's the only album I like to jam out on guitar to. Rest in peace David.
I cry almost every time I watch this video. I never met David but I sure miss him. I'm sorry this world was too much for him but I understand why it's so tough aswell. I'm constantly scared, sad, angry and dissappointed and even though I feel that way, I try to be a better person. Thanks for this video and I hope you all are fine and a little bit happy
This is probably my favourite song on the album, but also one of the saddest. You did a great job putting this together, really nice tribute. Left me a bit teary eyed.
Daniele Milazzo I’m sorry he’s gone. I appreciate your posts. I often think about suicide like many others do. Sometimes I think about not being able to let go of my past relationships and the idea of moving on seems less appealing. Maybe he set himself up for too much with the album and upcoming tour and he just wasn’t ready to move on. I don’t know. I wish he were still here. Maybe he didn’t know how much he was actually loved while he was around but for me getting to see how much his fans like you loved him feels good and makes the world feel slightly less hopeless. I don’t know. I’m sorry he’s gone.
I've spent the last few years battling with my own issues regarding mental health and this song cuts me to the bone.But the practical way that the songwriting describes suicide has really saved me. It brings a lot of clarity to a very weird perspective.
luv the clips of young Berman. too bad he couldn't stay longer, but like David Foster Wallace, so many of the Great Daves are leaving while the shit ones live forever with their respective Busters.
Art makes us feel less alone. And your art certainly did for me. Makes me so sad for the people who loved him. Rest well, David. Thanks for helping me cope all these years.
Having gone through my own battles with depression and very intrusive thoughts, this entire album is sound to that moment in my life. Thankfully I’m doing a lot better now, but this track especially perfectly captures the defeat you feel in your heart and ache in your soul when fighting your own thoughts.
Also rest in peace David Berman. I wish I could’ve heard your music while you were alive. But your beautiful body of work has left a tremendous impact on my life in the short time I’ve heard it. I hope now his soul is finally at rest
It's only now, through this vid - that I've learned about David's suicide. I was a UK fan of the Silver Jews, Pavement, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Husker Du, Nirvana, etc - throughout the 90s, in my teenage years. I'm gutted to hear the news and as @Turntables Rockmyworld (totally relate to your name btw, lol) points out - this is a poignant love letter to suicide. It is in deed those left behind - who'll suffer longest, but trust and a hope of better understanding are never easy in those choosing to end themselves. What they experience as a greater misery. Those left behind tho, should not feel guilt, if all they gave was love and support - which I find most cruel & unfair about the legacy of suicide - as David alludes to in this song - if not necessarily the choice itself. x
Don't normally cry when musicians I don't personally know pass, but just finding out about all this now jerked something out of me. Thanks for the vid, and best on your journey's Dave.
[Verse 1] The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind When the here and the hereafter momentarily align See the need to speed into the lead suddenly decline The dead know what they’re doing when they leave this world behind [Verse 2] And as much as we might like to seize the reel and hit rewind Or quicken our pursuit of what we're guaranteed to find When the dying's finally done and the suffering subsides All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind [Chorus] Nights that won’t happen Time we won't spend Time we won't spend With each other again With each other again [Verse 3] Ghosts are just old houses dreaming people in the night Have no doubt about it, hon, the dead will do alright Go contemplate the evidence and I guarantee you'll find The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind
having read many moving comments i realise so many people still do not understand depression. no accolades can touch it. it hurts so bad. it destroys your genius. i hope people will learn this one thing from David Bermans story. depression doesnt fuck around. it just takes you.
th-cam.com/video/1GV_NMIN_Rg/w-d-xo.html this is one i created little while ago, i did the same as you got the videos off youtube lol, and i like yours better
I can probably get you the source on the stuff I uploaded. I'll miss this dude tremendously. What a legend. I feel like his last album was one long suicide note.
@@starshineraiser6729 I've been playing morning and night. On my runs. It's one of his best for sure and thank god he gave us something before he passed. Check out these lyrics to Storyline Fever: When you're seller and commodity You gotta sell yourself immodestly Turn your pedestal into a carving board If that's what the audience is starving for Genius. He avoided touring and barely comprehended his own fame. It's a playful way to suggest the emotions that drive his music require carving pieces of yourself for fans and cash. Fucking legend.
Definitely brilliant and I love that song. It reminds me of people that watch political news all day and take up invented causes as their life’s mission. The thing about him, his voice always felt like an almost all knowing friend, like someone that’s been there, done that and came back to tell you.
i am conflicted on this song. it’s haunting, soul crushing and depressed to its core. as jeffrey lewis said - enjoying it is almost like complimenting the grammar in a suicide note. this song sounds a lot like a suicide note to me. david was known for his poignant, on-the-nose poetry. but this one seems to real. this seems like a realization he came to long before he released this album. thank you david. i will never forget and i just want to you know, that wherever you are, you are loved, and you always will be.
If he had just made it through the PM tour and stayed to greet those that wanted to meet him, he would have come home and realized that there are TONS of people out there that just want to hug him and thank him for saving them all of these years. When the time came to return the favor and save him though, we were, sadly, fucking failures. Each and every one of us. That's why you cry when you hear this. Because we failed, and failed HARD.
@@briansmith9455 No one failed David. He was mentally ill. Through a combination of bad mental chemistry and a stressful life, he had finally had enough. The man was in his 50s. He tried for a while. A person can't be kept around if they don't want to be here. The most difficult part of suicide for those who contemplate it, and the ones left behind, is accepting that it really is their choice. No amount of love for them, no amount of reasoning, no amount of guilt-tripping is going to save someone who is really set on it. I know I'm replying to a comment that is months old, but still, I implore you to not think of yourself as a failure. Especially not for this. This was a decision made by a person who'd just had enough. If heaven exists, I hope he's there, along with anyone else who found life to be too much.
@@Bry____ You did a wonderful job. The images you have chosen match the sadness perfectly. Got to say, this one has really hit hard, but you know that. Well done for being able to put this together. Can't have been easy.
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A peaceful Christmas to all who lost a friend.
"All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind" - Miss you, David.
What a line…
I wish I could tell David that his music was the only thing to keep me alive at multiple points in my life lately.
Stay strong if you can and if you cant please message someone
I’ve been battling with depression since I was 12. Nom I’m 26 and David’s music and profound lyrics gives me strength to live everyday since I discovered him. It’s devastating to know that this was a suicide note. It reminds me that this struggle is so real. Safe travels David, your music will always speak to me like no other thing does.
Stay strong my friend
Stay strong
I have a ton of respect for anyone who battles the monster for so long. I was “diagnosed” at 7 years old. Now I am 55 and don’t really know how I got here. I had tickets to see Purple Mountains but alas, that ended up being a night that won’t happen. Be well my friend.
Hope your still hanging in there
Probably the darkest, saddest song I've ever heard. I can barely get through a listen. I can't even begin to imagine what he was feeling as he wrote this.
good luck with the natural bridge
It sucks so much I found David Berman after he pasted, but this last year listening to his music has been a real treat. RIP to one of the best song writers ever. I hope you found the peace you were looking for.
Still can't come back to this without bawling my eyes out.
I can't even bring myself to listen to this album straight through and that isn't like me. David is like the best friend I never had, and no complaints about my actual beat friend here, it just feels like he was telling the truth and also giving us some horrific news as a joke. Not this song, but some of Silver Jews most depressing songs aren't without their zingers. It seems he saw the humor in things most would find it possible to laugh about. If I had to guess, although this song negates this statement but it's pre-horrible decision, I would say he really regrets doing that and to be honest, what can you change or fight if you're fucking DEAD? I mean what can he do about his father now? Knock pencils off of his desk on good days? I love you, David, but you, my friend, are a fucking idiot this time. Now we are all stuck here with no one to speak for us. That's no way to treat a beat friend!
This is the best, most poetically melancholic, song I've heard in a long time.
I am realizing that this whole album is just a suicide note. Devastatingly crushing but also beautiful.
Turntables Rockmyworld it really is. When it came out last year and he killed himself a month later I was crushed. And I thought the same thing then. So sad but what a beautiful album.
Fkn ‘ay
True. He was smart enough to know it too. It pisses me off but I love his effort all the same.
This fucking song is so hard to listen without fucking crying
When it first came out I described it to a friend as "a breakup album with life", being right sucks
My sister passed away last month, and this song never hurt, and healed, as much as it ever did, till now
I find David Berman to be the most relatable and real musician when it coes to explaining and visualizing emotions. This whole album is just masterfully beautiful. I absolutely love him. RIP
well said. I feel the same.
There I go again, crying at my desk at work 😥. Great tribute to David
Ghost are just old houses dreaming people in the night...
Wow
This is so confusing and conflicting emotionally.
I listened to this because it cropped up on lots of "Best of 2019" lists, the Purple Mountains album. I listened to it, really enjoyed it so thought I'd read into them more, only to discover Silver Jews, their connection to Pavement but most importantly - David Berman, his lyrics and most fucking frustratingly of all- his death.
I can't remember how I interpreted the album before listening to it in the context of his death. His ghost haunts so many of the songs now. It's beautiful but incredibly sad, sort of like listening to Black Star after Bowie died. I wish I could disassociate this album from Bermans death and simply love it, but I can't.
Instead, I find myself wishing Berman stayed long enough to see the impact his album had on people. He said in an interview that reviews - one by Pitchfork in particular - hurt him. All he had to do was come to his songs comment sections and see how much strength he gave people through his music - strength to overcome the everyday adversities, choices and wounds life gives us. It's a two-way street; surely he could have found solace in reading earnest comments like these. Outpourings of vicarious gratitude for guidance on dealing with emotions we found hard to deal with or understand. That was why Berman was loved!
"Art makes us feel less alone". Berman was so many peoples friend they had never met. He could have took heart from the fact that in giving so much of his, he eased so many strangers passages through life.
Urgh. It reminds me of David Foster Wallace all over again.
- anyway, lovely song, lovely tribute. thanks man
Where have you been for the last 20 years?
I feel you bro
His craft was exceptional compared to his contemporaries, let's be honest. Music isn't a competition but if it was, Berman's king. You are dearly missed, David, and I would love to shake your hand one day. Wherever you are, I'll take a train across the sea to get there and I'm sure you did too.
@@ludaheracles7201
Brian
I am the same Attention lad, completely missed the Silver Jews till I listened to this album. I knew of the Silver Jews but never heard any of the albums. Getting into them now as I head to my fifties
Feel you. Thanks for the DF Wallace référence. Love from France.
From a depressed loner who only findove through youtube comments.
I love his deep and mesmerizing voice. I feel like I've always known his guitar ballads. A great loss.
This is beautiful. I love him so much, an obscure yet familial presence in most of my life.
One of the most haunting, yet simultaneously beautiful songs I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to… ❤
Unbelievably sad song and sad album. But like all good sad albums still worth listening to. Horrible that he was so unhappy but amazing that he made all this stuff.
i discovered this album randomly by chance over 5 years ago thanks to the youtube algorithm, and it remains one of my favorites to this day
few people capture the feeling of knowing that life has lost it's lustre as well as david berman can
I was devastated when we lost David. I come back here often. We said goodbye to my little 16 year old Shih-Tzu on Christmas Day a few days ago. I miss him more than I can put into words but I find some catharsis here. Thank you for everything, David.
My cat is 17. I’ve tried to prepare myself for the day he passes but I know when it does I’ll be devastated. Sorry for your loss.
David, you made me feel less alone. I like to think you received a lot of love while working on this album. I’m sorry it wasn’t enough. Through your music I can feel your presence, now I’m less skeptical about ghosts. You will always be my hero. I wish you hadn’t suffered. I love you. I remember you.
I cry every time I hear this beautiful song! Thank you David for your amazing works of art! Hope to jam with you someday in the stars!
For anyone interested, David had a personal blog. It feels morose and like violating privacy to read the entries now, but it is a capsule of sorts of his thoughts and influences.
I truly adore all his works. This was a beautiful but difficult masterpiece to except. I've been listening to this full record almost every morning I wake up and have the day off since it was up for sale and arrived at my house.
I haven't been able to even listen to the new album until this video. This is my first taste. I couldn't listen to it after he died, and I hadn't listened to it yet, so it was an unknown to me. This broke the seal. Thanks for making it graceful.
I am just discovering David - I wish he could have felt the inspiration and joy that he brought to so many - maybe he did and it still wasn't enough.... I'm grateful for this album, but I wish we still had David Berman.
I have always been extremely fond of Silver Jews but Berman's album slipped under the radar for me. I only found out about the album when I was listening to a playlist and heard a Purple Mountains song come on. Heartbroken to hear he took his own life shortly after this was released. American Water is a true gem, and it's the only album I like to jam out on guitar to. Rest in peace David.
I need songs just as or more depressing as this to ironically feel at peace
I cry almost every time I watch this video. I never met David but I sure miss him. I'm sorry this world was too much for him but I understand why it's so tough aswell. I'm constantly scared, sad, angry and dissappointed and even though I feel that way, I try to be a better person. Thanks for this video and I hope you all are fine and a little bit happy
This is probably my favourite song on the album, but also one of the saddest. You did a great job putting this together, really nice tribute. Left me a bit teary eyed.
I wish he knew how much he was loved.
Maybe that’s not what he wanted.
That's not how it works. He knew. The weight just gets so heavy for some people that they can't take it anymore.
Sometimes too much love will drive you to it
Maybe you’re all right.
Daniele Milazzo I’m sorry he’s gone. I appreciate your posts. I often think about suicide like many others do. Sometimes I think about not being able to let go of my past relationships and the idea of moving on seems less appealing. Maybe he set himself up for too much with the album and upcoming tour and he just wasn’t ready to move on. I don’t know. I wish he were still here. Maybe he didn’t know how much he was actually loved while he was around but for me getting to see how much his fans like you loved him feels good and makes the world feel slightly less hopeless. I don’t know. I’m sorry he’s gone.
This will forever be a favorite album of mine.
Wish I could’ve attended a concert of him ❤️
I've spent the last few years battling with my own issues regarding mental health and this song cuts me to the bone.But the practical way that the songwriting describes suicide has really saved me. It brings a lot of clarity to a very weird perspective.
Keep fighting 💪🏼
I feel same and have watched this video over 100 times since it was uploaded.
I'm still here a year later. I miss you Dave, thanks for everything.
Great loss. No one can write like Dave.....
Hole in my 💛
All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind 😢
Touching and beautiful tribute. Thank you ❤
Such an amazing lyricist. RIP Dave
God bless, David.
He was not afforded a medium that made more sense than country. God bless him
He gets it on a level I’ve never heard, so glad he made this album tho he also left us…
A favorite song on the record right now. Thanks.
this band is one of my favourite bands ever
A brilliant tribute to a genius. Heartbreaking but beautiful. Thanks for making this
luv the clips of young Berman. too bad he couldn't stay longer, but like David Foster Wallace, so many of the Great Daves are leaving while the shit ones live forever with their respective Busters.
Real "Love will Tear us apart," vibes from this song.
Art makes us feel less alone. And your art certainly did for me. Makes me so sad for the people who loved him. Rest well, David. Thanks for helping me cope all these years.
I have watched this video countless times now and I love it so much. It makes me happy and sad at the same time.
Having gone through my own battles with depression and very intrusive thoughts, this entire album is sound to that moment in my life. Thankfully I’m doing a lot better now, but this track especially perfectly captures the defeat you feel in your heart and ache in your soul when fighting your own thoughts.
Also rest in peace David Berman. I wish I could’ve heard your music while you were alive. But your beautiful body of work has left a tremendous impact on my life in the short time I’ve heard it. I hope now his soul is finally at rest
happy birthday David! we miss you
Wish you never did it Dave. But I hope you’re at peace. Thanks for the amazing music
You did a really great job with this. I've watched it dozens of times now.
It's only now, through this vid - that I've learned about David's suicide. I was a UK fan of the Silver Jews, Pavement, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Husker Du, Nirvana, etc - throughout the 90s, in my teenage years. I'm gutted to hear the news and as @Turntables Rockmyworld (totally relate to your name btw, lol) points out - this is a poignant love letter to suicide. It is in deed those left behind - who'll suffer longest, but trust and a hope of better understanding are never easy in those choosing to end themselves. What they experience as a greater misery. Those left behind tho, should not feel guilt, if all they gave was love and support - which I find most cruel & unfair about the legacy of suicide - as David alludes to in this song - if not necessarily the choice itself. x
Bless your heart, this is a beautiful video. The quality gets unnoticed by the richness of the content ;)
Respect. To you & David. Keeps me humble & alive.
Just a crushingly great album.
Well done, mate. This was a nice comfort to find.
Don't normally cry when musicians I don't personally know pass, but just finding out about all this now jerked something out of me. Thanks for the vid, and best on your journey's Dave.
[Verse 1]
The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind
When the here and the hereafter momentarily align
See the need to speed into the lead suddenly decline
The dead know what they’re doing when they leave this world behind
[Verse 2]
And as much as we might like to seize the reel and hit rewind
Or quicken our pursuit of what we're guaranteed to find
When the dying's finally done and the suffering subsides
All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind
All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind
[Chorus]
Nights that won’t happen
Time we won't spend
Time we won't spend
With each other again
With each other again
[Verse 3]
Ghosts are just old houses dreaming people in the night
Have no doubt about it, hon, the dead will do alright
Go contemplate the evidence and I guarantee you'll find
The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind
You did David proud. Make more please.
such a beautiful compilation. I can't stop crying
This is beautiful. Thanks for making this.
Thanks for putting this together. Still not over it.
Great tune, David Berman RIP!
He's my favorite song writer of all time. Miss you, D.C.
Now, this is a really sad trip!
I was really looking forward to seeing him next month. So very sad :(
I didnt really know him, but this song is really beautiful. Sad to find out about him because of his death.
I reccomend all his work as Silver Jews, especially American Water. If you know Pavement, Bob and Stephen play on that album
@@Bry____ cant wait to hear it! I listened to the purple mountains álbum and it got me really excited to hear more.
My close friend dirch left this world behind very recently
This songs really hitting
having read many moving comments i realise so many people still do not understand depression. no accolades can touch it. it hurts so bad. it destroys your genius. i hope people will learn this one thing from David Bermans story. depression doesnt fuck around. it just takes you.
Hugs from his fans all across America and beyond may have touched it though.
Thank you for making this, its wonderful
:)
You did a great job. What a grim situation -- hard to find the other side.
What a loss. Nice tribute. Thank you for posting.
For all the people who say "brave" and "said what everyone was afraid to say" this has my highest respect.
This is heartbreaking but you did good.
brilliantly put together, thanks! you did a fine thing
Amazing job for ripping from youtube. This song should be in museums.
Beautiful tribute! Thanks for making this
This is the second anniversary of David's death. I've been playing the Purple Mountains album all day.
David being self indugent. Beautifully heartbreaking. Miss you friend
Buen viaje, amigo... Espero que encuentres la paz
It's heart breaking.
What a beautiful but sad song
beautifully done. very moving.
Happy birthday man! Rip
lovely video, you have really captured the atmosphere of the song, lovely tribute
th-cam.com/video/1GV_NMIN_Rg/w-d-xo.html this is one i created little while ago, i did the same as you got the videos off youtube lol, and i like yours better
"The real truth about it is no one gets it right." - Jason Molina
The real truth about it is my kind of life's no better off
If it's got the map or if it's lost
I love seeing him smile in these clips. Rest easy, David. We miss you.
Truly beautiful.
I can probably get you the source on the stuff I uploaded. I'll miss this dude tremendously. What a legend. I feel like his last album was one long suicide note.
Yeah it was such a depressing album
Period….
Me too. It’s such an exhilarating listen and some of his best musical output. The world was much better with him in it.
@@starshineraiser6729 I've been playing morning and night. On my runs. It's one of his best for sure and thank god he gave us something before he passed.
Check out these lyrics to Storyline Fever:
When you're seller and commodity
You gotta sell yourself immodestly
Turn your pedestal into a carving board
If that's what the audience is starving for
Genius. He avoided touring and barely comprehended his own fame. It's a playful way to suggest the emotions that drive his music require carving pieces of yourself for fans and cash. Fucking legend.
Definitely brilliant and I love that song. It reminds me of people that watch political news all day and take up invented causes as their life’s mission. The thing about him, his voice always felt like an almost all knowing friend, like someone that’s been there, done that and came back to tell you.
i am conflicted on this song. it’s haunting, soul crushing and depressed to its core. as jeffrey lewis said - enjoying it is almost like complimenting the grammar in a suicide note.
this song sounds a lot like a suicide note to me. david was known for his poignant, on-the-nose poetry. but this one seems to real. this seems like a realization he came to long before he released this album.
thank you david. i will never forget and i just want to you know, that wherever you are, you are loved, and you always will be.
If he had just made it through the PM tour and stayed to greet those that wanted to meet him, he would have come home and realized that there are TONS of people out there that just want to hug him and thank him for saving them all of these years. When the time came to return the favor and save him though, we were, sadly, fucking failures. Each and every one of us. That's why you cry when you hear this. Because we failed, and failed HARD.
@@briansmith9455 No one failed David. He was mentally ill. Through a combination of bad mental chemistry and a stressful life, he had finally had enough. The man was in his 50s. He tried for a while.
A person can't be kept around if they don't want to be here. The most difficult part of suicide for those who contemplate it, and the ones left behind, is accepting that it really is their choice. No amount of love for them, no amount of reasoning, no amount of guilt-tripping is going to save someone who is really set on it.
I know I'm replying to a comment that is months old, but still, I implore you to not think of yourself as a failure. Especially not for this. This was a decision made by a person who'd just had enough. If heaven exists, I hope he's there, along with anyone else who found life to be too much.
Beautiful
Thank you so much. This is beautiful.
Ur welcome, and thank you for watching it
One year ago today. Rest In Peace Berman.
Fantastic tribute 🇮🇪🍺
beautiful video.
I'm weeping at my desk.
Beautiful tribute. Thank you. How often can a heart break?
Thank you, I knew I had to make something when I heard the news
@@Bry____ You did a wonderful job. The images you have chosen match the sadness perfectly. Got to say, this one has really hit hard, but you know that. Well done for being able to put this together. Can't have been easy.
@@drumgold23 it didn't really hit me as it being sad until I had mostly everything in place. Dunno why it just happened that way
@@drumgold23 and thank you for the compliments
drumgold23 unfortunately forever. Broken things can be fixed though
This is the hardest song to listen to on the record now. Excellent pun skills for the title though
Thank you for making this:)
if i kms, im playing this song on my headphones
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