not even close.

Definitely. When I listen to this in the truck bringing my friends home after work, they usually point out his voice first. I got into K through the documentary, but I originally heard of tiger trap far before through the Stars Kill Rock compilation. That’s also where I discovered versus. ❤️💙

100%

hahaha

That's awesome.

lol

Don’t worry buddy. One time I was at a show at the northern and I ran up to him while he was standing against the wall quietly talking with his friends visibly in a down mood and I told him the people needed him to dance and I could tell he didn’t feel too great about that. I meant it in good will but I can still see it wasn’t fun for him. Oh well. Ian played a show there once and as soon as his band’s set was over he got everyone dancing high energy while djing. I’m most impressed with Ian right now from that generation of rock and rollers. His instagram is awesome.

Alan Vega used to do that too, why weren't you dancing bro, deserved it, hell now you got an awesome story to tell, get your dancing shoes next time

thats a great book ,my fav was mission of burma ,pre internet it took me a while to track them down ,but it was worth it ,i had heard beat happening before that ,but what a great read ,the butthole surfers chapter was great ,great book

I read that book. There are actually like two pictures of him in it, if I remember right.

he is my uncle. I am very blessed as I HAVE listened to him (in person) many times :) He's just as fun in person haha. Took me to my first punk show - was rather terrifying lol I was like 9 years old. There was a dude barfing his brains out in the (single) toilet lmao!!

I also have ASD and have been wondering this too.. I know it shouldn’t be speculated, and there’s the right of privacy, and what does it matter if he is , etc. But after watching videos of him, whether that be in interviews or performing, I feel I relate to his socializations and physicality when interacting with others. So I’m glad someone else had a similar thought

@@astatler2685 Many artists he was influenced by did the same thing, Syd Barrett, Dan Treacy, Jonathan Richman, it is just him being himself, a lot of those in "anorak pop" and "twee" communities were similar, anti-social, not everything has to be an autism diagnosis, it becomes counterintuitive.

YES. Very this. Hes very drab and comes off like a prick, but he's not at all. He's super kind and generous and eccentric. That makes so much sense, idk why i never thought about that!

If you're in it for the right reasons you will keep at it your whole life or at least as long as it's still fun.

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so true, and i just subscribed to your channel BECAUSE you said this!

cos ya a girl ,simple as

Calvin Johnson is my Uncle and I have known him my entire 37 years of life. He is the most amazing and awesome person. He is incredibly thoughtful and caring. Even though he is obv a very busy guy and even more so years ago , he Always found the time to send us kids (his sister's children; my siblings, his nephews and niece) presents at xmas. For example, one of the best gifts ever that I got was a RAT distortion pedal from Calvin, it must have been around 1997. I think he was in Japan or somewhere overseas, too. Point is: he's a great guy. Yes he's kind of "aloof" and can appear rather "bizarre" at times (even with me, his own family), but he's either just being "silly" or, and this is a bit more serious, he actually got into a really bad car accident a while ago, must have been the early 2000s I belivee it was, but, he suffered a head injury which caused him to have a bit of a personality shift. I \t was much more pronounced sooner after the crash \, and has improved greatly over the years, but, there are unfortunately some lingering effects. (Also, he's a musical genius, so, perhaps a LITTLE "pretension" is understandable? Not that I'm biased or anything... ;)

I think he might be a bit on the spectrum.

It's called uptalk, every person online nowadays does it, seems like he was a pioneer

Yes I was shocked by this interview.

What made you hate him?

@@ModernPlague typed out, hate seems like a stronger word than I really mean. He's a dick, though.

@Doug Cassidy - As in not friendly, or just super pretentious? I guess he'd have to have a strange amount of self-confidence to do this stuff for decades without really improving as a very amateur "musician." I mean, I like a few Beat Happening songs, but it's striking to hear him describe popular bands as "the enemy" in interviews---it's fine if he doesn't enjoy a band like Rush, but to talk about them as "the enemy" just makes it sound as if the thought of musicians who are actually proficient players makes him feel uncomfortable and lacking by comparison.

After reading the comments, i think he's on the spectrum because he is super nice and a great guy, but comes off entitled and pretentious 😅 i think he's just misunderstood a lot.

I heard he stopped paying artists proper royalties idk and people just dislike his singing in Beat Happening, but I love him

Because he comes off pretentious and egotistical when he's actually very nice and just eccentric 😅

@@rockkevinrock yep, i too only drink and eat food that works on multiple levels. If its not vegan and metaphorical, i wont touch it (gross!)

Probably true, he's a pussy plougher

He did release an album called "You Turn Me On." Maybe it was about your sister.

I always hear rumors like this about Calvin but every time I've seen him in real life he's been a total gentleman.

Oh I don't doubt it lol. Cal is my uncle and yes, he is quite the ladies man (though he's had a serious gf for many years now). He is a total stud though so you can't really blame him. (runs in the family ;)

He likes young girls

He's just being funny/ silly.

...dude

lol...yes

@@startervisions lol

Some people think that Cobain was an destructive drug addict, it's pretty well documented. I can come up with hundreds of bands in which the lead signer didn't abandon his young child by offing himself. There were some good songs they released and Kurt provided a good fashion sense, but as a human being? No comment.

Ha! You must have shite for "musical "taste.." CJ is a brilliant songwriter... The Halo Benders *God Don't Make No Junk*; Calvin Johnson (solo) *Before the Dream Faded*... Dude is a badass.

He used to throw candy at the crowd during Beat Happening shows

wtf are you talking about wacko

I mean you tune in to a punk interview, what did you expect? A bunch of professional bureaucrats? lol

I guess he doesn't actually run a record label that gave an audience to dozens of other bands, he just ripped off someone else.

@@noneofyourbusiness4616 nah, he is not just a rip offf,,, name one band that matters on the K record label, outside The Microphones/Phil ELvrum..... in fact id like to know cool bands from K but what ive heard hasnt "cautivated" me,,, i dont know what state of mind i was when i wrote that,,, it comes as im dissing the guy,,,

@@johnnyguitar7921 Taste is pretty subjective. Here is a Danish band's cover of a Calvin Johnson song; maybe with less rough musicianship it would appeal to you more: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o8eVo5Vktpe9g58.html

@@johnnyguitar7921 Uhh... Sure! KARP; Fitz of Depression; Halo Benders; Calvin's solo work (e.g., "When Hearts Turn Blue").. these come to mind immediately..

Wow, so negative and judgmental you are... 😮

It's 7 years later. How has being the guy who perpetually whines about hipsters worked out for you in life?