Get Off My Lawn - Gavin McInnes - S4E239 - OLD NEWS
Aired: 2023-04-11
Duration: 04:50


=== Daniel Johnson: One of the Most Talented (04:44) ===

[00:00:06]  When I saw you standing there, it was the start live from New York.
[00:00:16]  It's Get Off My Lawn with Kevin McGuinness.
[00:00:23]  What I thought I felt in your touch was the start of my hard time when I thought that it meant so much that was part of my hard time.
[00:00:50]  Yeah.
[00:01:15]  Yeah.
[00:01:17]  Welcome back to the Tuesday episode of Get Off My Lawn.
[00:01:20]  That was Daniel Johnson and a guest appearance by the Rhythm Rats.
[00:01:26]  Or possibly the other way around.
[00:01:27]  Maybe it was the Rhythm Rats and a guest appearance by Daniel Johnson.
[00:01:31]  One of the most talented songwriters in the world.
[00:01:34]  Just unbelievable sprinkles.
[00:01:36]  Very lo-fi, of course.
[00:01:37]  He'd use like a Fisher Price recorder for most of his shit.
[00:01:41]  Even that's low.
[00:01:41]  But even in that lo-fi living room with like three dudes, you can hear his talent.
[00:01:48]  Like that.
[00:01:51]  Let's hear it again.
[00:01:55]  When I knew that you were free, I was long in your hard times.
[00:02:06]  Great guy.
[00:02:10]  Speeding motorcycle might be the one that you want to start with if you're not familiar with Daniel Johnson.
[00:02:15]  Are you familiar with Daniel Johnson, Ryan?
[00:02:17]  I am.
[00:02:17]  There was that cool documentary.
[00:02:19]  Yeah, he's nuts.
[00:02:21]  Tried to kill himself when he was in his dad's plane.
[00:02:23]  His dad had a little like two-prop plane, and he goes, let's go, dad, and was like trying to sink it.
[00:02:28]  Wow.
[00:02:28]  His dad cries.
[00:02:29]  He's dead now.
[00:02:30]  Daniel Johnson.
[00:02:31]  Probably the dad, too.
[00:02:33]  I get him confused with the other guy who does like acoustic stuff with that.
[00:02:38]  What's that drawing where it's like an alien looking thing?
[00:02:42]  That's him.
[00:02:43]  Oh, it isn't.
[00:02:43]  Then there's another guy.
[00:02:44]  Then I get him confused.
[00:02:45]  I'll find out.
[00:02:46]  Okay, not helping.
[00:02:49]  What are you doing?
[00:02:53]  Oh, it's not linked?
[00:02:54]  No.
[00:02:55]  What's the song again?
[00:02:57]  That song is Hard Time by Daniel Johnson and the Rhythm Rats.
[00:03:01]  Oh, Speedy Motorcycle, yeah.
[00:03:04]  I remember this song.
[00:03:05]  Yola Tango does a good cover of it.
[00:03:06]  He also did this song I Have Trouble Finding with Jad Fair.
[00:03:10]  And it's like, you were there tied to a chair.
[00:03:12]  Frankenstein had you by your hair.
[00:03:14]  Steady motorcycle.
[00:03:19]  Oh, who's the one who was killed by his girlfriend?
[00:03:23]  Elliot Smith?
[00:03:24]  Yes.
[00:03:24]  What the fuck has he got to do with Elliot Smith?
[00:03:27]  I get them confused with each other.
[00:03:29]  That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
[00:03:33]  This sounds like Elliot Smith to you?
[00:03:35]  No, I didn't say it sounds anything like him.
[00:03:37]  I said I get them confused.
[00:03:40]  How?
[00:03:45]  Zoom out so people can see it.
[00:03:46]  Yola Tango do a great cover of that.
[00:03:50]  And then there's the Chad Fair thing where they're talking about monsters.
[00:03:53]  He was special.
[00:03:56]  That's right.
[00:03:56]  You want to do it?
[00:03:58]  Okay.
[00:03:59]  Okay.
[00:03:59]  Daniel, first of all, I think I better introduce you to this band.
[00:04:02]  Okay, hi, band.
[00:04:04]  Hi, Daniel.
[00:04:06]  Last fight.
[00:04:07]  Are we ready?
[00:04:08]  Are you ready?
[00:04:09]  Okay, hi, band.
[00:04:10]  He must have done this on the phone.
[00:04:13]  Wait, wait, wait.
[00:04:14]  That's fine.
[00:04:14]  We're right there.
[00:04:15]  Count it down.
[00:04:16]  No, no, we're right there with him.
[00:04:17]  Okay.
[00:04:18]  Anyway, you get the idea.
[00:04:21]  I was at the bar last night.
[00:04:24]  Wait a minute.
[00:04:25]  Let's jump ahead here to the song you pulled up earlier.
[00:04:28]  So that's a talented dude with a broken brain.
[00:04:31]  Here's a non-talented person with a broken brain.
[00:04:34]  Spicy Leonci.
[00:04:36]  Icy Spicy Leonsi.
[00:04:38]  Donald, Donald, is America's greatest president.
[00:04:43]  Is that your mom, Ryan?
[00:04:45]  No, my mom looks nothing like that.
[00:04:47]  He's a patriotist like the Himmelfront traitor.