今日每日一歌由豆瓣音乐 x 杜绍斐联名奉上
这是一首时长五分钟的清唱歌曲，没有伴奏。歌词也很长，23段。在此节选几段：
他们开枪把他射倒
他们开枪把他射到
他们以为他是怪物
但其实他是王
他看到了那个女人
他没有废话就带走了她
就只是因为他是王
他爱那个女人
他像她希望的那样爱她
但是她停不下的尖叫
…
到底是在唱什么？其实歌名已经写出来了，「King Kong」，金刚。1933年关于怪物大猩猩与大美女的经典美国电影。写这样的歌到底有什么意义？可能其实也没什么意义，但听过后就是让人忘不掉。
写这个歌的人是Daniel Johnston，一位唱片工业体系编外人士，饱受着精神分裂症与躁郁症的折磨。
Daniel Johnston生于奥斯汀。1970年代末，高中毕业后的Daniel开始写歌录音。他的录音设备是一台大喇叭的收录机（就是80年代霹雳舞少年们扛在肩上的玩意），伴奏乐器是钢琴或者风琴。音质？当然是粗糙的，像你想象的一样糟糕。
他在家里手工灌录磁带，在白纸上涂鸦做封面。从1981年到1988年之间，他「发行」了10张这样的「专辑」。Daniel在奥斯汀的麦当劳工作，他把磁带分发给店里的顾客。这些歌曲总是很简单，但有一颗「纯净的儿童一般的灵魂」。
涂鸦封面
Daniel Johnston以这样的方式慢慢获得自己的名气。90年代以后，这样的方式与态度被命名为Lo-fi或是卧室音乐人，甚至成为一种行业标准；但在1980年代，这还只是同路人之间的默契。
1990年，Daniel获得了正式的录音室录音机会，但是在录音过程里，他的精神问题进一步恶化。Elektra Records曾经有意与之签约，但他认为厂牌旗下的头牌乐队Metallica是撒旦，会对他造成伤害，因此拒绝了唱片约。
在另一次纽约的录音/演出期间，他突然精神崩溃在大街上走失。Sonic Youth的Thurston Moore和Lee Ranaldo开着车找了好几个小时最终找到了他。
Kurt Cobain穿过一件T恤图案是Daniel Johnston的专辑封面「Hi, How are you」，并在1993年将专辑「Yip/Jump Music」列为他的最爱50张专辑之一。这是Daniel Johnston的高光时刻。
但没有人愿意成为他。这位鼻祖级的「卧室音乐人」的大部分时光都在精神病院度过。
[Verse 1]
They shot him down
They shot him down
They thought he wasa monster
But he was the king
[Verse 2]
They came to hisisland
And they brought herwith them
They wanted to gethis picture
But they weresurprised by his enormous size
[Verse 3]
And when he saw thewoman
He took her withoutquestion
Because after all
He was the king
[Verse 4]
And he loved thewoman
He loved the way shelooked
But she wouldn'tstop
Her screaming
[Verse 5]
But he loved thewoman
And he fought aTyrannosaurus Rex
It was a bloodybattle
But he fought it forhis woman
[Verse 6]
And he climbed up amountain
And he looked around
Some kind of forest
With all those dinosaurs
[Verse 7]
And he stripped hiswoman
He stripped her bare
But there was apterodactyl
There!
[Verse 8]
And then a hero
Came and took hiswoman
And they fell offthe mountain
Into some water
[Verse 9]
And then later
He came looking forhis woman
But they werewaiting
And they threw abomb
[Verse 10]
And they tied him
And they took himacross the ocean
And they chained him
And put him in theshow
[Verse 11]
But when he saw hiswoman
He broke loose
And everyone fled interror
And he was looking forher
[Verse 12]
And he overturnedthe train
He was looking inthe street
And then he foundher in her apartment
And He climbed upthe Empire State building
[Verse 13]
It was like aphallic symbol
And he took hiswoman
To the top of thattowering temple
And he climbed upand looked around
[Verse 14]
Some kind of city
With all thoseskyscrapers
And all the cars
Just him and hisscreaming woman
[Verse 15]
They were finallyalone
He loved his woman
You could see it inhis eyes
His great big eyes
[Verse 16]
He loved his woman
From the moment hesaw her
He was all choked upinside
[Verse 17]
But when theairplanes came
He was soon to die
But he hung on longenough to set his woman down
And make sure
She was safe
[Verse 18]
And as the bulletspierced
He looked at her sosincere
Before he fell
Because he loved hiswoman
[Verse 19]
They shot him down
They shot him down
They thought he wasa monster
But he was the king
[Verse 20]
Who killed themonkey
Who killed themonkey
‘Twasbeauty
That killed the beast
[Verse 21]
And Willis O'Briendied
A tragic death
There wasn't much
That he had left
[Verse 22]
And Ray Harryhousensaid
That when Willisdied
That's when the king
Was really dead
[Verse 23]
They shot him down
They shot him down
They thought he wasa monster
But he was the king
[Outro]
But he was the king
But he was the king
But he was the king
｜编辑：豆瓣音乐
｜排版：王健羽
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