Which Daniel Johnston song to cover?

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Which Daniel Johnston song to cover?

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Imagine you're in an upbeat pop-rock band with a bunch of singing and you're playing some show with Daniel Johnston and it may have been mentioned that you could/should play a Daniel Johnston song --

which one?
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Big Business Monkey.

My band personally does an ambient chanting cover of Funeral Home.
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Walking the Cow? That fits, no?
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true love will find you in the end
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Ilikewater wrote:Walking the Cow? That fits, no?


This is my first choice, without a doubt, but I think the Cardigans covered it, which made me think twice. :erm:
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+1 for True Love Will Find You In the End. Great song, good melody(easy to play)
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rot gut wrote:true love will find you in the end



cliche but idgaf because of this adorableness:

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