David Berman RIP

Choochtown · 2019-08-08 13:05:19

https://pitchfork.com/news/david-berman-silver-jews-purple-mountains-dead-at-52/ So sad. He'd just released one of the albums of the year and was about to tour for the first time in years. Some of the new album lyrics are particularly poignant now. If there's a finer opening line to an album than "In 1984 I was…

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https://pitchfork.com/news/david-berman-silver-jews-purple-mountains-dead-at-52/

So sad. He'd just released one of the albums of the year and was about to tour for the first time in years.

Some of the new album lyrics are particularly poignant now.

If there's a finer opening line to an album than "In 1984 I was hospitalised for approaching perfection" (from Silver Jews' "American Water") then I've yet to hear it.

RIP

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#2 08-08-2019 01:10PM

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Very sad indeed, but very predictable. Was chatting about him a few weeks ago and said at the time that suicide seemed very likely on the horizon - so much despair in his lyrics and in every interview also, he wasn't made for this world.

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#3 08-08-2019 06:29PM

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Gutted about this. I've been solidly listening to the new album and his older discography on repeat last few weeks.

A genius with a pen.

My favourite song of his is 'I remember me'

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