Jandek - I'll Sit Alone And Think A Lot About You

I'll Sit Alone And Think A Lot About You off of his album On The Way (1988)
Lyrics:
Sometimes I sit and think of...
Wonder if goodbye was worth it
I sit alone, and all I do is think of you
You
Sometimes it get's so very boring without you
I like to think of all our memories
I've got a lot about you
And at the time I sit alone
All I do is think of you
All you
I sit alone, and I think a lot
Sometimes when I am looking out my front window
I see the people there
They all breathe the air
The same as you and I do
But yet when I have said goodbyes
There's only one thing I can do
Is think of you
Sometimes I sit and think alone
I have daydreams and memories
Right here with me at home
I sit alone and think a lot about you
You
Long nights last winter you kept me company
I know the coming summer will be long for me
I'll sit alone and think a lot about you
You, you, you will be thinking
I'll sit alone and think a lot about you
I think I'll go down to the ocean
I'll speak there with the gods below
I'll talk of you
I'll sit alone and ask the waves
Just where I might go to find you
I do not own the rights to this music. All rights go to Jandek and Corwood.

[@statesofinertia]

I love how the guitar and drums are playing completely off with each other then they (by Jandek standards) get close to syncing but only to fall out again soon after. Then just as it sounds like its coming 'together' he quickly upsets the momentary order and it is all off again. Such a teaser that 'ol Jandek...

[@Thorne_drilling11]

Thanks Deeper

[@MistahEdwardus]

I heard this in a dream once.

[@JoesCaribbeanVanLife]

Yeah, just like right now.

[@inevernotice]

when i first listened to this i was negative, but now that i sit alone and think, this is gold.

[@jessicabarone9560]

I'm like 667. I have dispelled the evil. And also this song is great. I feel like just another meaningless person on a tiny planet that's nothing but a dust particle in an endless universe. What a bittersweet life... this brings me to simpler times of laughing and playing in the sun when I was younger when life was not complicated. Wish I could go back there again :(

[@sychosnake]

wow this is one of the best jandek songs ive ever heard. beautiful

[@MrKrisstain]

I keep coming back to this one.

[@joewhite5803]

I'm ten years old and i LOVE Jandek!!

[@Alex-pi8sh]

Joe White that’s not healthy...

[@Alex-pi8sh]

I recommend listening to classicals and jazz at young ages

[@zzzzzz-ms5gy]

stay safe kid

[@cameronwebb9045]

Alex I know you said this almost half a year ago, I just can't resist saying how stupid and pretentious that advice is

[@sofiaromerogarcia5241]

Well I'm 14 years old and I also like jandek

[@TJR-ju8dj]

You know what’s wild i was playing my ukulele like this before. I jus picked it up and started playing and singing. Seems like something i would sing. It was similar like my “you’re in my dreams”

[@DRAWKCABLLA]

Its deeper than going deeper

[@barrette.lediard4010]

This song will always remind me of coming down off of devastating Coke highs (in no way a positive thing)

[@lauraeiriarte]

i know

[@stefangeorge2844]

Barrett Lediard yeah pretty much always surreal and negative for me

[@WithAQuickness]

damn.

[@romeosyne]

This comment could be a really great song title I think Even the parenthetical works in a song title as you know

[@vick207]

Beautiful

[@autism1151]

Made me cry

[@markwheatley190]

I thought I’d dropped off at the time I heard this, falling in to the mind stratosphere but no, I wasn’t. Cool, it’s very pleasant I like it. More please 👍

[@uselessaccount9929]

It's one of those days

[@BuddAlden]

Fascinating.

[@dugitomi]

that is the most intelligent comment i have read underneath a youtube video in a very long time. thank you very much for the insight and take care. muchas gracias y saludos desde Tokio.

[@garagerockguy2653]

Revolutionary

[@TheMoonunit13]

Makes me feel special when I'm the only commentator on a vid. Jandek wrote my life.

[@jfrey1]

Went top twenty on Mars

[@wbenyamin]

WOW !!!!!!!

[@mothbits]

Simply marvelous

[@1funeral2many9]

theres a theory out there that this guy singing (whose generally considered to be some guy called 'eddie' and not jandek himself) actually IS jandek, but these vocals were recorded when he was much older as opposed to the stuff where he sings in this high pitch whine. hell the guitar playing on this song sounds like it was done on the spot and there are little 'mistakes' in there so i like to believe this is true.

[@72dodge340]

Watch (or listen to) some of his live shows.

[@RobotBrahman]

Gimme some of that special!

[@gta1457]

Heard of this from “deeper” a young youtube killer!!!

[@everyvillainislemons7583]

What?

[@Xx_Eric_was_Here_xX]

@@everyvillainislemons7583 i think they mean it appears in one of these videos: kzbin.infovideos not sure which one or if this is what they were even talking about for sure

[@kurtkon5772]

Terrific song to take a shit to! I mean it all came out perfect clean cut and everything I didn't even have to wipe🤫

[@Tapryne]

you evolved into: PIKACHU !!!! congratulations

[@ActionGal]

The Gable Worms brought me here and i'm glad💛✨

[@GristlyAdams]

Drums!

[@JesusLovesHisSheep]

Why is his music so hard to find

[@Sarah-ho3fc]

Why isn't this on Spotify?? :(

[@connordevlin8412]

because jandek

[@1funeral2many9]

jandek has so much indie cred he's not even on mainstream streaming services

[@lolsroyce6074]

@Ryan Smith ok

[@idis1abad]

._. wat dat?... O_O oh lawd dat sound good

[@vincentlane1175]

dat sound real good

[@gemini6937]

oh my fuckin' god ♥

[@SamHusseini]

great... winter, summer -- think it's about seasonal marriage in part.

[@alexbakale2553]

Is it true this song was written about Shandek?

[@40mmmm23]

.

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

cc

[@markwheatley190]

If you were famous it would be compared to Velvet Underground.

[@lauraeiriarte]

[@aaronchrusniak1169]

i don't get it

[@bigbadsteven]

That's it!

[@amandinehasi-dim5531]

Omg, I am 👍 666, sorry. 😭

[@markwheatley190]

🤣🤣

[@12inchvertical]

this drumming is a brilliant critique of the human condition, that seeks order and mastery over things. whoever is holding the sticks rejected all that a long time ago. not an easy thing to do

[@ceef8688]

if you are serious, I agree--the drumming is so good here, like Jandek's guitar too (on Six and Six). All played with a blues affectation I find more authentic than slide guitar and scale mastery--it's just honest, heart-rending listlessness and conveying something catchy music tends to hide. It conveys it almost confrontationally... I think Jandek is the child who refuses to play, but stands there facing the other way, in the way, while everyone else plays. Love that man.

[@connordevlin8412]

Idk man, I don't think that's Jandek on guitar, I feel like he's on drums here. The progression is too melodic. The drums seem to be more of Jan's sense of rhythm. I could be wrong, but thats how I've always felt about this song.

[@allensucks3721]

i just think jandek is being jandek and bashing around

[@GCSoundArtifacts]

​@@connordevlin8412 I think you're right. It's Sterling Smith behind the drum kit. Just compare with the drumming you hear on You Walk Alone or This Rock Crumble...

[@darkcnotion]

Ugh conventional chords

[@briansmith3360]

Is that a 55 gallon barrel someone is hitting while subtlety panicking on acid? There's obviously no unprecedented talent here, but rather a pretentious flailing about as though reckless abandon is somehow art. Perhaps this project is a negative concord. The unrhythmic barrel molestation in addition to the apparent cognitive dissonance towards recognition, just cancel each other out. Other than that bullshjt, the guitar and vocals are pretty good.

[@rachelcallaghan3107]

Jesis what a pretentious comment 💀

[@tuukkatyybakinoja6583]

@@rachelcallaghan3107 I agree

[@Xx_Eric_was_Here_xX]

there must be some artistic merit for the song to elicit such a strong response from you

[@tigerdoodat5427]

I think you missed the point. It's not supposed to be groovy, or make much musical sense. It's what music sounds like when it's made by someone with no musical inhibitions, or interest in others' opinions of their work. I don't think that makes Jandek's music any better than anyone else's, it just makes it unique, in that he truly doesn't care if the music sounds good or bad. It just is what it is.

[@slimturnpike]

so this is the album where jandek sold out?

[@Mr-ep2qi]

Lol how?

[@MistahEdwardus]

I doubt it. I think parts of the album sound like outtakes from The Rocks Crumble or Telegraph Melts (the first two noisy, atonal tracks), and some songs sound like they're from _You Walk Alone_ (the "accessible" rock stuff) and _Blue Corpse_ (the acoustic songs). He didn't really "sell out"; he just added more conventional features to his formula.

[@kylebentley7512]

Yeah, he sold 20 copies of this instead of 10 heh

[@1funeral2many9]

nah he didnt sell out till he started playing live

[@master_roshi8849]

This stinks.