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* AsTheGoodBookSays:
** As the name implies, "Love Defined (The Bible)" takes its lyrics from the Bible, more specifically, from 1 Corinthians 13 ("Love is patient, love is kind...").
** In "God", Johnston paraphrases 1 John 4:19 [[note]] "We love Him, because He first loved us" [[/note]] as "He made me love Him, because He loved me first".
** As the name implies, "Love Defined (The Bible)" takes its lyrics from the Bible, more specifically, from 1 Corinthians 13 ("Love is patient, love is kind...").
** In "God", Johnston paraphrases 1 John 4:19 [[note]] "We love Him, because He first loved us" [[/note]] as "He made me love Him, because He loved me first".
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''Yip/Jump Music'' is a 1983 album by Music/DanielJohnston, originally released self-released on cassette, which explains the sometimes murky audio quality. It was Johnston's fifth album and is generally seen as one of his best. Audience favorites like "Speeding Motorcycle", "The Beatles", "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances" and "King Kong" can be found here.
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''Yip/Jump Music'' is a 1983 album by Music/DanielJohnston, originally released on cassette, which explains the sometimes lesser murky audio quality. It was Johnston's fifth album and is generally seen as one of his best. Audience favorites like "Speeding Motorcycle", "The Beatles", "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances" and "King Kong" can be found here.
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Music/KurtCobain placed it on number 35 in his Top 50 list of his personal favorite albums. Several songs have been [[CoveredUp covered]] by celebrity artists such as Music/MikeDoughty ("Casper The Friendly Ghost"), Music/TheYeahYeahYeahs ("Worried Shoes"), Music/TomWaits ("King Kong"), Music/YoLaTengo ("Speeding Motorcycle").
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Music/KurtCobain placed it on number 35 in his Top 50 list of his personal favorite albums. Several songs have been [[CoveredUp covered]] by celebrity artists such as Music/MikeDoughty [[Music/SoulCoughing Mike Doughty]] ("Casper The Friendly Ghost"), Music/TheYeahYeahYeahs Music/YeahYeahYeahs ("Worried Shoes"), Music/TomWaits ("King Kong"), Music/YoLaTengo ("Speeding Motorcycle").
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** Heavily implied about John Lennon (and to an extent the other three at the time, still living members) in The Beatles.
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* {{Homage}}: "The Beatles", "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "King Kong", "Danny Don't Rap" brings homage to Music/TheBeatles, ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'', ''Film/KingKong'' and Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & The Juniors.
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* {{Homage}}: "The Beatles", "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "King Kong", "Danny Don't Rap" brings homage to Music/TheBeatles, ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'', ''Film/KingKong'' ''Film/KingKong1933'' and Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & The Juniors.
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** "King Kong" is a WholePlotReference to the 1933 film ''Film/KingKong'', but with two odd shout-outs to special effects maker Willis O' Brien and Creator/RayHarryhausen as well. The song was also covered by Music/TomWaits and appeared on both a tribute album to Johnston as well as Waits' own ''Music/OrphansBrawlersBawlersAndBastards''.
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** "King Kong" is a WholePlotReference to the 1933 film ''Film/KingKong'', ''[[Film/KingKong1933 King Kong]]'', but with two odd shout-outs to special effects maker Willis O' Brien and Creator/RayHarryhausen as well. The song was also covered by Music/TomWaits and appeared on both a tribute album to Johnston as well as Waits' own ''Music/OrphansBrawlersBawlersAndBastards''.
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# "Chord Organ Blues"
# "The Beatles"
# "Sorry Entertainer"
# "Speeding Motorcycle".
# "Casper The Friendly Ghost"
# "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances"
# "Danny Don't Rap"
# "Sweetheart"
# "King Kong"
# "The Creature/Third Chair"
# "I Live For Love"
# "Almost Got Hit By A Truck".
# "Worried Shoes".
# "Dead Lover's Twisted Heart".
# "Rocket Ship"
# "God"
# "Loved Defined (The Bible)"
# "Museum Of Love"
# "Rarely"
# "I Remember Painfully"
# "The Beatles"
# "Sorry Entertainer"
# "Speeding Motorcycle".
# "Casper The Friendly Ghost"
# "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances"
# "Danny Don't Rap"
# "Sweetheart"
# "King Kong"
# "The Creature/Third Chair"
# "I Live For Love"
# "Almost Got Hit By A Truck".
# "Worried Shoes".
# "Dead Lover's Twisted Heart".
# "Rocket Ship"
# "God"
# "Loved Defined (The Bible)"
# "Museum Of Love"
# "Rarely"
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# "Danny Don't
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# "The Creature/Third
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* AuthorAppeal: Johnston has a few songs about Music/TheBeatles, God and ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost''.
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* AuthorAppeal: Johnston has a few songs about Music/TheBeatles, God and ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost''.''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'', all topics close to his heart.
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'''Yip/Jump Music''' is a 1983 album by Music/DanielJohnston, originally released on cassette, which explains the sometimes lesser audio quality. It was Johnston's fifth album and is generally seen as one of his best. Audience favorites like "Speeding Motorcycle", "The Beatles", "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances" and "King Kong" can be found here.
Music/KurtCobainnamed placed it one on number 35 in his Top 50 list of his personal favorite albums. Several songs have been [[CoveredUp covered]] by celebrity artists such as Music/MikeDoughty ("Casper The Friendly Ghost"), Music/TheYeahYeahYeahs ("Worried Shoes"), Music/TomWaits ("King Kong"), Music/YoLaTengo ("Speeding Motorcycle").
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* BreakUpSong: "The Creature/3rd Chair", "I Remember Painfully"
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* BreakUpSong: "The Creature/3rd Chair", Chair" and "I Remember Painfully"Painfully"
--> ''I remember your face and I remember your grace''
--> ''I remember, I remember, I just remember''
--> ''And I remember how we laughed at the jokes that we had between us''
--> ''And I remember how we talked and mocked each other blatantly''
--> ''It was fun''
--> ''But what is it now. It’s pain''
--> ''I remember your face and I remember your grace''
--> ''I remember, I remember, I just remember''
--> ''And I remember how we laughed at the jokes that we had between us''
--> ''And I remember how we talked and mocked each other blatantly''
--> ''It was fun''
--> ''But what is it now. It’s pain''
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: "King Kong".
* DownerEnding: "Danny Don't Rap".
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* DidNotGetTheGirl: "King Kong".
Kong", in which the eponymous giant gorilla is shot down by aeroplanes and did not get his girl.
* DownerEnding: "Danny Don'tRap".Rap", about the suicide of Danny Rapp.
* DownerEnding: "Danny Don't
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* GodIsLoveSongs: "God", "Love Defined (the Bible)".
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--> ''Everybody respects the dead, they love a friendly ghost''
* GodIsLoveSongs:"God", "God" and "Love Defined (the Bible)".
* {{Homage}}: "The Beatles", "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "King Kong", "Danny Don'tRap".Rap" brings homage to Music/TheBeatles, ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'', ''Film/KingKong'' and Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & The Juniors.
* GodIsLoveSongs:
* {{Homage}}: "The Beatles", "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "King Kong", "Danny Don't
--> ''I was walking on my way to work''
--> ''The same day I wasn't looking''
--> ''And I was in the middle of the street''
--> ''And a truck almost hit me''
--> ''The same day I wasn't looking''
--> ''And I was in the middle of the street''
--> ''And a truck almost hit me''
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* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: "Sorry Entertainer", "Casper the Friendly Ghost".
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* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: "Sorry Entertainer", Entertainer" and "Casper the Friendly Ghost".Ghost" are both about people who are disliked by their environment.
--> ''You drove me crazy down lover’s lane''
--> ''It’s close to pain, this love I have for you''
--> ''I cannot tame my desire for you''
--> ''It’s close to pain, this love I have for you''
--> ''I cannot tame my desire for you''
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* RetroRocket: "Rocket Ship".
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* RetroRocket: "Rocket Ship".Ship", about leaving off in a rocket ship to a better planet uses this imagery.
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** "Danny Don't Rap" quotes "At the Hop" by Danny & The Juniors near the end. The song title is a pun on the band's lead singer Danny Rapp.
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** "Danny Don't Rap" quotes "At the Hop" by Danny & The Juniors near the end. The song title is a pun on the band's lead singer Danny Rapp. The song also borrows the line "this world was never meant for anybody as beautiful as you" from ''Music/AmericanPie'' by Music/DonMcLean.
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: "Danny Don't Rap"Rap" borrows a line from ''Music/AmericanPie'' by Music/DonMcLean.
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* ContinuityNod: Near the end of "I Remember Painfully" Daniel says "Danny Don't Rapp", a CallBack to the track "Danny Don't Rapp" earlier on the album.
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* ContinuityNod: Near the end of "I Remember Painfully" Daniel says "Danny Don't Rapp", Rap", a CallBack to the track "Danny Don't Rapp" Rap" earlier on the album.
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* DownerEnding: "Danny Don't Rapp".Rap".
* FriendlyGhost: "Casper the Friendly Ghost".
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* {{Homage}}: "The Beatles", "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "King Kong", "Danny Don't Rapp".
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* {{Homage}}: "The Beatles", "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "King Kong", "Danny Don't Rapp".Rap".
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* PunBasedTitle: "Danny Don't Rapp" about Danny Rapp, the lead singer of Danny & The Juniors, a band best known for the song "At the Hop", which Johnston also quotes near the end.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Johnston tells that he wanted to be like The Beatles in "The Beatles", "but then [[Music/JohnLennon he]] died." "Danny Don't Rapp" was written to commemorate the suicide of Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & The Juniors in the year of the album's release.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Johnston tells that he wanted to be like The Beatles in "The Beatles", "but then [[Music/JohnLennon he]] died." "Danny Don't Rapp" was written to commemorate the suicide of Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & The Juniors in the year of the album's release.
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* PunBasedTitle: "Danny Don't Rapp" Rap" about Danny Rapp, the lead singer of Danny & The Juniors, a band best known for the song "At the Hop", which Johnston also quotes near the end.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Johnston tells that he wanted to be like The Beatles in "The Beatles", "but then [[Music/JohnLennon he]] died." "Danny Don'tRapp" Rap" was written to commemorate the suicide of Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & The Juniors in the year of the album's release.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Johnston tells that he wanted to be like The Beatles in "The Beatles", "but then [[Music/JohnLennon he]] died." "Danny Don't
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* StockSoundEffects: At the start of "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Museum Of Love" and "Danny Don't Rapp" a recording of an animal sounds toy for babies can be heard. A little child can be heard talking at the start of "Rocket Ship" and near the end of the song chairs can be heard moving on the floor.
* Suicide: "Danny Don't Rapp"
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* StockSoundEffects: At the start of "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Museum Of Love" and "Danny Don't Rapp" Rap" a recording of an animal sounds toy for babies can be heard. A little child can be heard talking at the start of "Rocket Ship" and near the end of the song chairs can be heard moving on the floor.
*Suicide: TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: "Danny Don't Rapp"Rap"
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'''Yip/Jump Music''' is a 1983 album by Music/DanielJohnston, originally released on cassette, which explains the sometimes lesser audio quality. It was Johnston's fifth album and is generally seen as one of his best. Audience favorites like "Speeding Motorcycle", "The Beatles", "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances" and "King Kong" can be found here. Music/KurtCobain named it one of his favorite albums. Several songs have been [[CoveredUp covered]] by celebrity artists such as Music/MikeDoughty ("Casper The Friendly Ghost"), Music/TheYeahYeahYeahs ("Worried Shoes"), Music/TomWaits ("King Kong"), Music/YoLaTengo ("Speeding Motorcycle").
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'''Yip/Jump Music''' is a 1983 album by Music/DanielJohnston, originally released on cassette, which explains the sometimes lesser audio quality. It was Johnston's fifth album and is generally seen as one of his best. Audience favorites like "Speeding Motorcycle", "The Beatles", "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances" and "King Kong" can be found here. Music/KurtCobain named it one his favorite albums. Several songs have been [[CoveredUp covered]] by celebrity artists such as Music/MikeDoughty ("Casper The Friendly Ghost"), Music/TheYeahYeahYeahs ("Worried Shoes"), Music/TomWaits ("King Kong"), Music/YoLaTengo ("Speeding Motorcycle").
'''Tracklist'''
# "Chord Organ Blues"
# "The Beatles"
# "Sorry Entertainer"
# "Speeding Motorcycle".
# "Casper The Friendly Ghost"
# "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances"
# "Danny Don't Rap"
# "Sweetheart"
# "King Kong"
# "The Creature/Third Chair"
# "I Live For Love"
# "Almost Got Hit By A Truck".
# "Worried Shoes".
# "Dead Lover's Twisted Heart".
# "Rocket Ship"
# "God"
# "Loved Defined (The Bible)"
# "Museum Of Love"
# "Rarely"
# "I Remember Painfully"
!! Tropes for the sorry entertainers:
* ACappella: "King Kong", "The Dead Lover's Twisted Heart" and "Rarely".
* AccentuateTheNegative: Played straight with "Sorry Entertainer", "King Kong", "Worried Shoes" and "I Remember Painfully".
* AuthorAppeal: Johnston has a few songs about Music/TheBeatles, God and ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost''.
* BreakUpSong: "The Creature/3rd Chair", "I Remember Painfully"
* ContinuityNod: Near the end of "I Remember Painfully" Daniel says "Danny Don't Rapp", a CallBack to the track "Danny Don't Rapp" earlier on the album.
* CradleOfLoneliness: "Sorry Entertainer"
--> ''I'm a loner. I'm a sorry entertainer''.
* CutShort: As with most of Daniel's home recorded cassette tapes many songs, including the final track end quite abrupt or with audible portions cut away.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Johnston himself.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: "King Kong".
* DownerEnding: "Danny Don't Rapp".
* EverythingIsBigInTexas: Referenced during the first line of "Chord Organ Blues".
* GodIsLoveSongs: "God", "Love Defined (the Bible)".
* {{Homage}}: "The Beatles", "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "King Kong", "Danny Don't Rapp".
* KingKongClimb: Referred to in "King Kong".
* LazyBum: "Casper The Friendly Ghost"
--> ''He was also polite to the people who told him he was just a lazy bum.''
* LookBothWays: "Almost Got Hit By A Truck".
* LoveHurts: "Speeding Motorcycle", "I Live For Love", "The Creature/Third Chair", "Dead Lover's Twisted Heart".
* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: "Sorry Entertainer", "Casper the Friendly Ghost".
* NonAppearingTitle: The album title doesn't appear in any of the lyrics.
* ObsessionSong: "Sweetheart".
* PepTalkSong: "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Your Grievances", "God" and "Worried Shoes" in the final verses:
--> ''And then one day I looked around and I found the sun shining down''
--> ''And I took off my worried shoes''
--> ''And the feet broke free''
--> ''I didn't need to wear''
--> ''Then I knew the difference between worrying and caring''
--> ''Cause I've got a lot of walking to do''
--> ''And I don't want to wear''
--> ''My worried shoes''
* ThePowerOfLove: "Rocket Ship" about leaving with your loved one on a rocket ship trip. "Loved Defined", "Sweetheart", "I Live For Love", "Museum of Love" and "Rarely" too.
* PunBasedTitle: "Danny Don't Rapp" about Danny Rapp, the lead singer of Danny & The Juniors, a band best known for the song "At the Hop", which Johnston also quotes near the end.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Johnston tells that he wanted to be like The Beatles in "The Beatles", "but then [[Music/JohnLennon he]] died." "Danny Don't Rapp" was written to commemorate the suicide of Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & The Juniors in the year of the album's release.
* RetroRocket: "Rocket Ship".
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Near the end of "Speeding Motorcycle" Daniel starts wailing.
* SelfBackingVocalist: "Danny Don't Rap" has Daniel singing while an earlier recorded tape of his voice is playing.
* ShoutOut:
** "Danny Don't Rap" quotes "At the Hop" by Danny & The Juniors near the end. The song title is a pun on the band's lead singer Danny Rapp.
** "King Kong" is a WholePlotReference to the 1933 film ''Film/KingKong'', but with two odd shout-outs to special effects maker Willis O' Brien and Creator/RayHarryhausen as well
--> ''And Willis O’Brien died''
--> ''A tragic death''
--> ''There wasn’t much''
--> ''That he had left''
--> ''And Ray Harryhausen said''
--> ''That when Willis died''
--> ''That’s when the king''
--> ''Was really dead''
* SomethingBlues: "Chord Organ Blues".
* StockSoundEffects: At the start of "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Museum Of Love" and "Danny Don't Rapp" a recording of an animal sounds toy for babies can be heard. A little child can be heard talking at the start of "Rocket Ship" and near the end of the song chairs can be heard moving on the floor.
* Suicide: "Danny Don't Rapp"
--> ''When no hope was left in sight''
--> ''You took your life as lovers often do''
--> ''But I could’ve told you, Danny''
--> ''This world was never meant for one as beautiful as…''
* WhamLine: "The Creature/3rd Chair"
--> ''Love is priceless''
--> ''And I'm still paying the bill''
* WholePlotReference: "King Kong" is basically the entire plot of the 1933 film sang line by line.
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'''Yip/Jump Music''' is a 1983 album by Music/DanielJohnston, originally released on cassette, which explains the sometimes lesser audio quality. It was Johnston's fifth album and is generally seen as one of his best. Audience favorites like "Speeding Motorcycle", "The Beatles", "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances" and "King Kong" can be found here. Music/KurtCobain named it one his favorite albums. Several songs have been [[CoveredUp covered]] by celebrity artists such as Music/MikeDoughty ("Casper The Friendly Ghost"), Music/TheYeahYeahYeahs ("Worried Shoes"), Music/TomWaits ("King Kong"), Music/YoLaTengo ("Speeding Motorcycle").
'''Tracklist'''
# "Chord Organ Blues"
# "The Beatles"
# "Sorry Entertainer"
# "Speeding Motorcycle".
# "Casper The Friendly Ghost"
# "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Grievances"
# "Danny Don't Rap"
# "Sweetheart"
# "King Kong"
# "The Creature/Third Chair"
# "I Live For Love"
# "Almost Got Hit By A Truck".
# "Worried Shoes".
# "Dead Lover's Twisted Heart".
# "Rocket Ship"
# "God"
# "Loved Defined (The Bible)"
# "Museum Of Love"
# "Rarely"
# "I Remember Painfully"
!! Tropes for the sorry entertainers:
* ACappella: "King Kong", "The Dead Lover's Twisted Heart" and "Rarely".
* AccentuateTheNegative: Played straight with "Sorry Entertainer", "King Kong", "Worried Shoes" and "I Remember Painfully".
* AuthorAppeal: Johnston has a few songs about Music/TheBeatles, God and ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost''.
* BreakUpSong: "The Creature/3rd Chair", "I Remember Painfully"
* ContinuityNod: Near the end of "I Remember Painfully" Daniel says "Danny Don't Rapp", a CallBack to the track "Danny Don't Rapp" earlier on the album.
* CradleOfLoneliness: "Sorry Entertainer"
--> ''I'm a loner. I'm a sorry entertainer''.
* CutShort: As with most of Daniel's home recorded cassette tapes many songs, including the final track end quite abrupt or with audible portions cut away.
* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The album cover, designed by Johnston himself.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: "King Kong".
* DownerEnding: "Danny Don't Rapp".
* EverythingIsBigInTexas: Referenced during the first line of "Chord Organ Blues".
* GodIsLoveSongs: "God", "Love Defined (the Bible)".
* {{Homage}}: "The Beatles", "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "King Kong", "Danny Don't Rapp".
* KingKongClimb: Referred to in "King Kong".
* LazyBum: "Casper The Friendly Ghost"
--> ''He was also polite to the people who told him he was just a lazy bum.''
* LookBothWays: "Almost Got Hit By A Truck".
* LoveHurts: "Speeding Motorcycle", "I Live For Love", "The Creature/Third Chair", "Dead Lover's Twisted Heart".
* NeverAcceptedInHisHometown: "Sorry Entertainer", "Casper the Friendly Ghost".
* NonAppearingTitle: The album title doesn't appear in any of the lyrics.
* ObsessionSong: "Sweetheart".
* PepTalkSong: "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Your Grievances", "God" and "Worried Shoes" in the final verses:
--> ''And then one day I looked around and I found the sun shining down''
--> ''And I took off my worried shoes''
--> ''And the feet broke free''
--> ''I didn't need to wear''
--> ''Then I knew the difference between worrying and caring''
--> ''Cause I've got a lot of walking to do''
--> ''And I don't want to wear''
--> ''My worried shoes''
* ThePowerOfLove: "Rocket Ship" about leaving with your loved one on a rocket ship trip. "Loved Defined", "Sweetheart", "I Live For Love", "Museum of Love" and "Rarely" too.
* PunBasedTitle: "Danny Don't Rapp" about Danny Rapp, the lead singer of Danny & The Juniors, a band best known for the song "At the Hop", which Johnston also quotes near the end.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Johnston tells that he wanted to be like The Beatles in "The Beatles", "but then [[Music/JohnLennon he]] died." "Danny Don't Rapp" was written to commemorate the suicide of Danny Rapp, lead singer of Danny & The Juniors in the year of the album's release.
* RetroRocket: "Rocket Ship".
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Near the end of "Speeding Motorcycle" Daniel starts wailing.
* SelfBackingVocalist: "Danny Don't Rap" has Daniel singing while an earlier recorded tape of his voice is playing.
* ShoutOut:
** "Danny Don't Rap" quotes "At the Hop" by Danny & The Juniors near the end. The song title is a pun on the band's lead singer Danny Rapp.
** "King Kong" is a WholePlotReference to the 1933 film ''Film/KingKong'', but with two odd shout-outs to special effects maker Willis O' Brien and Creator/RayHarryhausen as well
--> ''And Willis O’Brien died''
--> ''A tragic death''
--> ''There wasn’t much''
--> ''That he had left''
--> ''And Ray Harryhausen said''
--> ''That when Willis died''
--> ''That’s when the king''
--> ''Was really dead''
* SomethingBlues: "Chord Organ Blues".
* StockSoundEffects: At the start of "Casper The Friendly Ghost", "Museum Of Love" and "Danny Don't Rapp" a recording of an animal sounds toy for babies can be heard. A little child can be heard talking at the start of "Rocket Ship" and near the end of the song chairs can be heard moving on the floor.
* Suicide: "Danny Don't Rapp"
--> ''When no hope was left in sight''
--> ''You took your life as lovers often do''
--> ''But I could’ve told you, Danny''
--> ''This world was never meant for one as beautiful as…''
* WhamLine: "The Creature/3rd Chair"
--> ''Love is priceless''
--> ''And I'm still paying the bill''
* WholePlotReference: "King Kong" is basically the entire plot of the 1933 film sang line by line.
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