Wrong-Eyed Jesus (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)

Wrong-Eyed Jesus (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)

Wrong-Eyed Jesus (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)

Editorial Reviews
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The title of Jim White's debut album, Wrong-Eyed Jesus! refers not to any of the 11 original songs but to the short story that takes up 14 of the CD booklet's 18 pages. It's actually a pretty good story, full of the religious imagery and Southern weirdness that make White sort of a beatnik Flannery O'Connor, and the outsider folk art that accompanies it seems appropriate. Being a good writer and a bohemian artist is not the same thing as being a musician, however, and the songs' out-of-tune mumbling, melodic minimalism, ramshackle arrangements, and gratuitous symbolism make White sound like Leonard Cohen at his worst. --Geoffrey Himes

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Wrong-Eyed Jesus! (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Weird on top, but fascinating down to its core
  • It's a Strange, Strange World,
 Wrong-Eyed Jesus! (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)
Jim White
Manufacturer: Luaka Bop
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007CYEVM
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

  1. Book of Angels
  2. Burn the River Dry
  3. Still Waters - Jim White, Jim White
  4. When Jesus Gets a Brand New Name
  5. Sleepy-Town
  6. Perfect Day to Chase Tornados
  7. Wordmule
  8. Stabbed in the Heart
  9. Angel-Land
  10. Heaven of My Heart
  11. Road That Leads to Heaven

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Weird on top, but fascinating down to its core.......2006-11-13

Jim White's first album is a fascinating collection of songs. I remember purchasing this album purely due to what I had heard about the film 'Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus' (I had bought the soundtrack along with it). The first time I listened to this CD I lay down on my bed with headphones, closed my eyes...and fell asleep. It didn't do much for me, and I was wondering if I had wasted my money. After watching the film, I began to revisit this disc and managed to get deeper and deeper into it's music. It's definitely hard to listen to, especially the dischordant 'When Jesus Gets a Brand New Name', but the music and lyrics tend to grow on you. Standouts include the haunting 'Still Waters' and 'Perfect Day To Chase Tornados', but all songs are interesting and boast well-written lyrics (the one things missing from many reviews is the fact the disc comes with a short story written by the musician, worth half the price alone.)

Difficult to get into but worth it in the end, Jim White's debut is an adventure in music.

4 out of 5 stars It's a Strange, Strange World,.......2006-10-21

and Jim White helps make it that way. An interesting mix of found sounds, country-folk and odd, confessional songwriting, WRONG-EYED JESUS is an interesting trip through the Southern Gothic mind of Jim White. Though not essential, White's reports from the fringes and the far recesses of his psyche are never less than entertaining. I'd also recommend his other record, NO SUCH PLACE, which despite flawed production, has even better songs. Of special note is the essay from which the album title derives. If his musical career should dry up, he would be well advised to try his hand at the litarary life.
Music from Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • I guess I'll have to wait for the DVD
  • Soundtrack inspired by an album inspired by the South
 Music from Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Jim White
Manufacturer: Luaka Bop
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ASIN: B0009I7OCU
Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

  1. Stories - Harry Crews
  2. Still Waters - Jim White
  3. My Sisters Tiny Hands - Handsome Family
  4. Crossbone Styles - Cat Power
  5. Last Kind Deal - David Johansen
  6. The Wound That Never Heals - Jim White
  7. Wayfaring Stranger - David Eugene Edwards
  8. Small Tow N - Mayor
  9. Black Soul Choir - Sixteen Horsepower
  10. Little Maggie - Lee Sexton
  11. First There Was - Johnny Dowd With Maggie Brown
  12. Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley And Doc Watson
  13. Amazing Grace - Melissa Swingle
  14. Christmas Day - Jim White
  15. Essential Truth - Jim White

Album Description

Upon hearing the debut album by alt-country singer-songwriter Jim White, The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus, British commercials director Andrew Douglas contacted Jim and the two set out to make Douglas' feature film debut by exploring the deep South.

"The resulting documentary," says Variety, "reps a very European look at quintessentially American milieu, a marriage exemplified by its cool, painterly visuals and southern gothic cast of characters." Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus is a thought-provoking road trip through the American south - a world of churches; prison; coalmines; truck stops; juke joints; swamps; and mountains.

Along the way the viewer encounters various musicians, including the Handsome Family, Johnny Dowd, 16 Horsepower and David Johansen; old time banjo player Lee Sexton, rockabilly and mountain Gospel churches and novelist Harry Crews telling grisly stories down a dirt track.

The film is a collage of stories and testimonies, almost invariably of sudden death, sin or redemption: heaven or hell, with no middle ground. And all the while, a strange southern Jesus looms in the background. The music in Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus adds a haunting melody to the already unforgettable imagery on screen. This collection of songs is a wonderfully eclectic soundtrack of blues, Gospel, and "sadcore" indie tunes.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars I guess I'll have to wait for the DVD.......2005-10-26

This is a fine album, but it pales in comparison to the aural experience provided by the film. I was disappointed that so much of the good music from the film is absent from the CD. Of fifteen tracks, two are extremely short, non-musical snippets from the soundtrack, and four are Jim White numbers. There is only one (albeit excellent) track by the breathtaking Handsome Family, and, thank goodness the Johnny Dowd/Maggie Brown duet is included -- these folks have voices that just plain work together! Saddest for me, the church music is missing, which is a shame -- those of us in dying so-called "mainline" churches can learn a lot from these folks! I guess I'll have to wait for the DVD!

5 out of 5 stars Soundtrack inspired by an album inspired by the South.......2005-06-09

I haven't seen the movie www.searchingforthewrongeyedjesus.com yet, but being familiar with the previous work of its narrator, Jim White, I think I've got a fairly good idea of what to expect. In listening to it, the most immediate comparison that comes to mind is the soundtrack from "Oh Brother where art thou?". I'm told that soundtrack is one of the most successful movie soundtracks of the last 20 years.

For those who cross referenced here from the "Oh Brother" soundtrack, I'm here to tell you "Searching for..." is just as good, and probably better. The story of "Oh Brother" is supposedly derived from Homer's Odyssey, and contains the narrative of three escaped convicts searching for a buried treasure.

While "Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus" is a documentary, and "Oh Brother" is based on a storyline, what the two movies have in common other than a strikingly similar musical thread tying them together, is that each probes and explores the underbelly of the south. If I recall correctly, the convicts in "Oh Brother" never do find the treasure, but the treasure that both of these films reveal, are the secrets of the deep south.

Visitors to, and even residents of the deep south, might not notice what lies just beneath the surface while traveling from one town to another. After all, at first glance, other than the ubiquitous kudzu and Waffle Houses, things aren't so different from anywhere else in America, with Wal Marts, strip malls and delapidated shopping centers dominating the landscape.

"Oh Brother" is set in the 1930's. In "Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus", Jim White documents how little has changed in the last 60 or 70 years, if you're just willing to come with him, and take a peek beneath the surface.

The first thing that strikes you when listening to "Searching..." is the intense sound of the birdlife from the south that ties the soundtrack together. It's almost like being in a jungle of South America if you listen for it closely, but most people who live in, or visit the deep south, tune this out on a daily basis. The sound of this birdlife can actually be quite eerie once you start hearing it, not only on the soundtrack, but as you move about in the south. The inclusion of it throughout the soundtrack could easily symbolize the eerieness of the poverty and despair, the pentecostal religion, sin, and the search for redemption among many people in the south. While "Oh Brother" has a lot of humorous moments in it, both movies search for, and find, then convey, the stark and melancholic beauty of the south.

For those who may not be familiar with Jim White, several of his songs are included on this soundtrack, and all of his albums are well worth exploring. It was his first record, "The mysterious tale of how I shouted 'the wrong eyed Jesus!'" that inspired the documentary in the first place, and Andrew Douglas couldn't have picked a better narrator.

Wrong-Eyed Jesus! (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 StARS ISN'T ENOUGH
  • A music fan is right. Charles W. Miller does not know....
  • A album that's a genius work of art that requires time
  • Charles W. Miller doesnt know what hes talking about..
  • great cd!!!!!
 Wrong-Eyed Jesus! (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)
Jim White
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002NCL
Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

  1. Book Of Angels
  2. Burn The River Dry
  3. Still Waters
  4. When Jesus Gets A Brand New Name
  5. Sleepy-Town
  6. A Perfect Day To Chase Tornados
  7. Wordmule
  8. Stabbed In The Heart
  9. Angel-Land
  10. Heaven Of My Heart
  11. The Road That Leads To Heaven

Amazon.com

The title of Jim White's debut album, Wrong-Eyed Jesus! refers not to any of the 11 original songs but to the short story that takes up 14 of the CD booklet's 18 pages. It's actually a pretty good story, full of the religious imagery and Southern weirdness that make White sort of a beatnik Flannery O'Connor, and the outsider folk art that accompanies it seems appropriate. Being a good writer and a bohemian artist is not the same thing as being a musician, however, and the songs' out-of-tune mumbling, melodic minimalism, ramshackle arrangements, and gratuitous symbolism make White sound like Leonard Cohen at his worst. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars 5 StARS ISN'T ENOUGH.......2005-11-28

cALL ME CRAZY, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST MUSIC cDS GOING! bUY THE DAmn thing!!!

4 out of 5 stars A music fan is right. Charles W. Miller does not know...........2005-03-27

The Backstreet Boys? Please! Don't even start. This music is not POP. It's more like Alt. Country/Americana or Bluegrass. Not my type of music but nonetheless it's good in it's own right

5 out of 5 stars A album that's a genius work of art that requires time.......2004-01-16

I just want to write something here as the editorial review on this site gives completely the wrong impression. It sounds to me like that reviewer didn't give the album enough chance, and that he judged it too hastily and perhaps snappily.

One-Eyed Jesus is certainly not for everybody, but I consider it to be a bona fide masterpiece that requires an awful lot of time and effort to fully appreciate. The sound of the album is a very layered one, and it's only with a great many repeated plays that it truly reveals itself; at that point the music and poetic lyrics really do start to hook you. There's a mysticism about the whole thing somehow, and once you begin to understand the album's transcendent nature (particularly evident towards the end of the album) it repeatedly produces a smile, and makes the heart leap!

5 out of 5 stars Charles W. Miller doesnt know what hes talking about.........2004-01-06

Jim Whites debut album is ground breaking music...Starting with a 14 page story in the attached booklet about how he (jim white) shouted "wrong eyed Jesus" to the complete mixture of bluesey folk music with a twisted spiritual edge makes one drool over each tasty morsel that jim serves to the ears..the lyrics are catchy and you find yourself humming and singing the strange lyrics to the amazement of gaping onlooker..."I whisper beautiful secrets down the drain pipes at night" and other such fun, twisted, music..
In a age when all music is starting to sound the same. Jim white breaks new ground and this CD is a must have along with his second album

5 out of 5 stars great cd!!!!!.......2003-11-07

this is an excellent cd - music with a brain and a sense of humour. I recommend it to anyone who's sick of the same old sugary-sweet treacle the big labels are selling and who wants some genuine American weirdness. Beautiful, haunting music - can't wait to see him live!
Wrong-Eyed Jesus! (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 StARS ISN'T ENOUGH
  • A music fan is right. Charles W. Miller does not know....
  • A album that's a genius work of art that requires time
  • Charles W. Miller doesnt know what hes talking about..
  • great cd!!!!!
 Wrong-Eyed Jesus! (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)
Jim White
Manufacturer: Luaka Bop
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Similar Items:
  1. No Such Place
  2. Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus
  3. Twilight
  4. Last Days of Wonder
  5. Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back (1965 Tour Deluxe Edition)

ASIN: B00004RD20
Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

  1. Book Of Angels
  2. Burn The River Dry
  3. Still Waters
  4. When Jesus Gets A Brand New Name
  5. Sleepy-Town
  6. A Perfect Day To Chase Tornados
  7. Wordmule
  8. Stabbed In The Heart
  9. Angel-Land
  10. Heaven Of My Heart
  11. The Road That Leads To Heaven

Amazon.com

The title of Jim White's debut album, Wrong-Eyed Jesus! refers not to any of the 11 original songs but to the short story that takes up 14 of the CD booklet's 18 pages. It's actually a pretty good story, full of the religious imagery and Southern weirdness that make White sort of a beatnik Flannery O'Connor, and the outsider folk art that accompanies it seems appropriate. Being a good writer and a bohemian artist is not the same thing as being a musician, however, and the songs' out-of-tune mumbling, melodic minimalism, ramshackle arrangements, and gratuitous symbolism make White sound like Leonard Cohen at his worst. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars 5 StARS ISN'T ENOUGH.......2005-11-28

cALL ME CRAZY, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST MUSIC cDS GOING! bUY THE DAmn thing!!!

4 out of 5 stars A music fan is right. Charles W. Miller does not know...........2005-03-27

The Backstreet Boys? Please! Don't even start. This music is not POP. It's more like Alt. Country/Americana or Bluegrass. Not my type of music but nonetheless it's good in it's own right

5 out of 5 stars A album that's a genius work of art that requires time.......2004-01-16

I just want to write something here as the editorial review on this site gives completely the wrong impression. It sounds to me like that reviewer didn't give the album enough chance, and that he judged it too hastily and perhaps snappily.

One-Eyed Jesus is certainly not for everybody, but I consider it to be a bona fide masterpiece that requires an awful lot of time and effort to fully appreciate. The sound of the album is a very layered one, and it's only with a great many repeated plays that it truly reveals itself; at that point the music and poetic lyrics really do start to hook you. There's a mysticism about the whole thing somehow, and once you begin to understand the album's transcendent nature (particularly evident towards the end of the album) it repeatedly produces a smile, and makes the heart leap!

5 out of 5 stars Charles W. Miller doesnt know what hes talking about.........2004-01-06

Jim Whites debut album is ground breaking music...Starting with a 14 page story in the attached booklet about how he (jim white) shouted "wrong eyed Jesus" to the complete mixture of bluesey folk music with a twisted spiritual edge makes one drool over each tasty morsel that jim serves to the ears..the lyrics are catchy and you find yourself humming and singing the strange lyrics to the amazement of gaping onlooker..."I whisper beautiful secrets down the drain pipes at night" and other such fun, twisted, music..
In a age when all music is starting to sound the same. Jim white breaks new ground and this CD is a must have along with his second album

5 out of 5 stars great cd!!!!!.......2003-11-07

this is an excellent cd - music with a brain and a sense of humour. I recommend it to anyone who's sick of the same old sugary-sweet treacle the big labels are selling and who wants some genuine American weirdness. Beautiful, haunting music - can't wait to see him live!
Wrong-Eyed Jesus! (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Haunting, Rare, Exquisite.
 Wrong-Eyed Jesus! (Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)
Jim White
Manufacturer: V2
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00020R038
Release Date: 2004-04-26

Tracks:

  1. Book of Angels
  2. Burn the River Dry
  3. Still Waters - Jim White, Jim White
  4. When Jesus Gets a Brand New Name
  5. Sleepy-Town
  6. Perfect Day to Chase Tornados
  7. Wordmule
  8. Stabbed in the Heart
  9. Angel-Land
  10. Heaven of My Heart
  11. Road That Leads to Heaven

Album Details

Originally Released in the Summer of 1997, this Genius of a Record with a Beautiful Country Feel Throughout is Now Available and Repackaged.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Haunting, Rare, Exquisite........2005-07-27

I first heard the cut "Still Waters" on a Morcheeba compilation called Back To Mine in 1998. It made the hair on my neck stand straight up... I kept promising myself I would investigate Jim White further, but here it is 7 years later. WOW. I do recommend this album, and the Morcheeba one as well.

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