Intensely Personal Songs

***Intensely Personal Songs*** is the thirteenth album by The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan.

The album is a departure from the Jokerfan's other work and it is really an early No Jokes album (not counting Moes Haven's work). The songs provide some actual insight into Matt Farley's views, at times.

It was released on January 6, 2014, about 3.5 months after this artist's last album. It is discussed on MMIP #41 (April 20, 2015), which opens with Track 1, "I Am Such A Hack, A Stupid, Stupid Hack". He calls the album title "such a straight-faced little joke." "It takes a certain amount of gall to title something 'Intensely Personal Songs'." He had about 80 song ideas, and recorded 43. It took him 1-2 days to record the album. The album uses a lot of (sometimes rough) acoustic guitar, which is uncommon for this era of Farley's work.

Music critic masculineclick wrote about this album on reddit in July 2020:

> i started digging (on spotify) through all the accounts that the guy who runs the “the guy who sings songs about cities and towns” has and jesus christ he puts out a LOT of material under a LOT of different accounts. in 2012 he put out four albums under one account, each with about 80 songs on them. under one account called “the passionate and objective jokerfan” i found an album called “intensely personal songs” that i think i’ve fallen in love with. the song writing is terrible in a way but so blunt and personal that it’s impossible to not like it. the first song is called “i am such a hack, a stupid, stupid hack” and he immediately talks about how he’s so much less talented than all the people he writes songs about (because on this account he makes songs titled after famous artists). some of the highlights of the track names include: “Overwritten Dialogue (Makes Me Cringe”, “Dump Your Stupid Boyfriend, Ok?”, “Open Mic Comedy (Give It a Try!)”, “Night Club Too Loud and No Fun”, “Email Addiction Song”, and my favorite “Tortured Artists (Get All The Respect That I Don’t Get). He sort of reminds me of a less talented, more blunt daniel johnston with his squeaky singing and songwriting about girls not liking him. definitely a fun rabbit hole to go down on a tuesday night at 3 am.
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As of August 27, 2021, the most streamed song on this album on Spotify is "Tortured Artists (Get All the Respect That I Don't Get"

Musician PJ Sykes covered "Cult Status" from this album in the 2018 Motern Media Cover Song Challenge.

## Tracks

1. I Am Such a Hack, A Stupid, Stupid Hack 1:13
2. Creative Energy Takes Work 1:30
3. Ask Pretty Girl On a Date 1:32
4. Day Job (Keeps Me Humble and Hungry) 1:21
5. Dump Your Stupid Boyfriend, Ok? 1:34
6. Drugs Are Bad. Don't Be a Druggie, Ok? 1:56
7. Overwritten Dialogue (Makes Me Cringe) 1:32
8. Chase Bad Guys. Do What Is Right. 1:14
9. Girl Dumped Me (And I Feel so Sad) 1:35
10. Girl Cheat On Me 1:37
11. Alcohol Is Bad Stuff. Don't Be Drunk. 1:35
12. Bad Movies 1:49
13. Small Talk Bores Me Silly 1:09
14. I'm Gonna Be a Rich Man Someday 1:16
15. Modest Aspiration 1:34
16. Open Mic Comedy (Give It a Try!) 1:23
17. Dinner Date 1:32
18. Are We Just Friends, Or What? 1:24
19. Most People Are Nice 1:26
20. Eat At a Restaurant Alone. It's Ok! 1:36
21. Night Club Too Loud and No Fun 1:35
22. Podcasts Overtake My Life 1:34
23. Polyamory Is Bad. Just Kiss One Person. 1:29
24. I Sing My Phone Number in Lots of My Songs 2:04
25. You Can't Be Friends With Your Ex-Boyfriend. Sorry. 1:45
26. Email Addiction Song 1:20
27. Bullies Are Bad People. Stand Up to Bullies. 1:52
28. Tortured Artists (Get All the Respect That I Don't Get) 1:04
29. Get Married. Have a Baby. Settle Down. 1:01
30. Don't Oversleep (Be On Time) 1:04
31. It's Silly to Have a Publicist, I Think 1:21
32. Wedding Speeches Make Me Uncomfortable 1:01
33. Watch What You Say in Front of Children 1:25
34. Go for a Walk At Night 1:10
35. Your Joke Falls Flat (And I Cringe) 1:03
36. Get to the Point 0:57
37. Cult Status 1:12
38. Art vs. Commerce 1:41
39. I Am an Outsider Musician 1:19
40. Movie Trailers Make Me Cry 1:18
41. Cool People 1:48
42. So Afraid of Girls 1:13
43. I Don't Dress Nice. I Am Not Stylish. 1:41

## References

1. ↑ [Spotify stats Aug 27, 2021 - 3,820 streams]