David Lynch Explains How He Disappointed Kanye West

David Lynchand Kanye West share an affinity for the surreal and shocking and the two nearly combined their talents ona music video forBlood on the Leaves, the eerie epic from Wests latest LP,Yeezus. We almost worked together, but I never got the ideas, Lynch toldThe Daily Beastin a recent interview. I feel I let him down a little bit. I was going to do the music videobut it never happened.I didnt come up with any ideas that I thought he would like. Kanye came up to the house one day. Kanyes a good guy and a great musician. I loved the song, and thats what brought us together, but I couldnt come up with ideas that thrilled either one of us.

Lynch, of course, is famous for mind-altering films(including1977s Eraserhead and1986sBlue Velvet), but in recent years, hes ventured into a side-career as a musician, releasing two studio albums (2011sCrazy Clown Timeand 2013sThe Big Dream). And though you cant detect any influence in his lumbering blues-rock drones, Lynch says hes a huge admirer of Wests style and relentlessness. Blood on the Leaves is one of my favorite songs, he said. Its great. Hes just ridin the wave and not takin no for an answer.

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Elsewhere in the interview, Lynchreflected on the slow decline of Twin PeaksSeason Two (Im not happy with it, he said, up until Who Killed Laura Palmer? I was with it 100 percent, and then it drifted away) and expressedhis admiration for a trio of acclaimed modern TV dramas (Mad Men, Breaking BadandTrue Detective).

He even joked about his recent (and admirably strange) Ice Bucket Challenge video, which found the filmmaker blending his ice bath with espresso, playing an off-key trumpet line and nominating Vladimir Putin to pay it forward. He might want to take part in helping some people, Lynch said.

Earlier this year, Rolling Stonespoke with Lynch about a variety of topics, including Transcendental Meditation and his appreciation for minimalistic music including ZZ Top and his old pal Kanye West.

Oh, I love a minimal thing, he said. Kanye West worked with Rick Rubin [on Yeezus], and that got super-minimal, but super-strong. A minimal thing, it doesnt hurt the mind, and the mind can soar. When theres lots and lots of things around, it disturbs me.