Nick Drake

zeitgeist · Post by **zeitgeist** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:47 am

Did a search, but didn't find any dedicated thread. Surely someone here has discovered Nick Drake besides me. It was raining all day here and I happened to stumble across his music. I can't stop. I can't recommend his 'Pink Moon' album enough. Anybody else a fan of this melancholy acoustic wonderful-ness? My favorite song of his so far......

This guy is apparently also featured on the 'Garden State' soundtrack for those of you in the know...

dave_from_2001 · Post by **dave_from_2001** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:06 am

My friend from an old job whacked together a (legit) Drake vid\\

I'll dig it out of THE BOX one day and post in this thread. It might be so long that formats change, but I'll try.

lawrenke · Post by **lawrenke** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:39 am

Absolutely love him, he lead such a sad and short life but wrote some fantastic music which has thankfully been recognised, albeit 40 years too late. Five Leaves Left is lovely, then again so is anything he's ever done.

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:05 pm

huge fan of nick drake. favourite song has to be his cover of jackson c. frank's "milk and honey". its so tender...ahhh

phineas · Post by **phineas** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:50 pm

nick drake is great. totally depressing and uplifting at the same time

related note: anybody remember this commercial?

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:07 pm

I can see why Drake has a big underground fanbase but if I'd have to pinpoint why he's not a favourite of me I would say his music is too balanced or something, probably a property which appeals to many fans. I love seventies folk music but I prefer stuff like Fairport Convention, Devendra Banhart, Vashti Bunyan, etc.

Probably old news but Nick has a song called 'Saturday Sun' and BoC has one called 'Hey Saturday Sun', coincidence?

The Friendly Stranger · Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:26 pm

Brilliant artist. Never got in to Bryter Later; I found his delicate voice and intricate guitar work were smothered by all the additional instrumentation. But Pink Moon and Five Leaves Left are stunning albums. He was also a brilliant lyricist, though the lyrics in Pink Moon make for pretty depressing reading. It's clear he'd had enough by that point.

My favourite track

zeitgeist · Post by **zeitgeist** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:34 am

dave_from_2001 wrote:My friend from an old job whacked together a (legit) Drake vid\\

I'll dig it out of THE BOX one day and post in this thread. It might be so long that formats change, but I'll try.

i'd love to see this!

Earthbound · Post by **Earthbound** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:53 am

Guido wrote: Probably old news but Nick has a song called 'Saturday Sun' and BoC has one called 'Hey Saturday Sun', coincidence?

That's cool!
I didn't know that.

I didn't hear a lot of his stuff, but what I heard so far is absolutely stunning. I love his princess of the sand. So beautiful!

Skytree · Post by **Skytree** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:29 pm

Been in love with his stuff for years. Hauntingly beautiful.

He and Leo Kottke make up my "palate cleansing" music...when I don't want to listen to anything else, or just feel sick of picking apart tracks to figure out how they did it, I just pop in Bryter Layter or Pink Moon.

Bit of trivia: Drake was never filmed in his adult life. Only photographs of him exist...of which this is my favorite (still can't figure out if those are Fly Agaric mushies or something else):

aquanet · Post by **aquanet** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:37 am

Yay a Nick Drake thread!!

such a beautiful tortured soul...i love him

meat like product · Post by **meat like product** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:42 am

When I hear Nick Drake I think of Drake Bell from his shitty shows on Nickelodeon..

What a dreamboat <3

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:22 pm

I think "River Man" is one of the most lush, beautiful pop songs ever written.

vonarx · Post by **vonarx** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:21 pm

pink moon is fantastic

observation · Post by **observation** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:49 pm

I especially like Northern Sky, partly because it's about the only song of his I can even begin to approach playing on the guitar. He's a bit like Joni Mitchell for me - he gets remembered for his lyrics and for his infamous life, but for me the most amazing thing about both of them is how well they play guitar. Nick and Joni are just on another planet when it comes to invention and performance on an acoustic guitar.

I bought a book with notation of Nick Drake's songs - I can barely even make the chords, let alone manage the right hand rhythms...

Snufkin · Post by **Snufkin** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 6:16 pm

*Bump*

Huge fan, especially when the time (of year) is right ;]

Anyone happen to catch the 2 Nick Drake shows on BBC 4 last night? One was the documentary 'A Skin Too Few' which is good to learn some stuff about the man, but there was also a recording of covers performed by various artists at The Barbican in January 2010 - I would highly recommend this as worth a watch. Not all the covers were very good, but a handful were very good imo; especially this one (but the quality here isn't amazing. Check out BBC iPlayer those who can incase the show is still there ;]

-Snuf

EDIT - dug up the BBC iPlayer link of last night's cover show 'Way To Blue' cos i'm so nice to all u lazy fuckers ;D
Jump to about 52 mins for that Lisa Hannigan cover of Black Eyed Dog

ross adey · Post by **ross adey** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:02 pm

http://www.viddler.com/explore/digizen/videos/13/

mucephei · Post by **mucephei** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:07 pm

Those mushrooms do look like Fly Agaric

Xurbatronic · Post by **Xurbatronic** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:10 pm

I watched a documentary on BBC4 about Nick Drake on Friday - he became withdrawn and depressed, and exclaimed dismay at the fact that people kept telling him how famous and great he was, yet he couldn't afford to buy a pint of milk and was living at home with his parents in adulthood.
This sounds like an all to familiar tale in the world of music if you ask me. Very, very sad. He left some great music behind, but didn't have a pleasant life towards the end, mainly because of poverty.
I would put a link to the documentary, but the BBC haven't made it available on the iPlayer, it was called 'A Skin Too Few'.

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:37 am

Skytree wrote:Been in love with his stuff for years. Hauntingly beautiful.

He and Leo Kottke make up my "palate cleansing" music...when I don't want to listen to anything else, or just feel sick of picking apart tracks to figure out how they did it, I just pop in Bryter Layter or Pink Moon.

this is a good way of putting it. can't forget john fahey....