― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 December 2005 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Nathaniel (Horbgorbling Slubberdegullion), Saturday, 24 December 2005 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― honorary joy division roadie (Bimble...), Sunday, 23 April 2006 22:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― timmy tannin (pompous), Monday, 24 April 2006 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jay Vee's Return (Manon_69), Monday, 24 April 2006 00:45 (eighteen years ago) link
Pink Moon. I thought he improved with every album, and what I like about Pink Moon is the way everything has been stripped back to just guitar and voice for the most part. His guitar playing is so good on that record.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
ND's right hand is unimpeachable
― crüt, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
One of the things Joe Boyd remarks upon in his book White Bicycles is seeing ND play live for the first time and noticing how strong his left hand was and how precise and articulate his picking. Even outside of a recording studio, his playing sounded that clean.
― vmajestic, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 19:25 (six years ago) link
Yeah, and it's great to hear it without any orchestral parts etc. Not that there's anything wrong with the orchestral parts on the first couple of albums, god no, it's more that it always feels like the orchestral parts and the guitar parts are fighting for my attention.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Thursday, 21 September 2017 12:31 (six years ago) link
"Five Leaves Left"
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 September 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
'Way to Blue: An Introduction to Nick Drake'
(srsly an almost perfect comp)
― harbinger of failure (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 21 September 2017 17:58 (six years ago) link
never liked "black eyed dog". sounds too much like a blind willie johnson pastiche or something. none of those last four songs are among my faves, honestly.
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Friday, 22 September 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
on the other hand "road" is prob my all-time #1 nick drake song. it's gotten me through a lot of bad times.
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Friday, 22 September 2017 12:04 (six years ago) link
I've always been Bryter Layter (even with the two dodgy later instrumentals), but just lately Pink Moon is edging ahead. Place to Be. My word.
I was up near Birmingham recently and went to Tanworth. He's in a modest plot with his folks and with a view of a spread of fields stretching to the horizon. I traced with my fingers the inscription on the back of the headstone and had myself a little cry. The wind was in the trees. All good.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 22 September 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
drake is playing with blues tropes on black eyed dog, but i think it's a stretch to call it a a blind willie johnson pastiche ...i think Bryter Later is my choice now, really is one of the most gorgeous records ever.
― tylerw, Friday, 22 September 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link
pink moon is tops for me and yes, road in particular. if you like that bare nick drake sound the peel sessions is great and on spotify... stellar version of 'three hours'
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 22 September 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
on the other hand "road" is prob my all-time #1 nick drake song. it's gotten me through a lot of bad times
You can say the sun is shining if you really want toI can see the moon and it seems so clearYou can take the road that takes you to the stars nowI can take a road that I'll see me through
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 22 September 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
pink moon is tops for me and yes, road in particular. if you like that bare nick drake sound the peel sessions is great and on spotify... stellar version of 'three hours'― global tetrahedron, Friday, September 22, 2017 6:29 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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I'll have to check that out... thanks!
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Saturday, 23 September 2017 09:09 (six years ago) link
Finally picked Pink Moon up on (reissued) vinyl today - £12 at the back of an HMV clearance rack. We've had a house full tonight: 18 yr7s for a Hallowe'en disco. Kids leave behind a strange kind of silence; I'm letting Drake enscorcell the disturbed air.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Thursday, 31 October 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
that sounds like a shock. pink moon after the tohuwabohu of a kid's party. weird choice. from total distraction to total focus. will you tell us how it was?
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 31 October 2019 22:28 (four years ago) link
It was risky eh - who knows what might have been summoned? Perfect, though. Parasite standing out tonight.
― Life is a meaningless nightmare of suffering...save string (Chinaski), Thursday, 31 October 2019 22:42 (four years ago) link
Can't believe the hate for "Poor Boy" earlier on this thread; it's one of my favourite Nick Drake tracks. I love the bossa nova feel and "all those girls in the background choir should have been shot before the recording" - that's PP Arnold and Doris Troy!
― fetter, Monday, 4 November 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
yeah "poor boy" is great. it also has an awesome chris mcgregor piano solo!
― tylerw, Monday, 4 November 2019 16:07 (four years ago) link
It's crazy all the love for Five Leaves Left upthread. I never really am inspired to listen to that whereas I have 2 very distinct moods when the other two get airplay.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 4 November 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
i usually just play all three original LPs straight through, once I get going, I can't stop!
― tylerw, Monday, 4 November 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
yeah, they're all great imo. 'poor boy' fan as well over here
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Monday, 4 November 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
Five Leaves Left starts to drown in strings at a certain point but the opening three and ‘Cello Song are incredible, perfect for this time of year.
― JoeStork, Monday, 4 November 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
River Man tho
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
duh, part of the “opening three” of courseI recently scared my daughter by telling her she could play “Place to Be” at my memorial when I die (hopefully about 100 years hence)
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 4 November 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link
i don't know if i've mentioned this before but i lost/had stolen all my nick drake records except for "bryter layter" at a greyhound station so that one's my favorite
― tantric societal collapse (rushomancy), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 00:34 (four years ago) link
Bryter Layter. "Over-produced" "muzak arrangements" "like I'd hear in a grocery store" rule!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 05:11 (four years ago) link
Love all three obv, but I'd probably pick 5 leaves since for me it somehow captures the whole spectrum of his work
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 10:29 (four years ago) link
there's a pink side of the moon. yes, a pink moon. pink pink pink. pink moon
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 5 November 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
My Hannibal / Rycodisk issue of Pink Moon lists "Road" as "Radio", which brought confusion when people talked about "Road"
― Duke, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
It was one of the first songs of his I learnt to play on guitar. Drop the high G to E and you're good to go.
― Duke, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 23:33 (four years ago) link