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We must not forget that Nick Drake died really young at 26! Yes, 26 is very young not only to just go and die but to have had several original dozen songs, many records, be a unique and "up there" guitar player. And all this back in the 70s?
I don't know about you but back in the 70s when I was in my early 20s I had accomplished exactly NOTHING musically - like 99.9% of the world. So yeah, Nick Drake qualifies as a Genius to me. |
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All that has changed now. I like the fact that when I played “Road” in a college coffeehouse most of the students knew it. That did surprise me. I am a bit angry that the guy has a larger following dead than alive. I wish he had been appreciated when he was around to enjoy it. My favorites are “Road” and “Northern Sky”.
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I'm a fan of Nick Drake. I think it's interesting that considering the original post and with only three albums the posters above list fifteen different songs as suggested listening. My favorite Three hours was already suggested. If you like Nick's work you might also like Alexi Murdoch. I got into him first, then read comparisons to Nick and became a fan of him too. I really like Alexi's song Blue Mind.
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I can see it. Drake's voice is unique, and lends a sameness to all his work. That said, I love me some nick Drake, and enjoy the heck out of his music.
I also heard him for the first time in the VW ad. Connected with a girl in Seattle over his music, so I have a lot of fun memories of that. |
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I think his music is great. I love how the acoustic cuts through all the other layered instruments in the mixes. He could have made a great unplugged show.
The rhythm guitar riff in "At the chime of the city clock" is obviously present in Nirvana's "Come as you are". I think "River Man" is my favorite. Gone way too early but his music will always live on
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I really enjoy Nick Drake's music. It has a most decidedly ASMR-like effect upon me when I listen. Favorite song: Black-eyed Dog
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I'm a big fan, so in Nick's defense, I'd say it's less that his songs sound the same (the melodies are certainly very different) and more than his albums were coherent statements that had a real sound and vibe that carried through them.
My favorite record is Five Leaves Left, if just for the bookends of "Time" and "Saturday Sun." |
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Well of course music is subjective. Different folks like, "don't get, " and actively can't stand the same music all the time.
I've loved Drake since first heard his records. I remember reading about him in some magazine or music paper shortly after he died. I can also recall first hearing that VW ad, and a strum or two in I was thinking "Wait, I know this song..." and then bang, Nick's voice come in. Now-a-days media is all over the "use an obscure song to ad vibe to my commercial/TV show/movie, etc" thing, but it seemed miraculous at the time. There's nothing he's done I don't like, but I'm a huge fan of those recordings that mix in the string arrangements, and I try to emulate that in my simple way on in my own recording project (many of those on Drake's records aren't that complex, but they're still effective). Different songs capture me in different moods, but if I had to pick one song, "Cello Song" because the way his voice and guitar mix with the strings. Just perfect (to me). I don't play many of his songs (I can't cop his style on guitar) but I've muddled through "Saturday Sun" and "Clothes of Sand."
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His music is consistently lovely. But I don’t listen often or at length because it tends to be a downer, a bit depressing.
The exception is his second album, Bryter Layter, which I find invigorating. It breathes with the sea breeze airiness of coastal Britain and is well paced and beautiful. |
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Big Nick Drake fan !
First heard of him about 5 years ago and I've been listening to him ever since. I first heard " Riverman" on a jazz station sung by Andy Bey. A really good cover of the original although I didn't know it was a Nick Drake song at the time.
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There’s so much to learn from listening to his music, I should add. His touch and his intimacy. Even if you don’t retune or play his songs. Every string matters.
He is a painter with his guitar, truly. |
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Very well said.
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For decades, when people have asked me, "What reccord should I listen to that I've never heard of?", I tell them "Pink Moon".
When my son went off to college, we got him an iPod (remember those?) engraved with "Go play the game that you learned from the morning". I guess I'm a fan.
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