Blah blah blah BLAHHHHHHHHH. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....

WONDERFUL SONG.......

Two 'godlikes' in a row, thanks RP!
Wonderful guitar playing and vocals, quite stunning on careful listening.
The guitar stle reminds of the similarly wonderful Lindsay Buckingham.

Thanks for playing this, always good to hear a Nick Drake song.

Yeah it's a goody.

nothing else quite like this... my 17 year old daughter and I both got into "Pink Moon" at about the same time, so there is a 'timeless' aspect to his music... really like this tune.

Having a stressful day, Bill. Thanks for this. It's more calming than Xanex!

I really love this song. Thanks RP!

Eat your heart out Pete Docherty!....you're not fit to inhale one of Nick Drakes farts

morgsy67 wrote:

So writing yesterday is the definition of fine art? I guess you are more of an optimist than I'll ever be. And I'm pretty optimistic.

Bliss :-)

Speechless . . . and in awe

The thing that amazes me about Nick Drake is the timelessness of his work- like it could have been written yesterday- It's all so good.

Love this song every time I hear it. If Nick played and sang this song at the same time, (which I assume that he did), that was an amazing feat in and of itself, not to mention the mood that this song evokes.

LOL...after listening to RP for a couple years I can spot a Nick Drake song in 2 bars or less.

From Wikipedia:
In the early hours of 25 November 1974, Nick Drake died at home in Far Leys from an overdose of amitriptyline, a type of antidepressant. He had gone to bed early the night before, after spending the afternoon visiting a friend. Around dawn his parents heard him pass towards to the kitchen; they presumed to have a bowl of cereal. He returned to his room a short while later, and took some pills "to help him sleep". Drake was accustomed to keeping his own hours; he frequently had difficulty sleeping, and would often stay up through the night playing and listening to music, then sleeping late into the following morning. Recalling the events of that night, his mother later stated: "I never used to disturb him at all. But it was about 12 o’clock, and I went in, because really it seemed it was time he got up. And he was laying across the bed. The first thing I saw was his long, long legs." There was no suicide note, although a letter addressed to Ryde was found near to his bed.
Nick Drake's gravestone is inscribed with the line 'Now we rise/And we are everywhere', taken from the final song on his final album.
At the inquest that December, Drake's coroner stated that the cause of death was as a result of "Acute amitriptyline poisoning—self administered when suffering from a depressive illness", and concluded a verdict of suicide. Though this has been disputed by some members of his family, there is a general view that, accidental or not, Drake had by then given up on the world.

. . . 26 years old: R.I.P. Nick.

Lovely!!!

I just really, really enjoy everything he has ever done, but particularly this album.

ktnsb wrote:

Anyone know where I can find the tabs for any Nick Drake songs?

The work day is winding down...pefect time for a Nick fix...thanks RP.

Transportive.

He is alittle dark along the line of say Tom Waits but truely a fine artist. You just have to be in the mood.

Such a beautiful song. Captures the mood of a Monday morning.

This guy seems to get consistently high marks from all, but I just don't get it at all. I'm from the era and had never heard of him, and can't say I missed anything. Really way too morbid for me, but glad you all like him cause he seems to get a lot of play on RP. Thank God for volume control.

Spenny wrote:
Boy, you got that right. Just try to play & sing River Man. It's in 5/4 time, but his vocal line is very tough to imitate while playing in that rhythm. His was an unmatchable art.

I get this weird feeling that Victoria Williams covered this song... but I can't confirm it...

This is a really nice track. Would love to hear the Wind by Cat Stevens after this.Just in terms of theme of the individual versus everything around them.

'Guys like this inspire me to get off my arse and learn to play the guitar I got for Christmas in 2005.