oilydwarf
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Lakeview wrote:Sorry Bill. I think I may be done. Too many times I've turned on RP lately just to have to turn it off. Not sure what is changing or has changed but I'm only enjoying this 50% or less of the time which is not a good reason to stick around. take a break, come back when you are recovered! |
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rdo
| | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 16:51 | |
Lakeview wrote:Sorry Bill. I think I may be done. Too many times I've turned on RP lately just to have to turn it off. Not sure what is changing or has changed but I'm only enjoying this 50% or less of the time which is not a good reason to stick around.
Concussion? |
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Jim_Highfield
| | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 05:57 | |
Lakeview wrote:Sorry Bill. I think I may be done. Too many times I've turned on RP lately just to have to turn it off. Not sure what is changing or has changed but I'm only enjoying this 50% or less of the time which is not a good reason to stick around. Your musical taste has taken a turn for the worse. Hold on, it may come back! |
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Randomax
(Wimberley, TX) | | Posted: Oct 30, 2012 - 13:42 | |
RedGuitar wrote:Was Nick's music played on radio back in the 70s? Just curious, as I've only heard it in the last few years. I remember hearing him first on KPFT - Pacifica Radio in Houston, Texas. I was a wee lass and can barely recall...but as the years have gone by, whenever I hear his voice, I always go right back to that place, late at night, laying in the dark listening to what we all called "underground radio" station. Their radio tower was blown up twice in the early 70's by the rednecks....hard to believe today. |
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Lakeview
(Great White North) | | Posted: Oct 30, 2012 - 13:35 | |
Sorry Bill. I think I may be done. Too many times I've turned on RP lately just to have to turn it off. Not sure what is changing or has changed but I'm only enjoying this 50% or less of the time which is not a good reason to stick around.
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Oct 30, 2012 - 13:33 | |
Cynaera wrote:*sigh* Taking a deep breath and relaxing after a rather energetic day spent with my best friend. Once we both finally got past talking over each other, being silly, and spending too much money, we had a lovely, deep discussion about needs vs. wants and what, exactly, is a vice. It was quite enjoyable, but after a couple of hours with her, I always need equal time to chill, slow my brain and pulse, and breathe. This song put me in the gentle zone. Thank you, RP. And thank you, Nick Drake. I wish you could have known how much your music would be appreciated and loved before you ended your life...  Sigh, missing Cy. Great post. I hope you and Nick can read this whereever you are. |
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cShaggy
(..in the general vicinity..) | | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 08:14 | |
..truly a troubadour of the 70s..
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Aug 28, 2012 - 13:19 | |
Donovan-esque. Both terrific, but in this song at least, Drake is not all that indistinguishable in sound style content.
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rotis47
(Tempe, Arizona) | | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 10:30 | |
RedGuitar wrote:Was Nick's music played on radio back in the 70s? Just curious, as I've only heard it in the last few years. Nick Drake was in regular rotation on KDKB in Phoenix back in the day. |
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djaychicago
(In a far, far better place) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 18:33 | |
This brings back the most vivid memories of the year after the LP was released. Have not heard it in ages. Thanks RP!
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hbs47
(SE England) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2011 - 05:32 | |
I wonder why this guy is so popular. His wimpy and strained style is tragic, but not for the accepted reason IMO.
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Sep 15, 2011 - 08:57 | |
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Stingray
(JULIAN'S NWO) | | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 13:56 | |
Great shoes, Nick!
Typical Drake song. Depressiv and special!
PS
When Chris Blackwell sold ISLAND RECORDS to POLYGram one of the conditions were that Nick's albums had to be always available!
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud) | | Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 15:17 | |
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Rooney
(Near Paradise) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 16:35 | |
element1 wrote:
Not much. He was 'discovered' mostly posthumously.
whoa. had no idea he was dead. geeze. never heard of him back then either. but what a nice song.  |
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Rooney
(Near Paradise) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 16:33 | |
Nice stuff. Gave it an 8. If I were a little younger, I'd rate it a 9 or 10.
He's got the "it" factor.
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drews
(London, Blighty) | | Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 05:52 | |
Nick Drake never fails to impress. With his steady rise in popularity over the decades since he topped himself, he's probably looking down and feeling EVEN more miserable ..."DOH what was I thinking?"
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aelfheld
| | Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 12:35 | |
First Nick Drake song that I remember hearing.
Still like it.
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Pharlap
(Bahama, NC) | | Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 12:35 | |
I know I never heard it.... even on college stations-......(assuming you were within 15 miles of their tower) I first heard of him in an interview with John Cale in Musician magazine, (I think), circa '76 or so. I checked it out and was hooked RedGuitar wrote:Was Nick's music played on radio back in the 70s? Just curious, as I've only heard it in the last few years.
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Stingray
(EUROPE) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 14:51 | |
This cover-art freaks me out!
Even more than the shoes!
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element1
(boulder, co) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 14:51 | |
RedGuitar wrote:Was Nick's music played on radio back in the 70s? Just curious, as I've only heard it in the last few years.
Not much. He was 'discovered' mostly posthumously. |
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haresfur
(Bendigo Australia) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 14:48 | |
RedGuitar wrote:Was Nick's music played on radio back in the 70s? Just curious, as I've only heard it in the last few years.
No radio station I know of. He's sort of a Van Gough - it took a while for the world to catch up. Love Nick and this album is very good but the strings are sounding a bit dated (except Cello song where they pretty much make sense). |
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RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 06:59 | |
Was Nick's music played on radio back in the 70s? Just curious, as I've only heard it in the last few years.
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boober
(KC,Mo) | | Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 12:04 | |
fredriley wrote:That'll teach me to mute. I hit mute for Springsteen, miss 3 great tracks, then come back to this aural Mogadon  Fred....c'mon...aural Mogadon? Had to look that one up(British sedative)... Nick is certainly mellow...but isn't that OK if done right....and you are in the mood. I believe he's one of your finest exports! |
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wenatchee
(Duvall, WA) | | Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 12:03 | |
wenatchee wrote:
Not one Seattle radio station has played Nick, or for that matter, many of the artists we hear on RP.
Yes, meaning - Greatness in what we hear from Nick . . . |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2010 - 16:24 | |
*sigh* Taking a deep breath and relaxing after a rather energetic day spent with my best friend. Once we both finally got past talking over each other, being silly, and spending too much money, we had a lovely, deep discussion about needs vs. wants and what, exactly, is a vice. It was quite enjoyable, but after a couple of hours with her, I always need equal time to chill, slow my brain and pulse, and breathe. This song put me in the gentle zone. Thank you, RP. And thank you, Nick Drake. I wish you could have known how much your music would be appreciated and loved before you ended your life... |
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Susan_Ssun
| | Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 15:42 | |
Yes, it is amazing what he created during his very short life. Sure puts me to shame. As well, Kafka's "Absent Minded Window Gazing" comes to mind for me.
rdo wrote:
It is a wonder what he did create. I can think of no equal. Kafka comes to mind.
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k_trout
(Dream State) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 15:44 | |
fredriley wrote:That'll teach me to mute. I hit mute for Springsteen, miss 3 great tracks, then come back to this aural Mogadon mute all the way baby! |
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Dec 22, 2009 - 05:31 | |
That'll teach me to mute. I hit mute for Springsteen, miss 3 great tracks, then come back to this aural Mogadon |
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Dec 06, 2009 - 12:33 | |
The clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;
Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Thanks to the human heart by which we live,
Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears,
To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
-Wordsworth |
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