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You can say the sun is shining if you really want to
I can see the moon and it seems so clear
You can take the road that takes you to the stars now
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through.
You can take a road that takes you to the stars now
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through
I can take a road that'll see me through.
| hayduke2 (Southampton, NY) | Posted: May 30, 2013 - 07:57 what a beautiful song, I was impressed by the Grapes of Wrath's 24 yr old before this! I think if I was in your church Lazarus, I'd be slowly walking along the tops of the pews, easily balanced by these sonnets! Cheers |
| katzendogs (Houston) | Posted: May 14, 2013 - 18:25 That's a no from me. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 06:34 ScottishWillie wrote: But do the people in your hotel room dance to it? I be in a church now... everybody in my church be dancing... hope you are having fun right this minute... love this song... |
| asilbuch (NoVA) | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 17:22 so soothing |
| tutakea | Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 08:18 overwhelming |
| hidey (NZ) | Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 00:49 Very good indeed - this chap was a proper eccentric character with a lot of unorthodox ideas and techniques. A legend indeed!  |
| ScottishWillie (The Scottish Lowlands) | Posted: Nov 23, 2012 - 00:47 (former member) wrote: absolutely beautiful song... love this... |
| JIan (SW Desert, AZ, USA) | Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 16:35 Love the Drake! |
| Delboy77 (Feldkirch, Austria) | Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 06:11 ncarus wrote: to quote from a web article ... Nick Drake was a weird, gentle, classically trained, insane singer/songwriter in the Syd Barrett line. Overdosed at twenty-six, probably on purpose. Wrote "Pink Moon." Was born upper-class British, was probably molested, smoked more marijuana than the rest of the world combined, owned and wore only one outfit for the last two years of his life, roamed. Despite writing three of the finest albums in jazz-folk-depressed history (with guest appearances by John Cale and members of the Beach Boys), had no career in his own lifetime, largely due to his refusal to give interviews or play live or even talk. But the longer he's dead, the better he's loved. If you don't like Nick Drake - don't worry. He probably wouldn't have liked you either! He's a god in my eyes along with much of the music industry. And he's badly missed in this age of over-produced, manipulated, predictable and immaterial pop crap that has a shelf life shorter than a jam doughnut. if you watch the documentary "a skin too few" you will learn that he hasn't overdosed on purpose but that it was a medical error on behalf of his doctor. just for the record. either way, on of the most tragic losses of the musical history. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 12:06 absolutely beautiful song... love this... |
| vanmas (Leiden, Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 04:38 Love Nick Drake... Very special guitar playing and voice. Please more! |
| ncarus (Totnes, Devon, UK) | Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 08:50 to quote from a web article ... Nick Drake was a weird, gentle, classically trained, insane singer/songwriter in the Syd Barrett line. Overdosed at twenty-six, probably on purpose. Wrote "Pink Moon." Was born upper-class British, was probably molested, smoked more marijuana than the rest of the world combined, owned and wore only one outfit for the last two years of his life, roamed. Despite writing three of the finest albums in jazz-folk-depressed history (with guest appearances by John Cale and members of the Beach Boys), had no career in his own lifetime, largely due to his refusal to give interviews or play live or even talk. But the longer he's dead, the better he's loved. If you don't like Nick Drake - don't worry. He probably wouldn't have liked you either! He's a god in my eyes along with much of the music industry. And he's badly missed in this age of over-produced, manipulated, predictable and immaterial pop crap that has a shelf life shorter than a jam doughnut. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 19:32 sirdroseph wrote: Yummmay! Nom nom!  That is gonna be my song comment catch phrase for songs that I love; hey if RT can have one, so can I! Then: Birdy Num Nums! will be mine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ov5fvCHmxo |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 18:57 ScottishWillie wrote: Nick was clearly in a place I never want to visit when he made this album but the music that came out of it was undeniable beautiful. How can someone so tortured produce something so wonderful? what i call "the Van Gogh syndrome"....their gift is driven by their pain.........or is their pain driven by their gift ? |
| ScottishWillie (The Scottish Lowlands) | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 00:21 Nick was clearly in a place I never want to visit when he made this album but the music that came out of it was undeniable beautiful. How can someone so tortured produce something so wonderful? |
| mcYammer (Beervana) | Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 09:05 would LOVE that mug! |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 11:47 This is my favorite Nick Drake song. It's amazing that he forgot how to play guitar when you consider how masterfully this song was played. |
| luca77 (Melbourne,Australia) | Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 18:36 hoppin_bob wrote: Based on ratings here I went aqnd got the Pink Moon LP This is one seriously needy performer. Overall, the albumn is a major downer Talent is undeniable... but no reason to inflict this on us... and I extend to whole Pink Moon effort Well jeez Bob...how do you err....explain the high ratings then?? No need to play music for people that those people like, huh? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 18:34 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| paultom84 (Winter Park, Florida) | Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 08:19 nice! fabduchi wrote:  |
| fabduchi (Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires, Argentina.) | Posted: Jul 13, 2011 - 13:21 |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 19:02 absolutely incredible... |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: May 04, 2011 - 13:52 hoppin_bob wrote: Based on ratings here I went aqnd got the Pink Moon LP This is one seriously needy performer. Overall, the albumn is a major downer Talent is undeniable... but no reason to inflict this on us... and I extend to whole Pink Moon effort My impression of the album was the same. "Downer" is putting it lightly - it is downright chilling in it's depression and hopelessness. However, I bought it with the box set, and the other 2 albums are more light. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 10:57 tobstar wrote: He makes melancholy music because he was a melancholy man. "On 25 November 1974, Drake died from an overdose of amitriptyline, a prescribed antidepressant; he was 26 years old." He is probably my favourite artist of all time and I find your comment uneducated and unbelievably stupid Weird, I didn't know the date, he died on my birthday.  |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Feb 24, 2011 - 17:57 sirdroseph wrote: Yummmay! Nom nom! That is gonna be my song comment catch phrase for songs that I love; hey if RT can have one, so can I!Let's ALL have a song comment catch-phrase! I like yours. I think mine will be "Gimme."  |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 16:19 dmax wrote: Hey, that's a really good comment! Seconded!  |
| (former member) | Posted: Jun 21, 2010 - 22:22 Govi wrote: He reminds me of Donovan, but without the archness and with much better guitar playing. But one bad thing about this song: it's over too soon! Hey, that's a really good comment! |
| tobstar | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 02:58 hoppin_bob wrote: Based on ratings here I went aqnd got the Pink Moon LP This is one seriously needy performer. Overall, the albumn is a major downer Talent is undeniable... but no reason to inflict this on us... and I extend to whole Pink Moon effort He makes melancholy music because he was a melancholy man. "On 25 November 1974, Drake died from an overdose of amitriptyline, a prescribed antidepressant; he was 26 years old." He is probably my favourite artist of all time and I find your comment uneducated and unbelievably stupid |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 15, 2010 - 10:20 This is such a gorgeous song... love it... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 05, 2010 - 12:58 love it... |
| Shaker (Canada) | Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 08:31  Thanks to RP, I realize I really like Nick Drake. Thank you for such a variety of music! |
| hoppin_bob (vancouver BC) | Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 20:06 Based on ratings here I went aqnd got the Pink Moon LP This is one seriously needy performer. Overall, the albumn is a major downer Talent is undeniable... but no reason to inflict this on us... and I extend to whole Pink Moon effort |
| sirdroseph (Tokyo) | Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 15:43 Art_Carnage wrote: Nope. Song still sucks. At least it's short. Blasphemer!!!!!  |
| sirdroseph (Tokyo) | Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 15:42 Yummmay! Nom nom! That is gonna be my song comment catch phrase for songs that I love; hey if RT can have one, so can I! |
| drews (London, Blighty) | Posted: Feb 15, 2010 - 04:05 Beautiful, reminds me of the way Roy Harper likes to play his guitar |
| chyk5 (Florida) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 11:56 Art_Carnage wrote: Nope. Song still sucks. At least it's short.  |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 11:56 Art_Carnage wrote: Nope. Song still sucks. At least it's short. Nope. Song still great. Your taste still questionable. Must be the fumes from all those oil wells down there in Texas...  |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 18:24 Nope. Song still sucks. At least it's short. |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 07:46 Beautiful song... ...and by my unscientific calculations, being dead will add approximately 1.7 points onto an artist's average rating. |
| Rick_V (New Orleans) | Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 08:22 Probably my favorite Nick Drake song. The guy was a master. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 13:19 DoctorHooey wrote: This guy was an understated monster on the guitar! Eres hispanoparlante? |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 13:16 This guy was an understated monster on the guitar! |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Sep 10, 2009 - 21:48 choffman2001 wrote: Reading these "comments" as it's the first time I've heard the song though I have been aware of his work for several years... It's really sad when human beings with their amazing communication skills and vocabulary have to fling the "f" word around and insult one another's opinions and tastes. What makes me even more sad is "discovering" an artist, like Nick Drake, like Kristy MacColl, like Danny Gatton, only to find out they've passed on... What do you think they'd make of these attacks that are supposed to pass as "comments"? I agree completely - the attacks you refer to have no place here or in public discourse in general. Not to worry, though; most of the conversation here is pretty civil. If you take a moment to look at the names of the people flinging around the stupid talk, you'll find they're not here very long or very often. They find they're not welcome. Water seeks its own level. (With the exception of the stubbornest trolls - they just take longer to leave. I could name names ...  ) |
| choffman2001 | Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 17:36 Reading these "comments" as it's the first time I've heard the song though I have been aware of his work for several years... It's really sad when human beings with their amazing communication skills and vocabulary have to fling the "f" word around and insult one another's opinions and tastes. What makes me even more sad is "discovering" an artist, like Nick Drake, like Kristy MacColl, like Danny Gatton, only to find out they've passed on... What do you think they'd make of these attacks that are supposed to pass as "comments"? |
| sonofpick (SoCal, Small College, My Office) | Posted: Jul 09, 2009 - 17:36 SYG |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Jun 24, 2009 - 03:15 starfishNcoffee wrote: I love this song! I used it for a video I made for a day trip I made to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge... Nice. That fits quite well. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 23, 2009 - 09:10 This song is so good for the ears... |
| starfishNcoffee (Brooklyn, NY) | Posted: May 01, 2009 - 12:49 I love this song! I used it for a video I made for a day trip I made to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge... |
| schnorr (Far away) | Posted: May 01, 2009 - 12:40 you guys in radio paradise are always surprising me... this song is great! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 11:02 Love it... |