The Nick Drake Thread
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Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
yeah, no problem. how are you, alcoholic afternoons? good?
yeah, no problem. how are you, alcoholic afternoons? good?
Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
i'm pretty good. just listening to nick drake and enjoying it. he really is good. do you like him?
i'm pretty good. just listening to nick drake and enjoying it. he really is good. do you like him?
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I don't have much, but I like what I have a lot. I'm not sure why I've never bothered to get more. Perhaps I should? Apparently they've just found some "new" songs.
Have you heard Alexi Murdoch? He's similar, and has the advantage of being still alive (last I checked).
I don't have much, but I like what I have a lot. I'm not sure why I've never bothered to get more. Perhaps I should? Apparently they've just found some "new" songs.
Have you heard Alexi Murdoch? He's similar, and has the advantage of being still alive (last I checked).
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konstantinl
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When you say Alexi Murdoch is 'similiar' don't you mean 'soulless copy of'?
Anyway I've never really understood why Nick Drake was elevated into some godhead for folk. Oh yeah, it's the wonderful story of him being unsuccessful and so misunderstood and then killing himself and finding acclaim from beyond the grave. Ahhh, isn't that sweet?
He's basically the Kurt Cobain for the chattering classes. Idiots.
The best 'folk' album in recent times is Devendra Banhart's 'Black Babies'. It's apparently recorded on a pocket tape recorder but if anything it augments rather than subtracts from the genuinely strange and spooky atmosphere and white folk music needs to be strange and spooky (just as the best black folk music was/is) or else it completely misses the point. I defy anyone not to get a little shiver during 'Old Thunderbird' which is all Appalachian mist, dark pines and fearful presence.
If you absolutely insist on seeking out a modern Nick Drake copy then, Jose Gonzalez is probably the best of the bunch, not that that says much.
Earlier in the year Alasdair Roberts released a pretty good 'real' folk album (most of what is described as folk these days is just bad indie, played poorly on acoustic guitar by someone with no friends, or who, alternatively, wants all the pussy to himself) called 'The Amber Gatherers'.
When you say Alexi Murdoch is 'similiar' don't you mean 'soulless copy of'?
Anyway I've never really understood why Nick Drake was elevated into some godhead for folk. Oh yeah, it's the wonderful story of him being unsuccessful and so misunderstood and then killing himself and finding acclaim from beyond the grave. Ahhh, isn't that sweet?
He's basically the Kurt Cobain for the chattering classes. Idiots.
The best 'folk' album in recent times is Devendra Banhart's 'Black Babies'. It's apparently recorded on a pocket tape recorder but if anything it augments rather than subtracts from the genuinely strange and spooky atmosphere and white folk music needs to be strange and spooky (just as the best black folk music was/is) or else it completely misses the point. I defy anyone not to get a little shiver during 'Old Thunderbird' which is all Appalachian mist, dark pines and fearful presence.
If you absolutely insist on seeking out a modern Nick Drake copy then, Jose Gonzalez is probably the best of the bunch, not that that says much.
Earlier in the year Alasdair Roberts released a pretty good 'real' folk album (most of what is described as folk these days is just bad indie, played poorly on acoustic guitar by someone with no friends, or who, alternatively, wants all the pussy to himself) called 'The Amber Gatherers'.
Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
i only have one album ("pink moon"). i got it nearly two years ago and thought it was okay, at first. it really grew on me, though. don't really know anything about him, apart from the fact that he's dead, 'n' stuff; i just like his tunes and the sound of his voice. i haven't heard alexi murdoch. good?
i bet you're talking rubbish.
i only have one album ("pink moon"). i got it nearly two years ago and thought it was okay, at first. it really grew on me, though. don't really know anything about him, apart from the fact that he's dead, 'n' stuff; i just like his tunes and the sound of his voice. i haven't heard alexi murdoch. good?
i bet you're talking rubbish.
Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
thank you, kewpie. i will look for them in all good stockists, soon.
thank you, kewpie. i will look for them in all good stockists, soon.
AHappyRocket
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Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
Anyone naming an album after the message inside a RIZLA packet works for me!
Anyone naming an album after the message inside a RIZLA packet works for me!
Albion
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Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
Oh look what we have here:
Bryar Later
http://www.mediafire.com/?3mwnzoiw23a
Five Leaves Left
http://www.mediafire.com/?fxl9nnqmoxs
Oh look what we have here:
Bryar Later
http://www.mediafire.com/?3mwnzoiw23a
Five Leaves Left
http://www.mediafire.com/?fxl9nnqmoxs
konstantinl
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Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
I think so.
Thanks!
Can I, also?
I think so.
Thanks!
Can I, also?
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Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
Thanks! It's John Bonham.
On the Nick Drake topic, here's the VW commercial featuring Pink Moon. I'm sure "real" Nick Drake fans hate it ("I liked him first!" etc etc), but it was my first exposure to his music.
Thanks! It's John Bonham.
On the Nick Drake topic, here's the VW commercial featuring Pink Moon. I'm sure "real" Nick Drake fans hate it ("I liked him first!" etc etc), but it was my first exposure to his music.
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Stoner Kebab
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Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
hazey jane 2 is a gentle anthem for all the isolated loners of the world over and its so cheerful sounding too. you can dance to it. just like of steves songs!
hazey jane 2 is a gentle anthem for all the isolated loners of the world over and its so cheerful sounding too. you can dance to it. just like of steves songs!
Re: i like nick drake but i only have 1 l.p.
i was hoping for something more substantial but, okay
i was hoping for something more substantial but, okay
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