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I never saw the truth hanging from the door
And now I'm older, see it face to face
And now I'm older, gotta get up, clean the place
And I was green, greener than the hill
Where flowers grew and the sun shone still
Now I'm darker than the deepest sea
Just hand me down, give me a place to be
And I was strong, strong in the sun
I thought I'd see when day was done
Now I'm weaker than the palest blue
Oh, so weak in this need for you
What? Van Gogh is a household name, with libraries of books written about him and museums named after him. He is a national hero in Holland. Where is Nick Drake heralded? I know you know about him, you know a lot about music. The average person has never heard of him. I would say there are at least a few thousand performers with more recognition than him.
With the greatest respect I’m not sure that I agree. I was lucky enough to pick up a double vinyl sampler for 99p in 1980. There were various artists on this sampler but the stand out track was ‘Northern Sky’. At this stage Nick was very obscure and it took real efforts to locate more of his music. I couldn't believe it when, a decade later, his greatest hits CD ‘Way to Blue’ was being promoted at the door of my local record store/supermarket. Today most genuine music lovers have heard of Nick and and his music is now commercial enough to be in most shops and websites. I feel that year on year he is getting wider recognition.
Will listen to it forever
My first 9
Apart from Vivaldi
lovely song...
...... yer not wrong brother :))
This.
Sorry No I don’t understand you or the cover. I have a full size LP version of the cover and have looked closely at it on numerous occasions and I still haven’t got a clue what its about. I’m sure it something very clever but I’m afraid its just to subtle for me.
lovely song...
Try listening to this album watching the sunset over the ocean...doesn't matter which ocean...it works with them all...
flyboy wrote:
Just go there in your mind. Works through all time.
Hunstanton (Norfolk, UK): On the English East Coast (north Sea) and yet faces west so you can see the sunset over the North Sea. Check it out on Google Maps
What? Van Gogh is a household name, with libraries of books written about him and museums named after him. He is a national hero in Holland. Where is Nick Drake heralded? I know you know about him, you know a lot about music. The average person has never heard of him. I would say there are at least a few thousand performers with more recognition than him.
I wrote that Van Gogh was among "artists unheralded during their lifetimes", not subsequent to their deaths. True, though, to the average person, there are thousands of music performers more heralded than Nick Drake, but among musicians and those who follow music, he is pretty widely "heralded" - at least since the Volkswagen TV commercial.
Nick really must be the greatest unheralded artist there is, in any medium. He is the gift that keeps on giving. I think it is to RP's credit that they play him so much. I don't hear him anywhere else on the radio, ever. It's so ironic that the only place I ever do hear him besides here is in rom-com films and TV commercials. I was introduced to him because about 10 years ago Moby put out a list of his most influencial CDs and this was one. How lucky I was to read that.
Stange. Obviously Moby didn't pay attention to what he was listening to cause he didn't learn anything! i.e. Moby sux, Drake is great and they have musically absolutely nothing in common just in case there was any misunderstanding of what I was trying to say.
What? Van Gogh is a household name, with libraries of books written about him and museums named after him. He is a national hero in Holland. Where is Nick Drake heralded? I know you know about him, you know a lot about music. The average person has never heard of him. I would say there are at least a few thousand performers with more recognition than him.
He said "Personally, of artists unheralded during their lifetimes, I consider Van Gogh the greatest." (Emphasis mine.)
Not to be nit-picky, but that's not really logical. For one thing - he is now heralded - though he was not as much during his lifetime. Also, if there are greater unherald artists out there, there would be little way of finding out about them. Personally, of artists unheralded during their lifetimes, I consider Van Gogh the greatest.
What? Van Gogh is a household name, with libraries of books written about him and museums named after him. He is a national hero in Holland. Where is Nick Drake heralded? I know you know about him, you know a lot about music. The average person has never heard of him. I would say there are at least a few thousand performers with more recognition than him.
Not to be nit-picky, but that's not really logical. For one thing - he is now heralded - though he was not as much during his lifetime. Also, if there are greater unherald artists out there, there would be little way of finding out about them. Personally, of artists unheralded during their lifetimes, I consider Van Gogh the greatest.
Not a bad choice, but I have to go with Obadiah Bind-your-kings-in chains-and your-nobles-in-fetters-of-iron Barebones.
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Place To Be
When I was young, younger than before
I never saw the truth hanging from the door
And now I'm older see it face to face
And now I'm older gotta get up, clean the place
And I was green, greener than the hill
Where flowers grew and sun shone still
Now I'm darker than the deepest sea
Just hand me down, give me a place to be
And I was strong, strong in the sun
I thought I'd see when day was done
Now I'm weaker than the palest blue
Oh, so weak in this need for you
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That's what breaks my heart, cc_rider. Beside the voice, of course.
Greetings to Texas.
I'll second that - what a gift...
Not to be nit-picky, but that's not really logical. For one thing - he is now heralded - though he was not as much during his lifetime. Also, if there are greater unherald artists out there, there would be little way of finding out about them. Personally, of artists unheralded during their lifetimes, I consider Van Gogh the greatest.
I'll second that - what a gift...
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Nick Drake by Meloearth.com
Cris Melo
https://www.flickr.com/photos/meloearth/
Place To Be
When I was young, younger than before
I never saw the truth hanging from the door
And now I'm older see it face to face
And now I'm older gotta get up, clean the place
And I was green, greener than the hill
Where flowers grew and sun shone still
Now I'm darker than the deepest sea
Just hand me down, give me a place to be
And I was strong, strong in the sun
I thought I'd see when day was done
Now I'm weaker than the palest blue
Oh, so weak in this need for you
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Nick really must be the greatest unheralded artist there is, in any medium. He is the gift that keeps on giving. I think it is to RP's credit that they play him so much. I don't hear him anywhere else on the radio, ever. It's so ironic that the only place I ever do hear him besides here is in rom-com films and TV commercials. I was introduced to him because about 10 years ago Moby put out a list of his most influencial CDs and this was one. How lucky I was to read that.
Try listening to this album watching the sunset over the ocean...doesn't matter which ocean...it works with them all...
flyboy wrote:
Just go there in your mind. Works through all time.
wink wink nudge nudge...
prefer Ben though
I lost it at some point and it was long out of print. Imagine my pleasant surprise when he popped up suddenly! Yay, he finally gets his due!
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