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Nick Drake — River Man
Album: Five Leaves Left
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Released: 1969
Length: 4:15
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Betty came by on her way
Said she had a word to say
About things today
And fallen leaves.

Said she hadn't heard the news
Hadn't had the time to choose
A way to lose
But she believes.

Going to see the river man
Going to tell him all I can
About the plan
For lilac time.

If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
And all night shows
In summertime.

Betty said she prayed today
For the sky to blow away
Or maybe stay
She wasn't sure.

For when she thought of summer rain
Calling for her mind again
She lost the pain
And stayed for more.

Going to see the river man
Going to tell him all I can
About the ban
On feeling free.

If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
I don't suppose
It's meant for me.

Oh, how they come and go
Oh, how they come and go.
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 bodinrichard1 wrote:

A perfect lament. The very best from a fallen genius.



You could not have said it better.
Posted 6 days ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
A perfect lament. The very best from a fallen genius.
Posted 3 months ago by bodinrichard1    [ Reply ]
 Grayson wrote:

All these decades later and I still think I'm living in this Nick Drake song. When the reality is Capitol invasion and Marjorie Taylor Greene's Q-infused Georgia. Think I got off on the wrong exit. 



... or on the wrong "reality." But strange how we can agree how great ND is.
Posted 4 months ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
Such a wonderful song. And the only song I know with my name in it. 
Posted 10 months ago by hightail    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of McHendree Spring.
Posted 1 year ago by george524    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

I have always loved how he made his music so timelessly transcendent, but on this song, especially, it's heartbreaking -- and prophetically apropos--  how he talks of going to see the river man (the ferry-man that carries souls between this world and the next), and that though Betty has given hints about her fate, he's wondering and sorely aching to find out more about his own. Oh, how they come and go, he laments -- and although I do lament that he passed so young, I can rejoice in his eternally rich legacy, grateful for his Divine gift of expressing and accepting such human feelings and frailties so cleverly, for we ourselves also must inevitably somehow someday make our own way across. 


Somehow someday indeed my friend,  I'll see you on the other side. 
Till then, LLRP!!
Posted 1 year ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
I have always loved how he made his music so timelessly transcendent, but on this song, especially, it's heartbreaking -- and prophetically apropos--  how he talks of going to see the river man (the ferry-man that carries souls between this world and the next), and that though Betty has given hints about her fate, he's wondering and sorely aching to find out more about his own. Oh, how they come and go, he laments -- and although I do lament that he passed so young, I can rejoice in his eternally rich legacy, grateful for his Divine gift of expressing and accepting such human feelings and frailties so cleverly, for we ourselves also must inevitably somehow someday make our own way across. 
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 burmson wrote:

Takes me back to late 60s early 70s when this was a oft played selection on WNEW FM in NY. Miss all those DJs......Pete Fornatel, Alison Steele, Vin Scelsa and of course Jonathan Schwartz. 



Sadly in the UK, where he came from, I don't ever remember hearing him on the 'main' Radio station - Radio 1, late 60's thru 70's. 

The radio and the weekly TV prog only covered 'the charts' aka Top 20 plus a few others making their way up the charts.  😢

If we wanted to hear music that wasn't 'top 20' then that's where 'The Old Grey Whistle Test'  (1971-88) - Bob Harris - BBC2 entered our lives.  🛐  This prog concentrated on albums rather than the charts. ❤️  It was commissioned by the guy who ran the BBC at that time - the phenominal David Attenborough.
(David was a senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC television in the 1960s and 1970s.). Thanks to him we got to know people like Nick Drake, we saw Tom Petty etc etc etc.  A wonderful TV prog that opened our minds.


By 1972 he'd left the BBC to follow his dreams ..............................  thank you David for all you did for us 'kids' back then, and for all you're doing for the planet right now.  ❤️

Posted 1 year ago by Dapps    [ Reply ]
 ajeremic wrote:

For those who would like to hear how the perfection of this song could be magnificently emphasized, I would recommend to listen to The Swingle Singers performing this. A really worthy homage to the brilliant Nick Drake.
Swingle Singers - River Man



It's a really impressive rendtion but I prefer Drake's lack of warble!
Posted 1 year ago by ed_cardiff    [ Reply ]
Nick Drake (or at least his music) has been quietly accompanying me on my Earthly journey for the past 13 or so years, and I'm so grateful. This album in particular speaks to me.
Posted 1 year ago by ed_cardiff    [ Reply ]
Such a tragic story. Never felt appreciated , never found his place.
A Skin Too Few
Posted 2 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
I have a "Summer" playlist that starts with Nick Drake's Hazy Jane I and Hazy Jane II. Perfect start to one of my favorite playlists.

ND is an artist we lost way too soon.
Posted 2 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
Bien Cool la musique.
Posted 2 years ago by fmirka59300    [ Reply ]
Stop everything. Sit back and drift into the wonderful vision created by Nick Drake's voice and music. Pure bliss. Thank you
Posted 2 years ago by TonyM    [ Reply ]
11
This is the first Nick Drake song I ever heard and I quickly became obsessed, blissfully obsessed 
Posted 2 years ago by fortheloveofpete    [ Reply ]
 burmson wrote:

Takes me back to late 60s early 70s when this was a oft played selection on WNEW FM in NY. Miss all those DJs......Pete Fornatel, Alison Steele, Vin Scelsa and of course Jonathan Schwartz. 


Back before it went into all tight playlists 
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
The cumulative superlatives amassed in the posts here still don't do him justice. 
Posted 3 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 ajeremic wrote:

For those who would like to hear how the perfection of this song could be magnificently emphasized, I would recommend to listen to The Swingle Singers performing this. A really worthy homage to the brilliant Nick Drake.
Swingle Singers - River Man



Oh wow, that was some performance - thank you!
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
For those who would like to hear how the perfection of this song could be magnificently emphasized, I would recommend to listen to The Swingle Singers performing this. A really worthy homage to the brilliant Nick Drake.
Swingle Singers - River Man
Posted 3 years ago by ajeremic    [ Reply ]
All these decades later and I still think I'm living in this Nick Drake song. When the reality is Capitol invasion and Marjorie Taylor Greene's Q-infused Georgia. Think I got off on the wrong exit. 
Posted 3 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
Takes me back to late 60s early 70s when this was a oft played selection on WNEW FM in NY. Miss all those DJs......Pete Fornatel, Alison Steele, Vin Scelsa and of course Jonathan Schwartz. 
Posted 3 years ago by burmson    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:
If I have to make a choice to bring back one musician back from the death I probably choose Nick Drake. Not only he would be delighted to see the positive feedback his music would get in 2020, but also he wasn't finished yet.

Freddy Mercury is very high on the list too. But that's just me being curious about what he would be able to produce. He had his fame during his lifetime. Nick did not have that.
 

Nick Drake was a fragile soul. I would like to believe that he would receive the medical help and support today to make your thoughts be true.
Posted 3 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
If I have to make a choice to bring back one musician back from the death I probably choose Nick Drake. Not only he would be delighted to see the positive feedback his music would get in 2020, but also he wasn't finished yet.

Freddy Mercury is very high on the list too. But that's just me being curious about what he would be able to produce. He had his fame during his lifetime. Nick did not have that.
Posted 4 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by kasia1podhalanka    [ Reply ]
Up to 10. Calming, lovely, beautiful and soo hope inducing.
Posted 4 years ago by kasia1podhalanka    [ Reply ]
Gone too soon but the music that he left us is simply timeless and golden☺️
Posted 4 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Wish Nick Drake had lived long enough to score today's "Welsh noir wave" of cop procedurals-series (Amazon Prime/Netflix). Dark could go to a whole new level of dark. 
Posted 4 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
One more godlike RP discovery, and addictive chords.
Posted 4 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
 (anonymous) wrote:
This is among my top 5 favorite songs ever. The time signature is something strange (haven't figured it out yet) and I'm not convinced that the vocals are the same time sig. as the strings. Nick's phrasing is also very interesting - almost *never* "on" the beat, always close. The chords in the strings are beautiful. It just works on so many different levels and takes me downstream somewhere every time I hear it...
 

It's in 5/4, with the occasional 4/4 bar.
Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 dublanica wrote:
Have never heard him until now.  Pity!  What a great song.
 
It's always "wait, what did I just hear? who? play it again. How did I not know of this guy?"
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 (anonymous) wrote:
This is among my top 5 favorite songs ever. The time signature is something strange (haven't figured it out yet) 
 
Yep one on my fav list too.
Signature seems to be 5/(4/8)th most of the time. Sometimes switching back to 3/4 or 4/4 if you use his guitar as a drum machine for an indication on the rhythm.
Posted 4 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
Long may Nick rest happily knowing his music is very much appreciated
Posted 4 years ago by spacemanspiff    [ Reply ]
I definitely declare myself a fan of Nick Drake
Posted 4 years ago by Dj_Yonke    [ Reply ]
What a great song.
Posted 4 years ago by tomperth1    [ Reply ]
 (anonymous) wrote:
This is among my top 5 favorite songs ever. The time signature is something strange (haven't figured it out yet) and I'm not convinced that the vocals are the same time sig. as the strings. Nick's phrasing is also very interesting - almost *never* "on" the beat, always close. The chords in the strings are beautiful. It just works on so many different levels and takes me downstream somewhere every time I hear it...
 

I concur.
Also, I had to like this post as it was written 17 years ago!
Posted 4 years ago by lbaltz    [ Reply ]
 dublanica wrote:
Have never heard him until now.  Pity!  What a great song.
 

You have many treats in store.  Try "Under a northern sky" next.
Posted 4 years ago by JayHay-Char    [ Reply ]
The slide show that goes with this music just enhances it even more. The two together transport you to such a lovely, peaceful place.
Posted 5 years ago by emcibulka    [ Reply ]
 alanrh wrote:
It's in 10/4 or 2 bars of 3 followed by a bar of 4.

 

Thanks for that. 
The string arrangements are really sublime. 
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Have never heard him until now.  Pity!  What a great song.
Posted 5 years ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
 radioparadise9 wrote:
"I know this sounds corny."
No, it's more conceited.

"I went from Nick Drake to Molly Hatchet."
You were nobody when you started and nobody when you finished.
 
Why the hate?
Lovely song regardless. 
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
It's in 10/4 or 2 bars of 3 followed by a bar of 4.

(anonymous) wrote:
This is among my top 5 favorite songs ever. The time signature is something strange (haven't figured it out yet) and I'm not convinced that the vocals are the same time sig. as the strings. Nick's phrasing is also very interesting - almost *never* "on" the beat, always close. The chords in the strings are beautiful. It just works on so many different levels and takes me downstream somewhere every time I hear it...
 

Posted 6 years ago by alanrh    [ Reply ]
 boober wrote:
I know this sounds corny.....but I recently went into a recording studio and laid down 13 vocal tracks over various karaoke tracks. This was one of them. I did this to hand out to other musicians to show my vocal capabilities. I went from Nick Drake to Molly Hatchet.
 
"I know this sounds corny."
No, it's off topic. 

I went from Nick Drake to Molly Hatchet."
You didn't go anywhere .... you were boober when you started and boober when you finished.


Posted 6 years ago by radioparadise9    [ Reply ]
He was so ahead of his time, and this is good music, incidentally, for nighttime road trips...
Posted 6 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
not even close. alexi murdoch i can see
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
 trekhead wrote:
Ray LaMontagne/Nick Drake,
interchangeable?

9.
 
They're not very interchangeable to me.  Ray LaMontagne is certainly influenced by Nick Drake, but his music often comes across as affected or contrived to me, not nearly as sincere and alienated as Nick Drake's music seems, but it's all individual perception anyhow.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Nick Drake's songs always leave me in a state of existential dread... in the best way possible.Nick Drake
Posted 6 years ago by JimboLD    [ Reply ]
Timeless and wonderful.
Posted 7 years ago by lethias    [ Reply ]
this song aged really well. this as well could be a 2016 release.
Posted 8 years ago by leechi    [ Reply ]
My God. So beautiful.
Posted 8 years ago by LawrenceSheppard    [ Reply ]
 rocklandlove wrote:
One of the most exquisite pieces of music ever written, with a string arrangement by Robert Kirby to match. And the 5/4 time signature adds to the mystery and timelessness of the song.

 
I agree with you!
Posted 8 years ago by zunismyst    [ Reply ]
The strings are exquisite.
Posted 8 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
One of the most exquisite pieces of music ever written, with a string arrangement by Robert Kirby to match. And the 5/4 time signature adds to the mystery and timelessness of the song.
Posted 8 years ago by rocklandlove    [ Reply ]
The rating I give this song is directly proportional to the number of times I hear it.
Posted 8 years ago by reviep    [ Reply ]
 ISteely_D wrote:

This is important. This means something.

    
It means that an artist has succeeded in a primary mission to reach the still beating heart     {#Idea}
Posted 9 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
There is something magical in the frequencies, the resonances, all the Quantum-boosted things going on in this man's voice and strings!  Immortal...
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I cannot believe I have not rated this most outstanding song/artist      yes a 9       {#Cheers}
Posted 9 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
 MJdub wrote:
Never noticed this is in 5/4.  Another masterpiece by Nick Drake

 
The melody and arrangement really make it sway, so it doesn't sound as "choppy" as 5/4 can sound sometimes.  Nice song.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Heard a Nick Drake song on an italian tv commercial...I could't believe it.
Posted 9 years ago by latrippa    [ Reply ]
I know this sounds corny.....but I recently went into a recording studio and laid down 13 vocal tracks over various karaoke tracks. This was one of them. I did this to hand out to other musicians to show my vocal capabilities. I went from Nick Drake to Molly Hatchet.
Posted 9 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
It's early morning. The sky is blue, the air is cold, there's frost on the rooftops and two ring-necked doves perched on the telephone wire outside my window. I'm drinking my first cup of coffee, and this song is playing.  How could things possibly get better?  I agree with those who say that this song makes everything quiet around them. I'm peaceful and content, for the first time in weeks.  Mr. Drake, you were ahead of your time - a Renaissance Man in a world of cretins.  Thank you for your music.

 
This is important. This means something.
Posted 9 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Never noticed this is in 5/4.  Another masterpiece by Nick Drake
Posted 9 years ago by MJdub    [ Reply ]
This clearly shows the influence Nick Drake had on Ray Lamontagne and his "Be Here Now" song, another RP fav.
Posted 9 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
 Peter_Bradshaw wrote:
{#Bananapiano} ... One of the best albums ever made - this track is something else.  Anything less than "Godlike" is a crime against music.
 
Absolutely... few tracks are as evocative as this.
Posted 10 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 10 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano} ... One of the best albums ever made - this track is something else.  Anything less than "Godlike" is a crime against music.
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 TheLib wrote:
I've been listening to Nick Drake since the mid-70s.  His music really is timeless.

Ilona Knopfler does a cover of this that I like quite a bit.  You can check it out on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/river-man/id339951085?i=339951275

 

That's really cool.  Seriously.  I started around 2000.  I bought one CD, and then another, and I liked them both.  But when I became a regular listener of RP.  Well.  Fuck.  I am a Nick Drake Drone now.
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
I am a bit dumbfounded, I thought this was relatively recent music, but it was made before I was born even 0_0
Posted 11 years ago by Minimally    [ Reply ]
I've been listening to Nick Drake since the mid-70s.  His music really is timeless.

Ilona Knopfler does a cover of this that I like quite a bit.  You can check it out on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/river-man/id339951085?i=339951275
Posted 11 years ago by TheLib    [ Reply ]
nice wintry song.
Posted 11 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Shimmering and floating like a Rothko!
Posted 12 years ago by cotsnots    [ Reply ]
Well, that was beautiful.
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Majestic artist!
Posted 12 years ago by meaulnesbrule    [ Reply ]

I think if I could only listen to one song forever....  this would be it.


Posted 12 years ago by eswiley2    [ Reply ]
File Under:

lots of fuss...decent artist.

(see Elliot Smith)
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Beautiful song. {#Clap}
Posted 13 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
gorgeous.
Posted 13 years ago by Propayne    [ Reply ]
 Bleyfusz wrote:
Ain't it strange how beauty can hurt?
 
bump

Posted 13 years ago by haretic    [ Reply ]
twelve
Posted 13 years ago by coy    [ Reply ]
Eleven
Posted 13 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Another 1969 release. What a year and this one shows the broad range of music that exploded that year.
Posted 13 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
{#Yes} jagdriver wrote:
Quite a loss here. I think his stuff is incredible.
 


Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:


Does that mean you give 9s to Ray's stuff too? BTW, I saw him live in Asheville, NC and he had all the stage presence of a statue. Definitely better recorded than in person. I wonder if Nick would've been the same, given his personal issues.
  From what I've seen and heard in the documentary(that is not fully funded)his friends say his live performances were not nearly as good as his live shows.....and it hurt him.Boy was he good in the studio!


Posted 13 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
It's early morning. The sky is blue, the air is cold, there's frost on the rooftops and two ring-necked doves perched on the telephone wire outside my window. I'm drinking my first cup of coffee, and this song is playing.  How could things possibly get better?  I agree with those who say that this song makes everything quiet around them. I'm peaceful and content, for the first time in weeks.  Mr. Drake, you were ahead of your time - a Renaissance Man in a world of cretins.  Thank you for your music.
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Ain't it strange how beauty can hurt?
Posted 13 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:


How bout this? No, they definitely are NOT!!!!{#No}
 
Actually I love NIck, but if I didn't know any better sometimes, Ray sounds a lot like him.{#Yes}

Posted 14 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]

When the day is done by ~aseasoninhell
Mike  ©2007-2010 ~aseasoninhell

https://www.mikewillcox.com/

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Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 trekhead wrote:
Ray LaMontagne/Nick Drake,
interchangeable?

9.
 

How bout this? No, they definitely are NOT!!!!{#No}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
To quote the astronauts as they viewed the pretty unidentified lights in orbit; "Beautiful....just beautiful!"{#Sunny}
Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
The tortured soul rides downriver, rolling his own...
Posted 15 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]
Quite a loss here. I think his stuff is incredible.
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
The shift back and forth between major and minor key just hypnotises me. The atmosphere is so thick you could cut it with a knife. A stunning song. Remember folks it's Ray LaMontagne ripping off Nick Drake, not the other way round.

Posted 15 years ago by Jungle_Jim    [ Reply ]
 trekhead wrote:
Ray LaMontagne/Nick Drake,
interchangeable?

9.
 

Does that mean you give 9s to Ray's stuff too? BTW, I saw him live in Asheville, NC and he had all the stage presence of a statue. Definitely better recorded than in person. I wonder if Nick would've been the same, given his personal issues.
Posted 15 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]

solid 10, awesome!


Posted 15 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
{#Boohoo} {#Guitarist}

Really great arrangement.

 
Might go nicely with The City by Mark-Almond.
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
It sounds as though this is someone i should have heard of but i haven't.  I couldn't get above 6 for this one though.  Felt it was OK but a bit long for the lack of variation in the song.
Posted 15 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
What a great song; one of ND's best, and that's saying a lot.
Posted 15 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
This song makes everything quiet around me...a truly outstanding song.

Andy Bay made an excellent cover of this song. You can find it on the album "Incredible Sound of Gilles Peterson" (1999) from the eclectic DJ/Producer Gilles Peterson. A great album too, from a great DJ.


Posted 15 years ago by bruud    [ Reply ]
{#Boohoo} {#Guitarist}

Really great arrangement.

Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 theanniewithin wrote:


I could have said that exact thing!  Perfect.{#Good-vibes}
 
Ditto.

Posted 16 years ago by narc    [ Reply ]
 fuace wrote:
never fails; his voice always makes me just stop and listen.

 

I could have said that exact thing!  Perfect.{#Good-vibes}
Posted 16 years ago by theanniewithin    [ Reply ]
never fails; his voice always makes me just stop and listen.
Posted 16 years ago by fuace    [ Reply ]
Ray LaMontagne/Nick Drake, interchangeable? 9.
Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
This selection works for me real nice this time of the day...... Mid morning
Posted 16 years ago by cutterjudd    [ Reply ]
Having put pen to paper many times in an effort to capture and convey a moment . . . or two, I find deep admiration for those that also blend the music and deliver the message however it is received. Nick Drake . . . fantastic and sad all at once
Posted 16 years ago by wenatchee    [ Reply ]
coolpeople_rule wrote:
This guy has more than a normal dose of talent!!! Like Beck on roids....
Had... sadly.
Posted 16 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
Nick's music makes my soul feel clean
Posted 16 years ago by meurglys3    [ Reply ]
This song has so much going for it: intriguing and beautiful lyrics, interesting musical form, a stunning strings arrangement, and Nick's uniquely moving voice. A 10 if there ever was one.
Posted 16 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
This guy has more than a normal dose of talent!!! Like Beck on roids....
Posted 16 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
wow, 2 Nick Drake tunes in half a day. Love it.
Posted 16 years ago by NanMac    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
How in the wide world of sports does a 21 year old come up with something like this? In 1969?? Wow.
Yes, couldn't agree more. Stupendous talent. Quite a few similar originals around that era........
Posted 17 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Ngoziman wrote:
Nice video here - River Man - just click the Watch link and choose your media. Ghostly black and white stills - very evocative.
Thank you. That was perfect for a cold, windy November day in upstate NY. Winter's coming, all is lost, tucked away for a warmer day far away.
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
blissssssss
Posted 17 years ago by ktnsb    [ Reply ]
Snoodle wrote:
A painfully beautiful song from a beautiful record – probably his "happy" record from the three he recorded.
Don'y you think Bryter Layter is the "happy" one?
Posted 17 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Ngoziman wrote:
Nice video here - River Man - just click the Watch link and choose your media. Ghostly black and white stills - very evocative.
Well, it was you whom I wanted to answer: the ambient sounds are a bit disturbing, in my opinion.
Posted 17 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Kokoloco53 wrote:
Nice, very nice, reminds a bit of an old Joni Mitchell song's melody, can't place it though. Thanks Radio Paradise for continually upgrading my horizons.
Maybe Songs to aging children, which is the one she sings during the funeral scene in the Alice's Restaurant movie?
Posted 17 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
MtnGoat wrote:
Indeed. Hope you're still around to get this, thanks for that link. C.
They should have just left out the ambient sounds.
Posted 17 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
How in the wide world of sports does a 21 year old come up with something like this? In 1969?? Wow.
See: Neil Young
Posted 17 years ago by MtnGoat    [ Reply ]
The kind of beauty that hurts inside.
Posted 17 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
First time I heard this I gave it an 8, after checking out his other albums this is now a 10! Clearly a very troubled man, but truly gifted.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Something about this song is making me think of Gordon Lightfoot, but I like it. Very soothing...
Posted 17 years ago by lild    [ Reply ]