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Nick Drake — One Of These Things First
Album: Bryter Layter
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Released: 1970
Length: 4:46
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I could have been a sailor, could have been a cook
A real live lover, could have been a book.
I could have been a signpost, could have been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock.
I could be
Here and now
I would be, I should be
But how?
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first.

I could have been your pillar, could have been your door
I could have stayed beside you, could have stayed for more.
Could have been your statue, could have been your friend,
A whole long lifetime could have been the end.
I could be yours so true
I would be, I should be through and through
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first.

I could have been a whistle, could have been a flute
A real live giver, could have been a boot.
I could have been a signpost, could have been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock.
I could be even here
I would be, I should be so near
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first.
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45 people giving this masterpiece a 1 rating. HOW?
Posted 2 months ago by bodinrichard1    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Nick Drake - how did I never know about you until RP?  Your music is sublime, yet disturbed, somewhere between happy and sad without being either. I think your early death adds a weight to your music that wouldn't be there otherwise, and I'm sorry to say, this sadness does make your music better.  Because who really wants 100% happy and only happy music all the time? I'm sorry your death ended your physical days on earth - and I for one and I'm sure many more of us RPsters can hear your music when we see the simple things in life.  Birds chirping, flying in the clouds, floating, then breaking apart, like trees losing their leaves, beautiful decay, harmony in nature not needing anything we (as in humankind) can give it, just taking moments from here and there and enjoying the little bits of amazement all about us. Here's to your music surviving time.

Long Live RP!




Beautiful tribute lizk. ND is a true musical genius with us now through his artistry and his luminously bordered shadows thank goodness!
Posted 2 months ago by Sunflowering    [ Reply ]
 intheworks wrote:

Now I understand the theory of stars(in the sky).  They are long since dead and yet appear, ever so brightly! Somewhere out there in the Milky Way there is a star named "Nick" !

What a beautiful thought. Thank you.
c.

Posted 3 months ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Sublime...
Posted 3 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 marysclark wrote:

Nick Drake: could’ve been 😕



Was.
Posted 5 months ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
if I was on a desert island and had to listen to one song and one song only, I believe I would choose this one. 
Posted 7 months ago by DrMacDaddy    [ Reply ]
Nick Drake: could’ve been 😕
Posted 10 months ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
This is just beautiful.9>10.
Posted 10 months ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I always have to stop whatever I'm doing and listen to this song. Beautiful song.
Posted 11 months ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
lovely - ahhhhhhhhhh
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 xrdstv wrote


You just made a tear fall down my cheek.



Just came across this comment and am touched by how poignant this simple message is and I completely relate to the sentiment. I continue to be confounded by my personal ignorance of this talented individual while he was active and alive. I now treasure his legacy but that is a tiny consolation to the torment he must have personally endured and I wonder if this song represents some self-therapy. Truly our loss at what he might have created during a longer career.

Posted 1 year ago by jchap5    [ Reply ]
for the new year 2023... thats a nice way to see the day

could have been  one of these things first 
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 intheworks wrote:

Now I understand the theory of stars(in the sky).  They are long since dead and yet appear, ever so brightly! Somewhere out there in the Milky Way there is a star named "Nick" !




You just made a tear fall down my cheek.
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Nick Drake - how did I never know about you until RP?  Your music is sublime, yet disturbed, somewhere between happy and sad without being either. I think your early death adds a weight to your music that wouldn't be there otherwise, and I'm sorry to say, this sadness does make your music better.  Because who really wants 100% happy and only happy music all the time? I'm sorry your death ended your physical days on earth - and I for one and I'm sure many more of us RPsters can hear your music when we see the simple things in life.  Birds chirping, flying in the clouds, floating, then breaking apart, like trees losing their leaves, beautiful decay, harmony in nature not needing anything we (as in humankind) can give it, just taking moments from here and there and enjoying the little bits of amazement all about us. Here's to your music surviving time.

Long Live RP!




Thank you for such a heartfelt response

Posted 2 years ago by zivko    [ Reply ]
I was gonna shut down my computer for the night, but I think I can wait another 4:46.

Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
 gmsingh123 wrote:

I wish I was a hacker so I could give this a 20 rating.



Posted 2 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I could have I should have listened to Nick Drake first....
Posted 2 years ago by jef    [ Reply ]
Now I understand the theory of stars(in the sky).  They are long since dead and yet appear, ever so brightly! Somewhere out there in the Milky Way there is a star named "Nick" !
Posted 2 years ago by intheworks    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Nick Drake - how did I never know about you until RP?  Your music is sublime, yet disturbed, somewhere between happy and sad without being either. I think your early death adds a weight to your music that wouldn't be there otherwise, and I'm sorry to say, this sadness does make your music better.  Because who really wants 100% happy and only happy music all the time? I'm sorry your death ended your physical days on earth - and I for one and I'm sure many more of us RPsters can hear your music when we see the simple things in life.  Birds chirping, flying in the clouds, floating, then breaking apart, like trees losing their leaves, beautiful decay, harmony in nature not needing anything we (as in humankind) can give it, just taking moments from here and there and enjoying the little bits of amazement all about us. Here's to your music surviving time.

Long Live RP!




Wow. What a truly outstanding comment. 
Posted 2 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
Nick Drake was a fabulously talented songwriter, we lost him too soon.
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Sometimes I catch and appreciate the entire orchestration of ideas, instruments and rhythms Nick juggles in this, and it blows me away.
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
"I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it."

Posted 3 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
The interplay between the piano and the guitar is exquisite.
Posted 3 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
 mread wrote:

Call it morbid curiosity, but I would like to meet anyone who rated this a '1'.  It would have to be in a public place and I would wear sunglasses.



Consider this part of frequency rating histogram as statistical noise.  
Posted 3 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 jtherieau wrote:


this one? 


Yes. :-) Marvelous album, from "Into my arms" to "Far from me". Full circle. 
Posted 3 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
Legendary and brilliantly composed🙏
Posted 3 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
A waltzing masterpiece.
Posted 3 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
Not every Pink Floyd song is a 10. Every Nick Drake song I've heard is, though.
Posted 3 years ago by paulmcnett    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Nice piano.
 
Paul Harris.  Shades of Nicky Hopkins.
Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:

As my mum would say "Dinnare fash yersell Lerxst, ye like whit ye like".

Plus I like him enough for both of us. 
 

Posted 4 years ago by einrac    [ Reply ]
 themusicroob wrote:
Gorgeous song. I always overthought things as a kid, made what I considered to be mature decisions and later realized that it's natural to make mistakes, and you can actually miss out on a lot of valuable experiences by trying to jump straight to philosophies you've learnt by wrote rather than by trial and error. This song really resonates with me on that level, dunno if that's what he's getting at.
 



"I've always done things on a very instinctive basis, I think brains have gotten in the way of a lot of good things."
- Keith Richards


Posted 4 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
I think RP overplayed Nick Drake, but he surely had a tranquil passive easy-listening tone. 7/10
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
 dancindan wrote:
When I was 17 years old, I went into a record store in Copley Square, Boston, and heard Northern Sky on an Antilles sampler. I stopped dead in my tracks and said, What is THAT?  I took the record home and was amazed to see John Cale and Richard Thompson supporting him. Soon after, I bought the Fruit Tree boxed set and have been listening ever since. Gorgeous.
 
Wish I could afford that box set today. I've seen it for as much as $1000.
Posted 4 years ago by jayhamiljr    [ Reply ]
I couldn't tell you the number of times I've heard this tune, and I've rated it a 9, but today, I got it. I really got it. 
Posted 4 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 Pjesnik wrote:
A B&W photo in front of the brick wall. Another Nick repeated it some 25 yrs later.  
 

this one? 
Posted 4 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
I recently posted on another Nick Drake song that it was my favorite Nick Drake song. I've changed my mind. This is my favorite Nick Drake song.

For now.
Posted 5 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
A B&W photo in front of the brick wall. Another Nick repeated it some 25 yrs later.  
Posted 5 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
When I was 17 years old, I went into a record store in Copley Square, Boston, and heard Northern Sky on an Antilles sampler. I stopped dead in my tracks and said, What is THAT?  I took the record home and was amazed to see John Cale and Richard Thompson supporting him. Soon after, I bought the Fruit Tree boxed set and have been listening ever since. Gorgeous.
Posted 5 years ago by dancindan    [ Reply ]
Similarity to John Martin sound is understandable.
Posted 5 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
Call it morbid curiosity, but I would like to meet anyone who rated this a '1'.  It would have to be in a public place and I would wear sunglasses.
Posted 5 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
So good. Thanks Garden State Soundtrack!
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
 camarkim wrote:
Awesome Nick Drake. Sounds like the Vince Guaraldi trio in teh background. (Charlie Brown music)
 

I was noticing that too, then I saw your comment.
Posted 5 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
I remember my wife pregnant with our first child in Kauai and listening to this beautiful song. 9 year later and 2 beautiful kids, I am happy who I have become .
Posted 5 years ago by Asmith    [ Reply ]
Nick Drake songs, appreciated year round but best played in the autumn, with the leaves falling.
Posted 5 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
I gave this a 9, what was I thinking? Now corrected to the 10 it deserves.
Posted 5 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
Perfect
Posted 5 years ago by Lacapella    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
I can do a whole day with nothing but Nick Drake and Eliott Smith playing round and round.
 
That may not be a good idea, given their unfortunate ends.

But yeah, I agree with you, and I'd add Jeff Buckley to the list.  Beautiful and tragic.
c.
Posted 5 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Absolutely wonderful - would love to rate it 15+++
Posted 5 years ago by markus333    [ Reply ]
This is so, so nice.
The way the music keeps rambling and rambling, into possibilities that never came to be. Kind of like about being nostalgic about a future that never was.
Thanks RP for this :-) This is the kind of song you hope is going to make you somewhat less stupid and more open minded.
Posted 5 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
Ultimate 10.  Amen.
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Nick and Tim (Buckley), an enduring duo that could not endure.
Posted 5 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 wgsu_1978 wrote:
Would love to hear Tir Na Nog's upbeat version of Drake's "Free Ride," if that can be arranged.
 Amazingly, I saw Tir Na Nog in the early seventies - they played at our school, of all places.  They did "Free Ride", which was undoubtedly more full on than Nick Drake's version, but it  alerted me to his music which I have loved ever since.  Tir Na Nog also did a lively version of  Dylan's"It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry", played faster, they said, "Because of the increased speed of trains".  Great band, and I believe they (Leo O'Kelly and Sonny Condell) are still going strong.

Posted 6 years ago by JayHay-Char    [ Reply ]
Thank you Bill.
Posted 6 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Maybe it's the melancholy mood brought on by my head cold, but I moved this song from 9 to 10 today.  Just superb.
Posted 6 years ago by Larrygrrl    [ Reply ]
I didn't believe, this is a 70ty but present music, lyrics are the story of most of us, excellent song
Posted 6 years ago by petergazin    [ Reply ]
Nice piano.
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Nick?  You  depressed anti rock star - you live on!
Posted 6 years ago by Michaeljcovel    [ Reply ]
I can do a whole day with nothing but Nick Drake and Eliott Smith playing round and round.
Posted 6 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
that was just so good .....
Posted 6 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
I could have been a hopeless ache / if I never heard Nick Drake
Posted 6 years ago by DrMacDaddy    [ Reply ]
I could be here and now
I would be
I should be
Posted 6 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]
 haresfur wrote:
A suitably high 9:2 rating ratio (to discount the extremist 1's and 10's). The ratio would be higher but I gave it a 10.

 
Sorry haresfur....I'm gonna mess with that ratio of yours as I just bumped my 9 to a 10.  :-)

I'm amazed how seemingly simple this song is and yet it conjures up a lot of complicated emotions.  And much cheaper to listen to this song for 4:46 than spend time on a shrink's couch, eh?  PEACE


Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
I wish I was a hacker so I could give this a 20 rating.
Posted 6 years ago by gmsingh123    [ Reply ]
A suitably high 9:2 rating ratio (to discount the extremist 1's and 10's). The ratio would be higher but I gave it a 10.
Posted 7 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Nick Drake - how did I never know about you until RP?  Your music is sublime, yet disturbed, somewhere between happy and sad without being either. I think your early death adds a weight to your music that wouldn't be there otherwise, and I'm sorry to say, this sadness does make your music better.  Because who really wants 100% happy and only happy music all the time? I'm sorry your death ended your physical days on earth - and I for one and I'm sure many more of us RPsters can hear your music when we see the simple things in life.  Birds chirping, flying in the clouds, floating, then breaking apart, like trees losing their leaves, beautiful decay, harmony in nature not needing anything we (as in humankind) can give it, just taking moments from here and there and enjoying the little bits of amazement all about us. Here's to your music surviving time.

Long Live RP!



 
I too was late to Nick Drake. Years ago I found a boxed set of ND on eBay and it was a good decision. I often put the whole set on shuffle play.
Posted 7 years ago by youngers    [ Reply ]
A wonderful waltz song, still fresh, inspired, poetic and tender over the years.
Posted 7 years ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Nick Drake - how did I never know about you until RP?  Your music is sublime, yet disturbed, somewhere between happy and sad without being either. I think your early death adds a weight to your music that wouldn't be there otherwise, and I'm sorry to say, this sadness does make your music better.  Because who really wants 100% happy and only happy music all the time? I'm sorry your death ended your physical days on earth - and I for one and I'm sure many more of us RPsters can hear your music when we see the simple things in life.  Birds chirping, flying in the clouds, floating, then breaking apart, like trees losing their leaves, beautiful decay, harmony in nature not needing anything we (as in humankind) can give it, just taking moments from here and there and enjoying the little bits of amazement all about us. Here's to your music surviving time.

Long Live RP!



 
Wow :o) thank you and 2nd Long Live RP!
Posted 7 years ago by MayBaby    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Nick Drake - how did I never know about you until RP?  Your music is sublime, yet disturbed, somewhere between happy and sad without being either. I think your early death adds a weight to your music that wouldn't be there otherwise, and I'm sorry to say, this sadness does make your music better.  Because who really wants 100% happy and only happy music all the time? I'm sorry your death ended your physical days on earth - and I for one and I'm sure many more of us RPsters can hear your music when we see the simple things in life.  Birds chirping, flying in the clouds, floating, then breaking apart, like trees losing their leaves, beautiful decay, harmony in nature not needing anything we (as in humankind) can give it, just taking moments from here and there and enjoying the little bits of amazement all about us. Here's to your music surviving time.

Long Live RP!



 
Very Nicely Said!
Posted 7 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]

Nick Drake - how did I never know about you until RP?  Your music is sublime, yet disturbed, somewhere between happy and sad without being either. I think your early death adds a weight to your music that wouldn't be there otherwise, and I'm sorry to say, this sadness does make your music better.  Because who really wants 100% happy and only happy music all the time? I'm sorry your death ended your physical days on earth - and I for one and I'm sure many more of us RPsters can hear your music when we see the simple things in life.  Birds chirping, flying in the clouds, floating, then breaking apart, like trees losing their leaves, beautiful decay, harmony in nature not needing anything we (as in humankind) can give it, just taking moments from here and there and enjoying the little bits of amazement all about us. Here's to your music surviving time.

Long Live RP!


Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Gorgeous song. I always overthought things as a kid, made what I considered to be mature decisions and later realized that it's natural to make mistakes, and you can actually miss out on a lot of valuable experiences by trying to jump straight to philosophies you've learnt by wrote rather than by trial and error. This song really resonates with me on that level, dunno if that's what he's getting at.
Posted 8 years ago by themusicroob    [ Reply ]
 lerxst wrote:
Please don't tell anyone I don't like Nick Drake. I'll lose all credibility in my musical taste. {#Embarassed}
 
As my mum would say "Dinnare fash yersell Lerxst, ye like whit ye like".

Plus I like him enough for both of us. 
Posted 8 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
could have been inspiration for ELP's "Still you turn me on"?
Posted 8 years ago by MiloD    [ Reply ]
Sweet to the ear, awesome to hear.
Posted 8 years ago by blouvet    [ Reply ]

           Strangely he's like any contemporary. artist.
          How on earth he'd escape for good the ol times.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
If hearing this for the first time, I'd really like it. Like what DID happen when I first heard it. After 12,000 times...not so much. I do still appreciate this in the context of the time in which music is currently stale and stifling. This is still refreshing compared to what is popular today.
Posted 9 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 {#Clap}wabx_air_ace wrote:
this was the favourite song for oliver north and jesse helms to sing around the campfire!

 
Interesting post.  From left field, but interesting, nonetheless.
Posted 9 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Just the thing to cheer me up after listening to any of the finns
Posted 9 years ago by exurbia    [ Reply ]
this was the favourite song for oliver north and jesse helms to sing around the campfire!
Posted 9 years ago by wabx_air_ace    [ Reply ]
Would love to hear Tir Na Nog's upbeat version of Drake's "Free Ride," if that can be arranged.
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
He produced 4 nearly perfect albums.
Posted 9 years ago by dtm1256    [ Reply ]
Please don't tell anyone I don't like Nick Drake. I'll lose all credibility in my musical taste. {#Embarassed}
Posted 9 years ago by lerxst    [ Reply ]
Seems like all of his songs are good (or great).
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Nick, you could have been....
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Easy 10. Question is, can it go to 11? 
Posted 9 years ago by ojibwe    [ Reply ]
Beautiful stuff, with the best piano work ever.  Thanks for introducing me to Mr Drake, RP. xx
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 midigitguy wrote:
I keep expecting to hear one of his songs followed by "Life In A Northern Town" by Dream Academy (written for and dedicated to Nick Drake).
 

 
Interesting fact.
Posted 10 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
A solid 9 - ND was a late discovery for me.
Posted 10 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
 hamer12string wrote:
I hate that my first ND exposure was the VW commercial.

Then again... at least I finally got exposed to ND. So, maybe ... thanks VW?

 
Don't feel too bad about that; the first exposure for the majority of his present-day fans (in the U.S. at least) was that ad.  He didn't get a lot of airplay when he was alive - and he died about forty years ago.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Classic RP. 
Posted 10 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:
I have a litmus test when discussing music:  If you don't like Nick, then talk to the hand.
 
Amen to that!
Posted 10 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
What a tragedy and joy his life was...is.


The true definition of melancholy.. 
Posted 10 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
I have a litmus test when discussing music:  If you don't like Nick, then talk to the hand.
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Excellent song for crappy Monday morning!
Posted 10 years ago by Krakus    [ Reply ]

While Nick was obviously a genius I don’t think we should under estimate the contribution made to Joe Boyd who seemed to have taken the role as the house producer for Island Records folk stable in the late 60s. Two genius working together don’t always create a work of genius but in this case they most certainly did. What a legacy this pair have left us!


Posted 10 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
I keep expecting to hear one of his songs followed by "Life In A Northern Town" by Dream Academy (written for and dedicated to Nick Drake).
 
Posted 10 years ago by midigitguy    [ Reply ]
Thank you RP for introducing me to Nick Drake. I hate to think that I might have gone the whole way without him.{#Cheers}
Posted 10 years ago by Colandrio    [ Reply ]
 mona_hoysa wrote:
This is absolutely my favorite song forever!

 
Have u ever heard Belle and Sebastian's song called The State I Am In?They are both spectacular songs that have lot in common...
Posted 10 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]

Nick Drake's songs are greatness.


Posted 10 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
Was listening to this last night on vinyl - sublime. 
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 Blastcat900 wrote:

I missed him too. But then, where COULD you hear him play? Certainly never ever on any radio station in my shit for brains town.

 
In my friend Randal's basement, on his crappy record player, proving that love of music can transcend technological limitations.
Posted 11 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:


I be here...  love this song...  hope you are having a marvelous time right this minute...

Romeo and Juliet
Act 2, Scene 2:

JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.


Whisper that in my ear please...........
 


Posted 11 years ago by Tamster    [ Reply ]
Really getting into this guy....and I don't care for folk music particularly.
Posted 11 years ago by grazie    [ Reply ]
Love this tune. Smooth as silk.
Posted 11 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
 hamer12string wrote:
I hate that my first ND exposure was the VW commercial.

Then again... at least I finally got exposed to ND. So, maybe ... thanks VW?

 
You could have been exposed to Nick Drake before VW, or you could have been exposed after, one of these things first -


Here is a documentary that you might enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrmR_F5XgwQ





Posted 11 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
I hate that my first ND exposure was the VW commercial.

Then again... at least I finally got exposed to ND. So, maybe ... thanks VW?
Posted 11 years ago by hamer12string    [ Reply ]
 oldsaxon wrote:

Wherefore art thou?
 

I be here...  love this song...  hope you are having a marvelous time right this minute...

Romeo and Juliet
Act 2, Scene 2:

JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.


Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
This is absolutely my favorite song forever!
Posted 11 years ago by mona_hoysa    [ Reply ]

If RP has done nothing else for me, it has deepened my appreciation of Nick Drake.  I liked him a lot before I started listening to RP.  Now?  He's moved up to nearly the top in my estimation of performers.   {#Cheers}  here's to Nick and RP!


Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
no dude it meant tori amos is hot and she wants to sleep with nick drake



Back to back complimentary gems...Bill, ya know what you're doin'...an aural artiste {#High-five}  {#Notworthy}
  

Please don't post these 2 together, it implies that Tori Amos has even an ounce of Nick Drake's talent and we do not want to give that implication.{#No} 
Posted 11 years ago by coy    [ Reply ]
 mcullers wrote:

I just googled "What happened to romeotuna" before this song came on. No dice.
 
Oh, he's still here, don't worry. His new name is Lazarus from Bethamy. And he still lives in a hotel. Just not sure where.  
Posted 11 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
 Blastcat900 wrote:

I missed him too. But then, where COULD you hear him play? Certainly never ever on any radio station in my shit for brains town.
 

I listen to a goodly amount of radio, all my life.  Never heard him anywhere but here.   You can hear anything on the Pandora type stations, but that's not the same.
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 Keef wrote:
RIP, Cynaera.  Dammit.
 
Dammit, indeed.
Posted 11 years ago by K_Love    [ Reply ]
 oldsaxon wrote:

Wherefore art thou?
 
I just googled "What happened to romeotuna" before this song came on. No dice.
Posted 11 years ago by mcullers    [ Reply ]
Love Nick Drake!
Posted 11 years ago by vrd    [ Reply ]
Such a sweet voice and gentle soul, apparently tortured with genetic limitations that ultimately ruled. Another reason for better living through applied chemistry. Still, we have this legacy...
Posted 11 years ago by SanFranGayMan    [ Reply ]
 Moak wrote:


Back to back complimentary gems...Bill, ya know what you're doin'...an aural artiste {#High-five}  {#Notworthy}
 

Please don't post these 2 together, it implies that Tori Amos has even an ounce of Nick Drake's talent and we do not want to give that implication.{#No}
Posted 12 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 (former member) wrote:


soooo cool...  love it...

 
 
Wherefore art thou?
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
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jberko wrote:
He and Syd Barrett are composing songs in heaven right now, for our next life.
 
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Yes, I like that notion...
They have left this Dark Globe, are now basking under the glow of a Pink Moon, it's an Idearsome Day, there are way more than Five Leaves Left, and they are shining like the diamonds they always were and ever shall be, Amen... 
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Goddamn, it's going to be very hard to beat that. {#Eh}
Posted 12 years ago by blackjackshellac    [ Reply ]