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Nick Drake — Cello Song
Album: Five Leaves Left
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Released: 1969
Length: 4:40
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Strange face, with your eyes
So pale and sincere.
Underneath you know well
You have nothing to fear.
For the dreams that came to you when so young
Told of a life
Where spring is sprung.

You would seem so frail
In the cold of the night
When the armies of emotion
Go out to fight.
But while the earth sinks to its grave
You sail to the sky
On the crest of a wave.

So forget this cruel world
Where I belong
I'll just sit and wait
And sing my song.
And if one day you should see me in the crowd
Lend a hand and lift me
To your place in the cloud.
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one of the many reasons I love RP!
Posted 2 days ago by sjmorrison2    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

who are we to rate this?



Those of us that want it in our Playlist? :))
Posted 9 months ago by pyrateparadox988    [ Reply ]
Whoa, 1969.  This absolutely sounds like a typical eclectic Radio Paradise hit from 2010 or 2015.  This guy crafted a sound that was wayyyyyy ahead of his time and he deserves a lot of credit for that.
Posted 11 months ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
Sublime! Straight to 10.
Posted 1 year ago by siqbal    [ Reply ]
Manic phase of his depression...
Posted 1 year ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
Nick, you were loved.  Hope you believe it now our friend.
Posted 1 year ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:

this was played yesterday afternoon on the main mix Aug 2, 2023. again now so soon? great song, but why the repeating so frequently?


it is beloved by most who hear it?
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
this was played yesterday afternoon on the main mix Aug 2, 2023. again now so soon? great song, but why the repeating so frequently?
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
The cover by Jose Gonzales is also pretty awesome.
Posted 1 year ago by shikhargupta    [ Reply ]
I would recommend Patrick Humphries' biography of Nick Drake. Having some insight into Nick's journey sharpens that contrast between the freshness and optimism of this record and the pain and morosity of Pink Moon. That's not to say that either record is 'better' than the other. Both are beautiful, in my humble opinion, but in different ways.
Posted 1 year ago by ed_cardiff    [ Reply ]
there's a trace of this  in Son Volt's Medication... not a rip-off (before the arrows fly) but a beautifully emotive part. May be why it's one of my favorite Farrar tunes.
Posted 1 year ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Overrated! Geez. Zzzzz.
Posted 1 year ago by Essbee63    [ Reply ]
Just love him
Posted 2 years ago by Meleroux1    [ Reply ]
Not all do, but this track by Mr. Drake really takes me away. Quite good IMO. 
Posted 2 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
This song reminds me of a friend who many years ago wanted to play the cello. She left us way too early and before she ever played.

I hope she knew this song be fore she left... 
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
Released in 1969, people.. 
Timeless, beautiful song.
Posted 2 years ago by RoelantSiekman    [ Reply ]
there's something here and in Son Volt's Medication that appeals to me on a visceral level
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
who are we to rate this?
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Could be you'd skipped to the end of the stream and then got back to this one?
Cuz other than a few stream glitches, I've NEVER heard BillG play the same track more than once in a day (every other day sometimes on newer releases...)

Long Live RP and the all the tunes played here!!
 




Correct.  It seems to be about a 3 day repeat interval as far as i can tell.  But then again i'm not listening at 3am
Posted 3 years ago by bluefrog    [ Reply ]
 gratefulgator wrote:


He really has a 90s/00s sound IMO.  


That may be because many '90s/'00s artists emulated his sound.
Posted 3 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Nick Drake- another great find on RP. Makes me take a deep breath and enjoy.
Posted 3 years ago by NEOvManhattan    [ Reply ]
 alvivino wrote:
Nothing makes me hit the skip button like Nick Drake. Technically well produced but sappy without any redeeming qualities
 
This makes me feel sorry for you. 
Posted 3 years ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
 rhlrstn wrote:

I'd normally categorize this as a bit of an exaggeration, but this was played just 2 hours ago (I only know this because I commented then, and can see the time stamp on my earlier post!). So yeah, I have to agree with you...
 
Could be you'd skipped to the end of the stream and then got back to this one?
Cuz other than a few stream glitches, I've NEVER heard BillG play the same track more than once in a day (every other day sometimes on newer releases...)

Long Live RP and the all the tunes played here!!
 

Posted 3 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 alvivino wrote:
Nothing makes me hit the skip button like Nick Drake. Technically well produced but sappy without any redeeming qualities
 
A singer with no redeeming qualities! A first in music, but only to those like you who are surely familiar with all redeeming qualities.
Posted 3 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
I don't see how this fits with DM Bartender. Nick Drake is excellent. 
Posted 3 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
gone too soon
Posted 3 years ago by primeeileen133    [ Reply ]
Wow, what a wonderful and moving comment of life. Thank you so much for that. I'm only sorry that it took five years for someone to reply. I had an amazing and life changing year in Thailand in 1972 so I relate to all you said. I wish and hope that all people can stop and think and realize what matters in life.
Posted 4 years ago by beme707    [ Reply ]
Nothing makes me hit the skip button like Nick Drake. Technically well produced but sappy without any redeeming qualities
Posted 4 years ago by alvivino    [ Reply ]
 mdnlsn wrote:
Think RP needs to add a rating category called "Good, but over-played".
 
I'd normally categorize this as a bit of an exaggeration, but this was played just 2 hours ago (I only know this because I commented then, and can see the time stamp on my earlier post!). So yeah, I have to agree with you...
Posted 4 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
I'm probably biased as the child of a cellist, but anything with a cello in it generally gets my seal of approval.

Side note, when I saw the title "Cello Song" I was definitely expecting the Prelude to Bach's Cello Suite #1
Posted 4 years ago by rhlrstn    [ Reply ]
Think RP needs to add a rating category called "Good, but over-played".
Posted 4 years ago by mdnlsn    [ Reply ]
8>>>9.  This fits my mood right now.
Posted 4 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
 DavidSwannanoa wrote:
Love love love Nick's music. Stops me in my tracks every time. Don't recall ever hearing him on the FM waves growing up.  Now, it's as if discovering Cat Stevens for the first time.  Thank you RP!
 
That's actually a fitting comparison. 
Posted 4 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
Love Nick Drake. I played him a lot so my children would know of him. 
Posted 4 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
His suicide story is too similar to my step-bro Ronnie's suicide; a month's worth of amitriptyline did the trick.  And Ronnie was just past his 27th birthday (Nick was 26) - yikes....this one's going 9 to 10 now.  LLRP!!
 
Beauty and pain simultaneously emanate from this song.
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by Ricardogonzo    [ Reply ]
love the bongos coming from the right
Posted 5 years ago by marysclark    [ Reply ]
 Btravelen wrote:
1969? I'm kinda shocked I Love Nick Drake, but I expected this to be not THAT old..
 

He really has a 90s/00s sound IMO.  
Posted 5 years ago by gratefulgator    [ Reply ]
His suicide story is too similar to my step-bro Ronnie's suicide; a month's worth of amitriptyline did the trick.  And Ronnie was just past his 27th birthday (Nick was 26) - yikes....this one's going 9 to 10 now.  LLRP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
1969? I'm kinda shocked I Love Nick Drake, but I expected this to be not THAT old..
Posted 5 years ago by Btravelen    [ Reply ]
Any rating for Nick below 11 is not acceptable!
Posted 5 years ago by martinlovesRP    [ Reply ]
Love love love Nick's music. Stops me in my tracks every time. Don't recall ever hearing him on the FM waves growing up.  Now, it's as if discovering Cat Stevens for the first time.  Thank you RP!
Posted 5 years ago by DavidSwannanoa    [ Reply ]
I love his work even more now that I know Gabrielle is his sister.  She was there during my formative years ...
Posted 5 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 Tomasni wrote:
Rating for me STILL 8 -Most Excellent 
 

I like this one very much and I agree. Some people do not understand that this is a very high rating. They are the same who demand an "11" for some songs.
Posted 5 years ago by 123heyaho!    [ Reply ]
Long Live                                                                                                                    Radio Paradise
Rating to me  is                                                                                                 8 -Most Excellent 
Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:
 WeAdmire wrote:
Listening to Nick Drake highlights an RP omission - I haven't heard any John Martyn.

WeAdmire, you are mistaken, Hohn Martyn songs played are many times on RP - open the Tab above called 'Artists' and type in John Martyn to see how often.

I have even posted comments on them in the past.



 
Any from "The Tumbler" when he was basically a contempory of Nick Drake?
Posted 6 years ago by gmsingh123    [ Reply ]
Long before 2 Cellos.
Posted 6 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 WeAdmire wrote:
Listening to Nick Drake highlights an RP omission - I haven't heard any John Martyn.

WeAdmire, you are mistaken, Hohn Martyn songs played are many times on RP - open the Tab above called 'Artists' and type in John Martyn to see how often.

I have even posted comments on them in the past.



Posted 6 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
For years I appreciated Nick Drake's genius as a singer/songwriter. I now appreciate his brilliance as a guitarist and innovator whose open tuning and fingerstyle arrangements are absolutely next level.
Posted 6 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Listening to Nick Drake highlights an RP omission - I haven't heard any John Martyn.
Posted 6 years ago by WeAdmire    [ Reply ]
I just love this song so much.
Posted 6 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 Webfoot wrote:
And smoking may have been, God forbid, a comfort to him.
 
Unfortunately I think what he was smoking probably contributed to his mental health issues.

Posted 6 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:


Smoking didn't shorten Drake's life one little bit.

 
And smoking may have been, God forbid, a comfort to him.
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Ahhh, I can always count on RP for a great Nick Drake track!
Posted 6 years ago by amymich    [ Reply ]
It looks to me that the album cover "Fruit Tree" is a collection including Cello Song while "Five Leaves Left" was a single album.  There is a song on one of the Fruit Tree discs called "Been Smoking Too Long".  Maybe that's where the idea for the cover came from.
Posted 6 years ago by fstory    [ Reply ]
 haresfur wrote:

The original cover. Better?



 


Posted 6 years ago by fstory    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:
The cover of the album shows Nick Drake smoking - why would they have chosen that particular image?  Presumably because that was in the days when when smoking a cigarette was still considered 'cool'.  Unfortunately all those smokers are now very sick or dead -  a very sad indictment of society and human weaknesses.

 
The original cover. Better?


Posted 6 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
Kick it!
Posted 6 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
It may or may not be his best, but it's certainly my favorite.
Posted 6 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
For me  7 - Quite Likeable
Posted 7 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
Did Alexei Murdoch channel him ?
Posted 7 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
 
The cover of the album shows Nick Drake smoking - why would they have chosen that particular image?  Presumably because that was in the days when when smoking a cigarette was still considered 'cool'.  Unfortunately all those smokers are now very sick or dead -  a very sad indictment of society and human weaknesses.

 

Smoking didn't shorten Drake's life one little bit.
Posted 7 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Grew up just a few miles from his parents' house, and wandered many of the same Warwickshire lanes and fields that I can hear in this music. Bless you Nick. Still missed.
Posted 7 years ago by redmachine    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:
The cover of the album shows Nick Drake smoking - why would they have chosen that particular image?  Presumably because that was in the days when when smoking a cigarette was still considered 'cool'.  Unfortunately all those smokers are now very sick or dead -  a very sad indictment of society and human weaknesses.
 
That photo is one of the covers from a compilation of his 3 albums called "Fruit Tree" which was released a few different times - the first time being in 1979.  Some designer probably chose that photo because they liked it.  However this song originally appeared on an album titled "Five Leaves Left", which was a reference to cigarette rolling papers.  "Indictment of society and human weaknesses"?  Really?
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 PurplePrincess wrote:
Just kills me in ways I cannot express, lucky for me,  he could.

 
You're saying that he could express how the song kills him? Morbid.

Just kidding. I absolutely love his music and think it is a damn shame that he took the path that he did to deal with his demons, problems, etc. It's just hard to resist an opportunity for clever wordplay.
Posted 7 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
Just kills me in ways I cannot express, lucky for me,  he could.
Posted 7 years ago by PurplePrincess    [ Reply ]
Interesting, in the last few moments of this tune, I heard the intro for Owiny Sigoma Band's Harpoon Land...
Posted 7 years ago by JeriF    [ Reply ]

Posted 7 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:
The cover of the album shows Nick Drake smoking - why would they have chosen that particular image?  Presumably because that was in the days when when smoking a cigarette was still considered 'cool'.  Unfortunately all those smokers are now very sick or dead -  a very sad indictment of society and human weaknesses.
 

While I understand and sympathise with your point I feel that the current fashion of applying modern standards and morals to historic events (or in this case photographs) is not sensible. You are making a value judgment of a photo taken in the 60’s when everyone smoked. I see real dangers in deleting history that doesn’t conform to current morals, at best its cultural vandalism and at worst it becomes Orwellian. 


Posted 7 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
I highly recommend reading the tragic yet amazing bio of Nick Drake on Wikipedia.  It will change how you hear his songs forever.
Posted 7 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:
The cover of the album shows Nick Drake smoking - why would they have chosen that particular image?  Presumably because that was in the days when when smoking a cigarette was still considered 'cool'.  Unfortunately all those smokers are now very sick or dead -  a very sad indictment of society and human weaknesses.

 
why my oh my such a post lol this came out in what 1969 1970 many many things have changed good and bad, me thinks you need to lighten up just a little lol {#Lol}
Posted 7 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Sublime
Posted 7 years ago by Mizy_Wizy    [ Reply ]
{#Notworthy}
Posted 7 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
The cover of the album shows Nick Drake smoking - why would they have chosen that particular image?  Presumably because that was in the days when when smoking a cigarette was still considered 'cool'.  Unfortunately all those smokers are now very sick or dead -  a very sad indictment of society and human weaknesses.
Posted 7 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:
Beethoven — Für Elise
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
Nick Drake — Cello Song

There will never be a radiostation playing these 3 great musical pieces together. Not even in a year.

 
As others have mentioned, that is Bill's superpower (one of them!).
The sets and segues are phenomenal, and only found here.
Posted 7 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
WOA.  Impressive guitar at the beginning.
Posted 7 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
One of my all time top five songs. Magnificent.
Posted 8 years ago by Redpoint    [ Reply ]

I stopped listening to Nick Drake on CD or MP3 a few years ago as I was worried that if I over listened to him I would damage that special pleasure I get from his music. It’s therefore always good to get a surprise fix of his work on Radio Paradise. However Bill, I think that you could cast your net a bit wider and include some of the less well-known tracks as well.


Posted 8 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 Kassbomb wrote:

Yes!!

 
And today it played this excellent combo again! Love RP!
Posted 8 years ago by malamucha    [ Reply ]
This guy has an unreleased recording of this: https://www.thestrangefaceproject.com/

I saw him do a talk and he wouldn't play it to us. The cad.
Posted 8 years ago by themusicroob    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

From Wikipedia:

Personnel
Nick Drake – vocals, acoustic guitar on all songs except "Way to Blue" and "Saturday Sun", piano on "Saturday Sun"
Additional personnel
Paul Harris – piano on "Time Has Told Me" and "Man in a Shed"
Richard Thompson – electric guitar on "Time Has Told Me"
Danny Thompson – double bass on "Time Has Told Me", "River Man", "Three Hours", "Cello Song", "Man in a Shed" and "Saturday Sun"
Harry Robinson – string arrangement on "River Man"
Rocky Dzidzornu – congas on "Three Hours and "Cello Song", shaker on "Cello Song"
Robert Kirby – string arrangement on "Way to Blue", "Day Is Done", "The Thoughts of Mary Jane" and "Fruit Tree"
Clare Lowther – cello on "Cello Song"
Tristan Fry – drums and vibraphone on "Saturday Sun"



 
Thanks!
Posted 8 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
The opening sounds like a song from Paul Winter Consort. 
Posted 8 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Kassbomb wrote:

Yes!!

 
Try in one hundred years. Bill is his own special musical savant.  
Posted 8 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:
Beethoven — Für Elise
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
Nick Drake — Cello Song

There will never be a radiostation playing these 3 great musical pieces together. Not even in a year.

 
Yes!!
Posted 8 years ago by Kassbomb    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:
This version is a nice cover.

 
+1
Posted 8 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
This version is a nice cover.
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:
Beethoven — Für Elise
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
Nick Drake — Cello Song

There will never be a radiostation playing these 3 great musical pieces together. Not even in a year.

 
Agree
Posted 8 years ago by Chrisjea    [ Reply ]
 haresfur wrote:
Anyone know who else played on this track?

 
From Wikipedia:

Personnel
Nick Drake – vocals, acoustic guitar on all songs except "Way to Blue" and "Saturday Sun", piano on "Saturday Sun"
Additional personnel
Paul Harris – piano on "Time Has Told Me" and "Man in a Shed"
Richard Thompson – electric guitar on "Time Has Told Me"
Danny Thompson – double bass on "Time Has Told Me", "River Man", "Three Hours", "Cello Song", "Man in a Shed" and "Saturday Sun"
Harry Robinson – string arrangement on "River Man"
Rocky Dzidzornu – congas on "Three Hours and "Cello Song", shaker on "Cello Song"
Robert Kirby – string arrangement on "Way to Blue", "Day Is Done", "The Thoughts of Mary Jane" and "Fruit Tree"
Clare Lowther – cello on "Cello Song"
Tristan Fry – drums and vibraphone on "Saturday Sun"


Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
https://www.thestrangefaceproject.com/

Fun stuff. Saw him do a talk at Edinburgh Fringe, didn't get to hear the recording unfortunately... 
Posted 8 years ago by themusicroob    [ Reply ]
Anyone know who else played on this track?
Posted 8 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 OceanBlue wrote:
This song will never stop being a masterpiece.

 
Quite well stated and I agree emphatically. 
Posted 8 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Brings me back to Bert Jansch and that's a nice journey.
Posted 8 years ago by masteroflife    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Ah, c'mon, what did the folk ever do to you?  ; )


"...
Up the airy mountain
Down the rushy glen,
We dare n't go a-hunting,
For fear of little men;

Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping all together;
Green jacket, red cap,
And white owl's feather.
..." 


Posted 8 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I adore his work. It's a tragedy he ended his life. What a gift he was.
Posted 8 years ago by asilbuch    [ Reply ]
1970 northern Michigan — man this takes me back ty {#Notworthy}
Posted 8 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Second time I heared this song today. First on my phone while riding to work. Second time on RP.
 
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
Beethoven — Für Elise
Kate Bush — Cloudbusting
Nick Drake — Cello Song

There will never be a radiostation playing these 3 great musical pieces together. Not even in a year.
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
 jazzdevil wrote:
I'm not much fond of the folk but he is perfect
 
Ah, c'mon, what did the folk ever do to you?  ; )
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I'm not much fond of the folk but he is perfect
Posted 9 years ago by jazzdevil    [ Reply ]
Beck's Morning Phase followed shortly thereafter by ND's Cello Song.  Stunning.  Can't help but think that the Grammy voters gave Beck the LP of the year in an effort to make amends for totally ignoring the likes of Nick Drake, John Martyn, and Bert Jansch over the years.  Too late, as no one really cares (well, except for Kanye) what the 'establishment' (i.e. shallow and irrelevant) music industry thinks.  Only upside is that Morning Phase may have found its way into a few more record collections, er, I mean, iPhones.
Posted 9 years ago by Wolford    [ Reply ]
In Spotify I have a list of 20 of the best music tracks I know. This is one of them.
Thanks RP for introducing Nick Drake to me.
Posted 9 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
Steely_D that is a sweet, strong remembrance, thank you!  : )
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Suddenly it's a very quiet Sunday morning in 1982 and I'm sitting in a hospital ward full of indigent women in various stages of labor and this comes on the eclectic radio program I listen to.
Cup of coffee. Some quiet periodic moaning in the background, waiting for one of the recent Vietnamese immigrant women to announce that she needs the toilet. She'll really go in the bathroom, stand on the seat, squat, and try to deliver the baby without us knowing. We'll encourage her to lay on her back and do it the more difficult way, the way it wasn't done for all the other millennia.

It's a room full of quiet, joyful, subtle expectation and (mostly) happiness.
That's what this tune always brings out in me - but especially this quiet beautiful Sunday.

Thanks, William 
Posted 9 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
I just love Nick Drake's music.
It's so sad that a world of stupid, manufactured music passed him by. 
Posted 9 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
This song will never stop being a masterpiece.
Posted 9 years ago by OceanBlue    [ Reply ]
Very nice piece 
we will order this 
Posted 9 years ago by johnk3go    [ Reply ]
 Toke wrote:
This track shows his mastery of the guitar, I never hear much his prowess of the guitar until I heard a Documentary on the Radio. It was about when he visited the UK before he was recognised and doing gigs in small clubs in London. In fact he packed out one club and his slot was not very long and his companion nipped down the road to another club and asked the owner if he would like Nick to come along which he agreed. The upshot of that was he left the other club where he had been playing and took most of the clientel with him,. It was this feamale companion who was on the Radio who commented on his guitar playing.

 
Great story! I laughed out loud at Nick's sudden following shifting clubs. Shame he felt he couldn't make a go of a music career...
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This track shows his mastery of the guitar, I never hear much his prowess of the guitar until I heard a Documentary on the Radio. It was about when he visited the UK before he was recognised and doing gigs in small clubs in London. In fact he packed out one club and his slot was not very long and his companion nipped down the road to another club and asked the owner if he would like Nick to come along which he agreed. The upshot of that was he left the other club where he had been playing and took most of the clientel with him,. It was this feamale companion who was on the Radio who commented on his guitar playing.
Posted 9 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Happiness and sadness in the same song
 
Posted 9 years ago by raga    [ Reply ]
 aaronm wrote:
... He sounds like someone who would absolutely fit into the modern music scene. I just assumed he was current.

 
I agree that many of his songs can fit into any time period, but part of the reason he fits into today's music scene is because his music has been purchased and played much more in the last 15 years than it was during his lifetime; due largely to a particular Volkswagen ad.  Also, there are a large number of contemporary artists who are clearly influenced by his work.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Thanks Nick.
Posted 10 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 stephw wrote:
1969? This is phenomenal - obviously way ahead of his time. This song could be played on any alternative radio station today and fit seamlessly in.
 

It is being played on an alternative radio station and I’d say it fits in just perfectly!


Posted 10 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
45 years ago. Utterly timeless.

 
I was surprised to see it was that long ago!  Timeless, indeed..
Posted 10 years ago by suebee3    [ Reply ]
45 years ago. Utterly timeless.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 willmcnaught wrote:
1970 Freshman in college in N Michigan first heard this.. 2014 I STILL love this song. If he only knew how many people have heard this now, and I hope he is smiling{#Notworthy}.!

 
Traverse City, or Marquette?
Posted 10 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
8 > 9

Maybe sometime I'll write about how near-perfect this song is. 
Posted 10 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 bpkengor wrote:
listened to this today with speakers that are very separated in my room.     the drums/bongos at then end isolated in the right track was a fascinating finish...

 
There is a shaker in there, too.  The clarity of the recording and the mix is equal to the song.
Posted 10 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
35 people gave this song a 3 or lower ...   thaw out your hearts! 
Posted 10 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
1969? This is phenomenal - obviously way ahead of his time. This song could be played on any alternative radio station today and fit seamlessly in.
Posted 10 years ago by stephw    [ Reply ]
so outstanding it's almost...godlike
Posted 10 years ago by Tylersmyler    [ Reply ]