I'm 54.I'm argentine. I heard his music because my daugther loves him. Listening his songs and looking at this videos I cried. Thank you for posting. Beautiful.
His songs are like the pure essence of autumn: the beauty of soft sunlight shining through the foliage of trees, crisp, clear air, lofty skies and birds in flight. I don't think anybody who has not experienced autumn could write music like this. There really is no need for images, the music just conjures them up inside of you. Truly magical.
"When you have the very great fortune to come from a very loving family the price you have to pay for that good fortune is the death of the people in that family, that's a tragedy which is always there. It chances your live forever but you grow around it". That's so beautiful and so true...I will never ever forget this quote. His sister is so genuine, very touching..
I'm glad his music didn't die with him. his spirit lives on thru his songs. I feel deeply touched. thank you I am grateful to have seen this documentary!
This is a wonderfully done documentery. It really presented the soul of Nick Drake rather well. THere are those of this world that just don't fit. Because he couldn't he had to leave, but left us with something extraordinary.
Yes that was moving to see him as a toddler. I think we sould be very grateful to his family for allowing that very precious home movie footage to be used. A worthy documentary.
"straight in my new minds eye"... how could he not see the beauty in his own music? It's tragic. Such a gift to humanity Nick has given through his music. That is how he lives on, in our experience of it. Thanks Nick
Gabrielle Drake is such a beautiful person too.I love the way she talks with such understated warmth. The beauty and subtlety of Nicks music is in such sharp contrast to the brutal,crushing meaninglessness of modern culture. No wonder his art is such a refuge for so many sensitive people..
I love it. I was crying at the end. Nick Drake is one of those people that you wish you could've met and when u try to "go in his skin and walk in his shoes" you realize how many other people are just like him sadly.He repersents so many unforgetable things I am so sad he did not live to see all the people he made happier by his music.
Thanks so much for uploading this video. What an amazing musician, I wish he was still around to see the impact his music has had on everyone, including me.
i started listening to nick about a year ago and one day i was reading a the lyric sheets from one of my favorite bands called BANE. BANE is a hardcore punk rock band from boston. Anyways i noticed the lyric "you can take a road that will take you to the stars now, i can take a road that will see me through". I just think its great that a band on the complete opposite of the musical spectrum has been touched by nicks words enough to use them in their own music. it makes me happy to think of it
i absolutely cried, cried, cried. i never even knew who he was, but i grew up with his music and recently rediscovered it. and thank you for posting this.
thank you for this, sunshineonsnow,lovely film, beautiful cinematography, totally appropriate to the legend and the love we all feel. - the word of gord
wow.. beautiful film !! I pretty much knew most of what was in the film, but it was a wonderful experience nonetheless. Nick was a once in a lifetime artist.. what a shame he was taken from us far too soon.What a pity he could not have gotten better care.One wonders how he might have faired had he been going through his depression in the modern era- if a better anti-depressant might have made a difference. Thanks for posting this, Mr Snow !!!
It must be incredibly painful for the people around someone so ill with depression or whatever was causing him such pain (will we ever know?) to not know how to help - it was as if his friends and family just had to stand back and watch him being buried alive Sad that he was so amazingly gifted but the film brought home to me the sadness of any death from being too sensitive One of Nick Drake's many contributions is that he spoke for all of the people who are beyond reach
Amazing. The exterior shots are masterful. The insight into Drake's life was very sad. He was very talented, it's great that he has the recognition he does now. Too bad it didn't happen while he was alive. When was this docu made?
in a dream i was talking with Elliott Smith, I was trying to talk about Nick Drake and he had no idea who i was talking about. I wanted so badly to try and make him remember, but i decided that things were for the best and changed the subject...
I agree. Wasn't the whole thing almost like a movie? only done far better than if Hollywood would get hold of it. Beautiful and tenderly done i think. No attempt to 'sex' things up and make it more than it was. Just purely, surely, the Drakes.
@poxy84 Yeah and it's called chronic depression oh and another thing it doesn't go away. I would know. You don't need a reason to be depressed, it's engraved in your soul all you can do is pop pills and hope one day you wake up and can enjoy at least 2 seconds out of the given day.
Most performrs I know do turn to pharmaceuticals, legal or otherwise, to acquire the (skin) required to get up on stage and deliver. Believe me, performance does not come natural to all, and musical talent does not walk hand in hand with the ability to get on stage! I wish nick could have viewed his audience with just enough contempt as to protect his sensitive spirit, maybe then he would be here to see how much we love and appreciate what he has done.
i dont think nick killed himself simply because he didnt find the success he was looking for. his song "time has told me" reveals to me that he had a view of life that runs contrary to hanging your enjoyment of life on a contingency such as fame and success. it was probably something else that led him to his sad end and interim suffering.
It would be nice if his music besides what it really does, could also help "one single person", but shurley this wouldnt be necessary to make it worth it. It couldnt even help himself, but to say the worth of it would depending on this would a selfmissunderstanding, implicitly confirming the scoff of the soldiers at the cross. True art as this carries its value in itself,usually it gives no help in a world like this, but more important: it is not supposed to.
I don't think this documentary really explained what happened to Nick Drake, or why he was the kind of troubled person he was. Maybe one is meant to read between the lines, I dont know. Did he have no relationships of a close personal nature? No former lovers are interviewed or even mentioned. Was it as simple as that?
I don't think Nick was autistic or anything like that. His songs are too introspective to think of that. He was just a man who couldn't deal with life. Who can blame him for that?
I have to say that I am convinced that he was taking and addicted opiates. I know I'll get a 1000 thumbs down for saying that, but let's just say I've seen how those things destroy people and Nicks story is a mirror image of people that I have known, and who are also no longe here.
I'm 54.I'm argentine. I heard his music because my daugther loves him. Listening his songs and looking at this videos I cried. Thank you for posting. Beautiful.
His songs are like the pure essence of autumn: the beauty of soft sunlight shining through the foliage of trees, crisp, clear air, lofty skies and birds in flight.
I don't think anybody who has not experienced autumn could write music like this. There really is no need for images, the music just conjures them up inside of you. Truly magical.
Beautiful, bu tradgic. I love him and his music. God bless you Nick x x x x
A great documentary of nick drake.
simply great.
"When you have the very great fortune to come from a very loving family the price you have to pay for that good fortune is the death of the people in that family, that's a tragedy which is always there. It chances your live forever but you grow around it". That's so beautiful and so true...I will never ever forget this quote. His sister is so genuine, very touching..
I'm glad his music didn't die with him. his spirit lives on thru his songs. I feel deeply touched. thank you I am grateful to have seen this documentary!
long live the wonderful musical soul of Nicholas Drake
such a soft enigma for such a tormented soul...
This is a fitting tribute, beautifully moving..thank you for sharing.
This is a wonderfully done documentery. It really presented the soul of Nick Drake rather well. THere are those of this world that just don't fit. Because he couldn't he had to leave, but left us with something extraordinary.
Yes that was moving to see him as a toddler. I think we sould be very grateful to his family for allowing that very precious home movie footage to be used. A worthy documentary.
"straight in my new minds eye"... how could he not see the beauty in his own music? It's tragic. Such a gift to humanity Nick has given through his music. That is how he lives on, in our experience of it. Thanks Nick
Gabrielle Drake is such a beautiful person too.I love the way she talks with such understated warmth.
The beauty and subtlety of Nicks music is in such sharp contrast to the brutal,crushing meaninglessness of modern culture.
No wonder his art is such a refuge for so many sensitive people..
let the tears flow.. never has there been such a loss
Excellent documentary, just watched the whole thing this morning, last part moved me to tears.
Leaving those home movies - the only film of him - to the very end was masterful, emotional documentary making.
kisses for Nick.. this was beautiful. Thank you for posting this.
I love it.
I was crying at the end.
Nick Drake is one of those people that you wish you could've met and when u try to "go in his skin and walk in his shoes" you realize how many other people are just like him sadly.He repersents so many unforgetable things I am so sad he did not live to see all the people he made happier by his music.
Thanks so much for uploading this video. What an amazing musician, I wish he was still around to see the impact his music has had on everyone, including me.
i started listening to nick about a year ago and one day i was reading a the lyric sheets from one of my favorite bands called BANE. BANE is a hardcore punk rock band from boston. Anyways i noticed the lyric "you can take a road that will take you to the stars now, i can take a road that will see me through". I just think its great that a band on the complete opposite of the musical spectrum has been touched by nicks words enough to use them in their own music. it makes me happy to think of it
i absolutely cried, cried, cried.
i never even knew who he was, but i grew up with his music and recently rediscovered it. and thank you for posting this.
superb documentary
Very emotional. Thanks for posting.
thank you for this, sunshineonsnow,lovely film, beautiful cinematography, totally appropriate to the legend and the love we all feel.
- the word of gord
thank you.
Great
Nice. Well done.
Thanks a lot for puttin' this up. Made me cry at the end.
wow.. beautiful film !! I pretty much knew most of what was in the film, but it was
a wonderful experience nonetheless. Nick was a once in a lifetime artist.. what a
shame he was taken from us far too soon.What a pity he could not have gotten
better care.One wonders how he might have faired had he been going through
his depression in the modern era- if a better anti-depressant might have made
a difference.
Thanks for posting this, Mr Snow !!!
tyvm for posting - this was really wonderful.
It must be incredibly painful for the people around someone so ill with depression or whatever was causing him such pain (will we ever know?) to not know how to help - it was as if his friends and family just had to stand back and watch him being buried alive
Sad that he was so amazingly gifted but the film brought home to me the sadness of any death from being too sensitive
One of Nick Drake's many contributions is that he spoke for all of the people who are beyond reach
Thank you
the song is 'from the morning' - the lyrics from this song 'now we rise, and we are everywhere' are on nick's gravestone
Dig the "What the hell" shoulder shrug at 8:25...Great stuff.
So, so very sad.
Amazing. The exterior shots are masterful. The insight into Drake's life was very sad. He was very talented, it's great that he has the recognition he does now. Too bad it didn't happen while he was alive. When was this docu made?
I second that. Brilliant comment :)
I love his music and have just bought everything he he did. Seems he had a very tragic death and I know that depression is not a personal choice.
in a dream i was talking with Elliott Smith, I was trying to talk about Nick Drake and he had no idea who i was talking about. I wanted so badly to try and make him remember, but i decided that things were for the best and changed the subject...
@sunshineonsnow Amen.
You have a point, but I like his music.
there is a great biography of nick called 'darker than the deepest sea' which you might want to check out if you want to know more about him :)
I'm surprise they didn't used his most popular tune "Pink Moon"
I agree. Wasn't the whole thing almost like a movie? only done far better than if Hollywood would get hold of it. Beautiful and tenderly done i think. No attempt to 'sex' things up and make it more than it was. Just purely, surely, the Drakes.
@brainiacbelle When he was in the hospital I'm sure they had the ability to pick up on something like that.
could someone please tell me what does the audio tape of him talking is saying? i couldn't understand it all...
a man before his time, unfortunately.
What a silly bunt.
@poxy84 Yeah and it's called chronic depression oh and another thing it doesn't go away. I would know. You don't need a reason to be depressed, it's engraved in your soul all you can do is pop pills and hope one day you wake up and can enjoy at least 2 seconds out of the given day.
@timjmoran too late lol
Most performrs I know do turn to pharmaceuticals, legal or otherwise, to acquire the (skin) required to get up on stage and deliver. Believe me, performance does not come natural to all, and musical talent does not walk hand in hand with the ability to get on stage! I wish nick could have viewed his audience with just enough contempt as to protect his sensitive spirit, maybe then he would be here to see how much we love and appreciate what he has done.
i dont think nick killed himself simply because he didnt find the success he was looking for. his song "time has told me" reveals to me that he had a view of life that runs contrary to hanging your enjoyment of life on a contingency such as fame and success. it was probably something else that led him to his sad end and interim suffering.
As far as anyone knows Nick never was involved in any close romantic relationships.
It would be nice if his music besides what it really does, could also help "one single person", but shurley this wouldnt be necessary to make it worth it. It couldnt even help himself, but to say the worth of it would depending on this would a selfmissunderstanding, implicitly confirming the scoff of the soldiers at the cross. True art as this carries its value in itself,usually it gives no help in a world like this, but more important: it is not supposed to.
I don't think this documentary really explained what happened to Nick Drake, or why he was the kind of troubled person he was. Maybe one is meant to read between the lines, I dont know. Did he have no relationships of a close personal nature? No former lovers are interviewed or even mentioned. Was it as simple as that?
I don't think Nick was autistic or anything like that. His songs are too introspective to think of that.
He was just a man who couldn't deal with life.
Who can blame him for that?
im a huge beatles fan, but hes a way better lyrict/composer
wtf
Nick never had a romantic relationship?
I have to say that I am convinced that he was taking and addicted opiates. I know I'll get a 1000 thumbs down for saying that, but let's just say I've seen how those things destroy people and Nicks story is a mirror image of people that I have known, and who are also no longe here.