The quality of our dreams is both a reflection of our thoughts and actions as well as a general foreshadowing of the fate of our souls in the next life...A nightly, temporary karma that beckons us to change - for the good - so as to avoid a more permanent karma... Beauty(🌷)+Complexity(🌎) =Intent(❤️) The Figure 8 Analogy: An analogy on life, death, the dream-state and the symbolism intertwined within the human experience. We human beings are not traveling in the abstract motion of a straight line towards death (for instance, the numerical straight line of say 1-89). Instead, we are moving in the motion of a figure 8. The Figure 8 is a natural repeating pattern that is divided into two halves and is thus the perfect symbol to represent the human life cycle and our two primary states of existence that we are continuously moving in and out of -the Awake State and the Dream-State. When we awake from sleep we come full circle to when we fall back asleep (represented by the bottom half of the figure 8 )and when we go into the dream state we come full circle to when we awake from the dream state (represented by the top half of the figure 8 ). Upon death; the figure 8 of life untwines, but it’s not the body untwining from the mind that this analogy represents. It's two states of mind untwining to form a larger state of mind. (8-0) Because the awake state is really a state -of mind, with our body's physical reality "consciously" intertwined; and the dream-state is also a state of mind, with our body's physical reality "subconsciously" intertwined. Therefore; upon death, these two states of mind untwine to form a “larger” state of mind. A state that has all the potentialities of the dream world (flying, telepathy, psychokinesis, etc) combined with all the actualities of the awake world(nature, form, bonds, etc). This I refer to as the transitional analogy. While conceiving The Figure 8 Analogy, I realized life and death must be perceived -from one point of view- as seperate entities(the transitional analogy(8-0), but must also be perceived -from another point of view- as inseparable entities(the symbolic analogy👇), both of which are ultimately linked by the dream-state. The symbolic analogy consists of the untwined figure 8 of life/the 'circle of death’, if you will, which -abstractly- overlapps the ‘circle of life’/the Earth, with the overlappment representing the dream-state, like the common area in a venn diagram, and implies that the dream state is just as much a part of life as is of death ~by which semi-explains precognitive dreams, prodromal dreams, "visitations" by deceased relatives, etc; for the dream-state has a foothold in the afterlife, and is based on the premise that “while our body sleeps, our dream state symbolically represents the state that awaits upon our body's ultimate rest.” In other words, while we are lying down and sleeping/dreaming, this natural process symbolizes where we go when we're ultimately lying down/dead -to a place "like" our dream-state...A state "of mind” with our body's physical form+bonds eternally engrained and intertwined. ✋🏿👁~8~👁🤚🏻
Hope you are well Nigel. Please just keep moving forward. Life can get better. Faith in God helps me greatly. Music is definitely a help as well. So is nature. Being around good people is also helpful, rather than alone.
So sad this man was sent out to showcase his gift to the world with what should of been one the most exciting times in his life, and yet the public forum wasn't quite responsive to receive his gift in return. Talk about a crime in humanity. Then he dies thinking he failed people, it's a real shame.
What I find disturbing really is the way we are all fascinated with the vulnerability of others and the broken among us; I think it's trying to understand something in us all and how close we are to a line of defragmentation.
Think it is more that we relate to 'the broken' because we realize that 'there but for the grace of God go I' ... we are all broken! Also, that period was very floaty and dreamlike - many people lived fringe-lives, literally or metaphorically (in their heads).
Astute obsetvation. I think there is something broken in all of us so when we see someone representing that wholly, it touches that part in you that you relate to.
What a beautiful documentary. When I think of Nick I’m reminded of the line in Starry Starry Night..’the world was never meant for one as beautiful as you’.
In 1986 I bought heaven in a wildflower and on the back of the album it mentioned how his parents wanted to keep his music alive, so motivated by his music and a deep appreciation for the music he left I wrote to the record company and received a letter from frank kornellison who said he would forward my letter on and Molly and I struck up a friendship, pen pals if you like, A woman of otherworldly qualities and consummate lady. Nick had his wish in me and so many others, his music is a balm to the soul.
Whenever I think of music that is authentic, beautiful, haunting, moving, genuine, Nick Drake comes to mind. The sound of rustling leaves high in the canopy, a beam of light streaming through an empty room, indescribable fleeting feelings as I watch a flock of birds passing behind a cloud. Thank you Nick and to all those who supported you in sharing your priceless talent. RIP
I used to lie in the sun on Parker's Piece in Cambridge with my Walkman on listening to Nick Drake from the age of 14, alone but so very happy and occasionally still do aged 50. If you listen carefully I'm sure one can hear heartbeats of angels gathering close to him, just to be near and hear his rare, genius soul, not waiting, just listening. You touched so many hearts than you ever knew, and still inspire many more.
I found out about Nick Drake when I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower in middle school in the 2010s. In the book the main character makes a mixtape and the book listed all of the songs on it. It was my introduction to a whole lot of great artists, my family mostly listens to country so this was also my proper introduction to The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and basically all of the music in that list. “Time of No Reply” was on the list and since that day when I got home from school and went and looked all of those songs up, it’s been one of my favorite songs. I’ve always found it so beautiful and comforting. When I found out more about his life, it broke my heart.
This documentary is both sad and magical at the same time. What a talent we lost. In another world Nick is getting to play his beautiful music to large audiences of people and bringing the house down. Bless his soul.
Island records released a sampler album in 1969, every track is a little gem, stand out track is Nick Drakes Time has told me , off Five leaves. I have listened to Nick Drake for over 55 years and never tire of his music. Love the fact that lots of people have discovered his music.
Very powerful documentary. I can only listen to one song at a time of Nicks, theres so much to consume in them that any more is a waste and should be kept safe for later.
I wasn't aware of Nick Drake until I heard Black Eyed Dog on the radio, a song selection by a guest being interviewed. This was 30 years ago but remains as clear in my mind as yesterday. His music has a gentle but powerful undertow - pouring over you, soothing, touching the depths of your soul. He sadly passed too young but will be forever eternal, as generation after generation discover his now timeless work.
It really does. The first time I heard Nick Drake's song 'One of these things first' when I was probably 2-3 years old. Since then I have been obsessed with him throughout my life and play his music in happy, stressed and sad situations. I will never stop listening to his music. His voice and strumming just touches something in your mind that no other musician has ever done for me atleast. Now I'm 18 and about to leave home, I will carry his tunes with me forever. Nuff respect.
As and artist myself I’m positively convinced the gift brings with it a curse. While creative energy is a great high, I also understand an uncontrollable depression and nervousness, I believe Nick must have been experiencing something similar. I have respect to those who seek to unravel the unknown, to bring forth ideas by exploring the mind and imagination. They become our hero, traveling alone to dark places for us. Bringing back answers and solutions to our problems. Often a terribly frustrating role it is as an artist. Being misunderstood, unrecognized and unappreciated is certain, especially for the most brilliant. Going to far away places, searching for help, but losing themselves. Thank you Nick for your journey. It is the journey you lived... I can’t help but to wish it had ended some other way. RIP
@@SamuelLucas-bd8jm Hi Samuel, I think it's a matter of knowing you have a purpose that's way beyond the surface. Don't let the measures of our society define you (easier said than done). You are a light in this world... it's really why you are here. Darkness wants to overcome the light, but it's the other way around. Darkness is empty and dead, and light is the active life-force that shines into emptiness to create life. We are small pieces of that light. We can create life into the dark parts of our place and purpose. I'm not all to sure how all this work in my own life, so it's hard for me too. I do have moments of exuberance and renewed energy when I see I'm on track. But I can let "supposed failures" steal my joy. Most of my battle is my own inner darkness and that's my mistake. I focus on self and become more depressed. A wise person told me : "you can overcome depression by helping others in need. It's the best way to help yourself. Be the light in someones life, give them your energy. Your energy will not run out, but be replenish twice as much and even more". Was that you playing piano on your UA-cam? As an example, you could play your piano for someone, live or a recording. Just one person that you can bring a smile to with your playing. Or what ever other light you can bring someone. Just say, "hey I want to play something for you". Or "I wrote this letter of appreciation for you" and give them a simple letter of gratitude listing specific things about them. Might be a family member or a random person... an elderly person or a little kid even. There's so many people that need this, but just start with one at a time. I believe your place in purpose has someone very close that would receive your light. It doesn't even have to be masterful music or art or whatever. Just something simple that you give to someone else from your heart. The smile will let you know you're on track. I guess that's my advice to you, IDK, just try it. Then let me know what happens. I would love to hear about it. Thanks for reaching out for support.
The quality of our dreams is both a reflection of our thoughts and actions as well as a general foreshadowing of the fate of our souls in the next life...A nightly, temporary karma that beckons us to change - for the good - so as to avoid a more permanent karma... Beauty(🌷)+Complexity(🌎) =Intent(❤️) The Figure 8 Analogy: An analogy on life, death, the dream-state and the symbolism intertwined within the human experience. We human beings are not traveling in the abstract motion of a straight line towards death (for instance, the numerical straight line of say 1-89). Instead, we are moving in the motion of a figure 8. The Figure 8 is a natural repeating pattern that is divided into two halves and is thus the perfect symbol to represent the human life cycle and our two primary states of existence that we are continuously moving in and out of -the Awake State and the Dream-State. When we awake from sleep we come full circle to when we fall back asleep (represented by the bottom half of the figure 8 )and when we go into the dream state we come full circle to when we awake from the dream state (represented by the top half of the figure 8 ). Upon death; the figure 8 of life untwines, but it’s not the body untwining from the mind that this analogy represents. It's two states of mind untwining to form a larger state of mind. (8-0) Because the awake state is really a state -of mind, with our body's physical reality "consciously" intertwined; and the dream-state is also a state of mind, with our body's physical reality "subconsciously" intertwined. Therefore; upon death, these two states of mind untwine to form a “larger” state of mind. A state that has all the potentialities of the dream world (flying, telepathy, psychokinesis, etc) combined with all the actualities of the awake world(nature, form, bonds, etc). This I refer to as the transitional analogy. While conceiving The Figure 8 Analogy, I realized life and death must be perceived -from one point of view- as seperate entities(the transitional analogy(8-0), but must also be perceived -from another point of view- as inseparable entities(the symbolic analogy👇), both of which are ultimately linked by the dream-state. The symbolic analogy consists of the untwined figure 8 of life/the 'circle of death’, if you will, which -abstractly- overlapps the ‘circle of life’/the Earth, with the overlappment representing the dream-state, like the common area in a venn diagram, and implies that the dream state is just as much a part of life as is of death ~by which semi-explains precognitive dreams, prodromal dreams, "visitations" by deceased relatives, etc; for the dream-state has a foothold in the afterlife, and is based on the premise that “while our body sleeps, our dream state symbolically represents the state that awaits upon our body's ultimate rest.” In other words, while we are lying down and sleeping/dreaming, this natural process symbolizes where we go when we're ultimately lying down/dead -to a place "like" our dream-state...A state "of mind” with our body's physical form+bonds eternally engrained and intertwined. ✋🏿👁~8~👁🤚🏻
That really resonated for me, too. Makes you really think about all the truly incredible music we’ll never hear, made by people who would otherwise not be remembered. It’s sad in many ways, but seeing her song have a moment to shine in the larger story of Nick was really beautiful
What a beautiful song his mother sang! A haunting tune that we were fortunate to come across. Her talent was so obvious.. I mean she could have been another Kate Bush for instance… It’s indeed a very touching documentary about a short lived gifted soul who will be dearly missed 😔
I was introduced to nick Drake in 1978 and wept at the very first song.....I grew up in England during the 60's and had returned state side in 1970-71....Hard for me to explain such a powerful connection to his music ......other than to say "I know it" or "I've lived it."
Truly. She has done so much to preserve and honor her brother’s legacy. In this video, she reads a letter to him, and you can tell how genuine her love for him remains, all the years later: ua-cam.com/video/wVci_UYIYWY/v-deo.html She has every reason to be as proud as she is.
Nick and his whole family seemed so kind, and this documentary is the best I have ever seen. You can feel the creativity from beginning to the end. I love Nick's music and it is nice to see where his gift came from.
A fellow student back in the mid-eighties recommended Nick's music to me. I don't usually take up recommendations, but I'm glad I took a chance in this case. I adored Nick Drake straight away: Lyrically, vocally and instrumentally this music sounded so elementally English, not just British. Nick's voice and guitar enchanted me. Thank you Luke, wherever you are!
I'd love to have an album of his mother's music. So beautiful. I'd love to have a book of her poetry, as well. She was quite talented & had a strong voice.
The quality of Nicks recording blows me away. considering what the Beatles were doing at the same time, Nicks recordings were cleaner, more balanced, Brilliant really.
😮NOTHERN SKY,,RIVER MAN, PINK MOON, ,,RIVER MAN,,WHAT AN INCREDIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL SONG ,,WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, ENIGMATIC TALENTED MAN JUST BEAUTIFUL, HE WRAPS ME IN A BEAUTIFUL VELVET BLANKET,,,GOD BLESS YOU NICK❤❤❤❤
I remember sitting in Sarah’s flat in Putney circa 87.. in love.. unrequited .. I remember torrential rain.. both stoned and listening to Nick Drake.. he forever brings me back to that beautiful painful nostalgic time… I lost my sister through suicide a year or so before
What a beautiful documentary. I'm glad they let the interviewees and Nick's music speak for themselves rather than inserting a narrator. It was wonderful to see the early film of Nick at the end and for Molly to share personal stories which I'm sure must be difficult. I only wish Nick could see how many generations of people he has given solace to.
I remember reading the New Musical Express one Thursday morning, on the way to school in Bournemouth, England, and reading that Nick Drake had died, and saying "Shit!" as quietly as one should sitting on a bus. So long ago!
I am really glad I've found this guy years ago,....when I imagine i could've easily missed it , and how life is short, we pass by so many things and make no intermezzo , pay no attention, we have to go....His tonic definition illustrates so powerful visual images and makes every listener surrender , like it or not... Friend asked me what kind of music is it? ..You just have to let yourself be sucked in and once you did, you are hooked by magic of tunes and chords produced by his finger tips, soon you realize how it feels to be privileged by huge impact of this rare music delicacy. Those elongated (maybe arachnodactyly - spider fingers in every positive meaning ) - create world, too specific, like spider knit it's web. It changed the way i think of word - 'Melancholia'. There is so much beauty in there, that is beyond any words. And if you are in acoustic guitar domain that is whole another level of impression which will probably leave hard imprint in your very soul!
Born: June 19, 1948, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma) Died: November 25, 1974, Tanworth in Arden, United Kingdom Genre: Folk Parents: Molly Drake, Rodney Drake Place of burial: Church Of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-In-Arden
Nick was one of those souls who wasn't made for this world, or at least not for the time he lived in. Sometimes I wonder how he would fare these days, with modern forms of therapy. R.I.P. Nick, we love you now.
Since 2007 youth suicides have increased by 60% according to the CDC, and rates of depression accordingly so clearly "modern therapy" isn't helping very much, unfortunately. It is creating a new generation of Nick Drake fans I suppose though 🤔
The percentage would of course be higher these days, the population has increased considerably. In addition life is very different now compared to then. Social media which has a profound negative effect on youths. Also the health system with all its potential is failing at a rate never seen before.
Iatrogenesis is the third leading cause of death in America. Iatrogenesis means "health problems due to the treatment". One of the sice effects of antidepressants is *violent behaviour* It can be towards others or oneself. Eric Harris, - Columbine school shooting - was taking antidepressants. Medicine doesn't heal. It's been failing because they make us sick so that pharmaceutical industry profits. RIP Nick
@@mechano6505you need to know what percentage use therapy before asserting that. I’m not saying therapy is perfect, but in my experience it’s people who cannot access such help, for whatever reason, who are most likely to die. Please take care out there.
Gabrielle IS very beautiful. His mom's song has the seeds of Nick's music. He'll always be on my turntable- Namaste from Long time, Fan, in Canada ( if reincarnation IS, I hope Nick is happy...I miss him, still cry at times..) ( Gabrielle, you remind me of my absolute, "if only I could look like-" Jean Shrimpton, still, and I sadly am not young, still breakout, in another "documentary " you mentioned Nick's white, nebulous? I too suffer from severe depression and currently my circadian cycle is off, way off- well, when I was 15 my boyfriend's were 21-ish and were, "prettier" being homely is a curse esp in a shallow culture. Appreciate your beauty...Nick's lips...everything about Nick from his gentle, murmuring style of singing to his long, thick, wavy hair- I'm still a hippie. A "lifestyle" that chose, one, not the other way round- )
One of the best music documentaries I've seen. I highly recommend Richard Morton Jack's biography of Nick. It doesn't really solve any mysteries but it is still a fascinating read
I first heard his music in the movie Serendipity and loved it. Also in the movie The Lakehouse. I really thought he was a young upcoming musician when I heard it. Had no idea he had been already gone for so long and so very young. I was 6 years old. He was a year younger than my dad. I appreciated his music then when I heard it and still do now. Those 2 movies mean a lot to me, so does his music. It was perfectly matched. Saddened by his passing.
I find it hard to swallow the fact that they thought it would be a good idea to send Nick out to the bar circuit with his type of music…put the man in theaters…the chap in the video could have atleast said “we fucked up in sending him to the wrong type of venue” of course the bar scene is the wrong starting point to playing out for Nick…kinda absurd in retrospect.
Has to be one of the saddest stories in music that he would never know how loved his music would brcome. Pink Moon possibly my favourite song and a truly gifted guitar player
A good guitar tech and a few extra guitars on standby during is live performances could have helped with his alternate tuning issues. As far as dealing with unappreciative crowds he would either had to learn to play through it, or at some point speak up and tell crowd to shut up. But that didn't seem to be in his nature.
I've been much influenced and moved by Nick's musicality and lyricism since the 1970s. May his legacy stretch to eternity. It's strange how the English upper ctrust are so proud of the psychological abuse they inflict upon their children in the guise of an education.
Interesting that one interviewee said that Nick Drake was suffering something existential. Creative people often draw on other art-forms or overseas travel to summon inspiration during periods of being artistically blocked or experiencing an existential crisis. Davey Graham went to Morocco in the early 1960s. Imagine if Nick Drake travelled to Mali in the early 1970s for inspiration and met up with Ali Farka Touré. Can someone write a time travel screenplay to make this happen?
I discovered Nick’s music in 2000. The same time this documentary was made. I can’t remember if I saw this first or heard the music first, but for over 20 years it’s been a source of solace and inspiration. I think first heard of Nick Drake through the Graham Coxon song ‘I Wish’.
@darkkiss7247 listen to 26:10 mark. It sounds like isolated drums and bass. I'm not sure if it's an instrumental unreleased demo track or if it's a track they used just isolated the drums and bass and used for this documentary. I'm not even sure it's one of Nick Drakes songs.
Gabrielle one of those startling and stunning classy actresses I remember from childhood I notice is now 80 cor blimey guvnor doesn’t time travel ridiculously fast !
Thank fuck he made those records. I really hope he would be happy at his later success. I remember where I was when i first heard him. In my friends transit in the early morning after a party in the woods. It was Fruit Tree and still the most beautiful song Ive ever heard.
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Wow, his Mother had a HUGE influence on his song writing!
Absolutely. You hear it immediately.
I am from Qatar and I went into a random old vinyl store and thought Nick’s Pink Moon album cover looked really cool so I bought. Life changing. Fav.
His music has helped me through 2 suicide attempts and deep depression. I wish he was around still.
The quality of our dreams is both a reflection of our thoughts and actions as well as a general foreshadowing of the fate of our souls in the next life...A nightly, temporary karma that beckons us to change - for the good - so as to avoid a more permanent karma...
Beauty(🌷)+Complexity(🌎)
=Intent(❤️)
The Figure 8 Analogy:
An analogy on life, death, the dream-state and the symbolism intertwined within the human experience.
We human beings are not traveling in the abstract motion of a straight line towards death (for instance, the numerical straight line of say 1-89). Instead, we are moving in the motion of a figure 8. The Figure 8 is a natural repeating pattern that is divided into two halves and is thus the perfect symbol to represent the human life cycle and our two primary states of existence that we are continuously moving in and out of -the Awake State and the Dream-State.
When we awake from sleep we come full circle to when we fall back asleep (represented by the bottom half of the figure 8 )and when we go into the dream state we come full circle to when we awake from the dream state (represented by the top half of the figure 8 ). Upon death; the figure 8 of life untwines, but it’s not the body untwining from the mind that this analogy represents. It's two states of mind untwining to form a larger state of mind. (8-0)
Because the awake state is really a state -of mind, with our body's physical reality "consciously" intertwined; and the dream-state is also a state of mind, with our body's physical reality "subconsciously" intertwined. Therefore; upon death, these two states of mind untwine to form a “larger” state of mind. A state that has all the potentialities of the dream world (flying, telepathy, psychokinesis, etc) combined with all the actualities of the awake world(nature, form, bonds, etc). This I refer to as the transitional analogy.
While conceiving The Figure 8 Analogy, I realized life and death must be perceived -from one point of view- as seperate entities(the transitional analogy(8-0), but must also be perceived -from another point of view- as inseparable entities(the symbolic analogy👇), both of which are ultimately linked by the dream-state.
The symbolic analogy consists of the untwined figure 8 of life/the 'circle of death’, if you will, which -abstractly- overlapps the ‘circle of life’/the Earth, with the overlappment representing the dream-state, like the common area in a venn diagram, and implies that the dream state is just as much a part of life as is of death ~by which semi-explains precognitive dreams, prodromal dreams, "visitations" by deceased relatives, etc; for the dream-state has a foothold in the afterlife, and is based on the premise that “while our body sleeps, our dream state symbolically represents the state that awaits upon our body's ultimate rest.”
In other words, while we are lying down and sleeping/dreaming, this natural process symbolizes where we go when we're ultimately lying down/dead -to a place "like" our dream-state...A state "of mind” with our body's physical form+bonds eternally engrained and intertwined.
✋🏿👁~8~👁🤚🏻
@@figure8analogy677 how did you come to learn or create this analogy?
I hope you are OK Now ❤️❤️
Hope you are well Nigel. Please just keep moving forward. Life can get better. Faith in God helps me greatly. Music is definitely a help as well. So is nature. Being around good people is also helpful, rather than alone.
Thank you for sharing that I felt it
So sad this man was sent out to showcase his gift to the world with what should of been one the most exciting times in his life, and yet the public forum wasn't quite responsive to receive his gift in return. Talk about a crime in humanity. Then he dies thinking he failed people, it's a real shame.
What I find disturbing really is the way we are all fascinated with the vulnerability of others and the broken among us; I think it's trying to understand something in us all and how close we are to a line of defragmentation.
Interesting observation.
Amogus
Yes, it can be a very vicarious pursuit, projecting our burdens on to artists and expecting them to both carry and transmute our own traumas
Think it is more that we relate to 'the broken' because we realize that 'there but for the grace of God go I' ...
we are all broken! Also, that period was very floaty and dreamlike - many people lived fringe-lives, literally or
metaphorically (in their heads).
Astute obsetvation. I think there is something broken in all of us so when we see someone representing that wholly, it touches that part in you that you relate to.
What a beautiful documentary. When I think of Nick I’m reminded of the line in Starry Starry Night..’the world was never meant for one as beautiful as you’.
Agree, the edition on this doc. is beyond greatness.
I’ve seen this written somewhere else. Isn’t that don mclean though?
@@JJ-pl5cj yes, it is. The line could refer to Nick as well as to Van Gogh.
But hes still here...
@@LusciousTwinkle in his songs he'll always be with us❤
In 1986 I bought heaven in a wildflower and on the back of the album it mentioned how his parents wanted to keep his music alive, so motivated by his music and a deep appreciation for the music he left I wrote to the record company and received a letter from frank kornellison who said he would forward my letter on and Molly and I struck up a friendship, pen pals if you like, A woman of otherworldly qualities and consummate lady. Nick had his wish in me and so many others, his music is a balm to the soul.
How very touching to hear his mother sing. Brought tears to my eyes.
Listening to Nick in high school made me pick up a guitar in 2000 and I haven’t stopped playing since.
Whenever I think of music that is authentic, beautiful, haunting, moving, genuine, Nick Drake comes to mind. The sound of rustling leaves high in the canopy, a beam of light streaming through an empty room, indescribable fleeting feelings as I watch a flock of birds passing behind a cloud. Thank you Nick and to all those who supported you in sharing your priceless talent. RIP
Nick was like a gloriously beautiful ghost. He came mostly unnoticed, did his miraculous thing...and left. :(
❤
That's quite lovely
I used to lie in the sun on Parker's Piece in Cambridge with my Walkman on listening to Nick Drake from the age of 14, alone but so very happy and occasionally still do aged 50. If you listen carefully I'm sure one can hear heartbeats of angels gathering close to him, just to be near and hear his rare, genius soul, not waiting, just listening. You touched so many hearts than you ever knew, and still inspire many more.
I found out about Nick Drake when I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower in middle school in the 2010s. In the book the main character makes a mixtape and the book listed all of the songs on it. It was my introduction to a whole lot of great artists, my family mostly listens to country so this was also my proper introduction to The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and basically all of the music in that list. “Time of No Reply” was on the list and since that day when I got home from school and went and looked all of those songs up, it’s been one of my favorite songs. I’ve always found it so beautiful and comforting. When I found out more about his life, it broke my heart.
This documentary is both sad and magical at the same time. What a talent we lost. In another world Nick is getting to play his beautiful music to large audiences of people and bringing the house down. Bless his soul.
Island records released a sampler album in 1969, every track is a little gem, stand out track is Nick Drakes Time has told me , off Five leaves. I have listened to Nick Drake for over 55 years and never tire of his music. Love the fact that lots of people have discovered his music.
Very powerful documentary. I can only listen to one song at a time of Nicks, theres so much to consume in them that any more is a waste and should be kept safe for later.
I wasn't aware of Nick Drake until I heard Black Eyed Dog on the radio, a song selection by a guest being interviewed. This was 30 years ago but remains as clear in my mind as yesterday. His music has a gentle but powerful undertow - pouring over you, soothing, touching the depths of your soul. He sadly passed too young but will be forever eternal, as generation after generation discover his now timeless work.
It really does. The first time I heard Nick Drake's song 'One of these things first' when I was probably 2-3 years old. Since then I have been obsessed with him throughout my life and play his music in happy, stressed and sad situations. I will never stop listening to his music. His voice and strumming just touches something in your mind that no other musician has ever done for me atleast. Now I'm 18 and about to leave home, I will carry his tunes with me forever. Nuff respect.
As and artist myself I’m positively convinced the gift brings with it a curse. While creative energy is a great high, I also understand an uncontrollable depression and nervousness, I believe Nick must have been experiencing something similar. I have respect to those who seek to unravel the unknown, to bring forth ideas by exploring the mind and imagination. They become our hero, traveling alone to dark places for us. Bringing back answers and solutions to our problems. Often a terribly frustrating role it is as an artist. Being misunderstood, unrecognized and unappreciated is certain, especially for the most brilliant. Going to far away places, searching for help, but losing themselves. Thank you Nick for your journey. It is the journey you lived... I can’t help but to wish it had ended some other way. RIP
Got any advice? Most days are difficult to get out of bed and face I must admit.
@@SamuelLucas-bd8jm Hi Samuel, I think it's a matter of knowing you have a purpose that's way beyond the surface. Don't let the measures of our society define you (easier said than done). You are a light in this world... it's really why you are here. Darkness wants to overcome the light, but it's the other way around. Darkness is empty and dead, and light is the active life-force that shines into emptiness to create life. We are small pieces of that light. We can create life into the dark parts of our place and purpose.
I'm not all to sure how all this work in my own life, so it's hard for me too. I do have moments of exuberance and renewed energy when I see I'm on track. But I can let "supposed failures" steal my joy. Most of my battle is my own inner darkness and that's my mistake. I focus on self and become more depressed. A wise person told me :
"you can overcome depression by helping others in need. It's the best way to help yourself. Be the light in someones life, give them your energy. Your energy will not run out, but be replenish twice as much and even more".
Was that you playing piano on your UA-cam? As an example, you could play your piano for someone, live or a recording. Just one person that you can bring a smile to with your playing. Or what ever other light you can bring someone. Just say, "hey I want to play something for you". Or "I wrote this letter of appreciation for you" and give them a simple letter of gratitude listing specific things about them. Might be a family member or a random person... an elderly person or a little kid even. There's so many people that need this, but just start with one at a time. I believe your place in purpose has someone very close that would receive your light. It doesn't even have to be masterful music or art or whatever. Just something simple that you give to someone else from your heart. The smile will let you know you're on track.
I guess that's my advice to you, IDK, just try it. Then let me know what happens. I would love to hear about it. Thanks for reaching out for support.
The quality of our dreams is both a reflection of our thoughts and actions as well as a general foreshadowing of the fate of our souls in the next life...A nightly, temporary karma that beckons us to change - for the good - so as to avoid a more permanent karma...
Beauty(🌷)+Complexity(🌎)
=Intent(❤️)
The Figure 8 Analogy:
An analogy on life, death, the dream-state and the symbolism intertwined within the human experience.
We human beings are not traveling in the abstract motion of a straight line towards death (for instance, the numerical straight line of say 1-89). Instead, we are moving in the motion of a figure 8. The Figure 8 is a natural repeating pattern that is divided into two halves and is thus the perfect symbol to represent the human life cycle and our two primary states of existence that we are continuously moving in and out of -the Awake State and the Dream-State.
When we awake from sleep we come full circle to when we fall back asleep (represented by the bottom half of the figure 8 )and when we go into the dream state we come full circle to when we awake from the dream state (represented by the top half of the figure 8 ). Upon death; the figure 8 of life untwines, but it’s not the body untwining from the mind that this analogy represents. It's two states of mind untwining to form a larger state of mind. (8-0)
Because the awake state is really a state -of mind, with our body's physical reality "consciously" intertwined; and the dream-state is also a state of mind, with our body's physical reality "subconsciously" intertwined. Therefore; upon death, these two states of mind untwine to form a “larger” state of mind. A state that has all the potentialities of the dream world (flying, telepathy, psychokinesis, etc) combined with all the actualities of the awake world(nature, form, bonds, etc). This I refer to as the transitional analogy.
While conceiving The Figure 8 Analogy, I realized life and death must be perceived -from one point of view- as seperate entities(the transitional analogy(8-0), but must also be perceived -from another point of view- as inseparable entities(the symbolic analogy👇), both of which are ultimately linked by the dream-state.
The symbolic analogy consists of the untwined figure 8 of life/the 'circle of death’, if you will, which -abstractly- overlapps the ‘circle of life’/the Earth, with the overlappment representing the dream-state, like the common area in a venn diagram, and implies that the dream state is just as much a part of life as is of death ~by which semi-explains precognitive dreams, prodromal dreams, "visitations" by deceased relatives, etc; for the dream-state has a foothold in the afterlife, and is based on the premise that “while our body sleeps, our dream state symbolically represents the state that awaits upon our body's ultimate rest.”
In other words, while we are lying down and sleeping/dreaming, this natural process symbolizes where we go when we're ultimately lying down/dead -to a place "like" our dream-state...A state "of mind” with our body's physical form+bonds eternally engrained and intertwined.
✋🏿👁~8~👁🤚🏻
Awesome comment
As an aspiring writer your words mean a lot to me. All the best friend.
Great documentary.
8:25 - Hearing Nick's mother play, was a highlight and incredibly enlightening.
That really resonated for me, too. Makes you really think about all the truly incredible music we’ll never hear, made by people who would otherwise not be remembered. It’s sad in many ways, but seeing her song have a moment to shine in the larger story of Nick was really beautiful
What a beautiful song his mother sang! A haunting tune that we were fortunate to come across. Her talent was so obvious.. I mean she could have been another Kate Bush for instance…
It’s indeed a very touching documentary about a short lived gifted soul who will be dearly missed 😔
Beautiful and sad documentary. I have been in love with his songs for more than 20 years.
Me too!
Visited his grave this week. Tanworth in Arden. St Mary Magdalene church.
I've been too. Don't know whether it fits him or he needs a bigger monument
Man, I just want to go back in time and give Nick a hug. Although he probably would have hated that even if he knew me well...
I think he would have enjoyed your hug Tom.
I was introduced to nick Drake in 1978 and wept at the very first song.....I grew up in England during the 60's and had returned state side in 1970-71....Hard for me to explain such a powerful connection to his music ......other than to say "I know it" or "I've lived it."
Nicks sister is as stunning as his music. Incredibly talented musician. Immortal in a sense.
Sensitivity and vulnerability are not qualities that are much valued. Nick and his Mother were special souls.
You can see that Gabriella is beaming with pride for Nick.
Truly. She has done so much to preserve and honor her brother’s legacy.
In this video, she reads a letter to him, and you can tell how genuine her love for him remains, all the years later: ua-cam.com/video/wVci_UYIYWY/v-deo.html
She has every reason to be as proud as she is.
Nick Drake's music has helped me thru the darkest moments of my life. Thank you Nick wherever you are.
Nick Drake never failed. Our concept about success and falling what failed.
. . . In an ideal world - which this is not. Try explaining ‘that’ to the proverbial … ‘ bank manager ‘.
Nick and his whole family seemed so kind, and this documentary is the best I have ever seen. You can feel the creativity from beginning to the end. I love Nick's music and it is nice to see where his gift came from.
A very sensitive documentary, about a very sensitive soul ... Thankyou.
Wow, the immediate similarity of their mother's songs is so apparent. And the knowing look that Gabrielle gives- chills.
A fellow student back in the mid-eighties recommended Nick's music to me. I don't usually take up recommendations, but I'm glad I took a chance in this case. I adored Nick Drake straight away: Lyrically, vocally and instrumentally this music sounded so elementally English, not just British. Nick's voice and guitar enchanted me. Thank you Luke, wherever you are!
His music and his life have moved me and made a huge impact on my life.
This was the documentary I saw whilst channel hopping in the nineties that introduced me to Nick Drake. I will be forever grateful.
Thanks for posting this...RIP Nick...Thanks you for elevating all that is human and beautiful xx
one of the best made documentaries I have ever seen. and I've seen not a few.
I'd love to have an album of his mother's music. So beautiful. I'd love to have a book of her poetry, as well. She was quite talented & had a strong voice.
So sad. Beautiful.
Thanks.
I found Nick Drake by my favorite actor who also passed away, Heath Ledger
He died in almost identical circumstances at a very similar age.
I think Nick Drake knew me better than I know myself.
SOoooo Beautiful wonderful voice Amazing 🎸 guitarist powerful words mystical.🥰🥰🥰🌷🦋🌼
RIP Nick , a beautiful soul
The quality of Nicks recording blows me away. considering what the Beatles were doing at the same time, Nicks recordings were cleaner, more balanced, Brilliant really.
This always needs to remain here.
😮NOTHERN SKY,,RIVER MAN, PINK MOON, ,,RIVER MAN,,WHAT AN INCREDIBLE AND BEAUTIFUL SONG ,,WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, ENIGMATIC TALENTED MAN JUST BEAUTIFUL, HE WRAPS ME IN A BEAUTIFUL VELVET BLANKET,,,GOD BLESS YOU NICK❤❤❤❤
I wish we could bring him back by him just knowning how much we cherish his music, like with Van Gogh in Dr Who.
It's very tough for everyone, we all can't handle it sometimes. He had several people around, some people don't have that, some people are alone.
I remember sitting in Sarah’s flat in Putney circa 87.. in love.. unrequited .. I remember torrential rain.. both stoned and listening to Nick Drake.. he forever brings me back to that beautiful painful nostalgic time… I lost my sister through suicide a year or so before
No-one actually ‘dies’ ... Your sister is in another realm , with Nick-?.. just perhaps .
Rest in peace the loss never leaves you , we live in a world less bright .
Nick was a beautiful beautiful guy. He was a gift that we didn't see his value until he was gone.
Fruit Tree
Brilliant documentary - thank you for posting it up. If it brings more people to the wonderful music of Nick Drake that'll be a damn good thing, GH
I discovered the music of Nick Drake whilst a graduate student in England in the early 1990s. thought your documentary was very good. Thank you.
Brighten my Northern Sky 🌌💙
He’s Lawrencian in his greatness.. his connection … and these arrangers should get credit as well they work was perfection
Beautiful film of an truly unique artist.
beautiful stills and visuals. thank you for this lovely documentary about a unique artist.
What a beautiful documentary. I'm glad they let the interviewees and Nick's music speak for themselves rather than inserting a narrator. It was wonderful to see the early film of Nick at the end and for Molly to share personal stories which I'm sure must be difficult. I only wish Nick could see how many generations of people he has given solace to.
I remember reading the New Musical Express one Thursday morning, on the way to school in Bournemouth, England, and reading that Nick Drake had died, and saying "Shit!" as quietly as one should sitting on a bus. So long ago!
Bournemouth-based Nick Drake fan here, too
Thank you for that snap shot
I am really glad I've found this guy years ago,....when I imagine i could've easily missed it , and how life is short, we pass by so many things and make no intermezzo , pay no attention, we have to go....His tonic definition illustrates so powerful visual images and makes every listener surrender , like it or not... Friend asked me what kind of music is it? ..You just have to let yourself be sucked in and once you did, you are hooked by magic of tunes and chords produced by his finger tips, soon you realize how it feels to be privileged by huge impact of this rare music delicacy. Those elongated (maybe arachnodactyly - spider fingers in every positive meaning ) - create world, too specific, like spider knit it's web. It changed the way i think of word - 'Melancholia'. There is so much beauty in there, that is beyond any words. And if you are in acoustic guitar domain that is whole another level of impression which will probably leave hard imprint in your very soul!
Deeply touching. Which person who has a shred of sensitive disposition hasn’t felt despair in life.
Born: June 19, 1948, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
Died: November 25, 1974, Tanworth in Arden, United Kingdom
Genre: Folk
Parents: Molly Drake, Rodney Drake
Place of burial: Church Of St Mary Magdalene, Tanworth-In-Arden
Just beautiful music by a truly unique artist. I always feel a sense of joy listening to his music.
What an Amazing artist. RIP. YOU GREAT MAN.
the string backgrounds in his songs, I'm addicted.
Nick was one of those souls who wasn't made for this world, or at least not for the time he lived in. Sometimes I wonder how he would fare these days, with modern forms of therapy. R.I.P. Nick, we love you now.
Since 2007 youth suicides have increased by 60% according to the CDC, and rates of depression accordingly so clearly "modern therapy" isn't helping very much, unfortunately. It is creating a new generation of Nick Drake fans I suppose though 🤔
The percentage would of course be higher these days, the population has increased considerably. In addition life is very different now compared to then. Social media which has a profound negative effect on youths. Also the health system with all its potential is failing at a rate never seen before.
Oh, he'd be fine...🎉
Iatrogenesis is the third leading cause of death in America.
Iatrogenesis means "health problems due to the treatment".
One of the sice effects of antidepressants is *violent behaviour*
It can be towards others or oneself.
Eric Harris, - Columbine school shooting - was taking antidepressants.
Medicine doesn't heal. It's been failing because they make us sick so that pharmaceutical industry profits.
RIP Nick
@@mechano6505you need to know what percentage use therapy before asserting that. I’m not saying therapy is perfect, but in my experience it’s people who cannot access such help, for whatever reason, who are most likely to die. Please take care out there.
He was a beautiful soul. Breaks my heart.
Nothing short of FANTASTIC!
This documentary is a work of art in itself. Exquisite.
What a beautiful documentary
Talented family.
My God that was wonderful. Just beautiful.
Gabrielle IS very beautiful. His mom's song has the seeds of Nick's music. He'll always be on my turntable- Namaste from Long time, Fan, in Canada ( if reincarnation IS, I hope Nick is happy...I miss him, still cry at times..) ( Gabrielle, you remind me of my absolute, "if only I could look like-" Jean Shrimpton, still, and I sadly am not young, still breakout, in another "documentary " you mentioned Nick's white, nebulous? I too suffer from severe depression and currently my circadian cycle is off, way off- well, when I was 15 my boyfriend's were 21-ish and were, "prettier" being homely is a curse esp in a shallow culture. Appreciate your beauty...Nick's lips...everything about Nick from his gentle, murmuring style of singing to his long, thick, wavy hair- I'm still a hippie. A "lifestyle" that chose, one, not the other way round- )
One of the best music documentaries I've seen. I highly recommend Richard Morton
Jack's biography of Nick. It doesn't really solve any mysteries but it is still a fascinating read
RIP Nick.. sleep my friend, see you on the other side.
The music gave me goosebumps
Wow, there are so many docs on him. Professional ones and ones made by fans. It's hard to choose
What I learned most about Nick Drake from this film is that he was as Delphic in life as he is in the present collective conscience.
I first heard his music in the movie Serendipity and loved it. Also in the movie The Lakehouse. I really thought he was a young upcoming musician when I heard it. Had no idea he had been already gone for so long and so very young. I was 6 years old. He was a year younger than my dad. I appreciated his music then when I heard it and still do now. Those 2 movies mean a lot to me, so does his music. It was perfectly matched. Saddened by his passing.
I'm a bit obsessed with Nick and his music right now. I just bought the superb book too 'Remembered for a While'.
It's his book? Wow sweetly awesome
Beautiful documentary.
He, his sister and mother are beautiful
I truly wish he was still here.
I find it hard to swallow the fact that they thought it would be a good idea to send Nick out to the bar circuit with his type of music…put the man in theaters…the chap in the video could have atleast said “we fucked up in sending him to the wrong type of venue” of course the bar scene is the wrong starting point to playing out for Nick…kinda absurd in retrospect.
Masterpiece.
Has to be one of the saddest stories in music that he would never know how loved his music would brcome. Pink Moon possibly my favourite song and a truly gifted guitar player
What a beautiful documentary. Thank you for the upload
Thank you Nick x
A good guitar tech and a few extra guitars on standby during is live performances could have helped with his alternate tuning issues. As far as dealing with unappreciative crowds he would either had to learn to play through it, or at some point speak up and tell crowd to shut up. But that didn't seem to be in his nature.
He needed a good manager/friend someone obviously different from him to have spread the path Infront..
@@jupitorious7925Brian Epstein was unavailable.
Beautiful, we love you Nick Drake ❤
I've been much influenced and moved by Nick's musicality and lyricism since the 1970s.
May his legacy stretch to eternity.
It's strange how the English upper ctrust are so proud of the psychological abuse they inflict upon their children in the guise of an education.
Interesting that one interviewee said that Nick Drake was suffering something existential. Creative people often draw on other art-forms or overseas travel to summon inspiration during periods of being artistically blocked or experiencing an existential crisis. Davey Graham went to Morocco in the early 1960s.
Imagine if Nick Drake travelled to Mali in the early 1970s for inspiration and met up with Ali Farka Touré. Can someone write a time travel screenplay to make this happen?
thank you for sharing, I love him, such a pure innocent soul, unable to come to peace with humanity's warts.
What a great documentary! I thought his mum's song was beautiful! And her poem at 33 mins (read perfectly by his sister) is devastatingly insightful!
An amazing musician !
Great watch
I often wonder if he would have lived. Just what incredible music he could have created. I mean those three albums are favorites of mine.
So sad for Nick's beautiful and caring family, his sister, Mother and Father.
Rest in Peace all.
May they have eternal life.
I discovered Nick’s music in 2000. The same time this documentary was made. I can’t remember if I saw this first or heard the music first, but for over 20 years it’s been a source of solace and inspiration. I think first heard of Nick Drake through the Graham Coxon song ‘I Wish’.
Anyone know what music is being played at 26:10 "Home Again" intro?
When The Day Is Done
@darkkiss7247 definitely not day is done
@darkkiss7247 listen to 26:10 mark. It sounds like isolated drums and bass. I'm not sure if it's an instrumental unreleased demo track or if it's a track they used just isolated the drums and bass and used for this documentary. I'm not even sure it's one of Nick Drakes songs.
I think I figured out it's the isolated drum and bass of Hazey Jane 1
Gabrielle one of those startling and stunning classy actresses I remember from childhood I notice is now 80 cor blimey guvnor doesn’t time travel ridiculously fast !
Thank fuck he made those records. I really hope he would be happy at his later success. I remember where I was when i first heard him. In my friends transit in the early morning after a party in the woods. It was Fruit Tree and still the most beautiful song Ive ever heard.