Elton John - Time Has Told Me (Nick Drake Cover)

[Fredigundis22]

These travesties of Nick Drake songs by Elton John are uniformly awful. It simply confirms the depressing truth that a mediocrity with boundless self-belief will thrive, while a genius with none will go to the wall. Nobody who really loves Nick Drake could really like - or even tolerate - this.

[pointsonthei]

i think this is elton with the big bril

[ThePieffe63]

This cover is like an elephant in a shop of glasses!

[AllegrettoDolce]

Hi all, Nick Drake's bio in Rolling Stone states- "In 1970 Elton John was hired as a session vocalist to record Drake's songs to use as demos to entice established singers to covet Drake's compositions."

[strangefruit42]

@cleolicious You have no idea how ridiculous you sound. In 1968 Elton wasn't even Elton, he was Reg Dwight, a young and very shy (so much about the huge ego crap) musician who made a living doing cover versions of songs for sampler records. Or, like it was in this case to help artists selling songs they hadn't recorded themselves at that point. Please don't judge the history of an artist by the very limited knowledge you have out of the yellow press.

[SirPsychoSexy121]

it's a cover people. it's not supposed to be the same exact thing.

[chevrotyne]

@richardvollin oh really ! so give me good information : richardvollin !

[richardvollin]

@chevrotyne I made some rather shoddy remarks concerning the information posted regarding this song.

I apoligised and provided 'chevrotyne' the information he requested.

Maybe in the future; people who post on YouTube will research their information first, check twice, and help keep misinformation, and distorted facts from being perpetuated.

'chevrotyne' is cleared of any wrong doing, as he is not the only person who has been conned by fabrications appearing on CD's of dubious origin.

[printedpaper]

elton john : england = albano : italy

[geoffdowning5376]

this is terrible.



[hannahmwalsh]

I'm not 100% on my Elton John knowledge... but he wasn't famous in 1968 was he? He's just as entitled to cover it... plus it probably sounded pretty good in the 60s.... and Nick probably could have used the £££ and exposure... (personally I think it's terrible, but hey!)

[strangefruit42]

@hannahmwalsh Your knowledge is right. Elton, or better Reg was mostly a session musician, and as far as I know Nick Drake even made those recordings. He hadn't recorded the song himself back then, so it's logical to assume that it was even the way he imagined the song should sound at that time.

[malcbridger]

Absolutely awful!!!!!!!!!

[damillionmalania]

It needs to have a lower profile to have that haunting beauty. :\

[HalfGreyhound]

I like it.

[husker666]

What an abomination of a classic tune reg.....shame on you!

[husker666]

What an abomianation of a brilliant song...shhame on u reg !

[vivailrock]

Huge version, really.

[smeckmagarfa]

nicks family should sue belt on john for this pile of shite

[andy92811]

Why was he doing covers of Nick Drake in 1968? LOL.

[sauciesedgwick]

Really sounds like Flying Burrito Brothers, which is not a bad thing : )

[bozboz777]

They should do a movie about Syd's life, like Nowhere Boy about John Lennon. I would love to see this!!!!!!!!!

[dodeka]

This one is at least better than the cover of Day is Done.

[smenon7]

wow. spectacularly bad.

[foggel2k]

This is so, so, so SO BAD!

[danscac]

this is really Elton John? He sounds so different. I didnt know that Elton ever listened to Drake! that very fact blows my mind...

[danscac]

this is really Elton John? He sounds so different. I didnt know that Elton ever listened to Drake! that very fact blows my mind

[piraterice]

How is this shit? For God sake people it's not like there is a lot of Nick Drake shit out there.Enjoy it, I think the rawness of the track is incredible!

[MikeNC2371]

I like this bluesy version of my personal favorite Nick Drake song....Cyndi

[Cypeq]

elton john blew it up :S

[whitneygrattan]

What happend to kelly willis sining time has told me ????

[epicmeade]

I don't get why everyone's being so harsh. for one thing, this was recorded before Nick recorded his own version so how could Elton attempt to be more faithful to a version that didn't exist. secondly, it sounds like Elton John doing a Nick Drake song as an Elton John song. pretty cool in my book. and lastly, it was recorded as a demo, never meant for official release. I say just enjoy the chance to hear a different interpretation of a great song. thanks for posting this version.

[gatoguts]

This was recorded in 1968, one year before Five Leaves Left. How is that possible?

[epicmeade]

@gatoguts this song was recorded as a demo tape to try to sell nicks songs to other artists . back in the sixties it was fairly common for a song to be covered by other artists before the writer had recorded it themselves. for instance, Fairport convention and judy Collins were doing Joni Mitchell songs before joni had gotten a record deal. and Joe Cockers version of "Something" was recorded before the beatles version.

[ergoguitar]

@gatoguts Same way Nico, Iain Matthews, Gregg Allman, Tom Rush and Kenny Loggins recorded "These Days" way before Jackson Browne had it on his second album. For Lewis9229 "Jackson Browne" is the name of an American singer and songwriter. A pretty good one, at that. Anyway, Lewis, go back to listening to Kenny G or whomever it is you think makes "music."

[amccann7]

elton john is an amazing musician, but i really wish he never covered this; the mood is not right at all.

[buckskinbul]

fuck me ... calm doon dwight.. too too much

[artvandelay13]

waaaaaaayyyyy too much, tone it down a little!! doesn't have the same soul as nick's version at all!

[NicoDraak74]

@artvandelay13 Yo Art, how them latex factory doing?

[sahree]

whoa! i never know these covers existed!

[godwhyisthistaken]

nick drake cool unknow guy who commited suicide, love elton john

[backdoorman29]

lol..ur funny..

cool unknown guy..jesus..

long live drake..

[NicoDraak74]

Frankly speaking, I had expected a little bit more of it.

I'd like to hear Elton John cover some Drake songs again, the matured Elton John

[lewis9229]

i liked his way to blue cover, but this is a pile of shite

[ergoguitar]

@lewis9229 Know nothing comment.  As others have said, John recorded this before NIck recorded his version. John really loved Drake's music and was able to find a way to make this tune his own.

[lewis9229]

@ergoguitar I don't care if he recorded it 10 years before Nick, it's still shit. clearly a lot of people agree with me too

[ergoguitar]

@lewis9229 And I don't care who agreed with you. You're a maroon with absolutely no music knowledge, taste or ability.

[lewis9229]

@ergoguitar no need to start crying about it ya fruit

[ergoguitar]

@lewis9229 Let's see...you love boxing...you try EXTRA hard to be a tough guy...you threaten people you don't agree with...you call people you don't agree with "fags" and "fruits"...and you consider that the worst possible insult. let's put this all together... Bingo: you're gay and closeted. Good luck with that, Lewis.

[danscac]

As for this cover, it's the job of a cover to present the song in a different way. Only very rarely does it make any sense whatsoever to compare the two versions in order to rank one as "better" than the other. I'm a total Drakephile. For what it's worth I like the cover. It doesnt matter that Nick's original speaks to me in ways that this cover doesn't cover. this cover is made those whom it reaches. Let's learn learn from Nick Drake. Let's respect music the way he did.

[lewis9229]

@danscac i respect your opinion. but your opinion is wrong

[rondex777]

Good version !