Hanging on a Star Nick Drake

[pianoraccoon]

i am weeping for my mind

[astroboirap]

below par like most of nick drake's UNRELEASED stuff. studio albums are 10/10 though

[WiteLightnin74]

I have been listening and playing for 25 years to guitar players. I always find something unique in the great songwriters' styles. I must learn more N. Drake.

[zulumabala]

its amazing how modest he sounds- I know little of his personality (nor did anyone probably) but it seems he would be almost incapable of treating anyone with anything but affection- albeit a shy, timid form."A great distress hath humanized my soul."- Wordsworth.

[guitarmainly]

Nick spent countless hours in seclusion perfecting his guitar parts ,lyrics and vocals for his compositions.That is what is required to build anything of meaning artistically. He gave everything of himself in this song and it shows. He left us many amazing songs in his short life. Long live Nick Drake!

[natasaaa]

the story of every (potential) relationship i've ever had.

[awwwyeaboyeeee]

My favorite ND song.

[doughboycod2]

@awwwyeaboyeeee Mine as well.

[jerzy862]

Thank You Nick Drake.

[Mungo12345678910]

huge loves to nick drake. hardly any artist can make people instant friends by recognizing there name or music!!

"are you humming nick drake?"

"yes i am!! how did you know!"

"i love nick drake!"

"wow, i dont know many people who likes his music"

BANG instant connection!!! i love him and his music for this!

[MrCaioliz]

His songs combines with my soul,like a reflectiona mirror,so sadly and lost,I feel a kind of friendship for him that I never met,but somewhere he is now ,he might know that his music help a lot,always.Thank You from the bottom of my heart!

[debbiepelbry]

@Vincent777Legion1 or both...

[MrKenRobertson]

I heard nick Drake because a friend (Khat) played it...I will be listening long past death..his or mine....thanks nick..x

[fatfatat444]

I'm talented on the pianoand I can play bass, but I wish this good at acoustic guitar.

[MusicbyMitar]

Thank you Nick so much for your wonderful life inspiring music. RIP 4ever Nick Drake, the prince of acoustic guitar!!

[Vincent777Legion1]

Some go to church to purify their souls, I just listen to Nick Drake.

He is the wine.

[guitarmainly]

Rest In peace Brother.....I listened to your music and loved you when you were still on this earth.

[RobertWilsonMusic]

I think I'll always go back to Nicks' music. There really isn't anything with lyrics that speak so loudly in the sea of a failing music industry

[suicidalquiff]

This is so painful to listen to :( i really, really need nick to come back and play this live for the world. it would change everything and everyone.

[Kanai75]

Love Nick Drake!!!!

[EddieBeakney]

The superior version for me. It's the simplicity, the space, the tempo, the poetry in one voice and a guitar. His music is resonant from over the years, a heavenly piece of music, more profound with each listen. I discovered him on an Island compilation in the 70's and still listen to his music with wonder. One of a kind.

[BodhiHeera]

Do not fight back the tears.

[takanuvathegreat]

i heard the made to love magic virsion first, but i like this one a little more:D

[basehead617]

this song is incredibly painful to listen to

[blueslystone]

wow, this is really different than the "made to love magic" version. can't tell which I like better...

[donnpatc]

If you like this version (and you should), it's reason enough if you haven't done it to pick up the "Made to Love Magic" collection. The version there is my favorite Nick Drake song.

[adrinaut]

there is something about his whining voice and beautiful guitar that sticks to your soul

[TATiwonderland]

i luv his smile ...

[236091]

Bless you Nick Drake, RIP xxxxxxxxx

[OmniHashbrown]

galsandlagher: Actually, now that you mention it, they do sound similar :D

[MrOLDBIKER]

420 Here now!

[galsandlagher]

Listen to Horn (Pink Moon Album), i noticed when playing it on guitar, there are definite parallels between the notes of Horn and the lyrics of this song. Is it just me? Nick Drake is my favourite artist of all time!

[onesp1ng]

i feel proud to be the 10,001st view...

[MrNEILSUPERNAUT]

@onesp1ng

lets make it 30,000

[Jetrodmatmat]

This song gives me goosebumps

[Syudu]

too bad this version isnt on itunes

[shenmator]

wenn ich seine musik höre bleibt die zeit für mich stehen....

so kraftvoll und gleichzeitig traurig...

simply amazing! i love him

he is my king of music

[kellycolleen210]

so simple yet so powerful. beautiful

[Jetrodmatmat]

I agree

[goouttothemeadow]

'If my music ever did anything to one single person, it would be worth it.' - Nick Drake. I recently visited Tanworth-in-Arden and payed my respects to Nick's final resting place and I had to fight back tears. I went for a long walk in the countryside and watched a young deer running through the fields and again I had to fight back tears, so beautiful was the running deer, so innocent and full of life and that is the unique magic that I feel every time I hear Nick's music.

[Nic01224]

@goouttothemeadow Firatly, why are you all talking about Drake on first name terms, you didn't know him? Secondly to go to his resting place and cry when you didn't know the guy is a bit strange. You guys are just a personality cult-theirs nothing romantic (your posts reek romanticism) or tragic (in a romantic sense) about Drake. He made three great albums and gave up on life. End of. If you cry at seeing a young deer you need to get out more, beuty and innocense is all around!

[daehoidareht]

@Nic01224 you are obviously a cynic.You don't have to know someone personally to connect and appreciate their contributiions.It's people like you that make the world suck sometimes.

[THFCWeHateArsenal]

@daehoidareht

Amen. The world would be better with more romantics

[donnpatc]

@Nic01224 Well, yeah, beauty and innocence is all around. And, reading the very post that seems to set you off so much, I think goouttothemeadow gets that. To feel the way that a lot of us feel about Nick Drake's music and its interaction with the story of his life kind of means that we get it too. You might want to ask yourself if you do.

P.S. His death may have been an acident; the jury will always be out on that. There's no indication that he 'gave up' on anything.

[goouttothemeadow]

@Nic01224 Don't tell me how and why I should or shouldn't feel a certain way. There is clearly much that you simply do not understand. You may think what you are saying is clever or unique but it really isn't - it's very foolish and naive. You don't understand what I think or feel, or what Nick Drake thought or felt. You have no idea. Leave me to my patch of mud and I'll leave you to yours.

[daehoidareht]

@goouttothemeadow Nick Drake it was worth it. Many, many times over..Thank you.

[sunchaserky]

@goouttothemeadow sweet! 

[humppatoukka]

@goouttothemeadow I lol'd

[whatsetyouapart]

I've been a musician for a long time now, and I finally found a home. Each of us has an artist or artists that speak for a part of our soul better than we could. I wish I could've met Nick, I would've given him a strong embrace and said thank you.

[blufkin25]

whatsetyouapart - beautiful comment and well put. RIP nick.

[donnpatc]

@whatsetyouapart His stuff draws you in; it seems to fit the mood. Play this music, wherever you are, and it will work to draw out the best - and the most beautifully painful - of wherever you are and whatever you are doing. I don't tear up often when listening to music. I am happy, really, to say that with Nick this is a rather common occurrence. The pain you hear in his records, you've felt many, many times. It just never had a soundtrack before.

[loic1457]

poetry

[DrMabuse06]

Great upload.

Thanks.

[miracleman27]

I've only from heard Nick Drake From The Playlist From The Book, "Perks Of Being A Wallflower" Then I saw a documentary on him last night and realized how talented he was. It's cool, we still acknowledge his music over 30 years since he died. Great music

[merrilyx4]

Other than John Denver, I have never heard a voice evoke so much emotion so simply.

A tragedy of nature; a supernatural beauty.

One more petal to the wind...

[Johnny6666]

I find this version to be far better than the release on 'Made To Love Magic'. Yes, the 'MTLM' version is more anguished, but I think this is the more polished version, and the one Nick Drake would have been more likely to wish released.

[skyseye]

his music is a mouthful of fresh air while soaring the clouds...

[stripes154]

this guy was the real deal. rest in peace nick