To be fair to Robin, he has sung this song in concerts much more melodically than his busked version at this informal get together. As an ex-public schoolboy, he's probably one of the few singers left in Britain who could reproduce Nick's accent- if he wanted to....
Oh man, this is really awful! Thing with Drake is.... if you can't play it, you shouldn't! Although his does have good taste in music, this confirms my distaste for Hitchcock. I am not at all a fan of his.
Yeah you might be right, I guess it's just me. I don't like the cover and see no point in playing River Man and not doing it in 5/4 time, this was Nick's signature!
You know, I think the problem is that for hard core Nick Drake's fans cover songs can never make justice to the original... I realize it myself, I'm never very neutral when evaluating cover songs of Nick, nothing is good enough.....
Well, Robin's vocals have always divided us punters. Some people don't like his heavily accented English accent, but that's one of the reasons he appeals to me.
At the Songs of Nick Drake concert on the previous evening, I thought Graham Coxon's vocals were terrible, but as we came out, a couple of teenagers were talking about how his performance was head and shoulders above everyone else....
Nice try, Robin, but this just doesn't work...
ssls1100 2 years ago
To be fair to Robin, he has sung this song in concerts much more melodically than his busked version at this informal get together. As an ex-public schoolboy, he's probably one of the few singers left in Britain who could reproduce Nick's accent- if he wanted to....
Happyvalleypondman 2 years ago
Oh man, this is really awful! Thing with Drake is.... if you can't play it, you shouldn't! Although his does have good taste in music, this confirms my distaste for Hitchcock. I am not at all a fan of his.
robotorb 2 years ago
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Yeah you might be right, I guess it's just me. I don't like the cover and see no point in playing River Man and not doing it in 5/4 time, this was Nick's signature!
You know, I think the problem is that for hard core Nick Drake's fans cover songs can never make justice to the original... I realize it myself, I'm never very neutral when evaluating cover songs of Nick, nothing is good enough.....
deapestsea 2 years ago
I SAID THE GUITAR IS OUT OF TUNE!
NektarVision 2 years ago
got he sounds awful... how disappointing is this :o(
deapestsea 2 years ago
Well, Robin's vocals have always divided us punters. Some people don't like his heavily accented English accent, but that's one of the reasons he appeals to me.
At the Songs of Nick Drake concert on the previous evening, I thought Graham Coxon's vocals were terrible, but as we came out, a couple of teenagers were talking about how his performance was head and shoulders above everyone else....
Happyvalleypondman 2 years ago
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