Nick Drake - Clothes Of Sand

Cover of Nick Drake - Clothes Of Sand
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[anberlinfan101]

Thank you so much for the database. I was trying to figure out his tunings for so long...

[audioglass]

@anberlinfan101 You are welcome friend

[CTyankee4277]

So sparse, so beautiful. You play well

This must have been one of Nick's last songs - not even PinkMoon is this bleak. And yet it's comforting in a way. In the film Made to Love Magic, his sister said he wanted his music to just reach one person - I wish he knew now what it means to people. Its strange, he is gone yet he's still with us, like his spirit is stirring in the breeze.

[audioglass]

Thanks for your comments. Interesting conversion gong here. I agree. Nicks music can be interpreted is so many ways. It is extraordinary.

[27419917]

only travis meeks and nick drake can shake my soul

[TheVelvetBride]

@CTyankee4277 Clothes of Sand is one of Nick's earliest and relatively simplest songs -_-

[audioglass]

@hdhdss Thanks a lot my friend. I should get some more videos together. This is old now and I have learned to play a lot better since then. I've been nailing Strange Meeting II for the last 4 years! Though I don't get to play it much as I am always in CGCFCE.

[tami22au]

...and thanks for your sentiment. That's life...

[tami22au]

I agree. That's the beauty of all art.

And belated thanks to audioglass for posting this in the first place and introducing others to this music.

[CTyankee4277]

I am sorry for your loss.

The story behind this song may never truly be known, but I don't think there's any wrong way to interpret this. Some people see/hear beauty and it evokes certain feelings or memories - that's the beauty of it.

[tami22au]

Yes, if it connects, it seems to connect strongly. I don't think there's any evidence about anything to do with this song. All you say may be right, but, for me, it takes more than a mention of sand (and sea, I should point out...) and coloured skies to connect this song with Morocco and drugs. The truth is, nobody really knows.

For me personally, it is about someone losing a lover to someone else in marriage. The imagery has personal meanings too. This happened to me recently, so, of course...