Nick Drake
Blog Posted:7/12/2011 8:59:00 AM
Just recently I refound my love for Nick Drake. I mean "Bryter Layter" is a stroke of genius in my opinion, and the song "Way to Blue" ranks up there as one of my all time favourites. His story and his posthumous fame is a sad one and how he had no fame when he was alive with these amazing albums in his possession is beyond me. But staying on the topic I can't help but feel sad when I compare the music of today with the music of the past, slowly to me so much of today's music sounds wooden, lifeless and almost the same in some cases. So if anyone has some suggestions as to a good band/musician for me to listen please please pleeeeeeeease let me know. And so as I mainly talked about him and the song I love so much here is the opening verse:
"Don't you have a word to show what may be done
Have you never heard a way to find the sun
Tell me all that you may know
Show me what you have to show
Won't you come and say
If you know the way to blue?" -
"Way to Blue" by Nick Drake from the album "Five Leaves Left"
Gordon Joe Orton