That’s a great one. And Northern Sky. The beauty of music is that it can be discovered and rediscovered. It amazes me whenever I discover new music that there is always more and more to be discovered. Old and new. Different eras. It’s a very rich and boundless legacy.
We can speculate all day about Nick, but unless a person has experienced depression, it's hard to understand. It is a living hell. There's no real pleasure or joy in life, concentration and focus is difficult, you feel like there's no way out, sleep is impacted, it can be physically painful. I've had a taste of it and it was easily the scariest thing I've ever been through. My heart breaks for him or anyone who suffers with it. RIP dear Nick.🌹
I hope you are doing better now, I've had depression too and it was one of the worst moments of my life. I really thought it wouldn't end. I also play guitar and it affected me a lot, I wasn't able to play without feeling tremendously miserable. I have some anxiety recently but nothing compared to the past times. It is so sad how many people suffer from this pain and never get out. Nick also lived in a time in which mental health issues weren't properly treated, and his drug use didn't help much. Big hugs from Spain :)
@@Lalairu Thank you for your sweet reply. I'm so sorry that you had to experience such a nightmare. It is the loneliest place to be. I hope you are doing well also! Many years ago I had post-partum depression with my first son. It was supposed to be the happiest of times, yet I was overwhelmed, confused, lost and desperate to find the light. I wasn't sure how to do it, but I had to get some relief and who knows how it could have ended. Meds just made it worse. One day I was feeling so desperate, that I dropped to my knees, looked up and asked Jesus to please help me. Within 2 days, the fog began to lift and each day after was better. I don't know how you feel about prayer but He was the only One who could save me from an uncertain time. He IS the 'Great Physician'! Take good care of yourself!❤
@@lindahandley5267 I've seen your lovely comment on the other Nick Drake documentary ( A Skin Too Few) and they were lovely words about missing someone you never knew. Now having read your experience here I couldn't help myself but give testimony to what you have shared with all of us. I've been there too, and still am struggling quite often, and so far the best medicine had always come from praying to the Lord, the only comfort that truly heals your wounds. I give you an embrace and wish you peace of mind and happiness with all your loved ones! A mother who loves Nick Drake's music must surely be a very inspiring one!
@@diana.po. Dear Diana, your precious words have me crying. That is the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me. Yes, the Lord is my saving grace. He's truly the only One who can help. I've had too many losses to talk about on here, but Faith has gotten me through. So many people get turned off when Jesus' name is mentioned, which is a mystery to me. I'm so glad we're sisters in Christ! When I wrote those words about Nick, I don't know where they came from. There was just something so special about him...there was a sadness about him and his music. Even though he's crossed over, his music is still affecting so many people. Keep praying and I will say a prayer for you too! I don't know you, but I love your spirit and I thank you again. You made me cry and smile at the same time! 💗
@@lindahandley5267 oh, this is so beautiful! I know what you mean about people being turned off when mentioning Jesus’s name. But truly I think the same, that Faith helps us get through. If I haven’t rerurned to my faith, I don’t think I would be alive to this day. And I love that we struck a chord with each other and it was thanks to Nick Drake’s sensitive music: I hope he found peace and forgiveness! Have a beautiful life, Linda! Lift up your heart!❤️🤗
Mine too. It just does something to my soul. How grand would it have been to have met him or watched him perform live. But, as we all learned he was a shy sort and I can certainly understand that, having to perform in front of people. I think I would just die. I almost didn't make through high school with having to give 'book reports' in front of the English class.😩
I remember watching this programme late one night whilst I was studying at Bristol University in 1998/99. I actually felt guilty and or slightly embarrassed that I had no idea who Nick Drake was! The very next day I went down to a record shop and bought every single album of Nicks that was there. I'm not so much of a lyrics man, but far more in love with music, and the clarity and precision of Nicks playing is what blew me away. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
That seems to be the effect he and his music have on people just discovering him. I know it did me. I was in awe! Plus, I was saddened that I hadn't been enjoying his music all these years, and how could I not have known about him?
I was born in 1965, its only when I look back now, I realize that I heard him as a kid via my sister playing his music in her bedroom. On listening to him in my early 20s I kept saying to myself "I recognize this" into my 30s I have never stopped listening to his music. I have two observations on Nick ... 1, Given his Upper Class background and his reserved personality, the Cut and Thrust of The Music Industry was not for him. 2, Given what I have said in my first observation, that was why "He Did Not Make It" hence is tragic downturn in his mental health, and him ending his life. I believe in the spiritual world along with our physical world, so I am glad that Nick knows now How Much he is Appreciated and Missed.
I'm always fascinated by what the brain remembers from documentaries decades later - 25 years since I saw this and what I had remembered was the extraordinary confrontation near the end when the record label man described Drake's poetry as adolescent. The bravery of doing that stood out and also his sister's beautiful accent. Now many left who speak like that anymore.
Nick Drake Lives On In His Amazing Music. I’m grateful I came across “Northern Sky”…a beautifully enchanting song which led me to the rest of his phenomenal songs. RIP Nick Drake~You are eternally Loved & Revered🙏🩷💕
18/06/23 How strange, I am watching this having just found the John Grant version of 'Day is Done' posted four days ago, from a forthcoming 'covers' album. In fifteen minutes it will be Nick Drake's birthday ... time has told me ...
One can surmise that it’s a form of manic depression given how productive / prolific he was. In addition to his depression he likely was having mixed states with some mania and depression present. It’s challenging to produce such incredible content when you’re in throes of just pure depression (as he experienced sometimes)
The fact that he was so private stopped those who may have been able to help. However, some people are too sensitive for this world. I can say that from personal experience.
So little was known about Cannabis psychosis in the late '60s/early '70s. These people have known so little about depression, which they mistake for self-seeking solipsism. ND was a sick young man. For people who associate illness with the lower classes, they'll ruminate forever. The truth is those who knew him feel deeply guilty. They have not the spiritual resources to praise his memory and say a prayer for the repose of his soul...
I am surprised that in all the interviews, books and radio programmes I have seen/read/ heard about Nick Drake, I have never heard anyone mention autism. I was diagnosed as autistic myself a few years ago, in middle age. I don't claim to be exceptionally talented at anything, but autistic people often are. Nick Drake's social awkwardness and introverted, withdrawn or retiring behaviour that people describe, sound like textbook autistic traits to me. I just wonder if people are too quick to attribute a lot of his shyness and awkwardess to depression and drugs, when it could have been a lot more complex than that. Autistic people are often very creative and exceptionally talented, but can lack self-belief and confidence in a crowded situation. It could explain Nick's reluctance to perform in public and, in later years, to become less communicative. In social situations, many autistic people have to work very hard to try to fit in and find small talk very difficult. We call it "masking" and it can be exhausting.
That was a beautiful explanation and you know firsthand. It sure sounds like the Nick I've learned about. I'm glad you said this because he just seemed too intelligent to have gotten involved with heavy drugs at the time. I have read that he overdosed on his depression medication, whether or not it was intentional. Anyway, it seems rare to see a pic of him smiling. He always looked somber. I'm so sorry that he isn't here anymore. He would have been 76, and probably still writing and singing his beautiful music.😪
For myself perhaps an undiagnosed autistic I find myself exhausted after a full work week and need an entire day to recover sometimes more. Interesting that no one has ever considered Nick may have been.
@macadoo2530 You are so right. I don't know if they tested for autism in the 60's and 70's, or if his parents thought that his behavior was that unusual besides the depression. I certainly know that feeling of being at work around people all week. It can be very exhausting because you feel like you're 'on' the whole time. When I would get home from work, I needed some alone time also! I hope you are doing well!
@@lindahandley5267 Thanks I hope the same for you! I realize it wasnt a term that existed in those days (autism). Its make perfect sense when you think about it now. Some people are not built for the fast paced, share every detail about yourself way of life. Those that arent are usually more introspective and introverted. I believe Nick was this way.
I’ve always thought it very strange that the prophetic lyrics of fruit tree were on the first album. You would expect perhaps this kind of song on his third album when Drake realized that he wasn’t making a dent amongst his contemporaries.
Yes, at this point he would have expected something to happen with his music and yet he is resigned to what he says in fruit tree about fame. You are right, it is very strange, although he would have observed post death fame in others in history maybe...also the creative process is not always entirely conscious therefore he may have been articulating these ideas sub consciously because his temperament tended towards this... All these ideas are maybes😊
The fact he told his father he didn't want a "safety net" when his father pleaded with him to go get a degree tells you so much he wanted nothing to do with institutions like universities or to live in the Box of regular society....
Nick had the same accent, his recorded speaking voice sounds exactly like Prince Charles .. known as Morning Monologue which was when he recorded himself rambling after driving home drunk on the wrong side of the road from a party (he explains that he recently returned from 'abroad' where he had been driving on the other side) that's the only time I've heard him speak apart from a few words in the studio between songs.
It doesn't matter what his background was. Different courses for different horses. It didn't help him, coming from a privileged background, did it? Maybe it had the opposite effect. Expectations and all that.
@@storiesue1699 what I'm getting at is that ND's background was very oldskool English, especially as his parents were returned expats. In the early 70s he may well have felt estranged and entitled at the same time.
They aren't. Most of us didn't go to a public school, we just jog on hoping for the best. The outside world thinks we all speak like the late Queen and drink tea all day😊 Nonsense.
Love the music, interested in the guy; but all this hoity toity posh background sh it is quite off putting. Imagine the horror of him having to work a full time job on top of having depression.
I've just discovered Nick Drake in 2024. What a very sad story. I can't stop listening to his music, Saturday Sun in particular.
I'm glad you found him. Enjoy!🌹
Saturday sun keeps me alive. fr fr no cap
Three Hours is a great tune also .
That’s a great one. And Northern Sky. The beauty of music is that it can be discovered and rediscovered. It amazes me whenever I discover new music that there is always more and more to be discovered. Old and new. Different eras. It’s a very rich and boundless legacy.
So very true. It's like a gift that keeps on giving. Something to be grateful for.
We can speculate all day about Nick, but unless a person has experienced depression, it's hard to understand. It is a living hell. There's no real pleasure or joy in life, concentration and focus is difficult, you feel like there's no way out, sleep is impacted, it can be physically painful. I've had a taste of it and it was easily the scariest thing I've ever been through. My heart breaks for him or anyone who suffers with it. RIP dear Nick.🌹
I hope you are doing better now, I've had depression too and it was one of the worst moments of my life. I really thought it wouldn't end. I also play guitar and it affected me a lot, I wasn't able to play without feeling tremendously miserable. I have some anxiety recently but nothing compared to the past times. It is so sad how many people suffer from this pain and never get out. Nick also lived in a time in which mental health issues weren't properly treated, and his drug use didn't help much. Big hugs from Spain :)
@@Lalairu Thank you for your sweet reply. I'm so sorry that you had to experience such a nightmare. It is the loneliest place to be. I hope you are doing well also!
Many years ago I had post-partum depression with my first son. It was supposed to be the happiest of times, yet I was overwhelmed, confused, lost and desperate to find the light. I wasn't sure how to do it, but I had to get some relief and who knows how it could have ended. Meds just made it worse.
One day I was feeling so desperate, that I dropped to my knees, looked up and asked Jesus to please help me. Within 2 days, the fog began to lift and each day after was better. I don't know how you feel about prayer but He was the only One who could save me from an uncertain time. He IS the 'Great Physician'! Take good care of yourself!❤
@@lindahandley5267 I've seen your lovely comment on the other Nick Drake documentary ( A Skin Too Few) and they were lovely words about missing someone you never knew. Now having read your experience here I couldn't help myself but give testimony to what you have shared with all of us. I've been there too, and still am struggling quite often, and so far the best medicine had always come from praying to the Lord, the only comfort that truly heals your wounds. I give you an embrace and wish you peace of mind and happiness with all your loved ones! A mother who loves Nick Drake's music must surely be a very inspiring one!
@@diana.po. Dear Diana, your precious words have me crying. That is the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me. Yes, the Lord is my saving grace. He's truly the only One who can help. I've had too many losses to talk about on here, but Faith has gotten me through. So many people get turned off when Jesus' name is mentioned, which is a mystery to me. I'm so glad we're sisters in Christ!
When I wrote those words about Nick, I don't know where they came from. There was just something so special about him...there was a sadness about him and his music. Even though he's crossed over, his music is still affecting so many people. Keep praying and I will say a prayer for you too! I don't know you, but I love your spirit and I thank you again. You made me cry and smile at the same time! 💗
@@lindahandley5267 oh, this is so beautiful! I know what you mean about people being turned off when mentioning Jesus’s name. But truly I think the same, that Faith helps us get through. If I haven’t rerurned to my faith, I don’t think I would be alive to this day.
And I love that we struck a chord with each other and it was thanks to Nick Drake’s sensitive music: I hope he found peace and forgiveness!
Have a beautiful life, Linda! Lift up your heart!❤️🤗
River Man is my favourite Nick Drake song ❤
I first heard Road,am hooked❤
Mine too. It just does something to my soul. How grand would it have been to have met him or watched him perform live. But, as we all learned he was a shy sort and I can certainly understand that, having to perform in front of people. I think I would just die. I almost didn't make through high school with having to give 'book reports' in front of the English class.😩
Its such a great song...Angels ?
I remember watching this programme late one night whilst I was studying at Bristol University in 1998/99. I actually felt guilty and or slightly embarrassed that I had no idea who Nick Drake was! The very next day I went down to a record shop and bought every single album of Nicks that was there. I'm not so much of a lyrics man, but far more in love with music, and the clarity and precision of Nicks playing is what blew me away. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
That seems to be the effect he and his music have on people just discovering him. I know it did me. I was in awe! Plus, I was saddened that I hadn't been enjoying his music all these years, and how could I not have known about him?
One of the most incredible songwriter and an amazing creating guitarist; Hard to believe that such a beautiful soul couldn't stay longer with us
I constantly return to Nick’s music. The annual gathering for him in Tanworth in Arden is always a treat. 😊
Can you tell me more about this please?
@@A27-j5vyes plz❤
Publish those pictures plz❤❤❤
I was born in 1965, its only when I look back now, I realize that I heard him as a kid via my sister playing his music in her bedroom.
On listening to him in my early 20s I kept saying to myself
"I recognize this" into my 30s I have never stopped listening to his music.
I have two observations on Nick ...
1, Given his Upper Class background and his reserved personality, the Cut and Thrust of The Music Industry was not for him.
2, Given what I have said in my first observation, that was why "He Did Not Make It" hence is tragic downturn in his mental health, and him ending his life.
I believe in the spiritual world along with our physical world, so I am glad that Nick knows now How Much he is Appreciated and Missed.
I'm always fascinated by what the brain remembers from documentaries decades later - 25 years since I saw this and what I had remembered was the extraordinary confrontation near the end when the record label man described Drake's poetry as adolescent. The bravery of doing that stood out and also his sister's beautiful accent. Now many left who speak like that anymore.
As I heard Nick's mum singing her song my heart was overwhelmed with such deep joy and sadness altogether, funny feeling really. Thanks for that.
Nick Drake Lives On In His Amazing Music. I’m grateful I came across “Northern Sky”…a beautifully enchanting song which led me to the rest of his phenomenal songs. RIP Nick Drake~You are eternally Loved & Revered🙏🩷💕
19/09/2023 - Nick Drake such a settling voice
Just discovered Nick Drake. Going by his music I'd say he was an introvert. You can only hear him when listening 😉
He had pure natural talent did Nick.
18/06/23 How strange, I am watching this having just found the John Grant version of 'Day is Done' posted four days ago, from a forthcoming 'covers' album. In fifteen minutes it will be Nick Drake's birthday ... time has told me ...
Another brilliant light, dimmed by manic depression unto an untimely death ❤ 😢
He was just straight out very depressed,I have never heard nor read of any manic episodes.
One can surmise that it’s a form of manic depression given how productive / prolific he was. In addition to his depression he likely was having mixed states with some mania and depression present. It’s challenging to produce such incredible content when you’re in throes of just pure depression (as he experienced sometimes)
@@michemackinnon7058poor sweetie, left us rich with his music❤
The fact that he was so private stopped those who may have been able to help. However, some people are too sensitive for this world. I can say that from personal experience.
Nick Drake , A Romantic Poet...' A Dream Within A Dream'...
So little was known about Cannabis psychosis in the late '60s/early '70s. These people have known so little about depression, which they mistake for self-seeking solipsism. ND was a sick young man. For people who associate illness with the lower classes, they'll ruminate forever. The truth is those who knew him feel deeply guilty. They have not the spiritual resources to praise his memory and say a prayer for the repose of his soul...
What
I am surprised that in all the interviews, books and radio programmes I have seen/read/ heard about Nick Drake, I have never heard anyone mention autism. I was diagnosed as autistic myself a few years ago, in middle age. I don't claim to be exceptionally talented at anything, but autistic people often are.
Nick Drake's social awkwardness and introverted, withdrawn or retiring behaviour that people describe, sound like textbook autistic traits to me. I just wonder if people are too quick to attribute a lot of his shyness and awkwardess to depression and drugs, when it could have been a lot more complex than that.
Autistic people are often very creative and exceptionally talented, but can lack self-belief and confidence in a crowded situation. It could explain Nick's reluctance to perform in public and, in later years, to become less communicative.
In social situations, many autistic people have to work very hard to try to fit in and find small talk very difficult. We call it "masking" and it can be exhausting.
That was a beautiful explanation and you know firsthand. It sure sounds like the Nick I've learned about. I'm glad you said this because he just seemed too intelligent to have gotten involved with heavy drugs at the time.
I have read that he overdosed on his depression medication, whether or not it was intentional. Anyway, it seems rare to see a pic of him smiling. He always looked somber. I'm so sorry that he isn't here anymore. He would have been 76, and probably still writing and singing his beautiful music.😪
For myself perhaps an undiagnosed autistic I find myself exhausted after a full work week and need an entire day to recover sometimes more. Interesting that no one has ever considered Nick may have been.
@macadoo2530 You are so right. I don't know if they tested for autism in the 60's and 70's, or if his parents thought that his behavior was that unusual besides the depression.
I certainly know that feeling of being at work around people all week. It can be very exhausting because you feel like you're 'on' the whole time. When I would get home from work, I needed some alone time also! I hope you are doing well!
@@lindahandley5267 Thanks I hope the same for you! I realize it wasnt a term that existed in those days (autism). Its make perfect sense when you think about it now.
Some people are not built for the fast paced, share every detail about yourself way of life. Those that arent are usually more introspective and introverted. I believe Nick was this way.
@@macadoo2530 I agree with you. I'm just so sorry that he had to leave so soon.❤
Vincent Van Gogh, Eva Cassidy and Nick Drake.
All died without knowing fame. All are known the world over decades later.
I’ve always thought it very strange that the prophetic lyrics of fruit tree were on the first album. You would expect perhaps this kind of song on his third album when Drake realized that he wasn’t making a dent amongst his contemporaries.
Yes, at this point he would have expected something to happen with his music and yet he is resigned to what he says in fruit tree about fame. You are right, it is very strange, although he would have observed post death fame in others in history maybe...also the creative process is not always entirely conscious therefore he may have been articulating these ideas sub consciously because his temperament tended towards this...
All these ideas are maybes😊
@@nickdomenicos5987 all we can be sure of is that it is great music!
@@nickdomenicos5987 That makes a lot of sense. He was a mysterious and complicated young man.
The record company guy was 100% correct.
The fact he told his father he didn't want a "safety net" when his father pleaded with him to go get a degree tells you so much he wanted nothing to do with institutions like universities or to live in the Box of regular society....
Such darkness in all of these people's eyes
"He found it hard to communicate with anyone". Anyone with a public-school-Cambridge cut-glass accent, maybe.
Nick had the same accent, his recorded speaking voice sounds exactly like Prince Charles .. known as Morning Monologue which was when he recorded himself rambling after driving home drunk on the wrong side of the road from a party (he explains that he recently returned from 'abroad' where he had been driving on the other side) that's the only time I've heard him speak apart from a few words in the studio between songs.
@@johnarundell7951 'Perhaps I should say, 'without a cut glass accent'.
It doesn't matter what his background was. Different courses for different horses. It didn't help him, coming from a privileged background, did it? Maybe it had the opposite effect. Expectations and all that.
@@storiesue1699 what I'm getting at is that ND's background was very oldskool English, especially as his parents were returned expats. In the early 70s he may well have felt estranged and entitled at the same time.
@@sachetsofrelish they sure were. He'd have probably been officer class if he'd gone in the army, etc
In what strange imagination are public schools microcosms of British society?
Internal pecking order
They aren't. Most of us didn't go to a public school, we just jog on hoping for the best. The outside world thinks we all speak like the late Queen and drink tea all day😊 Nonsense.
Did the Gift kill him
Was it just to much?
Rest in peace Nick Drake , I love your music
In an industry dominated by money-grubbers, Nick Drake was too good. The music press savaged his work because they prefer mindless savage beats.
I could imagine Bob Dylan singing bryter later
😂
If he would have been American..............🌹🌹🙏
....what the fuck did she say at 1:43 ??
she forgot the script
'Gemini's are most creative Artists..
Probably ended up taking too many drugs. They can have a very negative effect. Great talent though.
Love the music, interested in the guy; but all this hoity toity posh background sh it is quite off putting. Imagine the horror of him having to work a full time job on top of having depression.
What
@@TheMonolake is this all you can say?
36:22
What's with lynda's objectifying and dehumanising?😂
This is the most British thing you'll ever see ha...