Nick Drake - A Biographical Case Study (2017 Student Documentary)
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- Опубликовано: 18 апр 2017
- This is the documentary I made for my college during the tail end of 2016 to the start of 2017. The subject matter is the life and times of Nick Drake. Please give whatever criticisms you might have below. Love you.
Okay. Here's the rundown
Yes, this video is riddled with inaccuracies, and it doesn't go into that much detail at all compared to other videos like this, but I made this as a college project for a specific unit I did. And the best part? I didn't even do that well in it!
So please remember this if you see any inaccuracies. It was made with more of an emotional intention, and unfortunately there are a lot of moments that just don't make any sense because of it. There are better Nick Drake videos to watch in the related videos. Trust me.
It was well done, sir - good editing and of course, a good soundtrack.
Just an unfathomable, indetectable genius. So much so that he was not like anyone in his time, and therefore unreachable and beyond everyone. He didn’t fit. He wasn’t understood. He wasn’t the same. And yet with all this, he was the best he could be...I first heard his music in 1973, and have loved his unique guitar playing ever since then.
That poncho he wore in the publicity shots hung for years on a wall in Dandelion Records, Aungier Street Dublin. It belonged to the photographer who passed it on to the owners of the shop. It hung right over the record crates.
He just made great music and that in itself is eternal.
This is great and I'd be glad to receive it as a student project. Nice work!
Fantastic documentary, thoroughly enjoyed it
So much of what l hear of Nick Drake reminds me so much of a friend from
The 70's who also was a musician /singer/ songwriter . Paul Browse ,, tall , musically gifted , dope smoker introverted . He eventually moved to stoke newington london to pursue his misical career only to become resentful at his lack of progress .. Sadly we parted ways when he became obsessively over demanding emotionally insisting on feedback for his home recorded cassettes which l was not qualified to give being untrained in music . His ultimatum regarding our friendship was so startling that l decided enough was enough . Now l see some obvious parallels : the obvious talent and devotion , unrequited desire for recognition , the gradual introversion , the raging at those around him when success didn't come , these are patterns which l am sure haunted so many aspiring young musicians of that time . I can only hope that unlike Nick Drake my friend did find a path to salvation through his music ...
Good documentary - thanks 👍
I have known his music since the early 70s. And I do not agree that Five leaves left does not show signs of depression. It is full of deception, disappointment, loneliness, the path to death, depression and being confused about his own (sexual) identity and life and future and the need, but lack of love and recognition. Maybe he was not diagnosed as being depressed, but his music says something completely different.
Taking acid and smoking cannabis if he suffered from depression and/or schizophrenia was like throwing petrol on a bonfire.
Just like Syd Barrett
Interesting angle on things. What years later made Nick's music suddenly have a phenomenal rise in popularity? I would imagine there is a potential whole documentary that could be created about that, and who did the publicity, and the kind of music-lover that likes his music, and interview serious fans etc. So many artists it's sadly true how their works suddenly sell once they have transcended.
I think Nick had depression tendencies, i also think the drug abuse added to this...just my opinion..
Never knew about him and glad to know now, even tho he's gone. I'll be checking out more of his music As a sufferer from depression, I'm sympathtic, and find the music moving..
Serendipity brought me here.
I have depression myself and what I'll say is that its important to cultivate a sense of humour when you are able to. I'd be curious to know if Nick was able to have any humour or had a serious demeanour all the time?
In the small amount of audio of him just speaking and the notes he wrote about songs and letters he wrote to his parents, he seems to have a good sense of humour. He definitely didn't seem the type to be absolutely stern
😊🙏
Great end quote now in 1355
Or 2020
I am only 5mins in and so far it is riddled with mistakes and inaccuracies. I don't want to knock your work, but a little studying on the subject would have gone a long way.
No, you're completely right. It's been a while since I looked back on this video and it was awfully embarrassing when I did.
Hi- as I said I didn't want to knock your work, because at least you had the energy to make it. Good luck with any future endeavours.
No offense, but Nick's mother was astonishingly beautiful.
His sister was a real beauty in her day as well.
@@Edward1312 Gabriella was an actress
@@merseydave1 Yeah I know that so what?
@@Edward1312 I will tell you ... she was an actress, not just a "beauty"
Yes true
The weed killed him 😢
"He was promptly described antidepressions"???
@@Nor1961 This is a video from seven years ago and I was not very good at pronouncing my words. But thank you for pointing that out anyway.
Full of inaccuracies as to be fair you own up to in your comment but if your presentation gets more people to listen to Nick then we'll done you 😊. PS have a read of Richard Morton Jack's new book 'Nick Drake : The life' Its a real mind blower.
Not entirely sure how successful I was in getting people to listen to his music. I'm not too worried about that nowadays since millions of people listen to his stuff. Looking back at this documentary, I'm atleast happy to realise that I make much better, much more accurate videos nowadays. That's not just me bigging myself up, but how I genuinely feel about it. I very much live by the mantra of "You gotta make something shit before you make something good"
I appreciate the effort, but there are far too many redundancies and simply unneeded comments. Maybe y'should've worked more on the post-production and delayed the video by a few months, aye? Joking aside, it certainly feels like a student documentary.
I mean you were right about the student documentary comment lol. Thanks for taking the time to watch it though and criticising. Means a lot.
This is OK as an overview for people who know nothing about Nick Drake but it didn't give me any new insights unfortunately and it is just relating what the fans know already. Sorry but I found it disappointing.
Sorry that you found it disappointing but the intent of the video was never to have a stand on what *could* have happened to him or what my opinion on certain parts of his life are. It may seem really pompous and maybe insecure of me to say but I feel it's kinda childish to speculate so much on every aspect of a person that objectively we wouldn't have cared about if it wasn't for his music. I've been a fan of his music for a few years now and I didn't know a good three quarters of the information I portrayed prior to making this, so for you to say that it's "just relating what the fans already know" is a bit of a broad statement to be making. You don't need to be a fan of Nick Drake and simultaneously know everything about him at the same time.
Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and for reading my comment.
@@CJC_RWI enjoyed it,been like a sponge regarding Nick Drake, thank you ❤