Hey everyone,
have to attend to some last minute wedding planning stuff....can someone do a solid and host the listening party at 9:30...I will join in when I get home....Thanks :beer:
Wolof
If the Cards game is over I'll be here.
Nice Lyric .....Things Behind The Sun
Take your time and you'll be fine
And say a prayer for people there
Who live on the floor
And if you see what's meant to be
Don't name the day or try to say
It happened before
Yes, be what you'll be
That Voice, That Guitar, and the first song says all you need to know about the lyrics.... And none of you stand so tall
Pink moon gonna get ye all
And it's a pink moon
Yes, a pink moon
Simple...Brilliant
Undeniable
Beautiful
Didn't think I knew Nick Drake, but I know Pink Moon from a commercial (car commercial?). Great song! Easily was the standout on my first listen.
you must listen to this on vinyl! I love this album.
Ok back now yall....
....So my favorite unconfirmed but alleged story around 'Pink Moon' is that Nick Drake recorded the album in like 24 hours....it wasn't necessarily an album proper but the label was pressuring him for something....at the time Nick was so depressed he took to isolating himself quite abit, paranoid and suicidal......he was also smoking copious amounts of hashish which can cause introversion (introspection) and withdrawal from socialization.....
....anyhow Nick showed up at the record labels office waiting to hand the 'Pink Moon' to his manager....He was aloof and indifferent to the receptionist who stated she'd fetch him.....after about 2 minutes, the receptionist stated that she would go look for him herself and left Nick alone at the desk.....When she got back Nick was gone and the tapes were left on the desk.....No one from the record label heard from him again....
...thank god for that secratary
pressing play now.
Looking forward to finding this on vinyl
I think someone mentioned this was about 30 minutes? It didn't seem that short, it's a good run time for a sparse album like this. I liked the subtle piano notes on Pink Moon, I remember mostly just guitar on the first listen.
Quote from: ManNamedTruth on Oct 05, 2011, 09:27 PM
Didn't think I knew Nick Drake, but I know Pink Moon from a commercial (car commercial?). Great song! Easily was the standout on my first listen.
that was the time of his rebirth and the time I first heard of Nick round 2000, I lived that album through my junior year of high school.
Quote from: wolof7 on Oct 05, 2011, 09:30 PM
Ok back now yall....
....So my favorite unconfirmed but alleged story around 'Pink Moon' is that Nick Drake recorded the album in like 24 hours....it wasn't necessarily an album proper but the label was pressuring him for something....at the time Nick was so depressed he took to isolating himself quite abit, paranoid and suicidal......he was also smoking copious amounts of hashish which can cause introversion (introspection) and withdrawal from socialization.....
....anyhow Nick should up at the record labels office waiting to hand the 'Pink Moon' to his manager....He was aloof and indifferent to the receptionist who stated she'd fetch him.....after about 2 minutes, the receptionist stated that she would go look for him herself and left Nick along at the desk.....When she got back Nick was gone and the tapes were left on the desk.....No one from the record label heard from him again....
Sounds about right. I figured he was on some shit and in a strange place.
Quote from: sweatboard on Oct 05, 2011, 09:31 PM
pressing play now.
Looking forward to finding this on vinyl
Have not found this on vinyl yet.....must do that.
Quote from: wolof7 on Oct 05, 2011, 09:32 PM
Quote from: ManNamedTruth on Oct 05, 2011, 09:27 PM
Didn't think I knew Nick Drake, but I know Pink Moon from a commercial (car commercial?). Great song! Easily was the standout on my first listen.
that was the time of his rebirth and the time I first heard of Nick round 2000, I lived that album through my junior year of high school.
I know the last song from somewhere it's brilliant!!
If he really did record this in 24hours it makes so much sense. It really reminds me of Daniel Johnston, it's just raw emotion and expression and I'm a sucker for this kind of output.
PINK MOON- Nick Drake
TUNING: D A D G D F# (capo 2nd fret) or C G C F C E (capo 4th fret)
INTRODUCTION:
F#||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
G ||-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0/2--.||
D ||-4-4-4-2-0-2-0-2/4--.||
A ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
D ||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
VERSE:
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
||-7-9-7-9-7---5-7-5-7-5---||
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--.||
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--.||
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
||-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---||
CHORUS:
Introduction followed by:
||-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
||-0-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
||-0-----2-----0-0-0-0-0-2-----.||
||-0-----4-----2-0-0-0-0/4-----.||
||-2-----0-----0-0-2-0-2-0------||
||-2-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-0------||
SOLO:
||-0-------------|-1-0--------------||
||---2-0---------|-----2-0-----0----||
||-------6-4-0---|---------2h4---2-.||
||-------------2-|---------------4-.||
||-------------2-|------------------||
||---------------|------------------||
Super easy
His guitar sounds so amazing. It's like it's directly connected to his soul.
via Wikipedia:
Pink Moon is the third and final album by English musician Nick Drake. It was recorded at midnight in two separate two-hour sessions, over two days in October 1971, featuring only Nick Drake's vocals and guitar, as well as some piano later overdubbed by Drake on the title track.
As much as I love his other albums, this album is just perfect to me....hauntingly delicate and a perfect encapsulation of melancholy, and thats based solely on the music and his voice.
Sweatboard, an apt comparison with Daniel Johnston....there is something about mood disorders that can create some serious art.
Quote from: wolof7 on Oct 05, 2011, 09:38 PM
via Wikipedia:
Pink Moon is the third and final album by English musician Nick Drake. It was recorded at midnight in two separate two-hour sessions, over two days in October 1971, featuring only Nick Drake's vocals and guitar, as well as some piano later overdubbed by Drake on the title track.
Note to kids everywhere, sometimes all you need is six strings and some emotion.
Quote from: wolof7 on Oct 05, 2011, 09:30 PM
Ok back now yall....
....So my favorite unconfirmed but alleged story around 'Pink Moon' is that Nick Drake recorded the album in like 24 hours....it wasn't necessarily an album proper but the label was pressuring him for something....at the time Nick was so depressed he took to isolating himself quite abit, paranoid and suicidal......he was also smoking copious amounts of hashish which can cause introversion (introspection) and withdrawal from socialization.....
....anyhow Nick showed up at the record labels office waiting to hand the 'Pink Moon' to his manager....He was aloof and indifferent to the receptionist who stated she'd fetch him.....after about 2 minutes, the receptionist stated that she would go look for him herself and left Nick alone at the desk.....When she got back Nick was gone and the tapes were left on the desk.....No one from the record label heard from him again....
Things Behind The Sun definitely sounds paranoid.
HORN..might be the best thing I've ever heard. It does the same thing Explosions In The Sky does for me but with one acoustic guitar
Quote from: sweatboard on Oct 05, 2011, 09:41 PM
Quote from: wolof7 on Oct 05, 2011, 09:38 PM
via Wikipedia:
Pink Moon is the third and final album by English musician Nick Drake. It was recorded at midnight in two separate two-hour sessions, over two days in October 1971, featuring only Nick Drake's vocals and guitar, as well as some piano later overdubbed by Drake on the title track.
Note to kids everywhere, sometimes all you need is six strings and some emotion.
Shit this October marks its 40th anniversary!
Quote from: ManNamedTruth on Oct 05, 2011, 09:42 PM
Quote from: wolof7 on Oct 05, 2011, 09:30 PM
Ok back now yall....
....So my favorite unconfirmed but alleged story around 'Pink Moon' is that Nick Drake recorded the album in like 24 hours....it wasn't necessarily an album proper but the label was pressuring him for something....at the time Nick was so depressed he took to isolating himself quite abit, paranoid and suicidal......he was also smoking copious amounts of hashish which can cause introversion (introspection) and withdrawal from socialization.....
....anyhow Nick showed up at the record labels office waiting to hand the 'Pink Moon' to his manager....He was aloof and indifferent to the receptionist who stated she'd fetch him.....after about 2 minutes, the receptionist stated that she would go look for him herself and left Nick alone at the desk.....When she got back Nick was gone and the tapes were left on the desk.....No one from the record label heard from him again....
Things Behind The Sun definitely sounds paranoid.
Slam on religion?
And if you see what's meant to be
Don't name the day or try to say
It happened before
He talks about being on the floor himself soon.
Quote from: sweatboard on Oct 05, 2011, 09:42 PM
HORN..might be the best thing I've ever heard. It does the same thing Explosions In The Sky does for me but with one acoustic guitar
I think its the most transcendental piece of music I've ever heard.....according to sources this was just an idea for a song Nick had for future reference....thank the good lord for leaving it the way it is.....reminiscent of Radiohead's treefingers for me.
About the farmers and the fun
Father and the Son? Interesting
Things behind the sun seems to me to be the only fully realized song on the album yet this album is perfect.
Quote from: sweatboard on Oct 05, 2011, 09:44 PM
Quote from: ManNamedTruth on Oct 05, 2011, 09:42 PM
Quote from: wolof7 on Oct 05, 2011, 09:30 PM
Ok back now yall....
....So my favorite unconfirmed but alleged story around 'Pink Moon' is that Nick Drake recorded the album in like 24 hours....it wasn't necessarily an album proper but the label was pressuring him for something....at the time Nick was so depressed he took to isolating himself quite abit, paranoid and suicidal......he was also smoking copious amounts of hashish which can cause introversion (introspection) and withdrawal from socialization.....
....anyhow Nick showed up at the record labels office waiting to hand the 'Pink Moon' to his manager....He was aloof and indifferent to the receptionist who stated she'd fetch him.....after about 2 minutes, the receptionist stated that she would go look for him herself and left Nick alone at the desk.....When she got back Nick was gone and the tapes were left on the desk.....No one from the record label heard from him again....
Things Behind The Sun definitely sounds paranoid.
Slam on religion?
And if you see what's meant to be
Don't name the day or try to say
It happened before
He talks about being on the floor himself soon.
I don't know what it's about, but it's very poetic.
Know....simple and to the point
no one could know how amazing this song is by just reading the lyrics. This is WHY music was invented.
Lifting the mask from a local clown
Feeling down like him
Seeing the light in a station bar and
Traveling far in sin
Sailing downstairs to the northern line
Watching the shine of the shoes
Hearing the trials of the people there
Who's to care if they lose?
Take a look you may see me on the ground
For I am the parasite of this town
Dancing a jig in a church with chimes
A sign of the times today
Hearing no bell from the steeple tall
People all in dismay
Falling so far on a silver spoon
Making the moon for fun
Changing a rope for a size too small
People all get hung
Take a look you may see me coming through
For I am the parasite who travels two by two
When I'm lifting the mask from a local clown
And feeling down like him
And I'm seeing the light in a station bar
And travelling far in sin
And I'm sailing downstairs to the northern line
Watching the shine of the shoes
And hearing the trials of the people there
Who's to care if they lose?
Take a look you may see me on the ground
For I am the parasite of this town
Take a look you may see me in the dirt
For I am the parasite who hangs from your skirt
This verse leaves no doubt that he was in a serious state of depression.........and very aware of what he was trying to communicate.
Dancing a jig in a church with chimes
A sign of the times today
Hearing no bell from the steeple tall
People all in dismay
Falling so far on a silver spoon
Making the moon for fun
Changing a rope for a size too small
People all get hung
it's crazy how sad he was
this record is 40 years old....and he's basically writting the same lyrics that thom yorke is writting now.
Falling fast and falling free
You look to find a friend
Falling fast and falling free
This could just be the end
Falling fast you stoop to touch
And kiss the flowers that bend
And you're ready now
For the harvest breed
And none of you stand so tall
Pink moon gonna get ye all
And it's a pink moon
So how do I know this last song "From The Morning" a perfect ending to an amazing album..
Nice Choice. Truly Loved It!!
To me it is crazy how little anyone knows about this artist....If it was just pink moon i'd understand but he had 2 previous, incredible albums which had arrangements and other musicians....hell joe boyd produced Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter.
Short album so gonna play it again. No complaints with this selection, except I couldn't play it all time. I'd have to be in a certain mood.
Quote from: wolof7 on Oct 05, 2011, 10:00 PM
To me it is crazy how little anyone knows about this artist....If it was just pink moon i'd understand but he had 2 previous, incredible albums which had arrangements and other musicians....hell joe boyd produced Five Leaves Left and Bryter Layter.
I look forward to hearing what he sounds like with a band.
ok so well short album and thought there would be renewed interest this week but no luck, hopefully convo will pick up through the week on this one... there is certainly a lot to say about it.....I will not be at the next 2 forum album clubs due to my nuptuals....but next weeks will be hosted by mjk and he asked me to announce his pick....and the eighth week member has been notified to announce their pick next week.
here is album forum club #7 courtesy of mjk:
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A day once dawned
And it was beautiful
A day once dawned from the ground
Then the night she fell
And the air was beautiful
The night she fell all around
So look see the days
The endless coloured ways
And go play the game that you learnt
From the morning
And now we rise
And we are everywhere
And now we rise from the ground
And see she flies
And she is everywhere
See she flies all around
So look see the sights
The endless summer nights
And go play the game that you learnt
From the morning
Just Beautiful
It's not so bad after all, the Pink Moon's gonna get us all!
:-*
I bought this album around 5 years ago during college. When I first got this album my original thoughts were around Drake's voice. His voice is made for smoothing calm feelings. But this last week my thoughts have been on guitar work on this album. I love the simple finger-picked work on this album. I don't ever remember the guitar work before this week, but listening to this album this week I've been blown again by the guitar work.
The guitar playing is really nice and fluid.
favorite songs - Pink Moon, Road, Things Behind The Sun, Know, and Free Ride
I never heard this album until a year or so ago, although I had been familiar with the name and his posthumous fame for awhile. Its been my go-to album when going to bed for the last few weeks. Odd that thats the case I randomly brought it back into rotation on its 40th anniversary as well as it being a forum album at the same time.
I need to hear his other albums still (didnt realize they had a full band), but the simplicity of this album is almost its most endearing trait and its greatness stems from what he's able to do with that. Sure, its got solid lyrics, a good vocalist, and nice songwriter guitar work, but the combination of that is greater than the sum of its parts thanks to the sparseness of it.
Considering I dont think his music was all that popular in the grand scheme of things when his albums were released, I think he is pretty well known these days, sort of like Jeff Buckley 20 years after him.
Favorite tracks: Pink Moon, From The Morning, Place To Be, Free Ride, Know