Nick Drake monologue
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- This is the only known footage of Nick Drake speaking anything more than a couple of words in a studio, this was recorded on a portable tape machine at 5am in the morning after a night of partying..the origonal footage is very poor as the tape had degraded badly but i have spent time and effort to enhance the footage to an acceptable standard.
Dedicated to the memory of a consumate Artist and excellent guitarist and songwriter, who met his death far to young in 1974,..I hope where ever you are Nick your still playing your Guitar. - เพลง
He's almost mythical haha. The fact that there are so few clips of him speaking adds mystery and magic to his legacy.
If he were to become more mainstream I bet in a hundred years someone would worship him lol
It's difficult to read him and what he music meant, when you can't hear his thoughts. Surely his sister must have some footage of him, if not I wonder if she's heard this, she'll have forgotten his voice by now.
It reminds me of Christine Chubbuck.
Nick Drake lived in this world, but he was not of this world.
@@t-bo2734 What?
His speaking voice is very much in keeping with his English upper class upbringing . Cambridge educated , Drake was a very private person who suffered with depression . His reluctance to perform live inhibited his work to be heard by a wider audience . I have all three of his albums . His final album , Pink Moon , is my favourite - mostly due to the stark , stripped bare , intimate nature of its songs .
I would agree with every point you have made..Pink Moon is my favourite as well
Kinda similar to Kevin Ayers
You knew him or just felt like regurgitating the bullet points of his bio?
I also have all his albums. My favorite is Five Leaves Left.
All his albums are great but Pink Moon is just a masterpiece. The only artist I can compare him to on that record is Robert Johnson. It’s haunting
All fans of Nick Drake has something in common... gentle...This guy was a gem..
I noticed that, too... and that "gentleness" is much appreciated. I think the only thing I don't like with many people's views is that Nick Drake songs should never be covered. I've heard simply gorgeous versions of many of his songs, and it makes Drake's short work seem even more amazing. When your music is covered by everyone from jazz to folk to rock to techno to orchestrational artists, you know there's a lot to those songs. Drake was very close to making that commercial sucess as guys like Van Morrison and Neil Young were back in the day. Maybe his shyness and anxiety didn't help with collaborating with other artists and producers? Thanx for the comment!
Us serieal killers and rapists like him too.
"gentle"
i like it rough
A beautiful speaking voice as well as his singing voice.
Even when he rambles he sounds poetic
R.I.P. You beautiful magnificent genius.
Well said John a sentiment I share with you
If only there were footage of him, guess we'll never know sad but true
Plenty of photographs but no video footage..that would really be the holy grail if some live footage was found..thanks for dropping by
@@Adibarum There is of him as a child.
@@itkapatanka….please point me in the general direction, I would like to see this...a link would be even better
there is that footage of someone that looks like Nick at a outdoor festival..but im not convinced it is him..what we need is him playing Music..which is what we don't have
@@Adibarum All I have seen was some family home movies which he appears, nothing of him playing guitar when he's older.
@@Adibarum th-cam.com/video/CZFnCdTCSXw/w-d-xo.html
Nick's voice always sounds older than himself.
Imagine the hours and hours of practicing guitar this guy did...his style is unique and so complex I would guess his guitars were his closest friends
He has such a captivating face…delicate soul and a deep voice that easily penetrates your soul and awakes a stir of nostalgic emotions ..RIP sweet Nick
this recording was originaly done on a reel to reel which had recordings on both sides, they were stored in less than ideal conditions for many years, these were part of Nicks home recordings given by his family to the American guitarist Scott Appel some of which ended up as the bootleg "Tanworth in Arden" and has since been officially reissued under other titles.
the Radio chatter you can hear has come through from the other side of the tape which add a strange ethereal quality to the recording
Literally the hottest guy in British music in the 70’s - and NO footage of him (except perhaps at a music festival walking by himself from the back) There’s something very beautiful about that.
I think you mean "figuratively"; "literally" would mean he was running the highest temperature.
@@mariehughes5516 You should consult a dictionary. Here's one of the definitions of literally "in effect : VIRTUALLY -used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible". Moreover, it has been used that way for centuries, by the greatest writers even. Are you also surpised when "awesome" doesn't mean "inspires awe"? Words are not forever bound to their etymology or a single strict meaning...
@@foljs5858 “Literally the hottest guy” = he is running the highest temperature. Figuratively speaking, she is saying he is “smoking hot.” And in the ‘80s & ‘90s, when kids, Wayne Campbell, and Kool-Aid Man called things “awesome,” “radical,” etc. were using hyperbole or else just making exclamations that were popular at the time. Does this clear things up for you?
@@mariehughes5516 Clear things up? It doesn't even make sense as a reply. You've just reiterated what you said in your first comment, failing to acknowledge literally's use as a context-dependent way to add emphasis (when the thing you talk about is clearly not ...literally true) with a long history of use documented by dictionaries, and gave some irrelevant reference to popular 80s and 90s exclamations...
So, no: "literally the hottest guy" also means "he was really really hot figuratively speaking". Of course this requires the faculty of understanding context, and understanding the uses of terms like "literally" beyond just their etymology and a single simplistic definition of them. It has several, well documented in dictionaries, including being used for emphasis
@@foljs5858 I’m sorry, I didn’t realize I was having a conversation with someone so daft. You seem to be under 35, so I should understand that you probably grew up using common internet language of Millennials and Gen Z. If you look in a dictionary, the preferred uses are all at the top. If you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the list, you’ll often find alternate and/or archaic uses that are offset in a way that shows this is not preferred. And here, you will often find contradictory definitions to the preferred use. Does this clear things up, or are you still upset about this?
Nice to hear him talk. He sounds very worldly. Hard to believe in today's crazy social media, this is all we get. It only adds to the mystique. He sounds very normal in every way. His music transfers so well to different idioms like jazz and folk (see some of the excellent covers of Nick's songs) that one feels that Drake was on the edge of that breakout commercial success, as guys like Neil Young had in the West.
It's nice to know him better, he has a beautiful soul that adds magic to many of our lives. A true treasure
What a beautiful voice (actually that's not a surprise) I'm so glad that I've found this, I adore Nick, would love to see at least one video of him it's a shame that probably have none.. But this is really nice, listen to his speaking voice seems that I can know him a bit better, such an incredible artist, always will be one of my favorites, thanks for posting.
As a big Nick Drake fan im very happy to be able to turn any one on anything he did.
I feel the same way..i keep thinking maybe a video of Nick will appearer one day performing a couple of tracks but i don't think any of his live performances were ever videoed.... it would be good though
thank you for commenting
Bless you Nick.
Thank you for you’re talent.
R.I.P.❤️🙏🎼.x
One thinks "well, what happened to the rest of it?" but then one's reminded
that there is no rest of it and one simply moves on to the next thing.
The man was a poet pure.
It's incredible and saddening that i've been listening to his music many of years, but never really realised that there is barely any live footage of him.
this man is one of my inspirations, RIP NICK 🤍
To be a deep thinker is to live a tortured life.
But also creates great things.
Society is based on a system of artificial scarcity which creates broken people. We all have great potential within... To think deeply is to be free of the enforced oppression... But if we expect others to understand our deep thoughts in a world that has gone half crazy with empty greed then we may find a lot of empty responses. Never stop trying to think and imagine a better world into existence.....
@@charlesbogle6544 Very good. I agree. Society is not based on the honest truth. Most people fear that. It's games, masks, smoke and mirrors. If you desire and speak truth and honesty, you will never fit it, even though you are the most honorable.
@@charlesbogle6544 nick drake was most certainly not a product of scarcity stop the propaganda
So this is weird but my name is Drake. My dad names after this man, I’ve never listened it heard his voice till now. Chilling.
wow Nick Drake was agentle beautiful spiritual soul and so talented
Voice is very fine,thank You
I agree you only have to listen to his Lyrics which show a great deal of maturity for his age..he was an old soul in a young body and what an a amazing guitarist
I discovered the existence of this monologue reading one of Nick biographies. His speaking voice is beautiful, although a bit different from what I was expecting. He sounds almost seductive in a way, probably due to being drunk. What a beautiful and precious man. I love him so much.
His speaking voice is like the mid-point between Sir George Martin and James Mason.
Fantastic.
I love hearing him speak
I enjoyed the video very much, my friend!
Great you have posted it.
Warmest regards
he is definitely a mystic of music
Thanks for uploading
Ahh! The wonderful Nick Drake admits to drink driving! What a bastard. Still, love his music.
I love his voice
"One forgets so easily the lies, the truth, and the pain."
Why do all the good musicians always have to go too early? Damn.
Neil young is stil alive...
That's about it
@@w.h.merrow3064 that's about it, you're joking right?
Leo B yea idk what i meant by that
Humans love the story of the martyr, whether it's art or politics, it's the jesus story, martin luther king, hendrix, drake. It's the best story there is
Listen to Alex G
This is a beautiful video.
I don't know much about Nick, only 'Northern Sky' which is excellent, so this is a very interesting insight into a very thoughtful young man. Well done for posting.
man you did an amazing job
well im very glad you enjoyed listening to it my hope was that some of Nicks fans who had not heard this before would be happy to hear his voice as they is very little of Nick talking out there...thank you for your comment
@mussie302...Thank for commenting,,I can highly reccomend any of his 3 official albums and most of the postumous releases...my favorite album is his last release before his untimely death in 1974 its called "Pink Moon" very well worth a listen Nick was a master of using lots of diffrent alternate tunings for most of his tracks
Thanks for posting! Not something you get to hear much. ❤☮🌎
Thank you for your comments on Nick Drake and his Music..he was such a sad loss to the Music world..he had so much talent and so much more to give
I am just so glad we have the beautiful music from him that we have
the last 30 seconds is wrecked by music coming through from the other side of the tape, you cant really understand anything that Nick is saying, so i didn't include it..if at some point i have the abilty to clean it up i will re post the full thing
Thank you for your comment im glad you enjoyed it
This is basically a drink driving advert.
Hi you have reminded me that this is cut short..i really don't know how it happened i up;loaded the entire monologue but when i play it back some of it is missing..i cant remember what he says after it is cut of but i will try to upload the entire thing again and then you will be able to hear it all
If you still haven’t done this please do so!
Hi! Do you or someone have the text of this speaking so that I could translate it in italian ? I'm good in english but not enough. thank you for the help and mainly for sharing this audio. Love Nick and all his fans
Ok I looked online and found a full transcription! This video doesn't actually have the entire audio, it's about a minute longer.
Emm...good evening...or should I say good morning? The time is twenty-five to five
And I've been sitting here for some time now,
Actually I
After a party which I quite enjoyed, but you know it
One has one reservations when one has quite enjoyed oneself,
But one has to make reservations because, uh,
The people were particularly interesting.
In fact, there weren't as many people there as I expected there to be,
It was, I thought...you know,
The Maynard-Mitchells have a big big do
In fact there weren't nearly as many as one might have thought,
Which was, which was a pity.
In fact, I think I must have drunk rather a lot
(Or although it seemed so at the time I felt myself quite sober)
But when I leapt into the car to drive home
After my merry abandon
I found the task extremely difficult!
And it was extremely fortunate
That, um, there was nothing else on the road because, looking back at it,
I seem to remember I had a mental brainstorm
(Well, I didn't realise at the time)
And I think I drove the whole way home on the righthand side of the road!
Which is something of course which comes from driving in France too much,
Which is what I've been doing recently,
As you probably know, driving in France, you know.
And in moments of stress such as was this journey home,
One forgets so easily- the lies, the truth and the pain.
And so I'm wavering from the point
What I was trying to say...is uhm,
When I sat here I had an extremely pleasant time on the piano, actually
I was playing the piano and sort of singing,
And I rather fear I might have kept people awake upstairs
One hopes not, but it was pleasant, and it's extremely pleasant sitting here now,
Because I think there is something extraordinarily nice
About seeing the dawn up before one goes to bed,
Because there's something uncanny about it
When it suddenly becomes light, because one connects darkness with going to bed,
Surely... um, and when one is still up when it becomes light,
And it's a new day, and you still haven't gone to bed to sleep
(Because the night equals sleep, so easily)
And when one is still up when the new day begins
It is something of an intriguing experience, I always find.
I can look out of the window now, and that tree over there is green,
Whereas before one goes to bed,
Just when one goes to bed, that tree should be black, surely!
Everything should be black before one goes to bed,
But that is surely the essence of the Romantic!
Anyway, I think I'm straying from the point.
I should probably stop talking now
Because, um, if I don't I shall start sort of relating on life histories and things,
Which will be frightfully tedious.
So it's here that I'll sort of say goodnight, you know...
Goodnight!
He sounds like a cross between Brian Jones and Prince Charles.
He’s so correct about driving in France
There’s such little footage of him it’s sad :(
it might be "Tanworth in Arden" you are referring to which is the first on many Nick Bootlegs from the 90's and comes from the same set of tapes that were given to Scott Appell by Nicks parents, however some of the tapes went missing ? the recording you hear above is from one of those reel to reel tapes that Nick made in his bedroom..all the tracks are covers of Bert Janch, John Renborne, Jackson C Frank et al, so are nearly all in the Folk Blues style..they were all recorded before Nick had developed his own style but certainly show his blossoming virtuosity on the guitar...however they are not live "as being recorded in front of an audience"
these missing tapes have have come to light on various bootlegs over the years
Hi, from Uruguay. This is interesting. But sadly I can't understand or follow the line of what he's saying. Do you? Would be great if someone could make the work of subtitling it on text (that was redundant, but by subtitling it this would turn into a kind of text and would be even more interesting). Anyway, Thanks!
My merry abandon…❤
I hear there is a live bootleg of a Nick Drake performance. Like an entire set. I think it's a 67'/68' show and full of mostly covers. If I could find the very first concert I ever went to (Smashing Pumpkin, Oklahoma City, OK 1996) which I did, then I bet I could find this lost Nick Drake recording. Time to go "diggin'"!
Anyway, this is amazing and I don't mind the bad quality. I like that sort of thing. It gives it character and he was already and amazing character.
+creekandseminole dude the pumpkins are completely different their bootlegs are everywhere i shouldknow i have over 30 of them and dont forget this was the early 70s theres probably no bootleg that exists
He might be thinking of the Aix-en-Provence stuff [covers by Nick].
..How come it cuts out at the end?....
@Adibarum Thanks for the tip - I'll check some of that out. John.
Upper class English accent. Much nicer to listen to than estuary English with glottal stops etc.
Yes that all of it...there is a couple of fragments of speech in the studio but as far as this particular dialogue goes this is the lot
..Cheers.....You don't have to answer this question if you don't want to, but how did the tape come into your possession in the first place?....I'm sure somebody out there could do a clean up job on the tape....Maybe I'm going thru a melancholy phase or maybe it's impending Winter, but I can't stop listening to Nick Drake these days.....Cheers!!....
It's difficult to read him and what he music meant, when you can't hear his thoughts, that's why I think these recordings are so important. Surely his sister must have some footage of him, if not I wonder if she's heard this, she'll have forgotten his voice by now.
He reminds me so much of Pink Fraud
I studied at Fitz too. I wonder which rooms he stayed in.
what does he say after that?
Sounds like Kevin Ayers which makes sense...similar turf. Well spoken
There's like a detuned radio sounds in the begining. Was that in the original audio?
At times it seems that he stuttered .. is it possible?
Anyone going to acknowledge how funny this story is 😂
Footage strongly implies visuals, but thanks anyway for your trouble.
Why aren't there any videos of Mr. Drake?
I think that is part of the Mystery of Nick.. considering the degree of fame he had whilst he was alive you would think that the would be at least 1 bit of footage of him playing live on you tube
How could anyone with 3 studio albums under his belt not have any video footage anywhere
@Adibarum Nick didn't play live much, in fact he only went on one tour, which he quit partway through due to the icy reception he was getting from crowds. No one really cared about him back in the day despite getting some good reviews.
It breaks my heart when i see some indie acoustic baladeers get some recognition, more recognition than Nick Drake when he was alive.
Imsuchaliar,
You are right, tragic. I am just finding him now and it amazes me that people weren't out of their minds for him then.
Is that all we have? :(
Por favor podrian subtitular esto??!!!!!!!!
Creo que ahi esta la opcion para subtitularlo...
@@elecinearte772 probablemente si preguntó es porque no puede subtitularlo. Yo entiendo inglés pero aún así no puedo seguir la línea de lo que dice. Es una pregunta genuina.
cuenta básicamente que se puso de noche muy borracho y que al volver a casa en el coche tuvo suerte de no encontrarse a alguien, porque le abandonó la conciencia y fue por la derecha acostumbrado a conducir en francia, que había estado alli por un tratamiento etc.
You are always welcome my friend
There's definitely this mystique about this man, in a way it's almost better this way, besides the outcome of his demise.
0:08 song?
wow first time i heard him speak what a posh accent rip nick
"But still, I'm wavering from the point. What I was trying to say is that as I sat here I had an extremely prescient..."
Oh nooo - What was it? Did the tape end there?
Nick Drake is in my opinion the Daniel Day Lewis of music. There will never be anybody like him. I am a huge fan of his. There is very little known about him and I must say I'm curious too as to where the tape came from? Who made the recording? Was it from a radio broadcast or?
Hello Keith
this home recording was done by Nick himself on an 8 track, he had in his bedroom, on the other side of the tape him or someone else i suspect had taped a lot of MOR Music..which years later due to the way the tape had been stored in the attic at Far leys the music had bled through onto the recording that Nick had done shortly after returning from Aix in France so that makes this recording dated to before Nick had made any of his records so maybe 1968
No Stutter..just suffering a hangover i would say
He sounds just like King Charles!
Makes the Royal family sound common.
Well he sounds right posh,almost like a put on.I know he came from quite a wealthy background.....regardless he came into his own when singing and playing guitar.....
His speaking voice reminds me of James Mason and his singing voice sounds like Al Stewart. He kind of stuttered here.
Not very interesting words, but thumbs up for the historical value.
damn he sounds like Alan Watts
Could anyone transcribe?
+Marcus Vinnas Um, good evening...or should I say, good morning. The time is twenty-five to five, and I've been sitting here for some time now, actually...(?) from a party which I quite enjoyed, but you know, it's... One has one's reservations when one has quite enjoyed oneself, but one has to make reservations because, um, the people were particularly interesting. In fact, there wasn't as many people there as I expected there to be, it was, I thought...you know, the Maynard-Mitchells have a big, big 'do', in fact there weren't nearly as many as one might have thought, which was, which was a pity.
In fact, I think I must have drunk a lot, or although it seemed so, at the time I felt myself quite sober, but when I leapt into the car to drive home, after my merry abandon, I found the task extremely difficult. And it was extremely fortunate that, um, there was nothing else on the road because, looking back at it, I seem to remember I had a mental brainstorm, and I didn't realise at the time, and I think I drove the whole way home on the righthand side of the road...which is something, of course, which comes from driving in France too much, which is what I've been doing recently, as you probably know...driving in France, you know. And in moments of stress, such as was this journey home, one forgets so easily, the lies, the truth and the pain...and so I'm wavering from the point...
What I was trying to say...um, when I sat here I had an extremely pleasant time on the piano actually. I was playing the piano and sort of singing, and I rather fear I may have kept people awake upstairs...one hopes not, but it was pleasant, and it's extremely pleasant sitting here now, because I think there is something extraordinarily nice about seeing the dawn up before one goes to bed, because there's something uncanny about it, when it suddenly becomes light, because one connects darkness with going to bed, surely...um, and when one is still up when it becomes light, and it's a new day, and you still haven't gone to bed, to sleep, because the night equals sleep, so easily, and when one is still up when the new day begins, it is something of an (achieved?) experience, I always find.
I can look out of the window now, and that tree over there is green, whereas before one goes to bed, just when one goes to bed, that tree should be black, surely. Everything should be black before one goes to bed, but that is surely the essence of the romantic.
Anyway, I think I'm straying from the point. I shall probably stop now because, um, if I don't I shall start sort of surrealating on life histories and things, which will be frightfully tedious. So it's here that I'll sort of say good night, you know... Good night.
Goodnight and god bless, Nick; whatever "god" is or isn't. And, Evan B, thanks for transcribing. I could hear Nick, but reading the words is better because, well, i'm more of a reading word man than a speaking word man, and his words, in "print", are something of an addition to literature, given to us from a narrow slice of his life.
What a uniquely poetic point of view. He sounded so genteel.
@@evanb2679 very strong English he been spoken
@@evanb2679 night is a shady character
He sounded very posh
Sounds a tad like a drunk Prince Charles , tantalising non the less, and left this listener wanting more , always a prudent tactic .
he does. dosnt he... talking about his self as "One's self" but what an amazing talent and such a shame on so many levels that he died so young when he had only just really started to blossom as an artist, we can only imagine how much more wonderful music Nick had inside him, ready to come out
He sounds similar to Alan Watts to me
"The lies the truth and the pain" interesting I wonder what he was referring to. I can't help wondering if he had a secret lover that he left behind and in those days couldn't keep contact with, like we can these days, I wonder if he was gay and couldn't understand what was going on with himself, perhaps he longed for his partner. He wasn't always as withdrawn as he was in the years leading up to his death. His sister described him as her soul mate, I wonder what she knows.
I have a rare bootleg..which has quite a bit of previously unreleased stuff on.
,..it does end pretty abruptly..i would like to re record it but i would lose all my comments..i might be able to squeeze another 20 seconds or so out of it..i will have a think about that..have you ever heard the Nick drake song i cover on one of my Vids "Clothes of sand" please check it out..im a real big Nick Drake fan myself
Public school accent through and through.
Yes. I've always wondered how much these sweet, cultured, mellifluous upper class English accents actually hide the more raw, vulnerable fragile human within.
No clue what hes saying
I always thought he'd have some kind of european accent lol
wel he happens to be english
@@polclusella1958 yeah but the way he sings, he sounds like he's from somewhere in continental Europe kinda
@@heggy_69 ok
@@heggy_69he sounds very posh english when he sings...
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek well judging by the insane ratio, that's probably the popular opinion lmao. Or maybe it's because England is technically Europe (I've never once in my entire godamn life heard "European" and thought about any place that wasn't on the actual continent of Europe but whatever). Idk I thought the same thing about John Cale for ages lol
Rather posh, really. Rather.
#Posh
prefer to listen to him singing
I think everyone would agree on that
Sounds mad drunk.....and a bit loopy too boot.
He sounds like jimi hendrix
lol