FIRST REACTION to Nick Drake (Five Leaves Left album reaction)

[@leemullen433]

Saturday Sun makes me cry. Every. Damn. Time.

[@jori1]

Eagerly awaiting for next summer's Bryter Layter -reaction. It happens to be an excellent summer album too.

[@mikeshoemaker404]

A GREAT AND SPOT ON REVIEW OF AN INCREDIBLE MASTERPIECE OF SONGS. WRITTEN AND PERFORMED MY A POETIC AND MUSIC GENIUS OF OUR TIME. THANK YOU

[@grooverider247]

Great Reaction to an legendary Singer/Songwriter. Been listening to him for 20years and loving how people are still finding out about him and just being in awe about his ability! Nice mate

[@jv-lf1ql]

I loved that you responded so strongly to Three Days which is my favourite on this album. Your appreciation of the album Pink Moon was really open too - so often people see that album as sad (I think because it was his last). I love Pink Moon, it’s my favourite album and I think there’s joy in it if you’re open to hearing it - you were.

[@linjicakonikon7666]

*Three Hours

[@butchreitzel2764]

Yes... Riverman is dark... and beautiful

[@willchristopher1899]

A very nice review ... and it's always nice to hear Nick Drake.

[@cv-pl3hc]

Love this record! On the same level as Pink Moon in my opinion. Three Hours and Fruit Tree are two of the best songs Nick ever wrote. Fruit Tree's lyrics especially were so sadly prophetic with what happened to Nick. "Fame is but a fruit tree So very unsound It can never flourish ‘til its stock is in the ground" More or less predicts his own death and his posthumous recognition Really interesting similarity with Tinker Tailor and Riverman too. Love both those records, but I never noticed that before.

[@tonywhitburn]

Absolutely agree. Those lyrics were sadly foreboding, but his approach couldn't have been more precise. Glad you noticed something new. Thanks for watching, mate. Cheers!

[@mrtnpope]

Richard Thompson of Fairport Convention on electric guitar. If you liked Nick you'll love 'Who knows where the time goes' by Fairport

[@suchisthismystery2814]

Your responses are beautiful beyond boy loveliness 😍

[@ijustneedmyself]

Lovely reaction. I'm so glad that I've been able to enjoy Nick for the past 16ish years. He's amazing and I can't help but feel some level of sorrow that he wasn't as widely recognized as he should have been. I love this album more than Pink Moon, I think. I have to listen to Bryter Layter again soon to see if I like it better. At one point I know it was for sure my favorite, but that was a while ago and things change.

[@tonywhitburn]

Glad to know, man. And yes, listening to old stuff with new ears is always a great idea. Thanks for watching. Cheers!

[@ijustneedmyself]

@@tonywhitburn It's my pleasure ❤️

[@KurticeYZreacts]

Riverman is prob my fav... i love the beautiful dark you described. It reminds me of a dark meadow shaded by trees & mist in the air but still somehow light within the darkness. Giving it a scary pretty feel. I love radiohead & wouldnt be surprised if that was a sample. Good catch. I needa listen to more radiohead

[@etamommy]

"Oh those runs- Nick had golden fingers!" Nice reaction video to what I find to be a fantastic album. 3 albums that are close to perfection and mostly tragically ignored at the time but now have at least risen to its deservedly exalted status, at least among most who really listen. "How can even his minor compositions make me so happy". So true! And Robert Kirby arranged the strings for many of the songs.

[@wanderingspacecritic]

Glad you did these, a trio of my favorite albums...

[@simply_psi]

Came to your channel because of this album, I will now subscribe. I love Nick Drake, I think everyone should listen to his music, I feel selfish that I wish he made more than 3 albums, such a sad loss. I will now check out your other ND reaction, keep up the good work and keep loving Nick Drake, one of his best friends was John Martyn an his song Solid hair was written about Nick Drake you should check if out too, and other John Martyn songs

[@tonywhitburn]

Thanks for the suggestion, your words and time, Simon. Cheers!

[@brianhughes3312]

5 leaves/years left until he died. Drakes' music enveloped my life completely for about two years day in and day out. Amazing. Fantastic review, also.

[@Pajhal09]

Hi Tony, you should check out an album by Nick's good friend John Martyn called Solid Air. It's actually about Nick Drake. He's a fabulous guitarist too. Cheers.

[@stevenmccart5455]

Nice to see someone's reaction to music I listened to when I was his age. John Prine is an artist worth reacting to also.

[@KurticeYZreacts]

Fruit Tree is one i didnt like as much when i started listening but now its my current favorite. He sings of his own mortality it seems. Wow tho. Saturday sun is so nice to hear after though

[@charlieboy6315]

He predicted (correctly) that nobody would listen to his music until after his death - one of the saddest yet most beautiful songs ever written

[@KurticeYZreacts]

@@charlieboy6315 he was a musical & emotional genius, 100% agree with you

[@zetruz5643]

Eagerly awaiting!

[@robtrevorrow584]

Check out Tim Buckley 'Happy/Sad' I think you would appreciate it, kinda country, folk , jazz and Americana all hanging out and getting to know each other. Also, if you haven't already, the great John Martyn, a friend of Nick, wrote a beautiful song for him called 'Solid Air'. The live Germany 1979 is a great way to experience Big John. Keep up the passion.

[@PeterOzanne]

You are on Facebook, right, Tony (or anyone else here!) Ok, yesterday was the Virtual Annual Nick Drake Gathering, specially put together with clips of the village, the people, and many of us doing mostly covers of Nick's songs - many stunning, some not perfect, but it's our way of embodying Nick's spirit, and hopefully we will all be fully together next year in Tanworth-in-Arden. Anyway, you can watch it now it's up on the Facebook page of the Nick Drake Gathering! Thanks for spreading the beautiful songs of Nick!!

[@tonywhitburn]

Thanks, Peter! Current times may be weird and tense, but they have also bring us together for things to celebrate. I'm looking forward to watch the special and, if possible, contribute to Nick legacy as well. Thanks for your words and your time. Cheers!

[@welltoucansamatthatgame]

Now this is epic. This is my favorite album of Nick's. If you were thrown for a loop with this record after listening to Pink Moon, be prepared to be thrown again on Bryter Layter. On Nick's career, I feel like it's often expressed that he was kinda given a raw deal by the music industry, but he was very shy and awkward in live performances and he disliked doing interviews. He was just someone who was hard to accomodate in the industry. It was just an unfortunate situation altogether. Anyway, glad you liked this record! Edit: *glad

[@tonywhitburn]

True. Looking at his story, one can tell he wasn't exactly open to many things that ironically, open the path for artists to be known. Perhaps he knew not everyone would connect with his music or was simply shy to the bone. Either way, the fact that his records survived and built a strong posthumous legacy that lasts to our days speaks for how strong his music is. Thanks for watching, mate. Cheers!

[@KurticeYZreacts]

Way to blue is so awesome! I love it too! (when the day is done i like just as much)

[@Rotocristo]

Van Morrison's Astral Weeks next!

[@chrismyers236]

rafael28 Absolutely! I have requested the title track before, but I agree the full album should be reacted to.

[@wanderingspacecritic]

Said it before, I’ll say it again... Indirectly. 😁

[@micks7836]

The way you describe each track is beautiful, Nicks music brings your emotions up from nowhere and puts them right at the front of your mind! Such a tragedy!

[@TheTodd5761]

Beautiful album and beautiful reaction. Thanks for taking us along 🤘

[@wf0ley1]

It was fun watching you, wholly amazed and perplexed at the 5/4 opening of River Man! haHa I've always been just as enthralled as you were by the strings, but there's also a nice version without them on the 2004 release, Made To Love Magic, which also includes a different take of Three Hours, some posthumously added strings, arranged by Robert Kirby on a couple of others, and Nick's last known recorded song, Tow The Line. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_to_Love_Magic Also, if you haven't heard them yet, look up Elton John's covers of Saturday Sun, and other Nick songs, done @ 1971 as a promotion while Nick was still alive (!)

[@brucetimmerman7092]

Hey! Enjoyed your review of five leaves left. It’s funny I have a really good friend whose favorite album is pink moon. He and I discovered nick drake back in 1985. I am fond of better layter but I love all three albums.

[@KurticeYZreacts]

Yep nick drake has a passionate fan base i'd say. Cool intro

[@philnolan9903]

Great reaction, thank you

[@erict956]

Welcome to the amazing journey of the ballader singer song writer. Now you have dug into Nick and I see you have found Jeff Buckley could I suggest Tim Buckley (Jeff's father), Tom Waits, John Martyn, Al Stewart, Janis Ian and the daddy of them all Leonard Cohen. Enjoy the musical road you are on and I hope to watch more from you.

[@jnicholls4120]

I agree!! Tim Buckley's 'Happy Sad' is an often overlooked masterpiece.

[@yccmzimmy]

Strings have been arranged by Robert Kirby, a friend of Nick (record says). You could find some interviews of Joe Boyd, the producer of the album

[@KurticeYZreacts]

Before i ever looked into the artist nick drake, just enjoying the music, i thought he was an old man... for like 2 years i thought nick drake had to have a white santa beard and a hunched back.. i think thats his soul (his old soul)

[@linjicakonikon7666]

In order of preference: 1)Five Leaves Left 2)Pink Moon 3)Bryter Layter Favorite songs 1)Three Hours 2)River Man 3)Toe the Line 4) Black Eyed Dog 5) Road

[@npc3po301]

I think Nick came around at the worst time commercially, the 60s were ending, the world was moving into hard rock and those who had enjoyed the folk revival were just too plentiful for a new face to make a name so late, fortunately for us 'current market' matters dissolve and quality remains to be enjoyed, unfortunately for him he never lived to see it

[@ChristopherGun]

my go to autumn album 🖤

[@garygreen1782]

Spot on!

[@red19dh]

Can you check out a band called Men I Trust. Their album Oncle Jazz is fantastic!

[@brucetimmerman7092]

Richard Thompson played lead electric guitar on five leaves left.

[@pflynn581]

I actually got into Nick Drake when I heard The Day is done at the end of a British film who's name escapes me now.It had Rachel Weitz and Patrick Stewart in it.

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

I wanna know now 😅

[@BlastastiC]

Well you’ve got to do Bryter Layter now! 😎

[@johncollier9280]

Hey Tony-I'm assumin' by now you've heard Nick's 2nd album Bryter Layter 'n I'm curious what you think. I love all o' his albums but believe the best is Bryter Layter. For me there are two perfect albums first note to last...one is Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel. The other is Bryter Layter by Nick Drake. An amazin' accomplishment indeed!

[@Nimno74]

his lack of success during his lifetime was one of the many sources for his depression. I believe his debut was in the same quarter as Hendrix, Dylan, and others. The world was just too distracted for Nick. It would be decades before he became the legendary influence he always deserved to be. Ahh, poor Sisyphus.

[@waloacme]

This record belongs in the top three records of all time. I've done the research brother...

[@francescoarzilli]

With Nick dark is bright and bright is dark

[@simpmor21]

hey, aren't we overdue a Bryter Layter video?

[@wf0ley1]

Have you actually not listened to the posthumously released outtakes, Time Of No Reply?! You've got SERIOUS treats in store! That's some 'delayed gratification' if I ever saw it!

[@wf0ley1]

Just wait til you hear the quintessential Nick on Hazey Jane ll, the opening vocal track of Bryter Layter (!) You're gonna LOSE it! Lots more surprises of instrumentation and feels. I say, why wait?! Do it now! haHa You're never gonna regret it!

[@letdown9197]

Very good reaction! Could you listen to Weezer's "Pinkerton" album? Definitely the most loved album by weezer fans. I would love for you to react to the deluxe version of pinkerton but without the concerts ... only the b-sides. There is a story behind Pinkerton: it tells the story of 2 people in love (Maria and Jonas) who go to space ... with several secondary characters ... Originally all these songs were going to be on an album called "Songs From the Black Hole" (Operation Space Opera) but the album was canceled. It was officially going to be released after the blue album in 1995 with some very good songs that are only on that album like "Blast Off" or "Superfriend" and some that are on Pinkerton like "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly" or "You Won't Get With Me Tonight "like the b-sides. You can also find that album on youtube if you are interested. EDIT: The deluxe version of Pinkerton that I would like you to hear can be found as: Weezer - Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition) [Lives and Repeats Removed]

[@yccmzimmy]

i've hear Nick's song for year... that was my epiphany in music and i have no favorite album, eventually "Northern Sky" as song but by a nose

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

It was not a big seller because ND was cripplingly shy and hyper-sensitive to criticism. There is a documentary called "A skin too few" and that title, though cliché, I guess kind of sums up his state. He would not do the necessary to become a star or sell records. That is why we enjoy his work so much, because there is no artistic compromise on this or Pink moon.

[@jamesheath7601]

Underrated was Nick Drake

[@moneyshow1849]

Hey tony can you react to Arthur Russell- world of echos

[@songcovers4202]

You should react to Blur's self-titled album, Blur

[@magmasunburst9331]

You were saying it was hard to believe because it's just the one person. But Bach was just one person too

[@paznewis107]

Get the Peel session on MP3 £4. Or vinyl if you have£700... Also listen to Bryter Later, you might be hit by a meteorite... 😳😺👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐙

[@yccmzimmy]

probably you got the story already... but what you heard on "Pink Moon" was the swan song... Nick sold poorely with his firsts two record... so for Pink Moon there was not budget. Most of the people was not ready for that... but some where since groups like Pentangle did got enough recognition. Probably we will never know why Nick didn't get.

[@jamiemrussell]

Think you'd like jackson c frank if you like nick

[@markrodeo420]

This album is probably my least favorite of the three, the song's are great though. It was heavily influenced by Randy Newman, and I think the arrangements on some of the songs sound a little too much like Newman and not enough like Nick . I much prefer Bryter Layter's arrangements. I found out years later it was John Cale that did them, so it's no wonder they're better. Less Americana and more English vibes anyway.

[@kylekyger7735]

To 3ach their own. I started on Pink Moon and never thought I'd leave it. Somehow though this is the one I come back to most often, I tripped acid one time and listened to it straight through about 5 times.

[@markrodeo420]

@@kylekyger7735 i love the songs, just the arrangements that im not really into. the demos of these songs are so strong with just nick, there really didn't need to be anything more than his voice and guitar. i would LOVE if there was a remaster that was like that.

[@mattjsherman]

It's definitely not him on electric, only acoustic. The other instruments are people from Fairport Convention and Pentangle, part of the British folk revival which was an interesting movement that also greatly influenced Paul Simon. Bryter Layter is better though, that first instrumental track really lets you know you're in for a treat.

[@PeterOzanne]

Yes, Richard Thompson played electric on this and Bryter Layter: which is not better, by the way - because they are both stunning and brilliant in their own way ;-)

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

​@@PeterOzanneit is better

[@leogaussbell1622]

hey bro, wtf