Molly Drake - I Remember

[@edhebert]

Was amazed to hear this song placed at the end of Ted Lasso Season 2 Ep. 10. Whoever is handling music for that show knows their catalog.

[@Misc665]

That’s what sent me here!

[@j.c.mosier7981]

According to the credits, Marcus Mumford (Mumford and Sons) is in charge of the music.

[@Misc665]

@@j.c.mosier7981 The credits show Marcus Mumford arranged the music- not that it was his song...

[@j.c.mosier7981]

@@Misc665 Exactly!

[@kendutchess]

This song brings tears to my eyes. Not sure why.

[@DrVonChilla]

EASILY some of the most heartbreaking lyrics I've ever heard in my 59 years. Beautiful remembrance of one side falling in love, the other a casual ho-hum recollection.

[@promiseudechukwu5173]

Exactly!

[@carolynburer5754]

I thought it was just me. I just found this song and it breaks my heart.

[@aaronando1218]

Lyrics We tramped the open moorland in the rainy April weather And came upon the little inn that we had found together The landlord gave us toast and tea and stopped to share a joke And I remember firelight I remember firelight I remember firelight And you remember smoke We ran about the meadow grass with all the harebells bending And shaking in the summer wind a summer never-ending We wandered to the little stream among the river flats And I remember willow trees I remember willow trees I remember willow trees And you remember gnats We strolled the Spanish marketplace at 90 in the shade With all the fruit and vegetables so temptingly arrayed And we can share a memory as every lover must And I remember oranges I remember oranges I remember oranges And you remember dust The autumn leaves are tumbling down and winter's almost here But through the spring and summertime we laughed away the year And now we can be grateful for the gift of memory For I remember having fun Two happy hearts that beat as one When I had thought that we were "we" But we were "you and me".

[@fazrinazwar25]

The melodies were very sentimental, couldn't help not to search for it. Thanks Ted Lasso 👍

[@summerlavey6091]

Same reason I am here!

[@biljanatasevska2139]

Me too 😀

[@Amanda-mi7hq]

Me too!!

[@jordanasjordan]

Yerr

[@lindseyhotchkiss4855]

That's why I looked it up too! Lol

[@mga440]

I’m another lucky one who stumbled upon this song via Ted Lasso. This piece is such a gem!!!

[@annamikhaylova5980]

Me too!!! I liked this song so much and googled it right after I finished watching Ted Lasso last episode.

[@juliancercone470]

same here

[@inthesaga]

@@annamikhaylova5980 same

[@jasonallenking]

Thank you, Ted Lasso. I became an instant fan of Molly Drake.

[@thomascraymer8712]

I'm here cause of her son, Nick Drake... legendary songwriter and guitarist, his guitar playing was unmatched (guy was a huge influence on my own music too)... he definitely got his vocal style from his Mum, both of them have that soft and gentle tone

[@lwejiami]

Did not know Nick Drake's mother made music. This is the best, beautiful honestly.

[@angichia7025]

We tramped the open moorland in the rainy April weather And came upon the little inn that we had found together The landlord gave us toast and tea and stopped to share a joke And I remember firelight I remember firelight I remember firelight And you remember smoke We ran about the meadow grass with all the harebells bending And shaking in the summer wind a summer never-ending We wandered to the little stream among the river flats And I remember willow trees I remember willow trees I remember willow trees And you remember gnats We strolled the Spanish marketplace at 90 in the shade With all the fruit and vegetables so temptingly arrayed And we can share a memory as every lover must And I remember oranges I remember oranges I remember oranges And you remember dust The autumn leaves are tumbling down and winter's almost here But through the spring and summertime we laughed away the year And now we can be grateful for the gift of memory For I remember having fun Two happy hearts that beat as one When I had thought that we were "we" But we were "you and me"

[@flipindisticalproductions4736]

great poetry

[@WaltKurtz1109]

Beautiful

[@izzymcfizzy]

Thank You!

[@jflartner117]

Good lord what a beautiful, haunting, gorgeous, heartbreaking song.

[@skateranddancer]

Thank you

[@daciaball5029]

Another new admirer of this song after hearing during Ted Lasso credits

[@newtquestgames]

This is about Rodney and Molly's growing life together, and hearing Rodney at the end "I should think that's really good" really completes this beautiful song for me

[@JonathanHenderson-dw4jn]

It is a perfectly accurate statement about love. One partner loves till the end of time, the other is just having fun. And the pain of that betrayal never really stops

[@rackpunch4026]

It's sweet and gently funny, I've only just discovered her. I love her little weaver bird too. She was Nick Drake's mother, he obviously inherited her lyrical talent, sadly missed.

[@henryemrich7209]

This is almost heartbreakingly beautiful.

[@janisrader7746]

What a beautiful song! Brought tears to my eyes remembering my late husband.

[@andrewwilliams9599]

For those who can't make it out, the recording ends with Molly's husband Rodney--who was recording her on a mono reel-to-reel recorder--saying, "I think that was very good." Typical British understatement,

[@misshope8297]

The Crowded Room, episode 9. I don't think I can form coherent thoughts as of right now. I feel burdened by an immense, terrible sadness. A beautiful song that fits a tragical moment.

[@robotone2812]

This song reminds me of my ex-wife. She was an emotional vampire who took me for granted for 16 years. Either I stayed with her and remained unappreciated all my life, or left her to maintain my sanity but be blamed for everything that went wrong. It is painful still. Because even though we are no longer “we”, I love her still.

[@mattb1274]

10 years divorced my friend....i still think of her too

[@alinepereira7014]

That's so beautiful

[@dannyvocal]

Just heard it on Ted Lasso and will check out more of hers. Hadn't heard of her before, but just learned she was the mother of a boy who became one of the greatest folksong writers and singers of all time: Nick Drake. Like mom, like son, geniuses

[@juliasgardenparty4246]

this is the type of song that really paints a picture in my head, not a lot of musicians do that for me, love this eternally

[@promiseudechukwu5173]

You do know the song is more about heartbreak than love, right? The singer looks back on the memories of their past relationship fondly, but the lover doesn't. The lover doesn't even perceive their relationship as a romantic one.

[@BackToTheBlues]

I just heard this on Desert Island Discs. Had a bit of a weep over it. What a poignant, lovely song.

[@richardknight8454]

Me too ... will smile for a while today. Samantha Morton's story was quite something.

[@1987thedrums]

Me too!

[@dilysgordon9539]

Thank you Desert Island Discs, I listened while driving. I haven’t heard this before but it will now be in my ‘All time favourites’. So beautiful, I now need to look into this lady’s poetry.

[@BackToTheBlues]

@@dilysgordon9539 I looked her up on Wikipedia - her work was only published and released after she died. Isn't it a shame she kept it to herself while she was still alive? She never knew how loved it might become.

[@fionaledger21]

Me too. Got me deep in the heart of me.

[@isaactakeuchimusic]

That last line is heavy. So sad.

[@newtquestgames]

I really don't think it's sad but a perfect equilibrium found in well matched couples

[@AimeeColeman]

@@newtquestgames I always took it as a sad song about a woman who loves someone and enjoys the happy time, but is the only one who's really in love and really sees the good things, so lives in her fantasy, while her partner only remembers the bad parts.

[@VDPEFi]

The world is so small when I realise her son is buried in the village I lived in until 11 years ago, never was a huge fan of nicks music but I love this

[@thomascraymer8712]

Yet her son, Nick, pretty much defined my whole way of playing guitar, and I am here too There is a real parallel here... my Mum is a pianist and songwriter, and her songwriting somewhat resembles that of Molly Drake (though she has never heard of Molly Drake)... whereas I took up guitar as a teen... Difference being that, I was the one to tell my Mum to record her songs... I had already recorded several albums, and encouraged her to do so as well (she didn't, but recorded a couple of songs or so)... she isn't as confident as me in this, which is a shame, as she is far more talented than I could wish to be

[@ChassiotisK]

This struck me like lighting while watching Lasso. Was googling “I remember firelight” before the second verse even begun. I’ll say that’s pretty good indeed :)

[@em.michael]

I just lost the most important person in my life and I heard this on crowded room. I have no idea how to feel about my heart and mind. I can't cry. I can't smile. I'm neither sad nor happy and I wish to feel something

[@barbaraterrell1601]

I am sorry for your loss.

[@promiseudechukwu5173]

I'm sorry for your loss. I also heard it on The Crowded Room.

[@leonmccalla1574]

Just watched episode 9 and found the song. Really sorry for your loss

[@matthoey6878]

This song is one of the most dearest to my heart. This is my wife and me. It is our life. Our marriage. She’s a saint and I’m a bit of a bastard. I’m blessed and she is Molly Drake in this song.

[@chuckthebull]

I so relate..i'm always taking the piss out of everything and shes the sweet one in my mind until she's a bastard too..HA

[@hazeljones7268]

How I remember a beloved husband. Happy years. Never good enough for him sadly. Still it's treasure to me. Always. I remember oranges. ☀️

[@joridge171]

@@hazeljones7268 I had one like that too.

[@cajsheen2594]

Well Hun, you admit you're a bit of a bxxxxd, not many would! Married 53 yrs! Absolute purgatory, but friends and family who seemed so happy are divorced and we are still together! We can't understand it! I give as good as I get now and I don't care who is present! Live is never dull. XXX

[@Jamesp1972]

@@cajsheen2594 thing is, you don't have to accept you're a bastard, you can try and do something about it

[@gigimegadoodoo]

it’s almost as if she’s singing me a lullaby in autumn as the leaves begin to fall in some other life, somewhere, distant in my memory, so familiar somehow........

[@sherylmcalister4303]

I love Nick and I love his Ma. I can see influence but more importantly I hear wonderful, beautiful, soul searching music, from both. Xx

[@JAHLEADINI]

totally agree. so beautiful both of them...

[@flipindisticalproductions4736]

I like that Rodney says, 'I think that's really good.,' at the end...bout sums it up.

[@gregmilka7452]

Incredible piece of music! A constant lump in my throat. I love how she lets the rubato piano float over this gorgeous poetry. Incredible word painting in that final phrase when she uses the diminished chord on "you" and the the major chord on "me." So grateful I found this. I can't help but wonder if Tom Waits heard this before composing 'Martha.' There are a few parallels there to be sure.

[@donpalmer9641]

So many wonderful music discoveries watching Ted Lasso. Should be Emmy awards for people who choose songs for TV series and movies.

[@innapayne6055]

This song got me since I heard it in The crowded room series

[@stella-vu8vh]

This is one of the best songs i have ever heard. Wow.

[@josiahtakang1474]

Here from Ted Lasso! Beautiful, this

[@jstinson78]

"I remembered firelight and you remembered smoke"... That lyric was so poignant, that's what I googled after I heard it on Ted Lasso... That line perfectly describes my marriage.

[@danielschoenmaker501]

Thank you Ted Lasso for bringing Molly to me!! ❤

[@BiljaMinai]

"And I knew right then and there that I was never gonna let anybody get by me without understanding they might be hurting inside..."

[@davidg241]

He was a good dad

[@kamalmanzukie]

its so compelling the way it oscillates between almost corny and old fashioned to glimpses of the same haunting quality that nicks more mature work had. its even a bit spooky

[@ethanfisher-perez9620]

I'm so curious whether it was considered "even a bit spooky" when it was first written, or just folksy. I agree with you, and I think it adds something to it that I really can't find anywhere else.

[@kamalmanzukie]

@@ethanfisher-perez9620 I definitely believe the full complexity of emotion on display here, and the feelings invoked are coming directly from her soul the posh accent is probably the only thing incidental to the feeling, though it still adds something I think if it were by someone else we might wonder but you don't give birth to someone like Nick Drake and also be able to put that kind of emotion into music by accident

[@jonpape]

I had to figure out what this song was after watching the last episode of Ted Lasso (s02e10). Simply haunting.

[@soheilparvin5065]

tunefind?? :))

[@stuart2631]

Same here. Beautiful, simple and profoundly sad.

[@JoshuaJones-hs4hj]

What a beautiful experience, I feel like I just time traveled

[@petes3305]

Like a good few others. I found myself here after hearing the song on Ted Lasso. Amazed to learn it was by the mother of Nick Drake. It's a wonderful song, wonderfully sung.

[@zacharytaylor2329]

I do not know if a more mellifluous voice has ever sung in the English language in the Twentieth century. Thank you so very much for posting this. I am in your debt.

[@aaronm.3581]

"Mellifluous." Learned a new one today. Thanks.

[@ronriggs9954]

like Judy Garland and Jeff Buckley

[@michaelsforza6616]

Listen to the end when Nick compliments her. Always gets me.

[@anja200]

This song in the crowded room broke me…

[@silaslangsyd]

A true lady . Reminds me of my Grandmother always humming a tune , just because .

[@thomascraymer8712]

Now you mention it, I remember that too... my Grandma was actually a very talented singer, she had a way of singing

[@silaslangsyd]

@thomascraymer8712 😇

[@magnethomewood]

One of the best songs I've recently heard. What a talent she was!

[@ruthparkinson849]

Shed a tear.... especially in these awful times.... 24.10. 2020

[@ju-df2ou]

So glad I discovered this from The Crowded Room.

[@feywildgamingyt]

"When I had thought that we were 'we', but we were you and me" Idk why but that line just breaks my freaking heart 😭

[@julieseymour3192]

She thought they had something but his heart was never her. I think she dodged a bullet. Someone that negative would have wrecked her.

[@RobertaChadis]

Wow.... I've alway's loved Nick Drake and now I see that his mother was quite an influence on his music.

[@hyysj0103]

We tramped the open moorland in the rainy April weather 우린 추적추적한 사월 날씨에 터벅터벅 황야를 걸었지 And came upon the little inn that we had found together 그리고 우리가 같이 찾은 작은 여관으로 들어갔지 The landlord gave us toast and tea and stopped to share a joke 주인은 토스트와 차를 내오고, 농담을 나누려 머물렀지 And I remember firelight 그리고 난 난로 불빛을 기억해 I remember firelight 난로 불빛을 기억해 I remember firelight 난로 불빛을 기억해 And you remember smoke 그리고 넌 연기를 기억하지 We ran about the meadow grass with all the harebells bending 우리는 도라지꽃들이 고개 숙였던 초원을 뛰어다녔지 And shaking in the summer wind a summer never-ending 여름 바람에 흔들리던 끝없는 여름 We wandered to the little stream among the river flats 우린 강가 사이의 작은 개울가로 떠돌아다녔지 And I remember willow trees 그리고 난 버드나무들을 기억해 I remember willow trees 버드나무들을 기억해 I remember willow trees 버드나무들을 기억해 And you remember gnats 그리고 넌 각다귀들을 기억하지 We strolled the Spanish marketplace at 90 in the shade 그 영화에 나왔던 스페인 시장을 거닐었지 With all the fruit and vegetables so temptingly arrayed 과일과 야채들은 탐스럽게 나열되었었고 And we can share a memory as every lover must 그리고 우린 모든 연인들이 꼭 해야했던 것 처럼 추억을 나눌수 있었지 And I remember oranges 그리고 난 오랜지들을 기억해 I remember oranges 오랜지들을 기억해 I remember oranges 오랜지들을 기억해 And you remember dust 그리고 넌 먼지를 기억하지 The autumn leaves are tumbling down and winter's almost here 가을 낙엽들은 굴러다니고 겨울이 거의 다 왔어 But through the spring and summertime we laughed away the year 그래도 봄과 여름을 지내며 한해를 웃어 넘겼어 And now we can be grateful for the gift of memory 그리고 이제 우린 추억의 선물에 감사할 수 있어 For I remember having fun 내가 즐거웠음을 기억하게 해 줬으니까 Two happy hearts that beat as one 하나로 뛰었던 행복한 두 심장을 When I had thought that we were "we" 우리가 "우리"라고 생각했던 때를 But we were "you and me" 하지만 우리는 "너와 나"였어

[@markgorman1962]

I heard this on Samantha Morton's wonderful Desert Island Discs today. Jeezo, what a bombshell of a song. That final verse is a major surprise. Stunning.

[@gofannon1943]

Magnificent.

[@muudcatt9541]

Thank you Molly for this great song and for raising your amazing son Nick Drake

[@vermilion7843]

Just found out she's the mother of Nick Drake. That makes so much sense. This song is sweet, sad and weirdly haunting.

[@brookelevi8320]

I was amazed by the episode and then this song came at the end. It's beautiful, a perfect gem that speaks of love and loss.

[@ghettobougieahjoomab8663]

Ted lasso... instantaneously, I am in awe with this song. Glad I found it.

[@buzhichun]

I genuinely don't know if this beautiful song is a sad or a happy one (the final two lines especially seem quite ambiguous), but I guess the beauty of art is that you can choose your interpretation of it.

[@bryanleigh6497]

I think it's clearly about her happy memories of a relationship not being shared, sadly. So she'd been deluded really, or deceived, about what he felt.

[@buzhichun]

@@bryanleigh6497 I agree and my first reading was the same, however a few comments below lead me to believe that it can also be interpreted as a coming to terms with their differences. I'm still leaning more towards the sad interpretation though

[@kamalmanzukie]

@@buzhichun i think its even more complicated than that. i do believe she was playing very intentionally with the ambiguity. i think the tone of the song was meant to be mournful and sad while the lyrics are more playfully prodding, and depict nothing but accounts of good times and maybe some lament that a great relationship can't be perfect i think its safe to say molly drake felt things in a very deep and complex way

[@subterraneanhomesickalien666]

I've been a Nick Drake fan since I was teen. In the 90s. I absorbed everything Nick Drake. I just discovered his mother. I had no idea. I'm falling in love with her too.

[@chives400]

phew. i was scared this had been completely deleted from youtube

[@Dayroom]

She and her daughter were the last of their lineage. Nick drake was a soul of unexplained

[@piratejourney]

I’m here after episode 9 from the the crowded room 😢 danny Sullivan

[@newportdragons]

Beautiful version on Katie Melua's new album deluxe edition. It made me search for the original.

[@missblackbirdflyy]

Had to find this after hearing it in “the crowded room”

[@Lukasjakson]

Amazing song. Thank you Mr. Lasso.

[@chibugojustin2013]

Made me sob so much plus the scene in The Crowded Room ep 9 towards the end...😢

[@sumd]

Ted Lasso ❤

[@michaelnangle9453]

Lovely song.

[@AimeeHuntsha]

What a hauntingly beautiful song. Thank you, Ted Lasso, for introducing me to it!

[@jonwelch5746]

Thanks Ted

[@cindysellers5293]

Great song. Thanks, Ted Lasso!

[@Epiphone100]

Incredibly talented family !!!!

[@woody421421]

This makes me sad

[@spookmineer]

Just heard this in the end credits of Ted Lasso, had to look it up.

[@ageivy5658]

THE CROWDED ROOM>>>

[@Peanutbutterluv3r1]

I somehow found this song in an ad for clothing. I’m glad I did it’s beautiful.

[@samanthaayen9587]

Can you make one hour version pls I hate having to restart it every 3 minutes

[@ninelie4274]

Or you could loop it

[@benjamindalmont22]

right on !

[@Bsfst697]

One of my memory, a precious one, came on my mimd. Thank you so much. Love from Japan. I can't experess well but I really like your voice.....

[@clairedudan2521]

Beautiful song ❤ Discovered on Ted Lasso episode ✨

[@reenougle]

Hi has become my favorite song. So evocative and sad.

[@acanthus116]

So beautiful

[@quiettimegaming3642]

Sometimes is hard to remember the firelight through all the smoke. But I try.

[@shinealight5002]

I love that and it is the description of my relationships... Puts it so simply.. Thank you

[@soi8471]

泣けてくる

[@ellay4514]

How beautiful

[@michaellinver1335]

Simply beautiful! Thanks for sharing, Randy.

[@blueboyjournal]

02/05/2022: I'm still in that little inn we found together that February evening. the steps were icy and the candle was a hideous scent, but we appreciated the effort. that was so long ago. so many pairs of feet have come and go from those steps since, and yet not enough. there's a candle of sandalwood by the same ledge now, and the chair in the same spot. nothing will rot your head and heart more than this nervous tick that we call 'remembering'

[@mizofan]

ROLAND LEIGHTON: (from) NACHKLANG Down the long white road we walked together Down between the grey hills and the heather, Where the tawny-crested Plover cries. You seemed all brown and soft, just like a linnet, Your errant hair had shadowed sunbeams in it, And there shone all April In your eyes.

[@marckirwan9159]

My heart tonight.

[@danruetenik3583]

Beautiful

[@b2studios20]

Masterpiece

[@bryanleigh6497]

That is GOOD! Instantly memorable tune and lyric.

[@sued6221]

Anybody else here because of Ted Lasso? This song was the perfect ending.

[@alathiajackson4691]

Here because of Ted Lasso.

[@momoum901]

Guilty

[@TinyFord1]

May I recommend Stars at the end of Season 3 or 4 of Bojack Horseman as well for a perfect ending to an episode? Sure you will like it. And of course baby blue from breaking bad. That’s a MUST if you are making a playlist of perfecting ending songs

[@johnbachman8908]

Definitely

[@BaileySarian]

🥺

[@malleebull75]

That was really beautiful.

[@Caryn-Brooks]

WOW

[@shelld4977]

When I heard it I knew it was Molly Drake. I’d recently heard it on a Nick Drake album, and Tim Freedman sung it on tour early 2021 in Sydney. Weird, like the universe is trying to tell me something…

[@soheilparvin5065]

if Ted lasso brought you here you're a legend

[@yasinkktmz2824]

The crowded room best scenes ! ! !

[@aheadachewithpictures]

yay

[@matrags]

What a sad song.

[@afriendlymedic1927]

Man what a tearful Ted Lasso episode.

[@Kewburt]

So so true

[@morningdottimesthree]

✊🏼😑

[@glenfreeman3549]

"... I think that's really good."