Keith Morris在Morgan Crucible外拍摄的Nick这张照片的灵感来自德国摄影师Jurgen Vollmer1961年在汉堡拍摄的John Lennon和披头士乐队的照片。用粉笔写在左边的墙上(约翰靠着)是“Reinhold Schneider”的名字,他们都因其关于自然的诗歌而受到感染。
Nick Drake在66年高中毕业后长达一年多的假期中,曾携好友借道法国前往摩洛哥游玩,期间在马拉喀什偶遇了正在度假的滚石乐队。尽管非常害羞,但nick还是在好友的怂恿下为Jagegr和他的一些女伴弹唱了迪伦或多诺万的某首曲子,据好友回忆,他们的反应是“more than polite”。这段往事摘自于nick的1997年传记。也许大家对nick的印象停留在腼腆、寡言,又带有几分孤傲的天才的形象,但据好友回忆,在nick被问及“如果不从事音乐行业,自己会做什么”时,他认真的回答“到征兵处谋份差事”。
To see a world in a grain of sand.
and a heaven in a wildflower.
Hold infinity in your hand
and eternity in an hour.
Little Lamb who made thee
Dost thou know who made thee
Gave thee life and bid thee feed
By the stre am and o'er the mead
Nick Drake的处女作《Five Leaf Left》在充满艺术奇葩的1969年,通过端庄的英国民谣和巴洛克流行,与齐柏林飞艇当年早些时候的首次亮相表现得截然不同。于是便得到了一张拥有身临其境和悠闲之感的伟大音乐杰作之一。虽然与Frank Sinatra的《凌晨》和Miles Davis的《蓝色》非常相似,然而与这些专辑不同的是,《还剩五页纸》会更缓慢,更微妙地吸引你,几乎可以迅速将你带入他宁静的声音世界之中去。聆听这张专辑时,仿佛置身于一个内省的田园世界。每首歌都通过一系列小插曲来讲述,比如《River Man》,《Three Hours》,《Cello Song》,《The Thoughts of Mary Jane》,《Man in a Shed》和《Fruit Tree》这样的曲目都像小电影一样,涉及Drake所扮演的身份或他想要讲述的角色,这些故事通常发生在英国农村,展现一幅幅美丽的画面。
Robert Kirby为Nick《Five Leaf Left》中的其他曲目进行弦乐编曲。上图中,音响工程师Geoff Frost在右边,左边是年轻的Brian Eno。“Nick说他会找一个剑桥的朋友来做这件事(管弦乐编曲)。Robert一生中从未在工作室做过任何事情......这让我们大吃一惊,他演绎得太好了。”Nick和Robert的友谊因对古典和民间音乐的共同兴趣而开花结果。Robert对NIck不同寻常的音乐表达进行相应的调音,并调整了他的编曲以适应Nick细腻的作品。所以在这张专辑中,你能感受到更多弦乐、更多古典的形式与Nick的人声一起出现。重点也开始从流行音乐的单曲转向LP,乐队开始尝试不同寻常的吉他,贝斯和鼓的表现形式,并且花费更长的时间寻找他们们想要的声音。
《Time Has Told Me》
Time has told me
You're a rare rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind
And time has told me
Not to ask for more
Someday our ocean
Will find its shore
So I'll leave the ways that are making me be
What I really don't want to be
Leave the ways that are making me love
What I really don't want to love
Time has told me
You came with the dawn
A soul with no footprint
A rose with no thorn
Your tears they tell me
There's really no way
Of ending your troubles
With things you can say
And time will tell you
To stay by my side
To keep on trying
'til there's no more to hide
So leave the ways that are making you be
What you really don't want to be
Leave the ways that are making you love
What you really don't want to love
Time has told me
You're a rare rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind
And time has told me
Not to ask for more
For some day our ocean
Will find its shore
“You're a rare rare find A troubled cure.”Robert Smith说,这句歌词是乐队The Cure名称的来源。
《River Man》
Betty came by on her way
Said she had a word to say
About things today
And fallen leaves.
Said she hadn't heard the news
Hadn't had the time to choose
A way to lose
But she believes.
Going to see the river man
Going to tell him all I can
About the plan
For lilac time.
If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
And all night shows
In summertime.
Betty said she prayed today
For the sky to blow away
Or maybe stay
She wasn't sure.
For when she thought of summer rain
Calling for her mind again
She lost the pain
And stayed for more.
Going to see the river man
Going to tell him all I can
About the ban
On feeling free.
If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
I don't suppose
It's meant for me.
Oh, how they come and go
Oh, how they come and go.
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