This is so much better than Nick Drake. Why do RYM trannies rate it so much lower?
>>129904809i disagree with your premise
>>129904809Richard Thompson doesn’t have a tragic meme backstory
Nick Drake unmoggable.
>>129905969cope
>>129904809Why have I been seeing this algo find on here so much lately? It's a decent record, for sure. But it's one that Spotify recommends to anyone who listens to anything remotely in that vein. You ain't special bro. Stop spamming it. Also nowhere close to even touching any of Nick Drake's releases lol
>>129904809You niggers can't talk about music without making an unfavorable comparison to other music
>>129906526yes, I'm sure "niggers" are here talking about 1970s folk music
>>129906547You're a nigger not for your skin, but your low intelligence
>>129904809this album is kind of annoying ngl
>>129906515>Also nowhere close to even touching any of Nick Drake's releases lolObjectively speaking, no album by Drake is as lyrically, instrumentally or vocally as strong as IWTSTBLT
>>129907638>vocallypersonally i hate richard's voice.
>>129908004Linda sings most of the songs
aight downloaded it, I'll get back to you but I scarcely can imagine it comparing to Pink Moon but the first 2 albums could be trumped outside of their respective best 3 tracks, Hazey Jane is a great song but was ruined by the accompaniment
>>129905961The Fairport van crash.
>>129908252okay quick impressions that make this different than Nick>electric guitarokay so this is folk rock, we're not talking about Neil Young, or Bob Dylan, Nick isn't folk rock>2 vocalistsmakes it feel impersonal, also doesn't have that pained emotional soul that Nick carried, this couple are clearly musicians selling a product, Nick was a lonely man playing by himself in his nepo estate>all these layersokay so even further makes it completely incomparable to Pink Moon, outside of 1 song on that album every track is Nick singing and his singular acoustic layer>standard tuning and lack of fingerstylethis is huge for the difference in sound, all that other stuff could be forgotten if they had these in common, Nick plays in open tunings with adept fingerstyle patterns these fuckers couldn't dream of, they're just strumming their acoustic or overdriven guitar for fucks sake, Nicks sound is entirely from the interwoven passages of his unique and semi dissonant fingered melodies, I don't think there was one song doing this on this album and thats the essence of Nick's sound. All the melodies are generic standard western scale type shittldrNOT EVEN REMOTELY THE SAME GENREhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLXbTMyTDcU&list=RDBLXbTMyTDcUif you're a music fan the mountain of difference between these two would make them both essentials because you can't replace a classic with something that has no relation
>>129908384>nooooooooo the 6'4" wealthy Cambridge student is the truly pained one, not the man who had his girlfriend killed in an accident he barely survived Also, Thompson is the greatest acoustic guitarist ever, far better than Drake and never made music to "sell a product". He's been active for 60 years and has maybe a dozen singles.
>>129908384I pretty agree with everything you said but RT is infinitely more skilled at guitar than Drake. You’d hardly know that from this record alone tho so no fault against ye. However, id like to reiterate that Richard Thompson could easily play anything nick drake could play on guitar without breaking a sweat. Now I’ll also add that the lyrical content of this record is just as potent and stirring as anything nick has written, but the subject matter of each is only similar via both being doomercore/sad sack stuff. Nick does more naval gazing while RT sings about universal truths and shit. Both artists are good in their own right
>>129904809Zoomies seem to have a special love for mopey faggots who primarily wrote songs about the unfairness of them not being more famous - like George Harrison, Nick Drake, etc.I assume it's a mindset that fits right with their social media influencer dreams or something
>>129904809I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight is the kind of music that I always associate with the smarmy, bar-tune rock and roll that older generations like. This music is over-produced, the song writing is particular instead of concise and the mood just overall sleepy. I credit I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight and Liege & Lief for showing me how strongly I dislike this ouevre of British Folk.
>>129908384the outro to When I Get To The Border beats anything Drake did, and I like Drake
>>129909979* save maybe Black Eyed Dog on account of the raw spectacle and intensity
>>129909901what song does he demonstrate acoustic guitar prowess because almost nothing on the album in OP was impressive acoustic playing>>129909652John Fahey would absolutely decimate him, theres no way he could play like that
For something with many of the same strengths as Drake but lacking the annoying narcissism, check out Judee Sill Heart Food, btw.
>>129909979that soloy shit has nothing on the melodic tales Drake tells, whether its From the Morning, Hazey Jane (demo version), Harvest Breed, Place to Be
For me it's the title track and the Great Valerio. But he transforms Calvary Cross every time he plays it live.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3biCVTKwRQ
>>129910042never have I listened to Pink Moon and thought oh man this guys a narcissist, call him a sad sack sure bu that doesn't make one a narcissist>>129909901not that I really think hes worth getting into but what RIchard Thompson song demonstrates high tier acoustic guitar writing and playing, its not about speed for that matter its about the melodies one creates and the way the phrases are linked together, Nick Drake is great but John Fahey is more like a gold standard
>>129910073He was obsessed with being famous and upset at the unfairness of him never achieving fame. Not saying he was wrong, but it's a bit unseemly.
>>129910073You can watch any acoustic live performance or listen to his Acoustic Classics albums where he plays songs originally performed on an electric guitar. I guess Beeswing or 1952 Vincent Black Lightning are obvious picks. Pretending he isn't a great player just because you're unfamiliar with his work is retarded though. There's no reason not to enjoy both Thompson and Drake.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HApy-Xoix-ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0kJdrfzjAghttps://youtu.be/-41yZfOY55Ahttps://youtu.be/DDZdU-snqTs
>>129910063masterpiece
>>129909962>unfairness of them not being more famous>like George Harrison
