mpolak21 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I think I may have mentioned this once before on this site, but my fiance and I were thinking of using Drake's "Pink Moon" for our wedding as the first dance with our folks. It seemed like a good choice because it is short and has no specific sexual references. But ....that was when we thought the "pink moon" was allegory for love. The a friend told us it is meant to represent the apocalypse. Ha! I guess I can see it in the lyrics now knowing that and knowing Drake's history of depression. Can anyone confirm or refute that? Might not be the best song to kick off a marriage if that's the case! Hmm... I hadn't heard of the apocalypse interpretation. I always just saw it as a really beautiful tune. Thanks to that Volkwagen commercial (how non-hipster of me) I became obsessed with it when I was 14, and subsequently got into Nick Drake. I listen to his three albums probably as much or more than anything else in my collection. With the possible exception of the Velvet Underground (if you ignore Squeeze and please do so), I can't think of any artist with a discography as consistently brilliant (much as I love the Beatles, it's not to often I reach for Please Please Me), though I suppose only releasing three albums helps. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Other great autumn music... The Beatles: Rubber Soul and the acoustic songs from the White AlbumThe Rolling Stones: Between the Buttons and subsequently the entire Royal Tenenbaums soundtrackThe Velvet Underground: self-titled third album.Both the Bill Fay albums.Yankee Hotel FoxtrotJohn Cale: Vintage ViolenceGeorge Harrison: All Things Must PassGalaxie 500: On FireVan Morrison: Astral WeeksFran Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Party @ the Moontower Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 My favorite fall song Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HungryHippo Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 there seems to be a Doors tune for every season. right now its 'Summer's Almost Gone.' Morning found us calmly unaware Noon burned gold into our hair At night, we swim the laughin' sea When summer's gone Where will we be Quote Link to post Share on other sites
you ever seen a ghost? Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 favorite Nick Drake songs: "River Man""Hazey Jane II""Place To Be""Parasite""Things Behind The Sun" favorite Autumn albums: Neil Young - After The GoldrushBob Dylan - "Love & Theft"Iron & Wine - anything -justin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Chamber Strings - Month Of Sundays Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 To me, The Creek Drank the Cradle will always be the ultimate autumn album. Reminds me of walking my old dog in the forest when I was 17, when the leaves were all golden and red... Good memories.I also think Magnolia Electric Co - What Comes After The Blues would be good in the fall. Maybe, just maybe, Nirvana's Unplugged...... but you didn't hear that from me!I always liked Matt Sharp's Puckett's vs the County Boy EP in the fall, but that might be a bit too slow for a lot of people.Oh maybe some old Will Oldham (Palace) when it was just him and his guitar.... the "You Will Miss Me When I Burn" style stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Oh, so many good ones: Jets to Brazil Orange Rhyming DictionaryPJ Harvey White ChalkJohn Coltrane Blue TraneEdith Piafthe MisfitsMiles Davis Sketches of SpainHolopaw S/TJeremy Enigk Return of the Frog QueenWilco A Ghost Is BornBelle and Sebastian Tigermilk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 This thread has sort of lost its bearings....maybe need to be split off for a separate thread about great Fall music? I keep clicking back in here, expecting Nick Drake discussion! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Yeah, I guess with the somewhat limited discography of Nick Drake's and the pretty universal appropriateness it has for autumn throughout...... yeah Nick Drake. Good call. Byter Layer is great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stickman Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Holopaw S/T Oh man I was just about to put this but then didn't think anyone would know what the hell I was talking about. I love this band. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Chamber Strings - Month Of Sundays This was my spring album also, it's awesome in any context. Why aren't these guys more popular? --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 This was my spring album also, it's awesome in any context. Why aren't these guys more popular? --MikeLots of news on them in old posts....why not?? Maybe because Kevin Junior dropped out (due to a bad drug problem) just when they had a chance to make it big and they are still (still) trying to recover. It ain't easy coming back with all the competition one has in the music biz.... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Lots of news on them in old posts....why not?? Maybe because Kevin Junior dropped out (due to a bad drug problem) just when they had a chance to make it big and they are still (still) trying to recover. It ain't easy coming back with all the competition one has in the music biz.... LouieB Yeah, the fact that their record label kind of went kaput didn't help them either. If not for Glorious Noise I don't think I'd have ever heard of these guys. It's just a little baffling to me that they have such a small presence even in the indie scene when they have an album as good Month of Sundays. It's one of the great undiscovered gems of the era, maybe 30 years from now people we'll be talking about them like we talk about the equally obscure in his day, Nick Drake. Any update on their new album, Lou? You said awhile back they were having problems getting a label to pick them up? If it's half as good as Month of Sundays, you'd figure Drag City or someone would be all over it. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 (if you ignore Squeeze and please do so) Why should we ignore Squeeze? Squeeze is flat-out fan-fucking-tastic!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H-Bomb Henry Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Mark Olsen I think the word tree appears in every one of his songs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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