One of the themes of this album that really struck me was Lord Huron's departure from an idealistic view of love in what I felt were traditional "love stories" in Lonesome Dreams and Strange Trails. Previously the characters in their albums embarked on quests either with the intention to return to their lover (Lonesome Dreams) or because they were looking for love along the way (Strange Trails). The loss of a lover at the end of Strange Trails is tragic, but the love itself wasn't tarnished. Vide Noir (both the album and the film) set up a similar story but in the end Buck is left to realize that, even after completing the quest that brought his life meaning, the love he thought he shared with Lee wasn't real. In this way, I feel like Vide Noir sets up a more realistic depiction of love stories that we see in Long Lost, in which partners can lie, cheat, be jealous/possessive, or fall out of love altogether. They propose getting lost instead of questing for a person or a specific goal. Long Lost forces the audience to depart from finding meaning in love and find it instead within the self.
@Mcnik787Күн бұрын
The greatest recording artist of the 21st century. Period.
2 күн бұрын
I been waiting for a MM official lyrics book so soooo long.... I finally made a homemade MM lyrics book, because i consider them poetry. And believe me I speak three languages and MM lyrics are amongst the best of what I've heard in indie/rock music.
@OutRAjious5 күн бұрын
Imagine if Nick had been paired with Alfred Hitchcock Credit to his Mum who invented some of those chords
@grahamhowes69047 күн бұрын
By some chance found myself talking Nick Drake with Richard Hawley in a Sheffield pub. I saw him live which was a rare event and I wondered why he looked at his shoes - apparently using one mike for guitar and vocals - also frequent retunes between songs … no banter … still mesmerising.
@kurtphipps782310 күн бұрын
John Martyns solid air was about nick
@mhoppy663914 күн бұрын
What a beautiful, moving, video essay. Thank you and thank _you_ nick.
@withinmotion8 күн бұрын
Thank you..
@renodavid14 күн бұрын
Beautifully done tribute. Thank you.
@withinmotion8 күн бұрын
Thank you David
@StayCalm_DoArt12314 күн бұрын
I actually found this album first out of all of them, I’m glad I clicked on it. I hold this album dear to my heart.
@thinking10215 күн бұрын
f...k the commercial "success" I love all his music, all of it.
@marshalmaddening901116 күн бұрын
"anti depressants" ? in the early 70s?
@anonymouslyunknown481117 күн бұрын
This album is one of their best
@butterfly717-ho9mt19 күн бұрын
I forget where we were is the most underrated album of all time.. so beautiful, deep and haunting. Also the Burgh island Ep. I love his deep music, the next 3 albums didn't do it for me but I have great respect for Ben, he's so talented. ❤
@danmahalo19 күн бұрын
Awesome that you have made this video
@miceskin19 күн бұрын
Sad irony that companies use something made out of desperation and misanthropic self discovery to promote a vapid, mad men ideal of keeping up with the Johnsons.
@t3br00k3521 күн бұрын
He ticks all the boxes on paper but I just don’t rate his songwriting that much.
@miguelcampos146021 күн бұрын
I saw lord Huron live in 2021 and it was a transcendent experience. I understood in that moment nothing mattered, but I can still feel everything.
@Galaxyngc733122 күн бұрын
Looks tougher than all get out.
@kenisgone25 күн бұрын
that poor man needed to know Jesus. The Bible has all the answers to the questions of life.
@leon32713 күн бұрын
No, it doesn't. The bible is humanities first and worst attempt to understand the cosmos and our place in it. The fictional character of Jesus wouldn't have helped Nick.
@johnanthony931325 күн бұрын
Witness millions of people responding to his music to this very day. His soul's mission accomplished I would say. Personally is always challenging and known only to the subject themselves. Yet in terms of humankind he is most definitely a shooting star. I recall someone famous is supposed to have said "forgive them father they know not what they do" ....none can follow him!
@saorsa526 күн бұрын
His parents were english not British Britain is not a country it is not a nationality . His parents are english not British
@karmaklutz27 күн бұрын
RIP Jeremiah Green Isaac is one of a kind
@rudolphmaree27 күн бұрын
If I had to listen to ONE artist only for the rest of my life, Ben would it. He is magnificent.
@ICELCD28 күн бұрын
Yeah, this makes the song not as good as I thought it was. 😢 I thought it was a Christian song
@hugov747128 күн бұрын
As a fan of lord huron, this video is a pure banger 🫶
@withinmotion26 күн бұрын
Glad to read this :)
@amjedkhrwat141529 күн бұрын
Thank you for this great video about this beautiful song that is very dear to me. Long live life. Long live Palestine 🍉
@simulatedpilot3441Ай бұрын
I love that sound, I had no idea thank you for this video.
@JesseWright68Ай бұрын
It's a brilliant album.
@suomotophoenix3450Ай бұрын
Singer is bon iver ❤
@monicagristwood4759Ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤love him love love him shame he's married
@szalonysebcio5Ай бұрын
I've been a fan of Ben and his music since 2015, initially enchanted not by Every Kinngdom, but the vulnerability and emotional load of I Forget Where We Were. As a fan, I have to admit to catching myself feeling slightly disappointed every time he recorded a new album, as there's a clear line between each one of them, both in lyrical themes and musical style (not to mention the issue of barely playing any of his previous music on the concerts). However, there's something magical about each of the records that makes you build strong mental associations with each of them, so now, even if I wasn't very fond of his third or fourth albums when they were initially released, I now find myself coming back to them with a strong feeling of nostalgia and awe. I'm glad Ben got to do what he loves without the "weight of the world on his shoulders", and I wish him all the best both as a fan and as a person
@RobertoooMusicАй бұрын
Thanks for this video - really good.
@withinmotionАй бұрын
Thank you!
@adamazzalino5247Ай бұрын
He never was gonna famous lol Your acting like Ben could have been the guy who once opened for him: Sam Fender. Wasn't gonna happen.
@satyacoaching_EFTАй бұрын
A really beautiful portrait
@satyacoaching_EFTАй бұрын
Omg how could you compare him to Ed sheeran 😢
@adel3529Ай бұрын
I am 64y, and I listen to his music daily.
@TheBundleofkentАй бұрын
This must be the 500th potted biography of Nick Drake that has been done. Didn't listen to it. Why don't people do something original?
@Rick_SFАй бұрын
Frida was Jewish!
@coopaluvscartiАй бұрын
oh to hear Pink Moon for the first time again
@saaiganesh_varalakshmiАй бұрын
In Dreams is one of greatest self discovery song
@billfreeland5489Ай бұрын
Found Nicks music after he had passed while I was recovering from an accident. I delved further into his life and when I found out about the amytriptan incident, which I had been prescribed for chronic pain, I immediately terminated using it, and every other medication as well. I owe him a lot for that in a sad way.
@melrhymenocerosАй бұрын
I love all this info! Still want to know what happened to his old band with India and everything
@abiviensАй бұрын
I forget where we were, best album ive heard in year's
@user-ln9zo2ji4dАй бұрын
The KZfaq/KCRW studio recording of Depth Over Distance is one of my all-time favorite tracks
@cobwebsandcatnipАй бұрын
I keep hearing that there's no video of Nick but I saw a short clip of him performing. He started to play and sing then fumbled, apologised and continued. All the while sitting hunched over, his face covered by his hair. He looked in abject misery. I saw the clip a few years ago and have not been able to find it again.
@adambraunstein3283Ай бұрын
Thank god he didn't continue on the path of Kingdom Come because some "fans" wanted him to! Every album since has just gotten better and better! ❤
@hapines36Ай бұрын
is it? is my fav
@Knaggs5758Ай бұрын
I just watched this beautiful story. It adds so much meaning to my all time favorite song. RIP Frida Kahlo. Long Live Life ❤️🙏
@withinmotionАй бұрын
thank you for the sweet comment ♥️
@Knaggs5758Ай бұрын
@@withinmotion Thank you for posting the video. I never knew what my favorite song was all about until I saw this.
@RobertJohnMАй бұрын
Gabrielle once said that she didn't know what would happen to her Mother Molly without Rodney. I think both Molly and Nick had severe depression. I also think that Joe Boyd should have never allowed Nick to perform live without an ensemble that could also switch to guitars and drums.
@JohnMac-pf6jsАй бұрын
Nah. A lot of artists that become very popular lose heart and the thing that got them there. I wouldnt even call him unpopular, he is definitely a name that many recognise. Bens integrity makes him stand out even more and adds to his persona, and colours his legacy as someone that never sold out. Legend.