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* Read * Nick Drake's Pink Moon (33 1/3) by Amanda Petrusich ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Nick Drake's Pink Moon (33 1/3) Pink Moon explores how Nick Drake's third and final album has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Features interviews with producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW Cabrio commercial that launched the album to platinum status more than thirty years after its release.]
| Title | : | Nick Drake's Pink Moon (33 1/3) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (841 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826427901 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-01 |
| Language | : | English |
She also does a great service to the readers by not paintingDrake as some romantically doomed poetic soul, like so many other writers havedone in the past. "The latest addition to the evergrowing33 1/3 series (now up to volume 51) is an in-depth look at Nick Drake's finalalbum "Pink Moon". The mostinteresting part of the book is the final third which focuses on Pink Moon's21st Century revival thanks to a 2000 Volkswagon commercial featuring the titletrack. Tackling a 28 minute album of sparse folk by anartist whose life went largely undocumented (there are no known video clips orinterviews with Drake) is a daunting task, but Petrusich handles the job nicelyby telling the story through interviews with the people who knew Drake andworked with him musically, as well as testimonials from
"Great read with new angle on Drake" according to Will O'Brien. The Nick Drake story has been told already. If you want a straight bio go buy the Patrick Humphries book. Really the most interesting thing about Drake that hasn't been covered is the VW stuff and it's definitely the highlight of the book. The commercial turned an entire generation of music fans onto Drake (including myself) and I really appreciated the author's recognition and analysis of the whole commercial phenomenon. The quotes in between chapters don't add much, but the book was a refreshing change from most Drake coverage in the past few years.. Interesting, unusual focus on Drake Phil the Hypothetical This was an enjoyable and suprisingly informative entry in the 33 1/3 series. I agree with the other reviewer on here that the in-between-chapter quotes from musicians and songwriters were a bit superfluous, and over half of them I had never heard of. Those bits of the book seemed like padding to me. The author seems to have opted to devote a good chunk of the book to the story behind the Volkswagon advert from a few years ago, and that's the part of the book that really impressed me. I don't think the author was going to dig up too much new information about Nick or the recording of this great album, so she focused instead on th. Mostly an Ode to a TV Ad In some respects, this is a wonderful overview of a classic folk-rock album and the substantial role Nick Drake's music has played in the author's life. But mostly, this is a gushy tribute to the 2000 Volkswagon Cabrio ad that utilized "Pink Moon" (title track) as its soundtrack. Sure, it was a clever ad and it introduced Drake's music to the wide audience Drake was denied during his brief lifetime. But do you want to read nearly half a 120-page book about that ad? Me neither---but I did.If you're looking for insights on Drake himself, they're here---somewhat, mostly clipped from the Humphries & Dann biographies of the singer. Ar
Pink Moon explores how Nick Drake's third and final album has puttered and purred its way into a new millennium. Features interviews with producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and even the marketing team behind the VW Cabrio commercial that launched the album to platinum status more than thirty years after its release.
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