Indeed, some of the stances in here are rather strange to me. It's one thing for a given artist to simply not be someone's "cup of tea", but, well, I won't address any specifics from above.

Anyway, I very much love Nick Drake. I am not aware of whatever "hype" there might be "out there", I haven't owned a TV since 1993, very rarely "listen to the radio", etc., and generally only read about specific things I'm searching for on the Internet.

I discovered him in 1994 after reading an interview with Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes. I'd already been playing guitar in open G thanks to Keith Richards being one of my teenage musical heroes, and in the interview Rich said that most people assumed that's where he got open tunings from, but that it was actually Nick who prompted him. So, I had to investigate and it happened that 'Way to Blue: An Introduction' had just been released. I found some of the pieces quite stunning and still enjoy listening from time to time. Something hit me today to dig him out again so I've been at it for a couple of hours and thought to see what discussions might have gone on here.