Heath Ledger Nick Drake Video
The late actor
Heath Ledger made a music video of
Nick Drake's song "Black Eyed Dog" in November 2007, two months before his death. Ledger, a fan of Drake's, shot the video and edited it himself. MTV reports that "Black Eyed Dog" was likely the last song that Nick Drake recorded before he died of an overdose of antidepressants at the age of 26. Though the video has not been released uncut in its entirety,
A Current Affair aired a segment on it, showing clips from the Ledger-created video.
Fast Facts:
- Ledger said he was "obsessed" with Nick Drake
- Drake died in 1974
- The end of the video features Ledger "drowning" in a bathtub
- Winston Churchill described depression as a "Black Dog"
- Rolling Stone reports that Ledger planned to start a music label with Ben Harper called Masses Music Co.
Quotes:
- "I was obsessed with [Nick Drake's] story and his music and I pursued it for a while and still have hopes to kind of tell his story one day." - Heath Ledger
- "I'm growing old and I wanna go home. I'm growing old and I don't wanna know" - from "Black Eyed Dog"
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