What is the meaning of Solid Air?

A highly porous solid formed from a gel, such as silica gel, in which the liquid is replaced with a gas.

Who is the song Solid Air about?

John Martyn
Solid Air/Artists

Is Solid Air about Nick Drake?

“Solid Air”, the title track, was dedicated to a friend of Martyn’s, Nick Drake, who would die of an antidepressant overdose 18 months after the album was released. “May You Never” became something of a signature song for Martyn, becoming a staple of his live performances.

Who wrote solid air?

Solid Air/Lyricists

When did Martyn write solid air?

1972
Written in the summer of 1972, “Solid Air” is a mesmerising murmur of empathy, frustration and foreboding aimed at Martyn’s friend and Island label mate, Nick Drake.

Is there such thing as solid air?

Solid oxygen forms at normal atmospheric pressure at a temperature below 54.36 K (−218.79 °C, −361.82 °F). The magnetic properties of oxygen have been studied extensively.

Did John Martyn know Nick Drake?

Martyn recorded the song on his debut album, London Conversation. At the time, he didn’t know it was about Drake, or indeed even who Drake was. Introduced by their mutual friend Paul Wheeler, Martyn and Drake met for the first time in 1968, a year before the release of Drake’s debut album, Five Leaves Left.

Can you turn oxygen into a solid?

Solid oxygen forms at normal atmospheric pressure at a temperature below 54.36 K (−218.79 °C, −361.82 °F). At very high pressures, solid oxygen changes from an insulating to a metallic state; and at very low temperatures, it even transforms to a superconducting state.

Why did John Martyn write solidsolid air?

Solid Air is regarded by many as the John Martyn album. The title track was written for friend and peer Nick Drake and concerned Drake’s mental strife at the time. (Drake took his own life the following year, a great loss to John personally, and to music generally).

Is Martyn’s song Solid Air about Drake?

Drake died of an antidepressant overdose 18 months after Solid Air was released. According to Martyn’s ex-wife Beverley, the song is about Drake, but not exclusively so. She told Mojo magazine April 2013: “At the time I had mental health problems and was on anti-depressants.

What is the meaning of the song Solid Air?

About “Solid Air”. Solid Air is the title track from Martyn’s 1973 LP. Solid Air is a metaphor for the depression which Martyn’s friend Nick Drake suffered from. They were both musicians signed to the label, Island Records.

What kind of vinyl is John Martin’s Solid Air?

JOHN MARTYN Solid Air (2016 UK limited edition audiophile issue of the classic 1973 9-track LP issued exclusively by HMV pressed on heavyweight Green Vinyl, gatefold picture sleeve reproducing the original album artwork. Both sleeve and vinyl remain near ‘as new’)