Nick Cave

ResonantPassage
ResonantPassage Posts: 8
edited September 2012 in Other Music
Any fans of Nick Cave? Personally can't get enough of the guy, although I'm a sucker in particular for The Birthday Party and Grinderman (Grinderman 2, specifically)..Love his dark imagery and growl

Here's an artist retrospect of the man http://www.resonantpassage.net/nick-cave-a-musical-career-to-be-emulated/
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Love Nick Cave....

    My favorite album is his double album Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus. Brilliant!
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  • IgotshitID
    IgotshitID St.john's Newfoundland Posts: 895
    his the man
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  • Popmartijn
    Popmartijn Posts: 383
    I only started to get into his stuff about three years ago, but now I certainly have the bug! My favourite is The Boatman's Call (the first Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds that I got), but he has many amazing records. I think my favourite period is from The Good Son to Abatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus. Slowly I'm getting into his earlier period. I bought The Firstborn Is Dead this past weekend and that one is also quite OK. Tupelo is a great song I the blues/country feel of those songs sit right with me.

    So yeah, I'm a fan. :)
  • JDB
    JDB Posts: 277
    Let Love In is a good one.
  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    mfc2006 wrote:
    Love Nick Cave....

    My favorite album is his double album Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus. Brilliant!

    This,this,this :D
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  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    HELL TO THE YES!
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    I'd love to see him live one day.

    I need to make an effort to listen to more of his material.
  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    I'd love to see him live one day.

    I need to make an effort to listen to more of his material.

    You will not be disappointed. He is fantastic live.
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    I love this sooooooooooooooooo much

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MajmI5j7Bs
  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    Great song. Dig! Lazarus Dig! kicks so much ass it's not even funny. As a girl, I do love when he sings the pretty ones though. That voice! Swoon... :oops:

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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    I know a lot of people here regard EV as their favourite singer and of course he is one of mine but there are quite a few I put above him, Nick Cave being one of those. He doesn't perhaps have the range some other singers have but he makes up for that with tone, clarity, delivery and control and tops off his talents with his songwriting ability. I don't know another artist who can write tongue in cheek humour, black comedy, thought provoking lyrics, beautiful ballads and love songs and some pretty deep, disturbing subject matter to such a consistent high standard. As a live performer he acts like conductor for the music, when he is gentle the movement on stage is very minimal and subdued but when he goes completely nuts the whole band follows suit and it's really amazing to watch. He also looks pretty scary when he stares in your direction and is always impeccably dressed for his performance. Yeah, I quite like him.... ;)
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    veddertown wrote:
    I know a lot of people here regard EV as their favourite singer and of course he is one of mine but there are quite a few I put above him, Nick Cave being one of those.He doesn't perhaps have the range some other singers have but he makes up for that with tone, clarity, delivery and control and tops off his talents with his songwriting ability. I don't know another artist who can write tongue in cheek humour, black comedy, thought provoking lyrics, beautiful ballads and love songs and some pretty deep, disturbing subject matter to such a consistent high standard. As a live performer he acts like conductor for the music, when he is gentle the movement on stage is very minimal and subdued but when he goes completely nuts the whole band follows suit and it's really amazing to watch. He also looks pretty scary when he stares in your direction and is always impeccably dressed for his performance. Yeah, I quite like him.... ;)

    Brilliantly vibrant description :D I have only seen him live once but it was exactly as you describe,his intensity both scares and fascinates me.I also put a number of singers above E.V for these reasons.

    I quite like Nick too :D
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Couldn't have expessed my feelings upon seeing Nick Cave live better than Veddertown has. I've seen Cave several times - always the same intensity. If PJ and cave played on the same night, I would probably choose to see Nick Cave. Though last time I saw him, the opening band was WEIRD - even by Nick Cave standards! :D
  • curlygirly9
    curlygirly9 Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,872
    I wonder if we saw the same WEIRD dude open for nick, lol.
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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    redrock wrote:
    Couldn't have expessed my feelings upon seeing Nick Cave live better than Veddertown has. I've seen Cave several times - always the same intensity. If PJ and cave played on the same night, I would probably choose to see Nick Cave. Though last time I saw him, the opening band was WEIRD - even by Nick Cave standards! :D

    Was it Joe Gideon & The Shark Rita? They were a male and female duo and they played a lot of semi spoken word songs. We loved them!! :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCaIMM7Uasc
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    It was these guys Gary - Hunter Gracchus. Was it them you saw too curlygirly?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFH1QBj8CXI

    I'm fine with experimental music (to a point), but I thought this was just taking the piss. There was absolutely no way you could even just 'let go' and try to get 'transported' by the sounds - there was nothing pleasing to the ear. For the first 10 minutes or so, you could see the puzzled faces of the audience (and not a single sound heard from them - too flabergasted). This went on for ever and ever - this clip doesn't show the worst bits either! So many people (including Rob and I) just walked out. It's something I hate to do but I just couldn't bear it!

    Now Joe Gideon & The Shark (whom I had never heard before), is very different but very pleasing.. you can drift away with this!
  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    stargirl69 wrote:
    veddertown wrote:
    I know a lot of people here regard EV as their favourite singer and of course he is one of mine but there are quite a few I put above him, Nick Cave being one of those.He doesn't perhaps have the range some other singers have but he makes up for that with tone, clarity, delivery and control and tops off his talents with his songwriting ability. I don't know another artist who can write tongue in cheek humour, black comedy, thought provoking lyrics, beautiful ballads and love songs and some pretty deep, disturbing subject matter to such a consistent high standard. As a live performer he acts like conductor for the music, when he is gentle the movement on stage is very minimal and subdued but when he goes completely nuts the whole band follows suit and it's really amazing to watch. He also looks pretty scary when he stares in your direction and is always impeccably dressed for his performance. Yeah, I quite like him.... ;)

    Brilliantly vibrant description :D I have only seen him live once but it was exactly as you describe,his intensity both scares and fascinates me.I also put a number of singers above E.V for these reasons.

    I quite like Nick too :D

    This is a great example of Nick at his best, slow brooding intro building to an intense crescendo.... :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLVaNO3ZHQA

    This version of an old Birthday Party song is really great too.... :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ewBCtBG6BI

    And a very delicate one.... 8-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxDATUU2L1I

    Thanks to this thread I'm going to have a Nick Cave week......... :mrgreen:
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    veddertown wrote:
    stargirl69 wrote:

    Brilliantly vibrant description :D I have only seen him live once but it was exactly as you describe,his intensity both scares and fascinates me.I also put a number of singers above E.V for these reasons.

    I quite like Nick too :D

    Thanks to this thread I'm going to have a Nick Cave week......... :mrgreen:

    I may join you Gary ;)
  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    veddertown wrote:
    stargirl69 wrote:

    Brilliantly vibrant description :D I have only seen him live once but it was exactly as you describe,his intensity both scares and fascinates me.I also put a number of singers above E.V for these reasons.

    I quite like Nick too :D

    Thanks to this thread I'm going to have a Nick Cave week......... :mrgreen:

    I may join you Gary ;)
    I've only listened the odd song here and there lately so it's long overdue! :D

    Off topic I know Dave but I picked up Mark Lanegan tickets this week!! :mrgreen: August 28th, can't wait! ;)
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    veddertown wrote:
    I've only listened the odd song here and there lately so it's long overdue! :D

    Off topic I know Dave but I picked up Mark Lanegan tickets this week!! :mrgreen: August 28th, can't wait! ;)

    Brilliant :D

    Make sure you check out the support act. Pretty cool band. There has been suggestions that Lanegan will be doing another euro tour around November.

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