Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds appreciation thread!

[david]

Seriously, Nick Cave is awesome.

Begin the appreciation.

 

[DignityPassesBy]

Nick Cave

 

[david]

As I sat sadly by her side
At the window, through the glass
She stroked a kitten in her lap
And we watched the world as it fell past
Softly she spoke these words to me
And with brand new eyes, open wide
We pressed our faces to the glass
As I sat sadly by her side

She said, "Father, mother, sister, brother,
Uncle, aunt, nephew, niece,
Soldier, sailor, physician, labourer,
Actor, scientist, mechanic, priest,
Earth and moon and sun and stars
Planets and comets with tails blazing
All are there forever falling
Falling lovely and amazing"

Then she smiled and turned to me
And waited for me to reply
Her hair was falling down her shoulders
As I sat sadly by her side

As I sat sadly by her side
The kitten she did gently pass
Over to me and again we pressed
Our different faces to the glass
"That may be very well" I said
"But watch the one falling in the street
See him gesture to his neighbors
See him trampled beneath their feet
All outward motion connects to nothing
For each is concerned with their immediate need
Witness the man reaching up from the gutter
See the other one stumbling on who cannot see"

With trembling hand I turned toward her
And pushed the hair out of her eyes
The kitten jumped back to her lap
As I sat sadly by her side

Then she drew the curtains down
And said, "When will you ever learn
That what happens there beyond the glass
Is simply none of your concern?
God has given you but one heart
You are not a home for the hearts of your brothers

And God does not care for your benevolence
Anymore than he cares for the lack of it in others
Nor does he care for you to sit
At windows in judgment of the world he created
While sorrows pile up around you
Ugly, useless, and over-inflated"

At which she turned her head away
Great tears leaping from her eyes
I could not wipe the smile from my face
As I sat sadly by her side

 

[Kieran McConville]

Well I certainly appreciate him, the guy is a creative powerhouse now more than ever, and that is curiously comforting. Right now, I'm bopping along to O Children.

 

[WinnieThePoo]

kicks ass

oohh
oooh
mary bellows ..................

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

stars have their moments

and then they die.

 

[reptile]

MERCY SEAT

Need i say more!?
Also check out Johnny cash version. Awesome.

 

[WinnieThePoo]

nick cave and PJ Harvey , marriage made in heaven or hell....

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Darker With the Day
Nature Boy
The Mercy Seat
Loverman
Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow
Straight to You
Into My Arms
(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?
Where the Wild Roses Grow
God is in the House
There She Goes, My Beautiful World
Red Right Hand
Tupelo
Babe, I'm on Fire (all fifteen minutes)



etc
etc
etc
ad infinitum

 

[yolland]

Tender Prey

 

[zooperson]

WORD!

Loverman is one of my favorites.