Genius? Yes.
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Genius? Yes.
Emo? Yes.
He's pretty good
He's pretty good
You're kidding right?
Nick Cave is definitely not Emo and yes, he is pretty much a genius.
And he has a Burt Reynolds mustache now:
Yes, I was kidding - sorry, nasty habit I picked up in the General Forum
he's pretty much the most important musician in the world and has been for a few years
Quite alright. No blood no foul.
He wrote the Australian Western movie The Proposition, tis very good, if just about the grimmest movie ever
His best record, and also the greatest cover album ever. Just so we're clear on that point.
Absolutely. I'd say he's gone a bit downhill after NMSWP though.
Yo Pill, Kicking Against the Pricks, although very good, doesn't rank among his best three. You and I both know that, you're just showing off.
I'm showing off my superior taste and judgement, yes.
Man who, every day, leaves the ar$e end of his Merc. parked across the pavement in Fourth Avenue, Hove? The very same.
Can a mod please clean up this post?
Profanity of this sort is frankly disgusting.
Genius yes
I love him. 'Red Right Hand' is probably my favourite tune ... and I actually think his new record is really good
Modern day poet.
I thought Digg Lazarus Digg was decent. He's actually started referencing himself, something which only the very great or the very bad can do.
He's a genius... Thank you Kristjan
I thought Digg Lazarus Digg was decent. He's actually started referencing himself, something which only the very great or the very bad can do.
He's a genius... Thank you Kristjan
Listened to the new album "Push The Sky Away" a few times, not sure how much I like it yet. Only nine tracks on the album so you wouldn't want there to be much filler but a few of the tracks aren't doing it for me. Still a good album but not up there with his best imo, though it might still grow on me. Anyone else listen to it?
Hardly.
But I'll always love The Mercy Seat. Brilliant.
(Don't look, just listen.)
Someone I've never got into to the extent I think I probably should, think I'll have another good listen this weekend. Hallelujah is one of my favourite songs though.
The bonus points he should get for Wings of Desire he loses out of petty envy for having been in a relationship with PJ Harvey.
Listened to the new album this morning. I knew it was going to be dark and emotional and it is. This is by far his most personal record. I think 'I Need You' might become my favourite song of his.
I used to follow The Birthday Party around England and followed Nick Cave for a few years after they split, but I can't listen to his stuff now.
The music has certainly changed a lot since then.
Me and my mate Ash used to try staring him out when he was doing his angry look around the crowd. I caught his eye a few times and after 30 seconds of pulling weird faces at him, we occasionally got a 'feck off' before he turned away.
Did anyone see the film? So incredibly powerful. Listening to the album is a completely different experience having seen it.
I would have loved to but it wasn't being shown here.
20,000 Days on Earth? I remember seeing that and thinking the filmmakers who made the documentary were a lot more interesting than Nick himself.
Nah, there's a film out covering the making of the new album.
Early reviews are pretty glowing:
"No other record released this year will provoke such conflicting emotions in you. Skeleton Tree is both beautiful and harrowing, hard to listen to but even harder to look away from." - NME
"It’s a record of unusual rawness, honesty and intensity." - The Guardian
"The album is a melancholic masterpiece not for the fainthearted." - The Telegraph
"The result is beautiful, visceral and, predictably, emotionally devastating." - The Independent
"No one could have crafted this masterpiece quite like Nick Cave, and the staggering amount of material over his nearly four decade long career doesn’t prepare for what we have here. This stands as possibly his greatest achievement, as much a sorrowful exploration as a loving sendoff only for his fans, but more importantly, for himself." - Sputnikmusic
"The record resonates with raw, emotional intensity in a stunning way." - Rolling Stone.
"It’s a record of unusual rawness, honesty and intensity." - The Guardian
"The album is a melancholic masterpiece not for the fainthearted." - The Telegraph
"The result is beautiful, visceral and, predictably, emotionally devastating." - The Independent
"No one could have crafted this masterpiece quite like Nick Cave, and the staggering amount of material over his nearly four decade long career doesn’t prepare for what we have here. This stands as possibly his greatest achievement, as much a sorrowful exploration as a loving sendoff only for his fans, but more importantly, for himself." - Sputnikmusic
"The record resonates with raw, emotional intensity in a stunning way." - Rolling Stone.
It gets better with every listen this.
I saw it. It was terrific. New album is something else too. His output - Grinderman, Bad Seeds, film scores, screenplays, novels, two fascinating documentaries - is pretty incredible.
There's a lot in this album.
Who the feck is Nick Cave?
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Probably his best album since he released Boatman's Call nearly 20 years ago.
Certainly way better that PTSA, which did much less with a similar sound. Managed it in 8 songs and under 40min too. Take note James Blake.
Certainly way better that PTSA, which did much less with a similar sound. Managed it in 8 songs and under 40min too. Take note James Blake.
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I've trying to get into him (albeit half arsedly) for years. How does one immerse themselves into the essence of Nick Cave?
20,000 Days on Earth might be a good primer.
Album-wise I'd probably start with Let Love In. Kinda marks the boundary between Old Testament and New Testament Nick Cave.
This is a live cut taken directly from One More Time With Feeling. Was the emotional climax in the film but I think it's still incredibly powerful without the context.
Best track on the album and one of his best ever, I think. 'tis gorgeous.