“i like the new nick cave record a lot. i’ve never been a big fan. one time a long time ago, we played the same festival. i really liked his show, and i walked up to him to tell him and shake his hand, and he screamed in my face really loudly, ‘where the fuck is my wife?’ i’d never met him before, so i just said, i don’t know, and ran away. then we saw him in san francisco on this tour, and it was brilliant. i was drunk afterwards and told him the story, and he kept denying it all night, but eventually i got to take a picture of him screaming in my face. so i went and bought the record, and it’s really good. it’s not as dark as the earlier records like murder ballads. warren [ellis, viola player] is really good on this one. i’ve got so much respect for nick, he’s one of those people who just never runs out of ideas. and he’s a really nice guy – he didn’t scream at me this time.”
- alison mosshart
song: more news from nowhere album: dig!!! lazarus dig!!! band: nick cave & the bad seeds australia - 2008
+: cave’s music is generally characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences, and lyrical obsessions with “religion, death, love, america, and violence”
song: waving my arms album: hee-haw band: the birthday party australia - 1988
it’s all a crumble locomotion on you and we feel out the shining in our signaling suits and explode into hohohoho! it’s a manner, hehehehehe, stow!
song: where the wild roses grow album: murder ballads artists: nick cave & the bad seeds (feat. kylie minogue) australia - 1996
all beauty must die.
+: cave was inspired to write ‘where the wild roses grow’ after listening to the traditional song, ‘down in the willow garden’, a tale of a man courting a woman and killing her while they are out together.
song: nature boy (live @ jools holland) - short version band: nick cave and the bad seeds 2004
i was just a boy when i sat down to watch the news on tv i saw some ordinary slaughter i saw some routine atrocity my father said, don’t look away, you got to be strong, you got to be bold, now he said, that in the end it is beauty that is going to save the world, now
and she moves among the sparrows and she floats upon the breeze she moves among the flowers she moves something deep inside of me
i was walking around the flower show like a leper coming down with nervous hysteria when i saw you standing there, green eyes, black hair up against the pink and purple wisteria you said, hey, nature boy, are you looking at me with some unrighteous intention? my knees went weak, i couldn’t speak, i was having thoughts that were not in my best interests to mention
and she moves among the flowers and she floats upon the smoke she moves among the shadows she moves me with just one little look
you took me back to your place and dressed me up in a deep sea diver’s suit you played the patriot, you raised the flag and i stood at full salute later on we smoked a pipe that struck me dumb and made it impossible to speak as you closed in, in slow motion, quoting sappho, in the original greek
she moves among the sparrows and she walks across the sea she moves among the flowers and she moves right up close to me
song: into my arms album: the boatman’s call artist: nick cave & the bad seeds australia - 1997
i don’t believe in an interventionist god but i know, darling, that you do but if i did i would kneel down and ask him not to intervene when it came to you not to touch a hair on your head to leave you as you are and if he felt he had to direct you then direct you into my arms
i put a spell on you, haiti benefit organized by shane mcgowan
feat.: nick cave, mick jones (the clash), glen matlock (sex pistols), bobby gillespie (primal scream), chrissie hynde (the pretenders) and johnny depp.
![“i like the new nick cave record a lot. i’ve never been a big fan. one time a long time ago, we played the same festival. i really liked his show, and i walked up to him to tell him and shake his hand, and he screamed in my face really loudly, ‘where the fuck is my wife?’ i’d never met him before, so i just said, i don’t know, and ran away. then we saw him in san francisco on this tour, and it was brilliant. i was drunk afterwards and told him the story, and he kept denying it all night, but eventually i got to take a picture of him screaming in my face. so i went and bought the record, and it’s really good. it’s not as dark as the earlier records like murder ballads. warren [ellis, viola player] is really good on this one. i’ve got so much respect for nick, he’s one of those people who just never runs out of ideas. and he’s a really nice guy – he didn’t scream at me this time.”- alison mosshart](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmj0978GAu1qzm6mpo1_500.jpg)
