5_moves_of_doom Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 So, after years of not listening to Nick Cave because I was much too intimidated by that gigantic (and freakishly consistant) discography, I finally delved randomly into his long list of releases about a week ago by picking up Let Love In. And wow. I like this even more than The Birthday Party. I've been listening to the album all week (I'm opening my girlfriend's Valentine's Mix CD with "Do You Love Me?" and closing it with Part 2, actually,) and today I picked up Henry's Dream, which I'm listening to right now (it's also fantastic, and I'm not even done yet.) Anyway, while Nick definitely has a token sound that you can pick out of just about anything else, he evidentially has quite a varying discography with many different musical phases and whatnot, and I'm not so sure where to go from here, seeing as how damn prolific the guy is. I might just start from the beginning, or get The Boatman's Call... But yes, since I'm WAY late on getting into him, and I know there's three or four Nick Cave freaks on this board, you can all educate me from here. Favorite songs/favorite albums/random comments are all accepted, and yes... what should I buy next?
Guest Fire and Knives Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 I still think Murder Ballads is cool as all hell. Still looking for Henry's Dream - how is it?
Edwin MacPhisto Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 The Boatman's Call is pretty cool, but has none of the cagey, psycho style of Let Love In or the 80s albums. Saying it's like a really good Leonard Cohen album is a safe statement, I think. I really like No More Shall We Part from his recent material, but the best thing on it is the first trackm "As I Sat Sadly By Her Side." Which is really great.
Nighthawk Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Murder Ballads probably. I also like Kicking Against the Pricks, one of only a handful of good all covers albums.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Let Love In and Tender Prey are my two favorites. Lots of people seem to love No More Shall We Part, but that one bores me, mostly.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 The live version of the title track to From Her to Eternity (the one affixed to the album itself, not the one from the live album, which I haven't heard) is so, so, so awesome.
Jingus Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 I got Murder Ballads and absolutely adored it, so I picked up that Best Of album, and ho boy, "disappointed" would be a vast understatement, it turned out to be nothing but mushy sentimental loves songs. What else has Cave done that's similar to Ballads? Fun fact: Cave is one of the few singers I can do a spot-on perfect karaoke of.
Gary Floyd Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 1.) Murder Ballads 2.) Kicking Against the Pricks 3.) The Boatman's Call 4.) Let Love In 5.) The Firstborn is Dead (Very underrated, bluesy album)
Giuseppe Zangara Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Murder Ballads is overrated. I like it, but the shock-and-gore occasionally borders on parody.
Jingus Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 True dat. I think that was the point with "O'Malley's Bar", to see just how ridiculously far he could take it.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 The track listing of that best of comp leans towards the less abrasive Cave material, perhaps understandably. That said, even though the piano balladry of Cave's recent work is largely dull, the guy cranked out some beautiful love songs. "Straight to You" is like wo.
Nighthawk Posted February 8, 2005 Report Posted February 8, 2005 Just for fun, you all should check out "Sick Man" a (friendly) dis to Nick Cave by Foetus. Dis tracks outside of rap are underutilized. It calls attention to what Inc was saying about MB.
cameron chaos Posted February 10, 2005 Report Posted February 10, 2005 Seen him twice (Hammersmith Apollo, Brixton Academy). I like "Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For?", "Stagger Lee", "Red Right Hand", "Hiding All Away", "Straight To You", "Babe I'm On Fire", "Babe I Got You Bad", "There Is A Light", "Do You Love Me?", "The Mercy Seat", "Loverman", "Stranger Than Kindess", "The Weeping Song", "Nobody's Baby Now" "Tupelo" "Deanna" and "Into My Arms". I also have "Red Right Hand Part 2" on MP3, not sure of it's origin. He also does a pretty menacing cover of Screaming Jay Hawkins' "I Put A Spell On You" also. And there are plenty of diss tracks outside of rap. "Fuck Earth Crisis" and "Medio-Core" spring to mind.
Nighthawk Posted February 11, 2005 Report Posted February 11, 2005 Get a dictionary and look up "underutilized" and "non-existent".
cameron chaos Posted February 11, 2005 Report Posted February 11, 2005 To be fair, I think you misused "underutilized". Lots of political punk and hardcore groups use the medium a lot, they just don't got ink in XXL and MTV coverage. You might want to take your own advice.
Henry Spencer Posted February 11, 2005 Report Posted February 11, 2005 The only two I have are Murder Ballads and Tender Prey. Both good, but Tender Prey is fantastic.
Nighthawk Posted February 11, 2005 Report Posted February 11, 2005 To be fair, I think you misused "underutilized". Lots of political punk and hardcore groups use the medium a lot, they just don't got ink in XXL and MTV coverage. You might want to take your own advice. That's about all that lip I'm gonna have. It means that it should be used more, regardless of how much it's currently used. In context of my original statement, it's used less than in rap. Now don't ever mouth off to me again.
5_moves_of_doom Posted February 11, 2005 Author Report Posted February 11, 2005 To be fair, I think you misused "underutilized". Lots of political punk and hardcore groups use the medium a lot, they just don't got ink in XXL and MTV coverage. You might want to take your own advice. That's about all that lip I'm gonna have. It means that it should be used more, regardless of how much it's currently used. In context of my original statement, it's used less than in rap. Now don't ever mouth off to me again. You tell 'em, IDRM.
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