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straight to you, deanna and the mercy seat especially. his voice is unique, his talent profound! love him.

Great clip on youtube where he talks a bit about that song and then puts on the most kickass performance. Link What an awesome song - the frantic tempo at the end captures the theme of the song perfectly.

This is one of his most beautifull songs, although I prefer Nobody's baby now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh9Q954OW2Q (I couldn't find a real video)

Ha, that video is kinda cool. Great song from a great album.

is probably my favourite Nick Cave song, and watching the band dance in this video clip is perhaps the most awesome thing ever. Red Right Hand is great, too. I read somewhere that Nick improvised most of the lyrics to that song when he recorded it. If that's true, it just blows my mind.

Another favourite from that album is Thirsty Dog. One of his most underrated songs, imo. He sounds so insincere evertime he says the word "sorry". Awesome lyrics, as always...

"I'm sorry about the hospital

Some things are unforgivable

That things simply cannot be forgiven

I was not equipped to know how to care

And on the occassions I came up for air

I saw my life and wondered

what the hell I had been living"

"I'm sorry about all your friends

I hope they'll speak to me again

I said before I'd pay for all the damages

I'm sorry it's just rotten luck

I'm sorry I've forgotten how to fuck

It's just that I think my heart

and soul are kind of famished"

rock3

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Yeah, the Mercy Seat is one of my favourite songs ever. Especially the live versions. I love how the intensity builds up towards the end. There's also a great version of this song on the "The road to God knows where" DVD. Johnny Cash did a pretty cool cover of this song too.

The ship song, the weeping song, Tupelo, Deanna, He has so many amazing songs.

From his later work I love "There She Goes, My Beautiful World". I love the lyrics:

John Willmot penned his poetry

riddled with the pox

Nabakov wrote on index cards,

at a lectem, in his socks

St. John of the Cross did his best stuff

imprisoned in a box

And JohnnyThunders was half alive

when he wrote Chinese Rocks

Well, me, I'm lying here, with nothing in my ears

Me, I'm lying here, with nothing in my ears

Me, I'm lying here, for what seems years

I'm just lying on my bed with nothing in my head

Send that stuff on down to me

Send that stuff on down to me

Send that stuff on down to me

Send that stuff on down to me

There she goes, my beautiful world

There she goes, my beautiful world

There she goes, my beautiful world

There she goes again

And the background singers sound great in that song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1fzqtTV2EE

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I love the music and the lyrics, plan on buying more albums with them soon..

Let Love In, The Boatman's Call & Murder Ballads are the three I'd get first.

Murder Ballads is so fucking cool. Nick is such a masterful storyteller ... each song is like it's own little short story - some scary, some hilarious, some scary and hilarious at the same time.

Where The Wild Roses Grow - The famous duet with Kylie Minogue. This song is superb, and proves that Kylie can actually sing. I love how Nick and Kylie each sing their own version to the same tale.

- Duet with PJ Harvey. Brilliant.

Stagger Lee, More Stagger Lee! - Such a cool song. The word 'motherfucker' has never sounded so good. "I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get one fat boy's asshole" :tongue2:

The Curse of Millhaven is also hilarious. Such upbeat music that contrasts so well with Cave's lunatic singing about a 15yr old serial killer. Genius.

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I love the music and the lyrics, plan on buying more albums with them soon..

Let Love In, The Boatman's Call & Murder Ballads are the three I'd get first.

Murder Ballads is so fucking cool. Nick is such a masterful storyteller ... each song is like it's own little short story - some scary, some hilarious, some scary and hilarious at the same time.

Where The Wild Roses Grow - The famous duet with Kylie Minogue. This song is superb, and proves that Kylie can actually sing. I love how Nick and Kylie each sing their own version to the same tale.

- Duet with PJ Harvey. Brilliant.

Stagger Lee, More Stagger Lee! - Such a cool song. The word 'motherfucker' has never sounded so good. "I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get one fat boy's asshole" :tongue2:

The Curse of Millhaven is also hilarious. Such upbeat music that contrasts so well with Cave's lunatic singing about a 15yr old serial killer. Genius.

Cool thx Dead Flower! rock3

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