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What songs would you NOT want your mum/mom to hear?
Think of the songs, from Boys Next Door, Birthday Party, Bad Seeds, Grinderman, etc., that would shock your mother and make her run for the nearest church. The dirtiest, slimiest, sexiest, most grittiest and irrefutably nastiest Cave songs you can think of.
COMMENT!
So far, I've thought of:
"Black Betty" (the very energetic rawness of this would scare her)
"Hard On For Love" (cuz it's sexual and perverted)
"Jangling Jack" ("too bloody and violent and LOUD!" she'd say)
"John Finn's Wife" (just think about it.)
"Loverman" (she would think, "this is dirty white noise!"}
"No Pussy Blues" (because it has the word "pussy" in it)
"O'Malley's Bar"
"Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree" (again, think about it)
"Stagger Lee" (we should all agree on this one)
RutgerHK over on the nick-cave.com forums posted this. I thought it was interesting to see what Mr. Cave enjoyed in 1994.
This is from a 1994 episode of MTV's 120 Minutes. RutgerHK says, "The episode is hosted by Nick Cave and he plays his favourite videos as well as some of his own music. I tried to find the playlist online, but I could hardly find any page referring to this particular show. So I thought I might as well post it here. Hope you like it."
PLAYLIST, anyone? I know I'm making it one.
1.The Birthday Party – Nick the Stripper
2.Einstürzende Neubauten – Blume
3.Tom Waits – I Don't Wanna Grow Up
4.Denis Walter – The Ship Song
5.The Saints – (I'm) Stranded
6.The Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK
7.Kylie Minogue – Better the Devil You Know
8.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat
9.John Lee Hooker ft. Carlos Santana – The Healer
10.The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York
11.Beasts of Bourbon – Chase the Dragon
12.Barry Adamson – The Man With the Golden Arm
13.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Deanna
14.Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
15.Neil Young – Touch the Night
16.Danzig – Killer Wolf
17.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Jack the Ripper
18.Rollins Band – Low Self Opinion
19.Nick Cave and Shane MacGowan – What a Wonderful World
20.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – In the Ghetto
21.Anita Lane – Jesus Almost Got Me
22.Leonard Cohen – First We Take Manhattan
23.Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Do You Love Me?
I am obsessed with songs in which Mr. Cave "belts it out," as it were, showcasing that, when he lets loose, he can really sing. You know, such as in "(Are You) The One..." when he sings the line, "oh, we will knooooow, won't weeeeeeeee", etc. I have been trying to make a list of songs that showcase his abilities. I figure this is best undertaken as a joint venture. It's not just his ballads, but examples of really lettin' the vocals fly, as far as Mr. Cave goes.
Here is my list so far. Please comment with further examples of Mr. Cave (aka Mr. Sinatra, Eat Yer Heart Out!) lettin' those notes fly free (I am so lame).
NOTE: Snicker at "pipage" all you want; I did.
Examples of Nick Cave's Pipage
"(Are You) The One I've Been Waiting For"
"And No More Shall We Part"
"Bless His Ever Loving Heart" ("beauty lies exhausted in the streeeets")
"Foi Na Cruz" ("a little trickery and deceeeeit")
"He Wants You"
"People Ain't No Good"
"Straight to You" (the last verse is close enough, with "chariots of angels...")
I'm gonna end it there. Let me know if you can think of others. What's "belting out" to you may not be the same to me, but hey - I need help expanding this list! Rare songs, non-Bad Seeds stuff counts.
