When they're first committed to tape, lot of Bad Seeds numbers (in contrast to Nick Cave songs) seem to be a groove with a chord change and a monologue on top. It's later on that the noise and improv gets solidified into a song. The Live Seeds versions of his early 90s stuff is a lot more compelling too. "Tupelo" and "Mercy Seat" seem to be lucky situations where the total fire was there at the start.
― bendy, Wednesday, 27 October 2010 12:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i'm not usually a fan of live albums but most versions on Live Seed kill the originals
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 14:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oops:
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
Though I do love this:
wtf is that jacket
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
(his I mean)
What's with all these Australians suddenly trying to bring back western civilization? First Assange, now this...
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
er, not back, down :-/
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 December 2010 21:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
Love the comment:
Never heard of him but now I'm a big fan.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 8 December 2010 22:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
just discovered murder ballads. wow!
stagger lee is mindblowing. this is where cave laid the groundwork for the grinderman project, no?
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 14 October 2011 01:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
stagger lee blows the rest of that album out of the water, which is saying a lot since it's packed with gems. love the video for it as well. it's basically just the band standing around, but NC and BB just have so much damn presence.
― charlie h, Friday, 14 October 2011 01:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
it reminds me of worm tamer from grinderman 2.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 14 October 2011 01:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is where cave laid the groundwork for the grinderman project, no?
no
― front-man for British post-punk turned pop chart-topper’s, Scritti Polliti (sic), Friday, 14 October 2011 09:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, i've now read the sound/vibe for grinderman goes back as far as cave's early band (the birthday-party, iirc?). i wasn't a fan years ago, when i heard that stuff. maybe it's time for another try, since i love grinderman 2 so much.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 14 October 2011 12:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/9530466.Julie_named_Alumnus_of_the_Year/
― The nIce Age (S-), Friday, 27 April 2012 03:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
awesome
bring back the handlebar mustache tho
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 April 2012 03:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Well of Misery", Electric Ballroom, 1984 - billed as Nick Cave & The Cavemen
fkn great performance
lol@ spanish subtitles
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 June 2012 06:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
goddammit
one more
St Huck, Barcelona 1984
melt ur face
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 June 2012 06:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
He was fantastic once.
― Pacific Rinko (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 9 June 2012 11:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
I'm sure I've wondered out loud here about this, but the de facto breakup of Grinderman and the return of the Dirty Three makes me wonder about the state of the current Bad Seeds. There's been boilerplate murmurings of a new album, but nothing concrete. Been four years.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 9 June 2012 13:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
its all a bit weird
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 June 2012 14:41 (11 months ago) Permalink
4 years? But Grinderman 2 came out in 2010. Seems like it had run its course and now he's figuring out the next phase of his career.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 9 June 2012 17:35 (11 months ago) Permalink
4 years since "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!" the last Bad Seeds album, which is not Grinderman (different sound, line-up, name, etc.).
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 9 June 2012 18:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
Dud.
― Lil' Kim Philby (Call the Cops), Saturday, 9 June 2012 21:30 (11 months ago) Permalink
Nick's all "I started working with Rasputin when?"
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 August 2012 16:15 (9 months ago) Permalink
Cave looks a lot less bald there than last time I saw him. Perhaps he shaved off the stache and stuck it on his head?
― Position Position, Friday, 10 August 2012 19:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
Hell yeah:
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 November 2012 15:05 (5 months ago) Permalink
Went to the final tour rehearsal for the new album last night, at a leisure centre ballroom in Hove … and good God the new songs were boring, apart from Jubilee Street or whatever it's called. Not a single melody between them.
― Manfred Mann meets Man Parrish (ithappens), Saturday, 9 February 2013 12:45 (3 months ago) Permalink
There has been some anticipation of the album on this thread. But yes, it's looking like a boring one.
― Eyeball Kicks, Saturday, 9 February 2013 20:43 (3 months ago) Permalink