anyone heard of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds?

[Epoch]

My sister got me one of their albums about 6-7 years ago saying they were huge in Israel (where most of my family lives). I know they had a new album, but their old one is fantastic.

Anyone else have an opinion on them? I didn't think they're most recent hit song was all that... (they are on the Leonard Cohen tribute album called "I'm Your Fan")

[el_gato]

1. of course

I like NCBS

[Loonman]

2. People actually listen to Leonard Cohen?

Do'H!

Here's what's available from Cave.
http://www.emicatalogue.co.nz/Discography.aspx?artist=2648
Tender Prey is my personal fave.

[bif]

16. Music to commit suicide by?

Leonard Cohen's that is. Depresses the hell out of me. Always has.

[Sir_Shrek]

3. I saw them play like 10 years ago...

They were OK, but not my cup of tea.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

4. Nick dated PJ Harvey

lucky man. PJ rules.

[Wickerman]

5. If you like that go further back and find the Birthday Party

stuff. I haven't heard recent Cave stuff but heard it kind of sucks. Its all taste. I liked the Birthday party but the stuff I heard was poorly recorded and so heavy on the Aussie accent it took awhile to appreciate.

decent resource
http://home.iae.nl/users/maes/cave/

[muchacho]

14. TBP

Cave's dark trubador schtick gets a little tiresome.

The Birthday Party was a a magnificent band!

[RandomKoolzip]

6. My wife's got Nick Cave bootlegs out the wazoo...

She's an obsessive fan of his...He's okay (not melodic enough for me.).

[eyesroll]

7. His recent stuff has been so-so, but his older stuff rocks!

They're still good live, too. He's in his mid-40s, skinny as a rail and a chain-smoker, but he can still belt it out. (If you ever have a chance to see them do "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry" in the Chicago Theater, where the walls really do seem to bleed, do so.)

[goodhue]

8. yes

They are from Australia and have been around for over 25 years. Nick Cave met Mick Harvey in high school and formed Boys Next Door which later became The Birthday Party upon moving to London. They moved to Berlin and disbanded and the Bad Seeds were formed shortly thereafter putting out their first album in 1984. Cave lived in Brazil awhile and is now back in London.

Nick Cave and Bad Seeds albums include:

From Her To Eternity (1984)
The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)
Kicking Against the Pricks (1986)
Your Funeral, My Trial (1986)
Tender Prey (1988)
The Good Son (1990)
Henry's Dream (1992)
Live Seeds (1993)
Let Love In (1994)
Murder Ballads (1996)
The Boatman's Call (1997)
The Best Of (1998)
No More Shall We Part (2001)
Nocturama (2003)

[Must_B_Free]

9. heard him from an israeli girl.

ehhh. was OK i guess, wasn'exactly my thing

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. Yeah, big fan.

Favourite records -
The Good Son
Henry's Dream
Let Love In
Murder Ballads
The Boatman's Call

the last two have been pretty good. The most recent, Nocturama had a storming 15 minute song, 'Babe I'm on Fire' on it. Bloody good.

[Whitacre D_WI]

13. The "Babe, I'm on Fire" video is amazingly good.

But "Tender Prey" is the best album if you want a good starting point.

[a_random_joel]

11. Mercy Seat

I'm not a big fan, but that song haunts me.

I met him at a record signing once.

[goodhue]

12. yes

Can't say I'm very familiar with albums from last ten years but played a lot of Tender Prey album back in college days and The Mercy Seat remains an essential classic.


Into the mercy seat I climb
My head is shaved, my head is wired
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
Anyway I'm yearning to be done with all this weighing up of truth An
eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth And anyway I told the truth And
I'm not afraid to die
In heaven his throne is made of gold
And the Ark of his Testament is stone
A throne from which I'm told all nations do unfold
Down here I'm made of the wood and wire
And my body is on fire
And God is never far away

[wingnut]

18. Johnny Cash covered that

and they do a great duet of "I'm so lonely I could cry"

15. thety're in Wings of Desire,

the Wim Wenders film playing in a ballroom. Film also contains a side project band of Mick Harvey's named Crime & the City Solution

[wingnut]

17. I saw them play last year in LA

That was a GREAT show.

[TXlib]

19. They sound like screeching banshees to me.

Unfortunately, KCDem wants to have Nick Cave's love-child. And Aragorn's. But that's another story.

[Kamika]

20. I've MET Nick Cave

Well ok , he walked by us in London :D

I dunno how good their songs are but his duet with Kylie Minogue "where the wild roses grow" is incredible

[mitchum]

21. Their "Tupelo" is the real music to invade Poland by

Some people think that honor goes to Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir", but they are wrong

[Forkboy]

22. A big fan

I could listen to The Curse of Millhaven over and over.

Nocturama was just ok,but all his earlier stuff is excellent.Been listening to Murder Ballads a lot lately.