holy crap . . I have just recently discovered Nick Cave and well suffice to say my mind has been blown . . .where the hell have I been, under a rock . . I can not believe all the amazing songs the Bad Seeds have put together. It is almost sensory overload . . . I would be curious as to what you thought about his song "Do You Love Me" . . .I don't understand what is in his psyche that makes him write the darkest songs imaginable and yet also the tenderest love songs ever penned. Amazing! (sometimes at the same time)
Don't be so hard on yourself. If you live in the US, Nick and his Bad Seeds have gone mostly unheralded her since the 80's. They're not a band your average person is bumping in their car, to be sure. Better late than never, as it give you time to soak it all up at once.
Don't be so hard on yourself. If you live in the US, Nick and his Bad Seeds have gone mostly unheralded her since the 80's. They're not a band your average person is bumping in their car, to be sure. Better late than never, as it give you time to soak it all up at once.
I have a little blurb on Do You Love Me part 2, but i never took a stab at part 1. I think I'll go do that right now.
I have a little blurb on Do You Love Me part 2, but i never took a stab at part 1. I think I'll go do that right now.
Just had an after thought. Your question about the writing of dark and light, both so convincingly, is best answered by Nick himself. For this, i strongly suggest (for many reasons) trying to get a hold of his lecture album "The Secret Life of the Love Song/ The Flesh Made Word"
Just had an after thought. Your question about the writing of dark and light, both so convincingly, is best answered by Nick himself. For this, i strongly suggest (for many reasons) trying to get a hold of his lecture album "The Secret Life of the Love Song/ The Flesh Made Word"
Two separate lectures...the first one (featuring some simplistic and fantastic versions of some wonderful songs....namely sad waters)discusses the writing of love songs. Nick breaks down his philosophy on the matter and sheds a lot of interesting insight into his writing.
Two separate lectures...the first one (featuring some simplistic and fantastic versions of some wonderful songs....namely sad waters)discusses the writing of love songs. Nick breaks down his philosophy on the matter and sheds a lot of interesting insight into his writing.
I always come back to this quote "The love song must resonate with the whispers of sorrow and the echos of grief. The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder, the magic and the joy of love. For just as goodness can not be trusted unless it has breathed the same air as evil (the metaphor of Christ crucified between two criminals comes to mind here) so within the fabric of the love song, within its melody, its lyric, one must sense an acknowledgment of it capacity for suffering"
holy crap . . I have just recently discovered Nick Cave and well suffice to say my mind has been blown . . .where the hell have I been, under a rock . . I can not believe all the amazing songs the Bad Seeds have put together. It is almost sensory overload . . . I would be curious as to what you thought about his song "Do You Love Me" . . .I don't understand what is in his psyche that makes him write the darkest songs imaginable and yet also the tenderest love songs ever penned. Amazing! (sometimes at the same time)
Don't be so hard on yourself. If you live in the US, Nick and his Bad Seeds have gone mostly unheralded her since the 80's. They're not a band your average person is bumping in their car, to be sure. Better late than never, as it give you time to soak it all up at once.
Don't be so hard on yourself. If you live in the US, Nick and his Bad Seeds have gone mostly unheralded her since the 80's. They're not a band your average person is bumping in their car, to be sure. Better late than never, as it give you time to soak it all up at once.
I have a little blurb on Do You Love Me part 2, but i never took a stab at part 1. I think I'll go do that right now.
I have a little blurb on Do You Love Me part 2, but i never took a stab at part 1. I think I'll go do that right now.
Just had an after thought. Your question about the writing of dark and light, both so convincingly, is best answered by Nick himself. For this, i strongly suggest (for many reasons) trying to get a hold of his lecture album "The Secret Life of the Love Song/ The Flesh Made Word"
Just had an after thought. Your question about the writing of dark and light, both so convincingly, is best answered by Nick himself. For this, i strongly suggest (for many reasons) trying to get a hold of his lecture album "The Secret Life of the Love Song/ The Flesh Made Word"
Two separate lectures...the first one (featuring some simplistic and fantastic versions of some wonderful songs....namely sad waters)discusses the writing of love songs. Nick breaks down his philosophy on the matter and sheds a lot of interesting insight into his writing.
Two separate lectures...the first one (featuring some simplistic and fantastic versions of some wonderful songs....namely sad waters)discusses the writing of love songs. Nick breaks down his philosophy on the matter and sheds a lot of interesting insight into his writing.
I always come back to this quote "The love song must resonate with the whispers of sorrow and the echos of grief. The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about the wonder, the magic and the joy of love. For just as goodness can not be trusted unless it has breathed the same air as evil (the metaphor of Christ crucified between two criminals comes to mind here) so within the fabric of the love song, within its melody, its lyric, one must sense an acknowledgment of it capacity for suffering"
Amazing album....definitely give it a listen.