(Taken from 'In Search of Nick Cave', published in Hypno in December of 1994)
"It's only a story of a horse dying, but, thanks, that's nice to hear. 'The Carny' is just a straight story. When I recorded that, basically everyone had gone home. There was a bit of piano music that was written, and when it came to the singing, I just had myself an armchair, a table, a typewriter, various sorts of paraphernalia around me, hundreds of lyrics, a microphone, ashtrays, lots of alcohol, and just sort of sat down there in the armchair the whole night and just made up the story and sang it into the microphone. It was an enjoyable song to create."
(Taken from 'In Search of Nick Cave', published in Hypno in December of 1994)
"It's only a story of a horse dying, but, thanks, that's nice to hear. 'The Carny' is just a straight story. When I recorded that, basically everyone had gone home. There was a bit of piano music that was written, and when it came to the singing, I just had myself an armchair, a table, a typewriter, various sorts of paraphernalia around me, hundreds of lyrics, a microphone, ashtrays, lots of alcohol, and just sort of sat down there in the armchair the whole night and just made up the story and sang it into the microphone. It was an enjoyable song to create."