Top 10 Nick Cave songs
Top 10 Nick Cave songs
Following on from the David Bowie thread and since Nick Cave is easily also one of my favourite songwriters, I figured fellow Costello fans would like Nick Cave, as well as David Bowie.
Anyway, the point of this thread is, what are your top 10 Nick Cave tunes? I have to catch a bus in about 5 minutes, so I'll have to answer later myself
Anyway, the point of this thread is, what are your top 10 Nick Cave tunes? I have to catch a bus in about 5 minutes, so I'll have to answer later myself
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Either Cave has few fans here or he's got too many good songs in his catalogue.
Anyway, I have to admit I haven't listened to some of Nick's albums (Abbatoir Blues, No More Shall We Part, Nocturama) for some time now so my top 10 might be missing some of the latest stuff. Here it is :
1. Into My Arms
2. People Ain't No Good
3. Brompton Oratory
4. The Kindness Of Strangers
5. The Weeping Song
6. The Ship Song
7. Straight To You
8. Deanna
9. Do You Love Me?
10. Jangling Jack
Anyway, I have to admit I haven't listened to some of Nick's albums (Abbatoir Blues, No More Shall We Part, Nocturama) for some time now so my top 10 might be missing some of the latest stuff. Here it is :
1. Into My Arms
2. People Ain't No Good
3. Brompton Oratory
4. The Kindness Of Strangers
5. The Weeping Song
6. The Ship Song
7. Straight To You
8. Deanna
9. Do You Love Me?
10. Jangling Jack
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I'm a big Nick Cave fan, but haven't been listening to him a lot lately. "People Ain't No Good" and "Red Right Hand" will be in there somewhere. Also "Nature Boy" and "Breathless" I suspect. Can we include covers?invisible Pole wrote:Either Cave has few fans here or he's got too many good songs in his catalogue.
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Like In The Ghetto or Death Is Not The End ?Who Shot Sam? wrote:I'm a big Nick Cave fan, but haven't been listening to him a lot lately. "People Ain't No Good" and "Red Right Hand" will be in there somewhere. Also "Nature Boy" and "Breathless" I suspect. Can we include covers?invisible Pole wrote:Either Cave has few fans here or he's got too many good songs in his catalogue.
Sure, go ahead.
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I often prefer Nick Cave as an interpreter of other people's songs than the ones he writes. Although when his sentimental side shows through in his own music it seems to help.
Then of course there is Release The Bats, the finest moment from the overrated Birthday Party.
Didn't make ten, but here are six of the best;
Release The Bats
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
The Mercy Seat
The Weeping Song
The Singer
Tupelo
Then of course there is Release The Bats, the finest moment from the overrated Birthday Party.
Didn't make ten, but here are six of the best;
Release The Bats
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
The Mercy Seat
The Weeping Song
The Singer
Tupelo
Well, it is a pretty mean thread. I mean, the guy's just been so consistent with his back catalogue that it's hard to choose. Anyway, it's time I had a go. In no order, and keeping it to one per album;
God Is In the House
Abbatoir Blues
Still In Love
Far From Me
The Curse of Millhaven
Thirsty Dog
When I First Came To Town
Sorrow's Child
Nocturama
In the Ghetto
Anyone heard Grinderman btw? Haven't been brought sharply up to date with the world of Nick Cave by a previous poster I've heard their song on myspace. It's actually not that bad, dare I say it
God Is In the House
Abbatoir Blues
Still In Love
Far From Me
The Curse of Millhaven
Thirsty Dog
When I First Came To Town
Sorrow's Child
Nocturama
In the Ghetto
Anyone heard Grinderman btw? Haven't been brought sharply up to date with the world of Nick Cave by a previous poster I've heard their song on myspace. It's actually not that bad, dare I say it
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His cover of Helpless is very good. I got to know People Ain't No Good through the Lloyd Cole cover. Some poxy reviewer said it showed up the inadequacies of Cole's own songwriting elsewhere on the record, which was total bollocks, but yes, a great song. Cave is working on a new record right now, I read.
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