I saw Nick Cave with Dirty Three at Chicago somewhere in 90s. Night ended with this song. I seen him many times before but that night was mind blowing still remember. Sad, Cold and Chaotic. thank you for upload.
A very special man indeed. Magnetic and thought provoking he possesses a deep emotional intelligence which is extremely rare in the music world . He connects with an audience in a way that is indeed a gift . A diamond in a coal mine. Much respect.
That is good, that you recognize this man's 'connection to reality'. However, less good, is your idea that he, somehow, has a gift that *you don't*. A talent for music? Sure. But..... thinking this person has a "closer connection to reality" than you do, a sense of 'enlightenment' that you somehow don't already possess.... Well that's, liek, tying a golden carrot to a stick to chase! AND believing that 'those who can sing songs with words are, lyke, totes better than me at using their eyeballs.' C"Mon, dudes and dudettes, yall gunna take this kinda snack talk from the younivwrse?!?!
Nick cave is one of my new found favourite vocalists my girlfriend got me into his music got to to go see him in Dublin in July and I left speechless having not witnessed anything like his live shows in my life anyone who has never Seen him perform its an experience that needs to be seen to be believed
I'm glad you're only finding him now. I'm glad, but jealous that you get to go down that rabbit-hole of great music. My two favourite songs are The Weeping Song and Papa Won't Leave You Henry. Also check out Grinderman
@@harrytighe686 Sounds like she's a got a good ear. If you like Nick Cave, the dark kind of stuff. Show her some music by a guy called Jay Munly. He is in a few different amazing bands.
This is my favourite Nick Cave song & my favourite line is “ I passed a cow & the cow was brown” fucking brilliant!!! No other songwriter would ever include a line like that & make it fit so seamlessly. Fucking brilliant!!!
Played this while laying in hospital bed thinking I wasn’t to far away from end of my life ( I’m 49 yrs ) , played it more than once , completely fell head over heals in acceptance of the situation I was in. , I could hear the sounds of all instruments come together , i left that place that nite and went to another , I like this place , thank you to all in band , u gave my a moment surrender xxxx
Just... wow! I hadn't heard this song since probably the year it came out, when my late husband - who was a huge Nick Cave fan, going back to The Birthday Party days - bought it. My husband took his own life the following month, so over the interim years I hadn't listened to Nick Cave, just too painful. But on hearing this again, I'm taken to an all new place of appreciation for Nick and my husband's love of his art. I think I'll be rediscovering this talented musician - it's time... Thank you for posting!
I'm sorry for the sorrow, but I know how this man's work hits the pit of your heart, and hope it gives you some depth to your life. Take good care of yourself.
Valerie Powell I am so very, very sorry for your loss. The same thing happened with my husband in 2013. I know that it gets very lonely sometimes and lots of other things.
Takes me back to the winter of early 2005. A blustery, cold, snowy winter that was. I was in Slovakia and purchased this CD, mainly because I thought "Hallelujah" would be a dark, Rufus Wainwright-like cover of Cohen's classic. Man, how wrong I was, and I've never been so happy to be wrong in my life. I spent the subsequent weeks trudging through the snowy streets, listening to this whole album again and again. I then bought his spoken-word album, "The Secret Life of the Love Song/The Flesh Made Word," featuring many of the songs from this album and "The Boatman's Call," listening through headphones, getting stoned on cheap rum and cigarettes in a Slovak dive bar. I still look back on that as one of my life's greatest pleasures.
A lovely insight into someone's taste and the memories music brings. Not everyone associates music with times or experiences so it's a nice gift. I hope you have a lovely new year
This is one of those songs that makes me sad to think that one day, Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds will stop making such farking unbelieveble music. Cherish it people. Nick Cave is absolutely a national treasure. One of my favourite NC&TBS songs.
it's almost like a companion piece to Leonard Cohen song of the same name..a play on the usage of the word and it's many meanings. I'd be surprised if that wasn't a conscious decision. I love them both !!!
Mr. Cave and his partners in crime are one of the very few remaining staples of outlandishly good music This song makes me cry everythime I hear it. The ending (20 pretty girl to carry them in, 20 deep holes to bury them in) gets me every time.
First time I listened to the album and came upon this track I listened to it 6 times in a row. One of my favorites of all time from Cave. I was also happy on that first listen to see it wasn't just another cover of Cohen's Hallelujah. "My typewriter had turned mute as a tomb And my piano crouched in the corner of my room With all its teeth bared" -fucking brilliant line. Ellis' playing is equally brilliant. Thank you for posting this video.
This is a unique and beautiful song, It inspires me to believe in everything. It is very moving and emotive, just like so many of Nick Caves songs are.
and the 13th letter, 'm', is also for our fave plant, 'marihuana'. you know you are in trouble when u see it spelled with the 'h', reefer madness indeed.
Lyrics as visual as any great work of art and the ability to articulate the very best and the very worst of humanity through his great body of work. True genius you are Nick.
"It's like a wedding veil being dragged across a church floor, gathering up tears and dust, the spittle of drunken Priests, the veil is lifted from the bride and all there is left is an emptiness. I feel like burning again"...
This whole Album in my opinion is one of (if not) their best. I feel sometimes as though i is a little underated (but i admit i wasn't a fan we this came out so its harder to judge). I took me years to really appreciate some of the songs, and consequently my favourites have changed over that time too.
He's Nick Cave. He's been in a few bands since the 70's. Most notably in Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. If you enjoyed this, check out more of his stuff.
Stunned! Never heard this song before, and I thought I was a huge Nick Cave fan. Also thought this would be the cover of Leonard's song, so that was a pleasant surprise when it turned out to be different.
We traveled from Ireland to England to see Neubauten in Nottingham, only to be told they had cancelled due to lack of ticket sales. It was a kick in the teeth. So went to Amsterdam in 2010 to see their 30th anniversary show(s) Was worth the wait.
[comment from a son that can't be bothered to log out of his dad's account] That interview at the start is incredible, I can't decide if I should have heard it before or after his hits
wow, Warren with no beard, and Blixa. Nick Cave's cover of Tower of Song turned me on to both Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen, so I was expecting something different here, but how cou7ld I be disappointed with what I've found here?
There is God and there are musicians like Alex Chilton and David Berman and Daniel Johnston who are secular equivalents if not more. Leonard Cohen Paul Simon Bob Dylan. Nick Cave is atop the list.
aarrrrrr..... the young are starting to discover art........ Nick Cave, the badseeds, birthday party, boys next door............... oh cripes I'm old...... Nick rules digger, that's all you need..........
it was filmed in Glasgow in 2001 for a TV show on Scottish television called, I think "the Box", probably around the time he played Barrowlands that year
Snap, i would trade all the Nick Cave concerts i've been to, to see Neubauten live. No offence to the Bad Seeds, just Neubauten don't tour here lol. Oh yeah The Weeping Song isn't the same without Blixa neither are the Bad Seeds.
On the first day of May I took to the road I'd been staring out the window most of the morning I'd watched the rain claw at the glass And a vicious wind blew hard and fast I should have taken it as a warning As a warning As a warning As a warning I'd given my nurse the weekend off My meals were ill prepared My typewriter had turned mute as a tomb And my piano crouched in the corner of my room With all its teeth bared All its teeth bared All its teeth bared All its teeth bared. Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah I left my house without my coat Something my nurse would not have allowed And I took the small roads out of town And I passed a cow and the cow was brown And my pyjamas clung to me like a shroud Like a shroud Like a shroud Like a shroud There rose before me a little house With all hope and dreams kept within A woman's voice close to my ear Said, "Why don't you come in here?" "You looked soaked to the skin" Soaked to the skin Soaked to the skin Soaked to the skin Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah I turned to the woman and the woman was young I extended a hearty salutation But I knew if my nurse had been here She would never in a thousand years Permit me to accept that invitation Invitation That invitation That invitation Now, you might think it wise to risk it all Throw caution to the reckless wind But with her hot cocoa and her medication My nurse had been my one salvation So I turned back home I turned back home I turned back home Singing my song Hallelujah The tears are welling in my eyes again Hallelujah I need twenty big buckets to catch them in Hallelujah And twenty pretty girls to carry Them down Hallelujah And twenty deep holes to bury them in Hallelujah The tears are welling in my eyes again Hallelujah I need twenty big buckets to catch them in Hallelujah And twenty pretty girls to carry them down Hallelujah And twenty deep holes to bury them in
