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reynard the fox · 09-05-2012, 03:04 PM

I've loved Nick Cave for ages (I saw him live in 2005 and it was unbelievable). Recently, I'm beginning to like his albums from the 80s-early 90s better than the later ones.
Some songs are too heavily arranged, and sometimes with a disturbing lack of taste. He's still one of the best lyricists ever and the Bad Seeds are an extraordinary concentration of talented musicians. In romantic, piano-driven ballads he remained great. But I think that he sometimes tries too hard to be a wild rocker again. The haunted bluesman who sang "Tupelo", or "The Mercy Seat", or "Up Jumped The Devil", or "The Witness Song", was on another level.

09-05-2012, 03:04 PM	#243 (permalink)
reynard the fox Groupie Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Dresden, Germany Posts: 11	I've loved Nick Cave for ages (I saw him live in 2005 and it was unbelievable). Recently, I'm beginning to like his albums from the 80s-early 90s better than the later ones. Some songs are too heavily arranged, and sometimes with a disturbing lack of taste. He's still one of the best lyricists ever and the Bad Seeds are an extraordinary concentration of talented musicians. In romantic, piano-driven ballads he remained great. But I think that he sometimes tries too hard to be a wild rocker again. The haunted bluesman who sang "Tupelo", or "The Mercy Seat", or "Up Jumped The Devil", or "The Witness Song", was on another level.