Nick Cave is Better Than All The Artists That Have Threads In Here
 

And the Birthday Party were awesome too

Discuss.....

For this years Halloween show, part of the local music scene where I live, 2 of the local bands got together to perform some "Murder Ballads" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. I was soo impressed. It fit the whole Halloween atmosphere perfectly.

I had never heard of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds until that night, so after the show I downloaded some songs to see how accurate the local bands performed. They did a fantastic job capturing Nick Cave, and the mood of the songs, and the tone of his voice. I wish I would have recorded it.

Nonetheless, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are really great! I respect them.

You should hear his new album The Lyre Of Orpheus/Abbatoir Blues

Easily the best album(s) to come out this year by a mile.

My favorite Nick Cave song is "Babe I'm on Fire" from Nocturama, which was a good album. I haven't heard his latest one however, but I would have said The Fiery Furnances had the best album this year

No they didn`t

Trust me

"better than all other artist who have a thread on here"

well, buckleys better in my opinion.

:crazy:

He wasn`t even as good as his old man

No way, the stuff Jeff did was better than his dad's. Tim obviously has a more impressive back catalogue, thats all. I think Jeff had more potential in terms of talent, he has a much better voice, musical talent is at least 'as' good, and the songs he did have time to write were beautiful, and most of the covers he done were handled very well, would be so easy to ruin Leonard Cohen.

But thats basically the point i`ve been making all along.
I don`t deny he had potential , but he never fulfilled it. I think it`s unfair to say that someone COULD have been better than someone else if they were never around to prove that they were .Nick Cave has been putting out top quality albums for over 25 years both with the Birthday Party & his own stuff, there are not many bands that can say that. I can`t think of a single dip in quality throughout his whole career.
To suggest that Jeff Buckley is better on the strength of one album , of which he didn`t even write around a third of it just seems a bit stupid to me. And that is why I think Nick Cave is better than Jeff Buckley.Plus I think Nick Cave has a much more expressive & distinctive voice.

nick caves had a longer and more fulfilled career, im not denying that. but based on the statement hes "better" than every other artist, im just saying i think buckley is better in that he had a much better voice than cave, buckleys vocal range and the emotion that exudes from his voice makes him a better singer. we're never going to agree on this so lets just agree to disagree!

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
 

Now heres just another one of those band that you can NEVER get out of your head, there just too damn good

Them and the Birthday Party are both really good bands, I have several of their albums and some live bootlegs too.

theyre legendary i hope they come to adelaide soon cause id love to see them live

Ahh yeah, There f*cking awsome live

Why?
 

I cant understand the fascination with Nick Cave. He tries to present himself as a big band/alternative/dark poetic type, but his attempts are tragically pathetic. His lyrics are weak and simplistic and although he does have good musicians, there work is drowned out by his voice (or lack of) which is irritating. This is just my opinion and I am open to enlightenment but I would suggest you all go and listen to some Leonard Cohen and see how its really done.

^Nick Cave is an amazing musician! Go have a listen to "Henry's Dream" and "Murder Ballads"

I especially like "The Ship Song", "Into My Arms" and Cave's duet with Johnny Cash "I'm so lonely I could cry".
By the way did you see Cave's debut as a screenwriter "The Proposition"? Awesome...

Love Nick Cave.

Asbolutely dig everything that guy's done so far.

And hey, I like Leonard Cohen, too.

As a writer, they're essential listens to my creative process.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds : Dig, Lazarus, Dig
 

Not heard the album yet but really looking forward to it.

You can hear the title track here..
NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!

I love this new laid back, rockin' out Cave. Hearing the title track has just doubled my anticipation of getting this.

Has this been released yet?

Not for another month but i'm hoping I don't have to wait that long.

Great Great album. This is a more playful Nick Cave rocking out but still with his unmistakeably brilliant lyrics. Moonland And Hold Onto Yourself are particular standouts. Some may lament that the wistful melancholia has been turned down a little but when the album is as straight up refreshing as this I can't complain. An early frontrunner for album of the year.

A lot of longtime Cave fans have been quite vocal against this album.

Apparently Nick isn't allowed to rock out a bit.

It will cause controversy. That's why I love it. He has thrown everyone with making a good rock album. It is still so off kilter that it will barely register in the patheons of High Society though!

Grinderman what

From what i've seen they didn't like that much either

Idiots

see what I mean

I'm kind of excited to listen to this since I really liked Grinderman.

Nick Cave is my Idol

I really need to get my hands on this.

I've been nothing but pysched as hell.

Me too, I have yet to hear it,
But I really need to

better than grinderman?

As good as I would say. I can't stop playing this at work.

I dug this (HAHHAHAHSOWITTY), I still like the Boatman's Call best but I think I like this as much as Grinderman. Though No Pussy Blues (song) is still my favorite if both albums were one band.

could someone pm me this?

ditto please
I like his tache and I'd like to see more....

The title track is so irresistible.

Me to.

title track is stuck in my head X 1000