Friday, November 10, 2006

Nick Cave is a genius.

The other day I had a song stuck in my head, I knew it was Nick Cave but couldn't remember what song it was as it was only fragments of the verses that were knocking around the inside of my head. I knew it was something a bit older and this prompted me to listen to some stuff I hadn't listened to in ages as I tended to listen to the more recent material of late.

I quickly located the song - it was Mercy. Great song. YouTube has a live version of Mercy which you can check out.

Anyway, in listening to his older stuff I discovered that on the album 'From Her to Eternity' there is a cover of 'In the Ghetto'. WTF? How did I not notice that ever before since I have the album for years and years and years??? Maybe I knew at some point and then forgot. I do that sometimes. Anyway, here it is, courtesy of YouTube:



YouTube has loads of Nick Cave material, all of it worth looking at, including a live version of 'Into My Arms' and the video for 'As I Sat Sadly By Her Side', the lyrics of which (on my bad days) I completely understand.