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Somehow I have tickets to see him in Cardiff later in the year.
Recently he was heading in the direction of Morrissey and having opinions for clicks…hopefully he’s wound his neck in
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Interesting timing. I've never even heard of them until I started watching a documentary about The Birthday Party last night. I've never liked Nick Cave's music but I like a music doco (watched a Billie Eilish one the other day and I think I only know one of her songs from an advert).
I think Bad Seeds stuff is all I know - Red Right Hand I've got on a Rage VHS tape from 30 years ago and that's about it. I think he did a duet with Kylie on something that was pretty popular but it's never been my music. I'll finish the documentary at some point anyway. Still got to finish the Beach Boys one.
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the recent Birthday Party documentary
What what what!?! Did not know this existed, and now must track it down. Got into the Seeds stuff via Birthday Party, and was big fan until 4/5 albums back. Still go and see most tours tho, as my wife is a big fan, and the Seeds are very good live. There are few things more middle-aged/class than a Nick Cave gig.
The hanging out with Michel Gove/Unherd, coronation-attending, endless grifting, playing Israel and tolerating Warren Ellis shit can gtf tho.
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My first gig was The Birthday Party (supported by The Cocteau Twins) at The Venue in Victoria on 05/03/1982. I saw them a half dozen more times before they split up a year or two later, they changed my life. Not sure if it was for better or worse, but anyway.
I idolised Nick (and Rowland, and Tracey). I went to the first Nick Cave & the Cavemen shows and bought the first Bad Seeds singles but it just didn't hit the same. I blamed Nick for killing my favourite band and I hated him for it (totally unfairly, the real culprits were exposed in the recent Birthday Party documentary!). I eventually got over it but I didn't much like his solo stuff and found him to be a bit of a bore in general. I stopped caring.
But today I watched this new ABC interview with him and found it very touching. I think I may like him again. A bit. Age, and loss, have mellowed him. #csb
https://youtu.be/wXPIBFfA2Ho?feature=shared