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Ok I like the Birthday Party and still do
I feel so fortunate to have seen them so many times when I was a kid, they made me into the idiot I am. I went to the first few Cavemen and Bad Seeds shows but lost interest pretty quickly, I (wrongly) blamed him for breaking up The Birthday Party, turned out it was Mick's fault! Amazing to see the reach he has now, he's come a long bloody way.
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Saw Nick Cave last night.
Not sure how I ended up going. I’m not a fan…in the sense that I’m aware of his work but haven’t really sat down with it. So I thought why not? Why not go in pretty much cold to see an artist who is supposed to be hot shit?
OK definitely hot shit. Presence, charisma a voice, the bad seeds, the band - that band!
The rythmns and tones the breakdowns and the crescendos.
But he doesn’t like a song that resolves itself does he? It’s about the narrative arc I guess.
That’s the bit I find hard to hang onto, I’m traditional in that sense it’s all unfinished to me. Polished and crafted and real but open ended. I get that’s the point, like I get a joke that doesn’t quite tickle me to belly laugh.
So yeah was good, probably won’t listen to his music again on purpose though
Ok I like the Birthday Party and still do