my number one. beautiful, disturbing, and a hell of a lot of fun to sing along with.
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
(voted for pt 1 but i like the two parts together as one big scary song)
There are 5 songs I thought would for sure make the top 20 that have yet to place. I can't wait to see how this pans out.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
Papa Won’t Leave You Henry is such a deep fave for me, that spiralling descent into nightmare is so greatAND THE WALLS RAN RED AROUND MEA WARM ARTERIAL SPRAY
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:42 (three years ago) link
i had no idea "do you love me" was such a favourite. it's good and all but there's plenty of other LLI tracks i prefer
"stagger lee" is one that's so strong musically it makes up for it being pretty eh lyrically
three of the remaining five seem fairly obvious to me but the other two could be pretty much anything
― ufo, Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1JBqLcxvi0w/UL0lvHBKnuI/AAAAAAAALFM/RmC6VLIoHK0/s1600/tumblr_l55669B4kX1qcnak9o1_500.jpg5. Your Funeral My TrialYour Funeral... My Trial400 points (13 votes, three number ones)
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
Yes!
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:46 (three years ago) link
https://img.discogs.com/g8WHfK9WOUfdqSSIixYnf05P5fk=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-11452703-1516572941-3271.jpeg.jpg4. TupeloThe Firstborn is Dead424 points (18 votes)
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
"Your Funeral..." is a such pleasing chord progression n' stuff. I would probably have voted for it even if was about sunshine, lollipops and rainbows.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1f/5a/79/1f5a7990b558009fe911772d535f2f12.png3. Stranger Than KindnessYour Funeral... My Trial431 points (14 votes, three number ones)
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
surprised there were only 2 votes for "do you love me" pt 2! i voted for both.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:10 (three years ago) link
Stranger Than Kindness my no. 1.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:12 (three years ago) link
That was my #1 too. Way fewer raw votes than "Tupelo" so high-five to the other first-place voters! :)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:14 (three years ago) link
stranger than kindness my #3.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:17 (three years ago) link
https://media.apoplife.nl/nl/2019/06/Nick-Cave-And-The-Bad-Seeds-Live-1984.jpg2. From Her to EternityFrom Her to Eternity467 points (19 votes, one number one)
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
I’m the third Stranger voter. It’s got so many ephemeral elements- not his lyrics, but a brilliant reading of them, the barely there guitar that holds it all together, the weird bubbling keyboards. Yet it all comes together to feel like a torch song standard.
― Citole Country (bendy), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:20 (three years ago) link
Stranger definitely strikes me as the most ghostly, enigmatic piece in the whole Bad Seeds repertoire.
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
I WANNA TELL YA ABOUT A GIRL
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:23 (three years ago) link
x post - indeed, and written by Anita Lane and Blixa Bargeld. I love how over the years it has slowly crept up and gained more and more popularity. No surprises at no. 1 then!
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
FHTE definitely high on my list of all time favesTupelo also: that rhythm is so addictive
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/static/uploads/2019/03/Remembering-when-Nick-Cave-met-Kylie-Minogue1.jpg1. Where the Wild Roses GrowMurder Ballads496 points (19 votes, three number ones)
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
The “Tupelo” rhythm, along with the thunderclap: is it a conscious or unconscious take on Can’s “Oh Yeah”?
― Citole Country (bendy), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
wait what
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
???
:-)
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:29 (three years ago) link
what year is itilm u crazy
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
Poptimist victory
― Citole Country (bendy), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:30 (three years ago) link
The Minogue seat is waiting
― Citole Country (bendy), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
how long is charlie rex going to keep this up? hysterical!
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
THIS TIME FOR REAL:
https://www.nme.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/GettyImages-172460736_nick_cave_2000-696x442.jpg1. The Mercy SeatTender Prey500 points (18 votes, one number one)
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
deserving winner
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
i was starting to question my sanity there for a moment. great work charlie and thanks very much for doing this. loved it.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
Feel like Mercy Seat was the inevitable number one, but surprised that Roses was outside the top 40. It was the first Cave song I heard so maybe I have a sentimental attachment...
― aphoristical, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:36 (three years ago) link
1. Stranger Than Kindness2. Tupelo3. Wanted Man4. From Her To Eternity5. Sad Waters6. The Mercy Seat7. Your Funeral My Trial8. Knockin’ On Joe9. The Carny10. The Ship Song11. Red Right Hand12. Into My Arms13. City Of Refuge14. In The Ghetto15. Black Betty16. Stagger Lee17. The Weeping Song18. There She Goes My Beautiful World19. Higgs Boson Blues20. Get Ready For Love
1.Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral My Trial2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Firstborn Is Dead3. The Birthday Party - The Bad Seed EP4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Kicking Against The Pricks5. The Birthday Party - Mutiny! EP
The Birthday Party - Sonny’s BurningThe Birthday Party - Wild WorldThe Birthday Party - Deep In The WoodsThe Birthday Party - Mutiny In HeavenThe Birthday Party - Zoo Music GirlThe Birthday Party - Big Jesus Trash CanThe Birthday Party - Release The BatsThe Birthday Party - Nick The StripperThe Birthday Party - The Hair ShirtDie Haut - Pleasure Is The BossLydia Lunch / Honeymoon In Red - Done DunLydia Lunch / Honeymoon In Red - Dead In The Head Grinderman - No Pussy BluesBoys Next Door - Shivers Anita Lane - Lost In Music
― stirmonster, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:37 (three years ago) link
i'm not sure it was inevitable! it was only 33 points ahead of the the second-place entry.
my #2! the mercy seat rules
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:39 (three years ago) link
thank you stirmonster. glad you enjoyed it!
I forgot how much of a blast these are to run. I'll do another one anytime (anytime I have the time, that is).
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:40 (three years ago) link
FHTE & Mercy Seat were kinda nipping at each other's heels the whole way.
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
btw Roses got two votes (36 points)
Your Funeral My TrialThe Mercy SeatStranger Than KindnessI Need youJack’s ShadowSlowly Goes the NightDo You Love Me? (part 2)O ChildrenFrom Her to EternityBlind Lemon JeffersonAin’t Gonna Rain AnymoreThe Good SonStagger LeeDeannaSad WatersDo You Love Me?Henry LeeDig, Lazarus, Dig!!!City of RefugeThe Ship Song
Your Funeral... My TrialTender PreyLet Love InSkeleton TreeMurder Ballads
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:42 (three years ago) link
40. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! 109 points (6 votes)39. Loverman 110 points (6 votes)=37. Into My Arms 112 points (5 votes)=37. Up Jumped the Devil 112 points (6 votes)=35. O Children 114 points (5 votes)=35. Mercy 114 points (6 votes)34. Brother, My Cup is Empty 118 points (6 votes)=32. Wanted Man 121 points (5 votes)=32. Henry Lee 121 points (6 votes)31. Jack’s Shadow 123 points (5 votes, one number one)30. Loom of the Land 124 points (4 votes, one number one)29. By the Time I Get to Phoenix 129 points (5 votes)28. Jack the Ripper 131 points (6 votes, one number one)27. I Let Love In 132 points (7 votes)26. Lime Tree Arbour 135 points (6 votes, one number one)25. City of Refuge 139 points (7 votes)=23 Cabin Fever! 140 points (6 votes)=23 Red Right Hand 140 points (8 votes)22. (I’ll Love You) Till the End of the World 142 points (6 votes)21. O’Malley’s Bar 144 points (6 votes)20. Nobody’s Baby Now 147 points (6 votes)19. Saint Huck 160 points (7 votes)18. Straight to You 161 points (7 votes, one number one)17. We Call Upon the Author 167 points (8 votes)16. Sad Waters 185 points (7 votes, one number one)15. There She Goes My Beautiful World 186 points (7 votes)14. Higgs Boson Blues 192 points (9 votes, one number one)13. The Weeping Song 203 points (9 votes)12. Jubilee Street 207 points (7 votes, two number ones)11. The Ship Song 208 points (10 votes)10. Deanna 215 points (9 votes, two number ones)9. Babe, I’m On Fire 217 points (8 votes, one number one)8. Stagger Lee 236 points (9 votes, one number one)7. Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry 249 points (11 votes)6. Do You Love Me 304 points (13 votes, two number ones)5. Your Funeral My Trial 400 points (13 votes, three number ones)4. Tupelo 424 points (18 votes)3. Stranger than Kindness 431 points (14 votes, three number ones)2. From Her to Eternity 467 points (19 votes, one number one)1. The Mercy Seat 500 points (18 votes, one number one)
― charlie rex, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:43 (three years ago) link
Great work, charlie rex, thanks!
"The Mercy Seat" was almost certainly his first track to pique my interest, when I was... 13 or something. So that's all perfectly agreeable, even though I left it to others to vote for it.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:46 (three years ago) link
thanks for this charlie, it's been both illuminating and fun
top 5 is great, some surprises in 6-10 for me!
your funeral my trial was my #1 song (not my #1 album as I mistakenly stated upthread) - it's just got an atmosphere like nothing else, this stately torch-song vibe but with a textual weirdness that pretty much disappeared after tender prey or so - the perfect mid-point between his post-punk art tendencies and later classicism - and the bass playing (Barry Adamson I'm pretty sure) is absolutely immortal
the mercy seat is the proper number one isn't it - I remember JJJ (Australian national "indie" station) did a 100 best songs of all time countdown at some point in the 1990s and The Mercy Seat came in at 97 or something - they spoke to Nick Cave and the exchange went something like this:
CLUELESS YOOF DJ: Hey Nick! The Mercy Seat just got voted the 97th greatest song of all time by JJJ listeners! How do you feel about that!?!NICK CAVE: Pretty shit actually CLULESS YOOF DJ: Oh? Why is that? NICK CAVE: Well, do you really think there are 96 songs that are better than The Mercy Seat?
My ballot:
Songs:
1. Your Funeral, My Trial2. Stranger than Kindness3. The Mercy Seat4. Abattoir Blues 5. Jubilee Street6. Until The End of the World7. Hiding All Away8. City of Refuge9. New MOrning10. Mercy11. Tupelo12. Brompton Oratory13. From Her to Eternity14. Night of the Lotus Eaters15. Deanna16. Lucy17. The Train Song18 The Ship Song19. Messiah Ward20. Lime Tree Arbour
Non-Bad Seeds songs (only 11):
1. Wild World2. Sonny’s Burning 3. Shivers4. Nick The Stripper5. She’s Hit 6. In The Woods7. Mutiny in Heaven 8. Pleasure Heads9. Big Jesus Trash Can10. Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow) 11. Mr Clarinet
Albums:
1. Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus2. Your Funeral, My Trial 3. The Boatman's Call 4. Tender Prey5. The Good Son
― the least famous person you were surprised to discover (emsworth), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:52 (three years ago) link
BABE I'M ON FIRE was my #1 obvs
also any votes for songs from 'no more shall we part' were probably from me
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
thank you king charles!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:59 (three years ago) link
I rarely vote in ILM ballot polls ... partly because my preferences always seem at odds enough with everyone else's for me to feel weird and out of sorts ... this was another of those.
― sarahell, Thursday, 24 December 2020 02:01 (three years ago) link
mercy seat is a little predictable at #1, but it's a good enough song that i can't complain too much
here's my tracks ballot:Jubilee StreetGalleon ShipHollywoodStagger LeeFrom Her to EternityBabe, I'm On FireO ChildrenBright HorsesHiding All AwayHiggs Boson BluesLovermanMessiah WardStraight to YouThere She Goes, My Beautiful WorldInto My ArmsNight RaidI Had a Dream, JoePush the Sky AwayLie Down Here (& Be My Girl)We Call Upon the Author
― ufo, Thursday, 24 December 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link
My non-placers were fairly numerous this time around:
BAD SEEDSSlowly Goes the NightPush the Sky AwayGhosteenShe Fell AwayGirl in AmberScumKnockin' On JoeI Had A Dream, JoeLamentSong of Joy
Non-BAD SEEDS:Dead SongCryDive PositionJust You and Me
Top LP was Prayers on Fire. (I misremembered earlier. Your Funeral...My Trial was #2.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 24 December 2020 02:04 (three years ago) link
Thanks for running this, charlie rex!
Ballot
Tracks1. Jubilee Street2. Lovely Creature3. Your Funeral My Trial4. Lime Tree Arbour5. We Call Upon the Author6. Lay Me Low7. TheLyre of Orpheus8. SkeletonTree9. Do You Love Me (Part 2)10. Brompton Oratory11. Loverman12. (Are You) the One That I've Been Waiting For?13. Death is Not the End14. There Is a Town15. Up Jumped the Devil16. The Good Son17. Tupelo18. Jack the Ripper19. Sun Forest20. The Carny
Albums:1. Let Love In2. Skeleton Tree3. The Boatman's Call4. Murder Ballads5. Ghosteen
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 24 December 2020 02:04 (three years ago) link
btw 'tower of song' was robbed
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 December 2020 02:06 (three years ago) link
I didn't vote for Tower of Song because it was a cover and we're gonna do a separate covers poll!!! Then Tower of Song can battle Avalanche
― sarahell, Thursday, 24 December 2020 02:07 (three years ago) link