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― Stevolende, Monday, 28 December 2020 12:13 (three years ago) link
Covers poll / listening thread is halfway through, if anyone missed it: TOWERS OF SONG: a Nick Cave Sings Covers listening thread and poll
― shivers me timber (sic), Monday, 18 January 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
CAVE COVERS as voted by a vast swathe of the ILM audience:
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23. Patripassian 21 points, 2 votesclosing track of Current 93 album, 1996
21= What A Wonderful World 23 points, 2 votes Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan single, 1992
21= She’s Not There 23 points, 2 votes Neko Case & Nick Cave soundtrack contrib, 2011
and
20. All The Pretty Little Horses 23 points, 3 votes title track of Current 93 album, 1996
lullabyCurrent 93 with Nick Cave
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
19. The Hammer Song 25 points, 3 votes Kicking Against The Pricks, 1986
The Sensational Alex Harvey BandBad Seeds
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 20:46 (three years ago) link
18. Long Time Man 26 points, 3 votes …My Trial EP, 1986
Tim RoseBad Seeds, RFH 1999 (audience video)
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
love the Ling Time Man cover so much ... so eerie & cool sounding
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
*Long
Lingam Man
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 20:57 (three years ago) link
yay, glad my C93 votes made it
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
17. Helpless 27 points, 3 votes tribute album The Bridge, 1989
Neil Young, Massey Hall 1971Bad Seeds, KCRW 1989
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 21:19 (three years ago) link
ugh so great!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
16. Disco 2000 27 points, 2 votes B-side to Bad Cover Version by Pulp, 2002
Pulp video, 1996Pulp reunion, 2011Nick CaveNick Cave (Pub Rock Version)
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 22:40 (three years ago) link
15. Lost In Music 28 points, 2 votes Dirty Sings EP by Anita Lane, 1988
Sister Sledge / Chic, 1979/84Anita Lane with four Bad Seeds
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 00:47 (three years ago) link
14. Hey Joe 30 points, 2 votes Kicking Against The Pricks, 1986
Billy Roberts demo, 1961Tim Rose, 1969Billy Roberts & Grits, 1975Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Toots Thielemans, Charlie Haden, David Sanborn, Hiram Bullock, Philippe Saisse and Omar Hakim, 1990
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 06:38 (three years ago) link
I didnt vote for Hey Joe but I love how creepy it is
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 4 February 2021 06:47 (three years ago) link
Better believe that last one was from a Hal Willner TV series. Here's Nick & Mick doing The Mercy Seat on the same episode with Don Alias, Tom Barney and Saisse.
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 06:56 (three years ago) link
And just in case anyone wants to see Paul Shaffer wailing on organ with Nick, Mick and the CBS Orchestra on another song about Joe
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 07:00 (three years ago) link
Somehow it only dawned on me RIGHT NOW that the Bad Seeds recorded a cover *and* an original composition both named "The Hammer Song." That'll learn me for not knowing "Pricks" all that well.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 4 February 2021 09:57 (three years ago) link
The worst part of it is that Nick renamed "Hammer Song" to "The Hammer Song" and then went and wrote his own "The Hammer Song."
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:17 (three years ago) link
That "Hey Joe" rendition is kinda amazing, no? I'm belatedly wishing I'd studied for this exam now, dammit.
It seems the collaborations on that Night Music program were frequently a bit bonkers. (Not *entirely* off-topic, given the title of the initial polling thread, lol.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 4 February 2021 11:38 (three years ago) link
I haven't ever seen that Hey Joe performance. Fucking brilliant. He looked so cool around then.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 4 February 2021 12:59 (three years ago) link
The sound is bizarrely excellent for a 1990 TV appearance on YouTube as well.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 4 February 2021 13:00 (three years ago) link
Nick Cave & Charlie Haden. *head explodes*
― stirmonster, Thursday, 4 February 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
13. Stagger Lee 31 points, 2 votes Murder Ballads, 1995
Stack o' Lee Blues by Waring's Pennsylvanians, 1923Skeeg-A-Lee-Blues by Lovie Austin, 1924Stagolee by Mississippi John Hurt, 1928Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price, #1 on US R&B and pop charts in 1959Bad Seeds, Austin City Limits, c. 2014
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
12. Cosmic Dancer 31 points, 3 votes tribute album AngelHeaded Hipster, 2020
T Rex, Wembley Arena, 1972Nick Cave video
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
11. Wanted Man 39 points, 3 votes The Firstborn Is Dead, 1984/85
(c.2019 remix of) 1969 demo by Bob Dylan and Johnny CashJohnny Cash at San Quentin, one week laterJohnny Cash on his own variety TV show, six months laterBad Seeds in Marseilles 2008, Cave on guitar (audience video)
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
my no. 1.
― stirmonster, Thursday, 4 February 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
Entering the top ten with a tie.
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link
9= Long Black Veil 40 points, 3 votes Kicking Against The Pricks, 1986
Lefty Frizell, 1959 - plus sequel record by same writers, unissued until 1994Johnny Cash & Joni Mitchell, 1969 (also on Cash's TV show)Bad Seeds
9= Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart 40 points, 3 votes Kicking Against The Pricks, 1986
David & Jonathan, 1967Gene Pitney, 1968Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw, John C. Reilly, Nick Cave & Garry Mountaine
― shivers me timber (sic), Thursday, 4 February 2021 23:39 (three years ago) link
I loooove Somethings Gotten Hold of My Heart so much!! so much drama, terrific coveri love the Pitney/Marc Almond version too:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZTX0RBlqnM
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:05 (three years ago) link
8. By The Time I Get To Phoenix 40 points, 4 votes Kicking Against The Pricks, 1986
Johnny Rivers, 1967Glen Campbell c. 1969 on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hoursongwriter Jimmy Webb, BBC 1971Isaac Hayes live in Atlanta, 1973 (22 minute video)Bad Seeds, Philadelphia 7//2/1989 (audience audio)
― shivers me timber (sic), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:15 (three years ago) link
yesssss <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 February 2021 02:57 (three years ago) link
7. Avalanche 41 points, 3 votes From Her To Eternity, 1984
Leonard Coheh, 1971 (from his 1966 poem)Bad SeedsNick Cave 2015 version for "Black Sails"
― shivers me timber (sic), Friday, 5 February 2021 03:37 (three years ago) link
Seemed a tad peculiar to open your band's first LP with someone else's song. I may even underrate this as a result. (Peculiar post-punk, at least; obviously not at all peculiar if you're, say, Barbra Streisand.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 5 February 2021 04:01 (three years ago) link
I think it’s a baller move & a great cover
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 February 2021 04:37 (three years ago) link
6. The Singer 45 points, 3 votes Kicking Against The Pricks, 1986
The Folk Singer by Johnny Cash, 1968Bad Seeds, live on The Tube 1986
― shivers me timber (sic), Friday, 5 February 2021 09:42 (three years ago) link
5. Black Betty 45 points, 4 votes b-side to The Singer, 1986
Iron Head, 1933Leadbelly, Looky Yonder by Odetta, 1954Bad Seeds at Pinkpop, 1990
― shivers me timber (sic), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link
4. Tower of Song 50 points, 4 votes tribute album I'm Your Fan, 1991
Leonard Cohen, 1988Laughing Len on Night Music, 1989 with David Sanborn, George Duke, and Robben Ford, plus his own backing singers Perla Batalla & Julie ChristensenBad Seeds, 1991
― shivers me timber (sic), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link
The full episode of Sunday Night / Night Music includes perfs by Was (Not Was), Ken Nordine, and a Cohen / Sonny Rollins collab.
― shivers me timber (sic), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
Seemed a tad peculiar to open your band's first LP with someone else's song.
what about your first solo single
― shivers me timber (sic), Saturday, 6 February 2021 00:03 (three years ago) link
3. In The Ghetto 54 points, 4 votes single, 1984
Elvis Presley, April 1969Bobbie Gentry, April 1970Bad Seeds, April 1984 at the Electric Ballroom in CamdenNick Cave videoThe Blizzard King, 3am somewhere
Ha!
i have zero idea what the top 2 will be.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 6 February 2021 00:12 (three years ago) link
Bad Seeds in Amsterdam, 1992, from the Paradiso VHS, is also good.
― shivers me timber (sic), Saturday, 6 February 2021 00:42 (three years ago) link
I don't think anyone would have predicted the #1 tbh, though it's the only one with a big vote jump! Back in an hour or so for the reveal.
― shivers me timber (sic), Saturday, 6 February 2021 00:44 (three years ago) link
I just remembered a GREAT Nick Cave cover version, which is Don't Go Home With Your Hard On, the studio version unlikely ever to be released, but I had a tape of it in 2004-2005 so it definitely exists. Can't find any trace of it online.
― Eyeball Kicks, Saturday, 6 February 2021 01:22 (three years ago) link
Is it possible it was a napster-like misnamed copy of the David McComb & Adam Peters (plus Martyn Casey and Will Sergeant) version from I'm Your Fan?
(Or a bootleg from the Came So Far For Beauty concert, and Nick traded verses with Jarvis Cocker, Rufus Wainwright and Teddy Thompson? I'd love to hear either that or a real studio version, obv)
― shivers me timber (sic), Saturday, 6 February 2021 02:03 (three years ago) link
2. All Tomorrow's Parties 55 points, 5 votes Kicking Against The Pricks, 1986
The Velvet Underground And Nico single, July 1966Nico & The Invisible Girls at Preston Warehouse, November 1982 (inc Martin Hannett and future Primal Scream drummer Toby Tomanov)Bad Seeds
― shivers me timber (sic), Saturday, 6 February 2021 03:17 (three years ago) link
Sleeping Annaleah?
― stirmonster, Saturday, 6 February 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
Gee, that image in the "Tower of Song" vid is great/faintly unsettling.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 6 February 2021 03:41 (three years ago) link