A Month Of... Getting From A To B...

Still on the water, but our vessel's got a bit bigger...

"The Ship Song" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds... simply love this song...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ship

A Month Of... Famous People...

Last of this month's theme, and it's Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, with "Stagger Lee"... warning - there are some bad words in this...

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Lee Shelton

A Month Of... Going Around America...

Paying a visit to another city with an Elvis Presley connection today... This time his birthplace in Mississippi...

"Tupelo" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds...

God, I love Nick Cave!

Wikipedia Links:

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Tupelo, Mississippi

Born To Rock...

Sep. 22nd, 1957 - Nick Cave is born... told you he would appear again today...

I love the raw quality of his voice, and some of the intensely savage subject matter of his songs...

"Deanna"...

"The Ship Song"...

I Can't Believe...

... it's been over a year since I've had any Nick Cave on my blog (I've been downloading some of his stuff I'd not heard before)!

So I'd decided to treat you to a video tonight, but I thought I'd check when his birthday was, in case it had passed this year, and I'd missed the opportunity to wish him a "Happy Birthday"...

Imagine my surprise (and the coincidence) when I looked him up on Wikipedia... His birthday is tomorrow!

So, you're getting a video tonight - and another one tomorrow!

Tonight's is one I had already - "There She Goes, My Beautiful World"...

Shallow Al

Not just talented, but gorgeous, magnetic, alluring, mad, bad, and dangerous to know... which makes him incredibly sexy....

Nick Cave...

I mean, just look at the way he snarls as he sings (check out the videos below)... you wouldn't say "No" to that, would you?

The Musical Interlude...

Still on great lyrics, and 2 for you tonight from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds... I know, I'm spoiling you...

First up, Nick at his snarling best - "Red Right Hand"... featuring one of my favourite lyrics..

"You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan, designed and directed by his red right hand"...

Full Lyrics Here: allthelyrics.com: Red Right Hand

And I know, I know I've featured this song before, but:

a) It's beautiful
b) I've never featured it as part of the Great Lyrics series
c) It's my blog, I make the rules, so nyah, boo, sucks to you if you don't like it!

It is, of course, "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?"...

Full Lyrics Here: allthelyrics.com: (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?

My favourite bit:

"O we will know, won't we? The stars will explode in the sky
O but they don't, do they? Stars have their moment and then they die"

Genius... Poetic, and beautiful...

The Musical Interlude...

Yes, it's been posted before... but it's being posted again, thanks to its lyrical loveliness...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Into My Arms"...

Full Lyrics Here: Leo's Lyrics: Into My Arms

Wouldn't you love a love song like that written for you?

I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know darling that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms
Into my arms O Lord
Into my arms O Lord
Into my arms O Lord
Into my arms

The Musical Interlude

Subtitled: Take Time To Smell The Roses

Apologies, firstly, coz I'm bound to have posted this already (well, actually, no apologies... coz it's a bloody good song) - Elvis Costello & The Attractions with "Good Year For The Roses"...

And again, I can't remember if I've posted this one before either... There's a possibility, because it's by Nick Cave (who I love), but it's not one of my top 5 by him, so maybe I've not posted it...

Anyway, here he is duetting with Kylie Minogue on "Where The Wild Roses Grow"...