I just cannot get into Nick Cave.. I've tried Let Love In, The Good Son, and Tender Prey.
It's odd because Tom Waits is one of my favorite artists and everyone says how they're so similar.
His music is listenable it's just only a few songs have grabbed me. I want to get into him, I really like his lyrics but I don't know his songs just don't come together in an interesting way for me. I don't think it has nearly the same emotional impact and imagery as prime Waits. Any tips? Anything else I should listen to?
Watch his live shows, if his performance doesn't move you he just isn't for you
Dylan Thompson
Try the Boatmans Call
Elijah Morgan
i'm a big nick cave fan and see what you're getting at, but how does the good son do nothing for you? it's incredible front to back. compared to tom waits they're on different levels. waits is more of an soulful storyteller, cave just has great talent for writing evocative songs and their instrumentals are miles apart
Angel Butler
me neither. it's ok to not like things user
Landon Taylor
THIS IS... THE WEEPING SONG
Dylan Lee
I just cannot get into Mark Kozelek.. I've tried Perils From the Sea, S/T, and Like Rats.
It's odd because James Joyce is one of my favorite artists and everyone says how they're so similar.
His music is listenable it's just only a few songs have grabbed me. I want to get into him, I really like his lyrics but I don't know his songs just don't come together in an interesting way for me. I don't think it has nearly the same emotional impact and imagery as prime Joyce. Any tips? Anything else I should listen to?
Grinderman might be better jumping off point. I've learned to really like the Good Son too. But as with Tom Waits I've never massively enjoyed his cabaret type stuff.
Adam Taylor
I agree that Nick Cave is kind of a difficult to click artist Pic related was the first album of his that clicked for me and it's actually fucking good Watch Der Himmel Uber Berlin and it will click even easier
Listen to Benji, the stream of consciousness of the songwriting sometimes sprawls into unexpected, revelatory places. So it's a little Joycean in that sense.
There's nothing really wrong with the idea of Nick Cave, but the problem is that his music simply doesn't live up to the idea and never will.
Even his kid dying couldn't make him produce a good album.
Alexander Rodriguez
Isn’t that the guy who did the song red dead redemption 2– I mean red right hand?
Blake Cooper
First track sounds cool, but never really develops beyond that one chord drone. The Fall use to do the same thing but then bash you upside the fucking head when the song really came together. Second song puts me to sleep. Guess Cave isn't for me.
Kayden White
Most of Skeleton Tree was already complete by the time his son died
Ryder Richardson
it doesn't matter because it sucks either way.
Parker Roberts
I always thought he was more of a performance artist than a musician I tend to assign Nick Cave fans to the same box as people who take Yoko Ono seriously
Hunter Hughes
>I always thought he was more of a performance artist than a musician
No, that's Tom Waits
David Reyes
nah
Tyler James
He gets on stage, acts like a drunk hobo, then goes back to his white picket fence life. Ask any of his collaborators, the guy is totally different to his stage persona. Cave is going for something more real and more personal
Luke Richardson
>the defining characteristic of a musician is his off-stage personality Wanna know how I can tell you're a Nick Cave fan?
Kevin Ross
Didn't say or even imply that, only that Waits is a far bigger "performance artist" than Cave, and far more removed from the audience. Waits would never do something like this for example
