Nick Cave is a big favorite of ours here at alldylan, he gave us a very special concert at Bergenfest last year, and he’s clearly a Bob Dylan fan.
Today it’s his birthday, and we celebrate by looking at his interpretation of Dylan’s songs. We found three different tunes, if there are more, please tell us in the comment section.
Let us start.
Nick Cave talks about the song he wished he had written, I threw it all away:
I’ve always had an obligation to creation, above all.
~Nick CavePeople think I’m a miserable sod but it’s only because I get asked such bloody miserable questions.
~Nick CaveEverything’s dissolving, babe, according to plan
The sky is on fire, the dead are heaped across the land
I went to bed last night and my
moral code got jammed
I woke up this morning with a Frappucino in my hand
~Nick Cave (Abattoir Blues)
Get ready for Love:
“And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks”
– Acts 9:5
Kicking Against the Pricks is the third album released by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. First released in 1986, the album is a collection of cover versions. Like many of our favorite artists (Dylan, Springsteen), Nick Cave dove into “the great songbook from the past” and gave us an album that really stood out in 1986. It wasn’t country, and it most certainly did not fit that new-wave look of Nick Cave and The Bad Seed. They play the songs in a straightforward way, not trying to modernize or make them more rock’n roll. This album was very important in my journey back to traditional folk music and blues standards.
It still stands up very well, and is one of my favorite Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds albums.
The Singer (made famous by Johnny Cash):
Continue reading August 18: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds released Kicking Against The Pricks in 1986
Recorded live for the “Songwriters Circle” program at the Subterania Club, London UK, May 12, 1999. Broadcasted by the BBC september 7, 1999.
The concept of this programme was having 3 singer songwriters meeting up only 1 hour before and to come up with a 1 hour acoustic set for filming.
Good songs, great writers and very fine performances!
Continue reading Video of the day: John Cale, Nick Cave and Chrissie Hynde Songwriters Circle
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Continue reading April 17: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “The Good Son” 1990