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[sharplittleteeth]

Amanda Palmer. At the Forum. Playing a Nick Cave cover. With Paul Kelly and Mick Harvey.

For a Bostonian, that's pretty fucking Melbourne.

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[sharplittlteeth.livejournal.com]

Except I bought The Lyre of Orpheus. And then wished I hadn't

It has "O Children" on it. Which is brilliant.

[p-cat.livejournal.com]

I trust your taste so I will listen to it.

To be fair, the title track is alright. But that's what I mean - for me, Nick Cave shouldn't be just 'alright'. It should be the disgusting delight of 'Scum', the storytelling of 'Jack's Shadow', the juddering beauty of 'Sunday's Slave', the despair of 'Knocking on Joe' or 'A Box for Black Paul'. This music was really formative to me, since my friend's big sister (who's now a pretty cool artist - Lyndal Walker) made me a mixed tape of Bad Seeds and Birthday Party when I was 14.

His later work just seems a bit ... easy listening.

I do tend to have cut-off points. The Cure has been dead to me since Disintegration.

[andricongirl.livejournal.com]

theres good stuff on later albums .. you gotta listen to it, and yeah its a bit more "easy" than angsty young heroin filled nick, but aint we all getting older ;p

there is a town is one of the best songs ever from nocturama, and I like into her arms.. god songs dont turn me off , blues gospel has always been one of his influences

[p-cat.livejournal.com]

Oh, God songs don't bother me in the slightest! It was just such a badly written line. I find that song really schmaltzy, to be honest.

Never for a minute do I think that artists should preserve the sound of their youth. It's important for their work to develop and mature. Which is why I stop listening at the point I stop liking it :)