Anyone else here pick it up? I got mine today from good ol' Amazon.com. I can't wait to put it in the car on the way home from work.
It was worth the 20 bucks for the b-side, 'Grief Came Riding' IMO.
Bad Seeds B-Sides...
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Joseph Burrell Joseph Burrell https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39731
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- 326 posts since 6 Sep, 2004 from SC
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- KVRAF
- 1821 posts since 5 Oct, 2003
I trust you mean the Bad Seeds as in Nick Cave?
Have to look into that.
IMHO, Nick Cave is everything that Jim Morrison tried to be (and more) and the Bad Seeds are an infinitely better (and more interesting) band.
"The Good Son" is my favorite, but does it get better than "The Mercy Seat"?
Have to look into that.
IMHO, Nick Cave is everything that Jim Morrison tried to be (and more) and the Bad Seeds are an infinitely better (and more interesting) band.
"The Good Son" is my favorite, but does it get better than "The Mercy Seat"?
And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
A life for a life
And a truth for a truth
And anyway there was no proof
But I'm not afraid to tell a lie.
"Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us." Eric Temple Bell
http://thetomorrowfile.bandcamp.com/
http://thetomorrowfile.bandcamp.com/
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- KVRAF
- 8132 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
um....MickGael wrote:"The Good Son" is my favorite, but does it get better than "The Mercy Seat"?
no.
This new comp will have the acoustic tracks that were originally only on a limited free cd that came with 'the good son'; includes an absolutley stunning version of 'mercy seat', so stripped down and raw, so much more powerful (imho...) than the studio version.
waiting for my copy to wing it's way to me from Hong Kong (CDWow.com)
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Joseph Burrell Joseph Burrell https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39731
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Is there any other?
On a side note, have either of you invested in his poetry or his novel, The Ass Saw the Angel? I highly recommend the novel. The poetry is great, but mostly lyrics to his songs.
On a side note, have either of you invested in his poetry or his novel, The Ass Saw the Angel? I highly recommend the novel. The poetry is great, but mostly lyrics to his songs.
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- KVRAF
- 1821 posts since 5 Oct, 2003
Thanks for the details, Gary! Might not be able to resist this one.Joseph Burrell wrote:Is there any other? On a side note, have either of you invested in his poetry or his novel, The Ass Saw the Angel? I highly recommend the novel. The poetry is great, but mostly lyrics to his songs.
As for the novel, I remember when it came out but I never got around to reading it...
Brilliant lyrics, though...
Btw, how is "Abattoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus"? Have not heard it yet....
"Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us." Eric Temple Bell
http://thetomorrowfile.bandcamp.com/
http://thetomorrowfile.bandcamp.com/
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Joseph Burrell Joseph Burrell https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39731
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Um, bloody brilliant. The title track, The Lyre of Orpheus is Cave at his finest IMO. I think I'll pop it in tonight. For a double album I think he did a great job. The album was very consistent throughout. It shared more with Nocturama in more places than say, The Boatman's Call (probably my favorite.) However, I thought it was a splendid sonic journey nonetheless.
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- KVRAF
- 1821 posts since 5 Oct, 2003
I'm sold.
"Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us." Eric Temple Bell
http://thetomorrowfile.bandcamp.com/
http://thetomorrowfile.bandcamp.com/
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- KVRian
- 697 posts since 2 Dec, 2002 from northern germany
yup, the double album is fantastic, bought it when it came out, listened to it quite a few times since then.
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Joseph Burrell Joseph Burrell https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39731
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Tracks 8-14 of the 3rd CD of the B-Sides collection are the freaking shite. 
I'll be singing Little Jane J's Gone for days.
Seriously.
I'll be singing Little Jane J's Gone for days.Seriously.
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- 35506 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
MickGael quoth
Btw, how is "Abattoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus"? Have not heard it yet....
Bloody brilliant, especially live
Btw, how is "Abattoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus"? Have not heard it yet....
Bloody brilliant, especially live
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- 8132 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
AB/LoO is real good, amoung his best for sure. No Blixa this time though (!) but still darn noisy and edgy in all the right places.
"And the Ass saw the angel" is a good book too, takes his lyrical obsessions from that kind of time and just runs with them; he has the room to really expand on the themes. So if you're easily offended by inbred redneck mentality, biblical imagery taken to extremes, animal cruelty or buggery then it's probably not the book for you.
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"And the Ass saw the angel" is a good book too, takes his lyrical obsessions from that kind of time and just runs with them; he has the room to really expand on the themes. So if you're easily offended by inbred redneck mentality, biblical imagery taken to extremes, animal cruelty or buggery then it's probably not the book for you.
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Joseph Burrell Joseph Burrell https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39731
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Very true Gary. The book certainly isn't for the lighthearted among you. I would still recommend it, and I can honestly say that I was very surprised that Cave was able to pen such a work of great liturature as he did.