Nicktape 5, High Positionsby Tom Steward |
***Cross-reference with: V, Clutching at the Hands of Gurus
To reiterate…While Cave’s attitude towards authorship and the artist might initially seem somewhat schizophrenic, it betrays a tendency towards humanising celebrated genius and reconciling art with the quotidian. There may also be an element of Cave trying to compensate for his past excesses in star-fucking (both in the literal and figurative sense). When it comes to making and re-making image and myth, rather than shying away from this part of his work, Cave has begun to perform it on himself and his music. Many recent songs seem to be written in image-consolidation mode; a holding pattern for the singer’s fame and status…
1. ‘We Call Upon the Author’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 2008
2. ‘Red Right Hand’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 1994
3. ‘There She Goes My Beautiful World’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 2004
4. ‘No Pussy Blues’
Grinderman, 2007
5. ‘The Lyre of Orpheus’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 2004
6. ‘Babe I’m on Fire’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 2003
7. ‘Let the Bells Ring’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 2004
8. ‘Tupelo’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 1985
9. ‘West Country Girl’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 1997
10. ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow’
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, 1996
11. ‘Love Bomb’
Grinderman, 2007
AND 12. ‘Go Tell the Women’
Grinderman, 2007