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1. Nick Cave covered this Leonard Cohen song on The Seeds debut album: 'Do not dress in those rags for me I know you are not poor And do not love me quite so fiercely now When you know that you are not sure It is your turn, my beloved one It is your flesh that I wear' Which song is this?
Answer: Avalanche
'Avalanche' can be found on the 'From Her to Eternity' album released in 1984. Nick Cave's first experience of singing was, as a child, singing in the Wangaratta Cathedral Choir in Australia.
Cave formed his first band in 1973 with Mick Harvey, Tracey Pew and Phill Calvert. They mainly played Lou Reed and David Bowie songs.
2. These lyrics are loosely based on a John Lee Hooker song: 'Looka yonder! Looka yonder! Looka yonder! A big black cloud come!' It can be found on 'The Firstborn is Dead' album; which song is this?
Answer: Tupelo
'The Firstborn is Dead' was released in 1985. The lyrics are full of imagery about the birth of Elvis, who was born in Tupelo, and about the second coming of Christ.
Cave studied Painting and Fine Art after leaving school at the Caulfield Institute of Technology, but dropped out after a year to concentrate on music.
3. 'The three dwarfs peering from their wagon's hind Moses says to Noah "We shoulda dugga deepa one" Their grizzled faces like dying moons Still dirty from the digging done' This song can be found on the 'Your Funeral, My Trial' album. What song is it?
Answer: The Carny
This album was originally released as two 12" EPs.
A beautiful circus aerialist plays their song 'The Carny' in Wim Wenders' film 'Der Himmel Uber Berlin' (Wings of Desire), she later meets her angelic admirer at one of their concerts, where they perform 'From Her to Eternity'.
4. These lyrics are loosely based on the hymn 'Oh Happy Day': 'And I ain't down here for your money I ain't down here for your love I ain't down here for your love or money I'm down here for your soul' Which song is this?
Answer: Deanna
'Deanna' can be found on their 'Tender Prey' album which was their fifth studio release, in 1988.
Cave's band became known as The Boys Next Door, in 1977 they started playing songs that Nick Cave had written as well as covers. Rowland Howard joined the band a year later.
5. 'O father tell me, are you weeping? Your face seems wet to touch O then I'm so sorry, father I never thought I hurt you so much' This beautiful song is from 'The Good Son' album which was released in 1990.
Answer: The Weeping Song
Shortly after Howard joined the band, they changed their name to The Birthday Party. They quickly garnered a reputation for their intense and chaotic gigs with Cave's fierce vocals and unpredictable stage presence.
6. 'I counted up my blessings And counted only one One tiny little blessing And now that blessing's gone' These lyrics can be found on 1992's 'Henry's Dream' album.
Answer: Brother, My Cup Is Empty
The Birthday Party disbanded in 1984, partly because Cave and Howard could no longer work together and partly because they were exhausted from alcohol and drug abuse.
7. In 1994 The Seeds released the album 'Let Love In'. Which song on the album contains the following lyrics: 'I found her on a night of fire and noise Wild bells rang in a wild sky I knew from that moment on I'll love her till the day that I died'?
Answer: Do You Love Me
After the demise of The Birthday Party, Cave and Harvey formed Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds with Blixa Bargeld, Barry Adamson and Hugo Race.
8. 'Now I got shrinks that will not rest with their endless Rorschach tests I keep telling them they're out to get me They ask me if I feel remorse and I answer, "Why of course! There is so much more I could have done if they'd let me!" So it's Rorschach and Prozac and everything is groovy Singing La la la la La la la lie' This song from the album 'Murder Ballads', features The Mormon Tabernacle Choir; which song is this?
Answer: The Curse of Millhaven
This collection of songs about murder features Polly Harvey singing with Cave on the song 'Henry Lee' and Kylie Minogue singing with Cave on 'Where the Wild Roses Grow'. The closing song is a cover of Dylan's 'Death is not the End' with guest vocals from Polly Harvey, Kylie Minogue and Shane McGowan amongst others; oddly it is the only song on the album that isn't about murder.
9. The lyrics for this song come from the album 'Boatman's Call': 'We were married under cherry trees Under blossom we made pour vows All the blossoms come sailing down Through the streets and through the playgrounds' Which song is this?
Answer: People Ain't No Good
'Boatman's Call' is a very personal album, with songs about his relationships with Viviene Carneiro and Polly Harvey.
10. This song is from 2001's 'No More Shall We Part': 'Moral sneaks in the White House Computer geeks in the school house Drug freaks in the crack house We don't have that stuff here We have a tiny little Force But we need them of course' Which song are these lyrics from?
Answer: God is in the House
Cave had overcome his addictions to alcohol and heroin to make this, their eleventh studio album. A quiet introspective album exploring religious themes, with Cave in fine voice singing melodic ballads.
I hope you enjoyed this quiz and the small tidbits of Nick Cave's life prior to The Bad Seeds.
Source: Author 50ftqueenie
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