They Are The Sick Breath Gatherin’ At My Hind [video]

by Kevin Vegetables on October 6, 2009

Dear Lord, have I not mentioned Nick Cave yet this week? Here’s “The Mercy Seat” from 1989 (or so):

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Plus, if you can figure out what the heck Concert.tv is and where you can find it (I have it on DirecTV VOD), there’s a one-hour retrospective of SeƱor Cueva’s BBC performances that might or might not include stuff from his 2008 BBC4 concert. Here’s “Stagger Lee”:

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rendogg October 6, 2009 at 7:44 pm

nick cave a minimum of once a week is indeed in order here (course, the cash version of the mercy seat is also a winner in my book). thanks for the posting!

Kevin Vegetables October 7, 2009 at 5:43 am

I’m not as big on the Cash version, but as long as I’m in my Hardly Strictly recap week I should mention that I had no idea until last Saturday that Nick Lowe wrote “The Beast In Me,” which Johnny did on American Recordings and is a song that always touches me.

More Nick to come, especially with the new Grinderman album due out next year!

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