‘Babe You turn me on’ - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 2004
Third track from the second cd of the 2004 double album Abbatoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus which is my favourite Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album after The Good Son (1990) sees Nick Cave dabbling in some greek mythology according to the article here which I know nothing about. The thing I like about Mr. Cave is that he can sing ballads really well but can also rock it out when he feels like it, check out get ready for love from Abbatoir Blues if you don’t believe me.
Let me start off writing about this song by quoting a line from it: “I put one hand on your round ripe heart , And the other down your panties“. Read it, then read it again…it’s a great line - I love the dichotomy of it as the first part for me is sharing a tender loving moment with a person you love and then the wild savagery that is the male species (a.k.a urges) takes hold . Don’t get me wrong everyone I think has them but sometimes us males jump the gun a bit. Anyways after hearing that line along with Cave’s deep , baritone like voice and nice melody made me stop at this song for some time before the got through the rest of the album. Check out a video for the song here.
Am I the only one that thinks Cave’s voice lends itself more to the piano than the guitar?
God I wish Nick Cave and PJ Harvey would collaborate on an entire album together - I think it would be great!
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