Saturday, April 21, 2012

Birthdays and other macabre things

So it was my birthday a few days back. I just baked myself a few cookies, felt the tremors, and called it a day. But the friends who called and messaged wouldn’t hear of it: it’s my HAPPY birthday, how can I just sit at home? Throw a party, get your bum out of the house and everything.. they added plentiful smileys to make their point. All this admonishing, contrary to their perfectly good intentions, only made me feel morose & lonely.

Which made me turn to Nick Cave. Who? He’s an Australian singer-songwriter-musician-everything. Why? He writes about murders and death and everything gory, and does NOT turn it into the headbanging genre.

For me, there is no better pick me up than listening to songs about blood, guts & victims’ cries. All in that gravelly voice. There’s no wonder Cave sings so much about violence, that menacingly low baritone begs for it!



His band’s (the appropriately called Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) most successful single worldwide. The video is ethereal & kitschy in parts, and you can actually hear Kylie’s vocals in it, as compared to the electro-dance stuff she’s usually echoing around.



Artsy obsessive video. Melodious murder ballad.



My favourite. Lots of cussing. I often fast-forward to the part with the cries. 

I confess, I’ve not gotten around to listening to all of his better-known songs. But I’ll do it. And read his latest book too. Which is thankfully called The Death of Bunny Munro.

14 comments:

  1. Ummm, I would go right up, hearing Cave...
    Happy Birthday btw.


    And I was hoping the Album name to be rather "the death of Bruno Mars", that was wht i read in the first glance.

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    1. Lol.. come on, he's not all that bad. At the very least, a name like Bruno Mars itself redeems him a little. :)
      And thanks!

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  2. Hey Revacious.. as the world wud say, belated wishes for "a Happy, Happy B'Day n the best returns for the party, day n year ahead" :D

    Aaah, so that makes u an Aeries - Aeries r supposed to be very stylish, independent n outgoing.. I'll add a great writer too to that list :)

    Actually, I haven't really heard of this dude but his work sounds cool:)

    Anyways, I hope u had a great one n wish u the best fr the rest of the year, Revacious :)

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    1. It's funny how the horoscopes never say anything bad about us eh? Lol, thank you! :)

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    2. happy birthday ! so what cookies did you bake ?
      :)

      my horoscope says bad things about me though :)
      my google search turned up these -

      Changeable and moody
      Overemotional and touchy
      Clinging and unable to let go

      i sound pathetic. LOL.

      i like the last video.

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    3. Thank u! Gingerbread cookies.. I like my cookies a little spice-a-licious!
      And that is weird, maybe I should google my horoscope too.. a little negative could restore my faith in them ;) Lol.

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  3. Belated Happy Birthday ~

    I think you should celebrate your special day they way you want to ~ On my special day, I hide and pamper myself in the salon ~

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    1. Thank you Grace! I love that you wrote it like one of your poems with the ~ :)

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  4. Happy belated birthday again. I can clearly see you come from a different generation. Aside from Kylie, I don't know any of the rest.. (or haven't heard their works..) ..

    Have fun!

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    1. Ooh, do I sound old? What if I say I adore the Beatles?? :D
      But don't tell me u are not curious about murder ballads, Mr.Spooky. :P

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    2. I have a 16 disc collection of the beatles. :)

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    3. And with that you have unknowingly invited me to break into your home.

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  5. That moment of happiness to find others who also like Nick Cave ! xD

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    1. That moment of incandescent happiness to find others who find happiness in finding others who also like Nick Cave !
      No, seriously. Just that I like trolling up my happiness :P

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