"All the donuts have names that sound like prostitutes..."



If Tom Waits doesn't write good lyrics then I have no ****ing clue who does.

Oh, and I think Tom Waits is better than Nick Cave, not by a landslide or anything though. However, I do think Nick Cave is a much better performer. Especially here:



Far better than the recorded version in my opinion.

Far better than the recorded version in my opinion.[/QUOTE]

I like the ...unwaveringness (is that a word?!) of the recorded version, I think it fits the song beautifully, but that performance was awesome as well.

My English Teacher introduced me to Nick Cave after I told her I was getting into Tom Waits

I ABSOLUTELY fell in love with his music,
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I've been a fan for about a month and already hes in my top artists

and then I went to see the new harry potter movie and O Children was in it, which was just too perfect, I flipped out

love this guy

By unwavering do you mean like, an Ian Curtis or Nico type of delivery? Sort of emotionally stark? If so I can see where you're coming from and can see how that would suit his type of music. I just love the raw emotional power in that other version, it seems like Nick Cave is about to break down and start sobbing or something.

Here are a couple of my favorite recent Nick Cave video clips.

"There She Goes My Beautiful World," live on Jools Holland:




Grinderman's latest video, "Heathen Child":

Actually, by "unwavering" I was more thinking of the tempo and structure of the track, the way it's built as a series of powerful leitmotifs (at least, that's how I'd describe it), and I always thought that particular structure was the perfect foil to the anguished vocals, and the tension between those two things is one of the reason I love that song. In that live version, I kinda miss that tension - mind you, I'm with you on the raw emotional power part...

If that makes sense?

I love Nick Cave, but he was definitely a part of one of the most uncomfortable mix CDs I've ever received - it was all full of lovey dovey type songs, then the last track was:



SUCH a good song, but definitely changed the entire tone of the mix. :/

I was quite surprised that wizards and witches listen to Nick Cave. (i.e. one of Nick Cave's songs was playing on the radio in a monumental scene in the latest Harry Potter movie). I thought this was pretty cool. Considering the Harry Potter films usually only use instrumental scores.

After the millionth person told me today that I am going to love Mr. Cave I decided there was somthing to sll the reccommendations and I am now looking for a starting place. Suggestions?

I don't think he's ever made a bad record, so you could probably pick any of his albums at random... Or start at the beginning, with From Her To Eternity...