Murder Ballads

[aunt_zelda]

 If Murder Ballads was anthropomorphic I would never stop hugging them.
Granted, Murder Ballads personified would probably be like a strange cross between ATG, Bennet the Sage, and ... I don't even know. Someone creepy and very musically talented and soothing and funny and Crosses the Line Twice.

So yeah, I downloaded the full CD from amazon.com

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[aunt_zelda]

I don't understand how I didn't get into them sooner ... in fact in seventh grade I remember the older kids listening to it and I kinda ... didn't like it. I love that my musical taste is maturing.

I might kinda sorta have 15 bootlegged concert recordings if you want them.
*SQUEE*
... Ahem, that is, yes, I am very interested in that.

Bask in the glory of your newfound master. Bask, and let his corruption wash over you in glorious ecstacy.
*basks* Nick Cave is too damn awesome. And UNF, that VOICE! The bits in O'Malley's Bar where he sounds like he's really getting off on all the murder ... yeah. *blushes*

Yes, there is a recording of Nick and Blixa singing "Where The Wild Roses Grow." There is even a video of them performing it live. There is a photo of one performance where they snogged during the song.
I've seen two videos on youtube, including the one where they made out at the end ("SQUEE" does not begin to cover it. Hot dayum.) but is there an actual recording that I could put on my iPod floating around somewhere?

*watches "The Weeping Song"* Oooo, I liked that a lot! The beat was very soothing in a steady sort of vaguely ominous kind of way.
… oh my, they're wearing suits. And priest outfits. *tugs at collar* And … and flailing around each other … and they look so YOUNG! Wow.
I love the bit around 3:51 where they're flicking their fingers at each other. Nick's grin is just delightful there.

*watches the video for "Stagger Lee"*
*jawdrop* What? Huh? Pink? Wow! Ack! What?!
What I want to know is, where did he get those cage-dancers-who-weren't-in-cages?
Hee, gotta love Blixa's little dance moves. And his infamous "dying child/strangled cat" screaming. Yowza.
Mr. Cave, it takes a lot of strength to wear something like that. I have never worn something like that, and I grew up with everyone from my mother, father, my father's boyfriend, and my grandmother trying to get me into pink clothes.
DAYUM those men can shimmy! (Now I know why I dance so strangely, it was because I was meant to be born a man, thirty years ago, and become part of this band! Then me and my dancing would have fit right in!)

*watches the video for "I'm On Fire"*
Nick Cave in skinny jeans and a tight dark shirt dancing around in a dimly basement is giving me Thoughts. Like "don't touch it, you don't know where it's been! ... but I don't care! I wanna touch! I wanna lick!" Those hips … *swoons* I have a type: long and lanky.
"The man at the bank says" *giggles*
"The mouse in my pocket" … ok, what were these drugs, and where can I get some?
"The backyard abortionist" … *backs away slowly* That was too far. At least for me. I mean, I know that seems weird, me being into all the murder ballads and dark humor and Crosses the Line Twice stuff in the rest of the songs … but that was too far. Some things just aren't funny to me, and unsafe abortion is one of them. (And other bits in this one went a bit too far. For me. I'm a strange person.)
Why hello thar female!NickCave! *faints* Is it pretty much confirmed that he's got a selfcest fetish by now?
"The horrible moth" That is indeed a horrible moth. It looks like the Mothman. I'm going to hide under the bed, ok?
The kangaroos and platypus ones were utterly fantastic. How must that have gone? "Ok guys, now we all get together and hop around like kangaroos!" "Ok Nick." "Ok guys, now we all put books in our mouths and pretend to be platypi!" "… ok Nick."
I love how their tactic for everything to do with water (the sailor, the fisherman, etc.) involved flinging a bucket of water at someone.