Nick Cave is Australia's - if not one of the world's - greatest ever wordsmiths - his ability to paint a picture with lyrics is undeniably unique - simply brilliant
@@lucylovic I am not doubting that. I was a big fan of ACDC when I was young. I am just saying that Nick Cave, all by himself, puts Australia on the cultural map.
I remember years ago the UA-cam comment section were going on about how Nick had to wear that T-Shirt to counter-balance the intense and ruthless machismo of the lyrics.
No-one else could of sung this + being Soo entraining as Nick Cave. I have never been a big fan. After seeing Stagger Lee. Nick is talented, funny. Great entertainer. The theatrics, the dancing, the uncensored swearing & dirty lyrics. It's like watching a Quentin Tarantin movie Shock, violence, swearing, humour, guns cool music, crime, & quirky entertainment. I love it. It's art & if you take it seriously & don't laugh them that's weird because So much is banned due to discrimination or too crude + disturbing. It's funny like "Jackie Brown" or pulp fiction. " banned from saying or
I was looking for the 1959 hit for Lloyd Price "Stagger Lee" and found this. Thinking it was a new cover version I gave it a play. I was shocked but in a good way. This is brilliant. This guy is a charismatic genius.
If you like this song, go check out "brother my cup is empty" or " papa won't leave you henry" 2 of the best songs ever in my opinion P.s gotta read the lyrics to fully appreciate them
Seeing Nick at a live concert is one of the most intense experiences! It's like everybody is bewitched. Hope to see him once more in Holland. Love him, he's the greatest!
It's so raunchy yet he and the dancers are emitting some sort of vibe as if it should be sexy. It's bizarre and mesmerizing maybe because I was such a fan of the original song.
This may be the coolest song ever recorded and especially coolest performance, it's beatifully cheesy and brutally cool. I can't help but love this song for it's self-awareness of it being "bad".
Saw him live in 1997, where he downed a bottle of red wine on stage, tried three times to play Into My Arms while complaining about how difficult it is to play and sing at the same time, had to be prevented by security from throwing a large synthesizer into the crowd, and finally went to the release party for Prodigy's Fat Of The Land where he danced like a lunatic for an hour, punched a guy and got thrown out. I've seen him a few times since, but that was the most memorable one for me, if not for him
@@magnusalexander2965 I love that story lol, thanks for telling it. That is the Nick my husband loves. he aint into 'old man Nick'. He liked the Birthday Party. I think he might be tone deaf ...
So do I. I actually find it funnier now I know the words + start laughing when I know what Nick Cave is going to do and sing next. He tells the story of Stagger Lee sooo well and the drama + dancing. I love the video clip. It's my sense of humour Anton else rather than Nick Cave could not of pulled off the ballad, story,song like He is so funny. I live the tune too.
Nick talked about Blixa’s contributions on guitar in an interview that I watched, he was not of course their lead or even rhythm guitarist, he played his guitar tracks over a mostly finished song in the studio, and they were just weird, unique riffs. They didn’t always go through The entire piece but just kind of peppered in here and there sometimes. Basically to add intrigue, an extra layer of sound. Plus he just also looked good on stage. 😊
Needs to be acknowledged as the greatest songwriter now…. While he can enjoy that accolade NOW…. the lyrics, the stories he’s given us for so many years…. One of my most favourite lines… “What’s your pleasure, asked the barman, he had a face like boiled meat” May your God bless you Nick 💙
Maybe the girl from Henry Lee is the same girl that was badass enough to kick Stagger Lee out into the ice and snow and told him to never come back no more.
Notice how Blixa has a guitar around his neck most of the time in the video, but doesn't play a single chord. I just love this man. He looks so very shady and awesome in this video.
I love, love, love this song because it’s showing every spark we all carry in us… And I don’t know one artist until today that has the courage to put it into lyrics like Nick!
"It did occur to me one night, as I performed Stagger Lee in full priapic flight, that Stagger Lee does not shoot Billy Dilly with an actual gun at all, but that his being “filled full of lead. Bang! Bang! Bang!” was simply a metaphor for the force of Stag’s ejaculation, and Blixa’s terrifying and inhuman screeching at the end orgasmic in nature. This made me wonder, chillingly at the time, what sleeping with Blixa must be like - something I am sadly unable to elaborate on." - Nick Cave
Dark..creepy..disturbing..hypnotizing..dirty..sexual..depraved..yet still fucking brilliant. I love the bass in this song...actually in all their music.
Aesthetic af thin Nick Cave throwing in some moves like jagger in a pink shirt. And my mum asks me when will she see some grandchildren. Unless I find a man like him, I ain't getting married XD
Totally crazy. I remember the first time I heard it, at its release. I thought "oh yeah it's very cool, the power is growing until the explosive end". Then I read the lyrics (first I ask my english teacher to help me to traduce, I'm french. But she didn't want. I would lately understand why). When I understood the lyrics, the song appears to me as one of my favorite ever. A western, a movie in a song.
I know. It's sooo funny & entertaining watching Nick dance around singing. He's not trying to be funny . He just nails a perfect performance.. There is not one second of that video, that is not entertaining. For 3 minutes I am just glued to that video I still laugh because Nick is a great entertainer!. I was introduced to it only 2 yrs ago. Every once in a while which I feel like like having a giggle, I put it on.I have not got sick of it. I'm smiling from beginning to end. It lifts me up makes me laugh. Thanks Nick for making that video because I really enjoy it No in could of sung & danced while telling the tale of the baddest mother fucker in town! Nick nails it Soo well! I didn't know he was so talented. Love him
I like this song because of its positive message
lolol
Be yourself lee.
Thanks 🙏 that’s the best comment I’ve seen on any song in a long long time, or ever
Yeah, I guess I do too now.
It is just so uplifting and joyous😂
I LOVE THIS STILL IN 2024! :D
Me too.
@@scarlett_sartre Me three
Of course, his recent albums are no good, the music and lyrics are boring
aitch xxx.
This is the perfect choice for ‘first dance’ at a wedding
good lord 😂
I wouldn't get married for my 6th time otherwise
😂
I listened to this for the first time with my dad when we were on our way to the Huntington Gardens. He suggested that we play it in the tearoom.
Well if you say so 😂
Nick Cave is Australia's - if not one of the world's - greatest ever wordsmiths - his ability to paint a picture with lyrics is undeniably unique - simply brilliant
Nick Cave single handedly makes Australia a place of culture
No mate. We have many talents.
@@lucylovic I am not doubting that. I was a big fan of ACDC when I was young. I am just saying that Nick Cave, all by himself, puts Australia on the cultural map.
Do you even Banjo Patterson mate!?@@oreganoregan5947
Ken oath we got chopper,skyhooks and heaps of other good shit.yeeeeeww@@lucylovic
And me of course 🙏😎
Only Nick Cave could manage to still look menacing in a pink "Take That love you" T-shirt and while pants! Great song!
lol! So true so true! lol
You know, he is not menacing in spite of his outfit but because if it. It s part of the perversion and utterly brilliant.
@@dyathink lynchian
I remember years ago the UA-cam comment section were going on about how Nick had to wear that T-Shirt to counter-balance the intense and ruthless machismo of the lyrics.
No-one else could of sung this + being Soo entraining as Nick Cave. I have never been a big fan. After seeing Stagger Lee. Nick is talented, funny. Great entertainer. The theatrics, the dancing, the uncensored swearing & dirty lyrics. It's like watching a Quentin Tarantin movie Shock, violence, swearing, humour, guns cool music, crime, & quirky entertainment. I love it. It's art & if you take it seriously & don't laugh them that's weird because So much is banned due to discrimination or too crude + disturbing. It's funny like "Jackie Brown" or pulp fiction. " banned from saying or
Can't get more badass than this
electric six-gay bar goes pretty hard
Electric Six used Viagra™
... in a pink tshirt...
Oh Yes, You can. The guy who walks into O'Malleys Bar is twice as badass ;-)
Aksel Steen fucking ae. Exactly what i came to comment.
I was looking for the 1959 hit for Lloyd Price "Stagger Lee" and found this. Thinking it was a new cover version I gave it a play. I was shocked but in a good way. This is brilliant. This guy is a charismatic genius.
If you like this song, go check out "brother my cup is empty" or " papa won't leave you henry" 2 of the best songs ever in my opinion
P.s gotta read the lyrics to fully appreciate them
Check out the Grateful Dead's version of Stagger Lee. Variations on a theme. "As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls..."
He's the best! No one on the planet can do what Nick does!
Funny
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Can't point one bad song on Murder Ballads. Albums like that are so rare and they stand the test of time.
Harry Callahan Ahem, that's PJ Harvey. If you like Nick check out her work. She's amazing.
for me Death is Not the End just doesn't fit in with the rest, mind you, I'm not religious so that probably doesn't help.
@@aeric5266 Go to hell. O'Malley's Bar is my favourite of the Murder Ballads.
@@jaxativejax662 I think Death Is Not The End is a great ending if you've listened to the whole album in it's entirely.
True
I love Blixas screams at the end so much. Just inhuman sounds
Yes like some anguished demon from the pits of hell!! Awesomeness!
@Snatch Dizzy that album is awesome! His screams in Armenia are nuts
His screams are legendary. Nothing on earth like them.
Genuinely thought that was guitar screeches.
Jack White tried to mimic Blixa's vocals in his whos with me album and actually managed to pull it off pretty well in my opinion
How this beautiful piece of poetry has escaped me all of my life, is beyond me.
Its amazing
Got to be one of the best tracks ever
Seeing Nick at a live concert is one of the most intense experiences! It's like everybody is bewitched. Hope to see him once more in Holland. Love him, he's the greatest!
He had me captivated , and on the edge of my seat the whole time! Nick Cave is my god !
@@ange2370 settle Ange lol. Still, he's better than the imaginary God, at least he's real...
@@themudpit621 LOL, figure of speech, but your right ....STILL, he is "in my eyes" ( Nick not God lol) 😂is the greatest.
Vrijdag 😂
A fun, family sing-along 😋
Hi dear I was on my scrolling mode when I saw your profile and sent a text hope you don't find it pestering...?
It's our family tradition to sing this song in Christmas. The screeching part is a bit hard for the men so only mom does that part
so elegant, so dirty, so vile, so graceful, so intense, so smooth..the tension builds and builds and then the violence explodes..phew..amazing..
Exactly!
It's so raunchy yet he and the dancers are emitting some sort of vibe as if it should be sexy. It's bizarre and mesmerizing maybe because I was such a fan of the original song.
Those who replied are born for expressing stupidity!😏🤪🥴
An absolutely apt description!
It's a masterpiece. Very clever, funny and entraining. I love it.
There is nothing more badass in the world than this song.
It’s great!
At first I thought it was the guitar wailing.. until I realised it was Blixas' wail of doom and my head exploded. I am writing this with no head.
I lost my eardrums to it too
That's impressive. 😮
As an Australian. Nick cave Is an inspiration. His words. Compositions and stage presentation. X
Nick Cave one of the few who can pull this off. The man is storyteller and still one of the best.
My favorite gangsta rap song
This may be the coolest song ever recorded and especially coolest performance, it's beatifully cheesy and brutally cool. I can't help but love this song for it's self-awareness of it being "bad".
I cant stop watching it. I love Nick Caves dirty persona. I want to scrub all that dirty off of him and bottle it..lol
I agree it's out there. Clever, catchy, crude,violent and funny
wrong
@@frankesparros5908 anything better to say?
@@frankesparros5908
Come on, dude. Try to string a sentence together.
That bass, song is INCREDIBLE. Murder Ballads is a masterpiece.
I adore this song, The whole Murder Ballads album is great but for me this is the highlight
This ......and The curse of Milhaven ! 🖤
Wow, Blixa's screaming was unpredictable and amazing
Always love Blixa's part!
i SAW HIM LIVE he is amazing very intense energy you can feel it hitting you everywhere, never felt this on a concert before
Indeed, seen him many times and he's the best live.
Saw him live for the first time in 2017ish and it was incredible! I saw Grinderman in 2011ish and they were great too.
Saw him live in 1997, where he downed a bottle of red wine on stage, tried three times to play Into My Arms while complaining about how difficult it is to play and sing at the same time, had to be prevented by security from throwing a large synthesizer into the crowd, and finally went to the release party for Prodigy's Fat Of The Land where he danced like a lunatic for an hour, punched a guy and got thrown out. I've seen him a few times since, but that was the most memorable one for me, if not for him
me to
@@magnusalexander2965 I love that story lol, thanks for telling it. That is the Nick my husband loves. he aint into 'old man Nick'. He liked the Birthday Party. I think he might be tone deaf ...
This song is a classic. Still waiting for the day Nick Cave is featured on an episode of Bluey.
Blixas range is unbelievable!
I regularly come back to watch this video, just because I love to see Blixa's display of the epitome of pure oldschool awesomeness.
So do I. I actually find it funnier now I know the words + start laughing when I know what Nick Cave is going to do and sing next. He tells the story of Stagger Lee sooo well and the drama + dancing. I love the video clip. It's my sense of humour Anton else rather than Nick Cave could not of pulled off the ballad, story,song like He is so funny. I live the tune too.
I love how hes always dancing with his guitar, but rarely ever play anything on it ;)
Nick talked about Blixa’s contributions on guitar in an interview that I watched, he was not of course their lead or even rhythm guitarist, he played his guitar tracks over a mostly finished song in the studio, and they were just weird, unique riffs. They didn’t always go through The entire piece but just kind of peppered in here and there sometimes. Basically to add intrigue, an extra layer of sound. Plus he just also looked good on stage. 😊
To me Nick Cave is the Stephen King of music.
More like Faulkner honestly
@@alexeverson3604 I appreciate the reference, thanks.
They look similar
that's an insult to Nick Cave.
Stephen king isn’t nearly in the same league as Nick Cave
Needs to be acknowledged as the greatest songwriter now…. While he can enjoy that accolade NOW…. the lyrics, the stories he’s given us for so many years…. One of my most favourite lines… “What’s your pleasure, asked the barman, he had a face like boiled meat” May your God bless you Nick 💙
I don’t understand why you never hear this on the radio?
...because radio went dead after first try...
...because radio is shait nowadays...
@@StarWarsIlikealot это да в СССР его гоняли по радио
It's the runtime.
I guess Stagger Lee is Henry Lee's badass bro
lol I thought the same thing
No one's putting Stagger in a well.
I know you mean the Nick Cave from the same album, but my first thought was Henry Lee Lucas, which...also kind of fits.
Maybe the girl from Henry Lee is the same girl that was badass enough to kick Stagger Lee out into the ice and snow and told him to never come back no more.
Stagger ain't getting stabber.@@WillowPt
I wish i could live in this video
This one has slowly become my favorite of theirs.
I wonder how come this song was never on MTV!? 💙🤣💙
Notice how Blixa has a guitar around his neck most of the time in the video, but doesn't play a single chord. I just love this man. He looks so very shady and awesome in this video.
shady men >
Jerrymylitus
this has to be one of the greatest performances ever recorded
Nick Cave is maybe the coolest man ever
Blixa scream
I love, love, love this song because it’s showing every spark we all carry in us… And I don’t know one artist until today that has the courage to put it into lyrics like Nick!
as well as being viciously unafraid to do so.
This is how I feel each time I enter in a bar...but after I just take a beer and say "thanks".
Hahaha
Why am I only hearing about this now? This is MUSIC!!!
Astonishing performance by Nick Cave in this video...absolutely mesmerizing !
Hes such a great artist and his persona is brilliant..God Bless this man xx
Probably the most bad ass song ever
Blixa is the icing on this perfect cake 🍰
"It did occur to me one night, as I performed Stagger Lee in full priapic flight, that Stagger Lee does not shoot Billy Dilly with an actual gun at all, but that his being “filled full of lead. Bang! Bang! Bang!” was simply a metaphor for the force of Stag’s ejaculation, and Blixa’s terrifying and inhuman screeching at the end orgasmic in nature. This made me wonder, chillingly at the time, what sleeping with Blixa must be like - something I am sadly unable to elaborate on." - Nick Cave
That is hilarious!
he just is super hans,
kutty superfast was that the bad thing?🤔
@@TheCaptain610 I have thought this too
"something I am sadly unable to elaborate on"
suure
Dark..creepy..disturbing..hypnotizing..dirty..sexual..depraved..yet still fucking brilliant. I love the bass in this song...actually in all their music.
cuz thats my mate... mr martin casey
Check out Martyn Casey’s previous group The Triffids
is every bloody song Nick Cave does a poetic and musical master piece?
Imma start dancin like this!
Very Mick Jaggeresque circa 1970 with Memo From Turner in the movie Performance.
Does he do kids parties?
Don't ask dude, don't ask...🙄
That’s gold
Legend🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Will he do my party?
Only in a g string
This song and video is just another level. I fucking love it.
dont you just love to see people enjoy themselves
Интеллектуальная группа. Стильные мужчины Высочайший уровень. Музыка, от которой становишься сильнее, умнее.Спасибо, что вы есть.❤❤❤
I just smile all the thru the song ,its so uplifting ,infectious funny and cool
Possibly the most badass song ever
Murder ballads...incredible album
I f'n' idiot sold this vinyl-LP made in 1995...
I was broke so I got something to eat (drink).
Well, cd remains but...
Argh!
Total bad ass video, from start to finish. Love it.
Thanx Nick. You save my day.
I seriously love this guy!
Murder Ballads is his best album.
1:27 blixa is me everytime I listen to this song
That scream.........Only Blixa can pull this off ! 🖤
NICK at his best.......loved the way he moves..........and those eyes could hypnotise!
Epochal..Nick luvs His American Roots Music.
The baddest character in this song is the woman who throws him out and tells him to never come back...
They should have done more with her.
The best coda in the history of popular music
Aesthetic af thin Nick Cave throwing in some moves like jagger in a pink shirt.
And my mum asks me when will she see some grandchildren. Unless I find a man like him, I ain't getting married XD
You need to get out more♠️♥️
Lower your expectations
Heroin chic
right, or like gerard xP
Yeah, those men are gay, though. So it sounds like Grandma is s.o.l.
Greatest song ever
Wife caught me singing this in the shower full tilt. She doesn't know the song.... She's worried.
I often joke that with some of his songs what's really going through his mind and does Susie sleep with one eye open LOL
No wonder!
HAhaha...
probably best not to sing it in the bedroom haha
She should be
A work of genius if ever I heard one. Gods I love this tune
This kind of narcotic... can’t stop listening and watching him, really, it’s a problem, I cannot do anything else...
First time hearing this, 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥💪 thank the big man upstairs for UA-cam 🙌🙌🙌
Nick is wearing a pink take that t shirt . borrowed from the make up artist on the day they shot the video
I think he was actually being serious about that shirt !
One of the few benefits of his heroin addiction, I guess is that the shirt fit
Crazy eh? Lol.
Interesting thing is, Jeff Buckley wore it too. I wonder if he gave it to him.
@@janet2349 wait, is that the s a m e t-shirt??? Do you know how both of them got to wear it?
Of all the versions of this song that I’ve heard, this is definitely one of them.
one of my favourite Nick Cave & The bad seeds songs of all time
One for Christmas morning perhaps?
the deeper hole in my head ...
harmony,,,scream - cry - Nikc's moves - scenery...
this song is stuck in my head
you will never see seeds & cave being this loose again. very very cool shit.
Happy 63rd Birthday Nicholas Edward Cave And many more too.
Drink everytime he swears or says Stagger Lee
Nobody would survive the first minute 🤣🤣
I just died...
Hahaha lasted for 3 minutes. Wicked challenge...
DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME
Chug everything in your liquor room during the minute that's just all screaming :^)
One Of The Coolest Mic Drops Ive Ever Seen ❤
Totally crazy. I remember the first time I heard it, at its release. I thought "oh yeah it's very cool, the power is growing until the explosive end". Then I read the lyrics (first I ask my english teacher to help me to traduce, I'm french. But she didn't want. I would lately understand why). When I understood the lyrics, the song appears to me as one of my favorite ever. A western, a movie in a song.
ahah la gueule qu'a dû faire le prof ^^
This one is like cowboy funk. So cool.
I used to watch him live at the EXIT festival. I couldn't believe it!!!! I used to grow up with his songs. He is a true artist!!!!!
This song fills me with hope for future generations
Hahaha
Absolutely
In a better world, this song would be a staple at karaoke bars.
I'd have a go lol ....
There is a karaoke version on youtube though
I long for that world.
Yep. It's forbidden here.
Believe me, I've tried.
But Where the Wild Roses Grow we have made just for fun...
It is.
Mind you your friends will be afraid of you for the rest of their lives after you sing it, but it is.
alles schon vergessen ? Nick ist super ! heute ,morgen und gestern !
Mr. Nick Cave, I take my hat off to you!
fantasticis the man Nick Cave
I want this played in my funeral....
LOL!! That's Gold🤣
lets hope the two people who attend are Nick Cave fans.
α ρε Νικ,μας εχει καψει,εδω και πολλα χρονια.!!! και γουσταρω..!!
Absolutely superb
This is the very definition of 'bad ass'
His Face alone is worth its weight in gold.
I know. It's sooo funny & entertaining watching Nick dance around singing. He's not trying to be funny . He just nails a perfect performance.. There is not one second of that video, that is not entertaining. For 3 minutes I am just glued to that video I still laugh because Nick is a great entertainer!. I was introduced to it only 2 yrs ago. Every once in a while which I feel like like having a giggle, I put it on.I have not got sick of it. I'm smiling from beginning to end. It lifts me up makes me laugh. Thanks Nick for making that video because I really enjoy it
No in could of sung & danced while telling the tale of the baddest mother fucker in town! Nick nails it Soo well! I didn't know he was so talented. Love him
My fav song from this album, onya Nick 🤘
MR. Stagger Lee to był gość...;-}
Buena canción de este gran cantante y escritor😊😊