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| Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Brixton Academy |
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| Live,
Martin Algesten,
02:00:00,
07 May 2001 |
Rating: F5
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Bow down and pay respect to the prince of darkness! I'm awed, I'm shaken, I'm moved. Greatness on so many levels. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds comes on to stage minutes after the crew has tuned and put the instruments in place. It's on time, it's slick, it's professional and it's no bullshit. Still it is not without feeling.
The reason for the concert is of course promoting the new album "No More Shall We Part", still we get served a crowd pleasing mix of old and new material. We get all the aspects of Nick Cave & The bad seeds, from the fierce grinding of the earlier years to the touching piano/vocal pieces of late (with an emphasis of the later naturally).
Few performers of this world can subscribe to being over 20 years in the business and still produce material that is deeply involving and meaningful.
There are three fundamental skills that Nick masters like few others. First a song writing craftmanship. Where many get stuck in the same harmonics over and over again, Nick find new ones. Second, lyrics. His concept seems to endlessly (without being repetetive) spin around God, Love and Death and even if these are not unique, he is a true genius in capturing emotions in poetry. Third his voice, he can sing. In an industry dominated by fancy dressed teenagers howling to upbeat covers of old hits through a vocoder, Nick Cave wouldn't need to do much to rock. But his voice is truly unique. The way he uses slightly off key notes just to slide right back on key to emphasize what he is singing is an artform in its own. His voice has matured to the better and Nick has polished this to perfection.
5th of May 2001
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