Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds are the greatest rock band of all time. Disagree? Tough! Listen and learn, and fall in love for the first time (or all over again). Sean and Andrew are in charge of the lesson plan: a guided tour through the music and lyrics of 20 albums and counting. Buckle yourself into the mercy seat and get ready for love!
O wow o wow! It's been quite a long dark night without word from your favorite podcast, but never fear! You can jump for joy once more because the boys are back and ready to talk Cave. It's been an exciting time between this episode and last, not least due to the release of the brand new Bad Seeds album Wild God! In a desperate attempt to stay relevant your gracious hosts have frog-hopped an album or two and cut straight to the end, so whether you're a long time fan or a brand new conversion to Cave or the pod, we've got something for ya. Ending theme music includes Clap Along by Jason Shaw.
The boys are back and ready to call upon author Adam Steiner to discuss his new book, "Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death!" Delving into Adam's inspirations and creative process, you'll get a behind the scenes look at the making of this essential exploration of Cave's work. "Darker with the Dawn" is available for purchase 12/1/23, and can be ordered on bookshop.org to support local booksellers. Ending theme music includes Clap Along by Jason Shaw.
You better run, you better run... right into the ever-loving arms of your two hosts as they bounce along to this traditional number turned rompin' stomper, City of Refuge. ALSO: Rumblings persist! There may be another installment of everyone's favorite game afoot...
Mercy me! The boys are back at it, rolling through Tender Prey to arrive at the half-way point and fifth track: Mercy.
Thought we were never comin' back? Well don't ya worry buddy, cause here we come! The boys are back in town and picking up right where they left off: announcing the winner of the first Today's Lesson contest, and breaking down Watching Alice, the fourth track of Tender Prey.
Things are really starting to heat up as the boys grab their proverbial toolboxes and stockings, hop in their proverbial Cadillac, and continue proverbially careening through Tender Prey. Next stop? Oh-oh, it's track number three: Deanna!
Up jump the boys back from their long winter's nap to keep on 'a rollin' through Tender Prey, making their next stop at the second track Up Jumped the Devil!
With Your Funeral... My Trial done and dusted the boys risk it all and pop a squat in the Mercy Seat to kick off the Bad Seed's fifth studio album, Tender Prey!
And just like that, it's all over. Another album down! Join the boys as they offer their thoughts on the album-wrapping Tim Rose cover Long Time Man and the marvellously petty B-side oddity Scum, then eulogize, and deliver their final verdicts, on Your Funeral... My Trial.
What's that boy? She's fallen away? Not to worry! The boys are on the case, falling themselves down the yawning crevice of Your Funeral... My Trial's penultimate track, She Fell Away. Ending Theme Music - 'Clap Along' by Jason Shaw
Hold on to your hard-ons folks, 'cause the boys are getting hot and heavy with the next track from Your Funeral... My Trial, Hard On for Love!
The boys take a trip to the hole to investigate all the lesser darks and greater lights of Your Funeral... My Trial's fifth track, Jack's Shadow.
Yeah, it's getting strange in here as the boys hit the fourth track of Your Funeral... My Trial, Stranger Than Kindness.
The boys don their weeds and strap in for the third and titular track of Your Funeral... my Trial, Your Funeral... My Trial!
Step right up, ladies and germs! The boys are moving on the show to The Carny, the second track of Your Funeral... My Trial.
The boys are back to take on the Seeds' fourth studio album, Your Funeral... My Trial, beginning with a deep dive into Sad Waters.
The boys put the secondborn to rest, closing out the Seed's sophomore album The Firstborn is Dead with a B-Side and some parting thoughts.
The boys bring it on home (well, almost) with the final track on The Firstborn is Dead, Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Strap yourselves in for one hell of a road trip, because the boys got you just what you wanted, man: an episode all about the next track on The Firstborn is Dead, Wanted Man!
The boys head to the big house and knock it out of the park with a deep dive into the next song on The Firstborn is Dead, Knockin' On Joe.
Cave's still a-singin' so you know that means the boys must be a-talkin' as the journey through The Firstborn is Dead continues with Black Crow King!
All aboard! The boys stuff their bindles and hop the rails for a trip through the third track of The Firstborn is Dead, Train Long Suffering.
The boys say hello to the second track of The Firstborn is Dead, Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree.
One album down, the boys dive headfirst into The Firstborn is Dead with the Cave classic Tupelo.
That's a wrap! The boys build a box for From Her to Eternity, sharing their thoughts on the final song and the album as a whole.
Straight into the arms of some really great tracks go the boys as the album nears its close and they dive into St. Huck and Wings Off Flies.
The boys take a slight diversion for a lighter episode to some CD-release exclusive tracks.
The second episode of Today's Lesson finds the boys deep in tracks three and four of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' debut album "From Her to Eternity".
On the first full episode of Today's Lesson, the boys dive into the first two tracks from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' debut album "From Her to Eternity".
In this very first episode, Professors Sean and Andrew introduce themselves and outline the curriculum: A track-by-track analysis of the work of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
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