![]() ![]() ![]() Among his tutelary deities we find William Blake, John Milton, William Faulkner, Edgar Allan Poe and Flannery O’ Connor in literature, and Leonard Cohen, Robert Johnson, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan in music. In London, with the album FROM HER TO ETERNITY he paves the way for his legendary music made of freaks, killers, saints, damnation, hope and redemption. The proof is in a career of precious masterpieces never bowing to the music industry (“ this bloody cart of severed heads and glittering prizes”).Ī pale male from the slums of Australia, black hair and white gloomy face like a spooky Elvis Presley, he starts his turbulent and prolific career with Australian post-punk band The Birthday Party: their album PRAYERS ON FIRE (4AD, 1981) makes music history with its uncompromising and violent blending of Captain Beefheart, The Pop Group, Tom Waits, The Stooges, Virgin Prunes, and Public Image Ltd, a twisting electro-blues that sounds innovative even today.īut in London, Cave’s name appears on his album covers for the first time when the singer founds the Bad Seeds, including former Birthday Party member Mick Harvey, Einstürzende Neubauten member Blixa Bargeld, Hugo Race, and former Magazine member Barry Adamson. With his famous letter to MTV, Nick Cave not only refuses the nomination as best male artist, but also makes a statement: his music obeys only to his “muse” and is not subject to any influence by media competitions or record labels. ![]() So once again, to the people at MTV, I appreciate the zeal and energy that was put behind my last record, I truly do and say thank you and again I say thank you but no…no thank you. My muse may spook! May bolt! May abandon me completely! My muse is not a horse and I am in no horse race and if indeed she was, still I would not harness her to this tumbrel - this bloody cart of severed heads and glittering prizes. My relationship with my muse is a delicate one at the best of times and I feel that it is my duty to protect her from influences that may offend her fragile nature I have always been of the opinion that my music is unique and individual and exists beyond the realms inhabited by those who would reduce things to mere measuring. Having said that, I feel that it’s necessary for me to request that my nomination for best male artist be withdrawn and furthermore any awards or nominations for such awards that may arise in later years be presented to those who feel more comfortable with the competitive nature of these award ceremonies. In July 2009, it was voted number 100 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of all time.I would like to start by thanking you all for the support you have given me over recent years and I am both grateful and flattered by the nominations that I have received for Best Male Artist. The song was voted the best single of 2004 by The Village Voice Pazz & Jop poll, and number one on Australian youth radio network Triple J's Hottest 100 of the same year. In November 2004, the single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. It was a number-seven hit on the Canadian Singles Chart, and also reached number one on the UK Indie Chart. S., it reached number three on Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single reached number three in the UK Singles Chart. It was released as 7" vinyl, a CD single, and a DVD single with the music video and a short interview with the band. It was released as the second single from their eponymous debut studio album in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2004 and in the United States on 9 February, both through Domino Records. "Take Me Out" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. ![]()
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