This hugely moving concert spans every corner of the human experience, finding Cave at a point where time has deepened his music’s power and his connection with his audience
fronted the Birthday Party in small clubs, he would sing or scream lyrics at the audience, and yell “Wake up! Express yourself!” only inches from some startled innocent in the front row. More than 40 years later, the besuited 67-year old still skips around the stage with the improbable energy of his younger self, and sings entire passages clutching the outstretched hand of some lucky fan.
“I seem to be surrounded by a lot of extraordinary gentlemen … forgive me, extraordinary, ageing gentlemen,” he deadpans as fans touch his billowing flares. “I bring something out in them.”Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Wild God review – this masterpiece will make you fall back in love with lifeBehind him, a Bad Seeds lineup that includes Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood and a four-member gospel choir impeccably deliver 40 years’ of music. From Her to Eternity, from 1984, is furious and raging.
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