Murder Ballads

Definitely gonna do some decorating, for sure.

Um, I broke out, uh, my, uh, copy, uh, uh, of, uh, Murder Ballads by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds that-

Mm-hmm

... uh, I got in Oakland on, I got it on vinyl, and, um, gave that a spin.

And man, I've been on this massive Nick Cave, uh, streak ever since.

Um, the only thing about that is Murder Ballads is his very best record, so you're starting with the absolute best, and everything kinda after that's just not quite as good.

Yeah.

I mean, he's got a...

... were, like, similar.

And, um, like, with the exception of Murder Ballads, most of these have, like, a through line.

You know what I mean?

Right.

... gives us a five.

Goddammit, Brad

But Murder Ballads is on there, which I think is a comparable project, where it is, like, it is focused on a certain subject, and it is delivering-

I'm gonna-

sorry

No, this whole episode feels like a song in the Nick Cave Murder Ballads album.

Yeah.

Like it all feels like just like something that's playing out in a Nick Cave song.

But his earlier stuff is scary.

I mean, he had a whole album of murder ballads.

And then he's got an album called Henry's Dream, which has more deaths per song than any album that I've ever heard.

He's got a version of Staggerly where I think there's like 15 people killed in the lyrics.

It's a great album.

It's great.

I think that Nick Cave album probably does, and it's not even the Murder Ballads one.

Murder

Um, When I was listening to this album, I was really surprised to hear reference to Stagger Lee on Wrong Man Boyle.

And I was like, I wonder if that's the same Stagger Lee that Nick Cave sings around in the 90s on the Murder Ballads album.

Yes, I think it is.

Yeah, but it's coming at it from...

That was Atlantic City from Nebraska and Cadillac Ranch from the river.

Before that, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Stagger Lee from Murder Ballads, and People Ain't No Good from The Boatman's Call.

And now it's time for your double with the Howlin' Hot Dog.

You're listening to Rock and Roll Manifesto, and this is a double with the Howlin' Hot Dog.

A bit of Nick Cave.

And while we're at it, given that Kylie is the flavour of the month, if you haven't heard the album Murder Ballads, Kylie sang Where the Wild Roses Grow with Nick Cave.

It's a horrible but lovely ballad between the two of them.

Here's a little bit of Where the Wild Roses Grow.