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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Scum
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Scum” is a non-album single detailing Nick Cave’s grievances with his former roommate, journalist Mat Snow. A reaction to Snow’s lukewarm review of
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Sudden Song
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Finally I took around and saw you there / And you wake up and rising from the bed, keeping / If you won't establish, so I was leaving on a jet plane / Probably, probably nothing to
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Train Song
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “The Train Song” was originally released as the B-side to their single “The Ship Song” off of their 1990 album The Good Son. It would later be
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Little Ghost Song
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Little Ghost Song,” a remix of “Right Out of Your Hand,”, was released as the B-side to “He Wants You”/“Babe, I’m On Fire”, a single from their 2003
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Cassiel's Song
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Cassiel’s Song” was originally released as part of the soundtrack for the German film Faraway, So Close!. The film was a sequel to Wings of Desire, a
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – What Can I Give You?
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “What Can I Give You?” was originally released on a promo CD bundled with early French releases of their 1992 album Henry’s Dream. It would later be
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Nocturama
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Nocturama” was released as the B-side to “Rock Of Gibraltar”, a limited release 7" single from their 2003 album Nocturama. Despite sharing a name with
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Blue Bird
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Blue Bird” was originally released as the B-side on the CD version of their single “Straight To You”/“Jack the Ripper” off of their 1992 album Henry’s
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Opium Eyes
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[Verse 1] / Eventually he became part of the history of the world / He started killing men and he ain't well, scattered their bones across the sky / Came down from the city, caused
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Swing Low
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Swing Low” was released as the B-side to “Bring It On”, a single from their 2003 album Nocturama, and later included on the 2005 compilation B-Sides
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Helpless
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A cover of the classic Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song, this rendition was originally released on The Bridge – A Tribute to Neil Young, a charity album in support of the Bridge
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Sail Away
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Sail Away” was originally released as the B-side to “Do You Love Me?”, one of the singles off of their 1994 album Let Love In. The song was later
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Bless His Ever Loving Heart
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Bless His Ever Loving Heart” came from their sessions for No More Shall We Part. The song was included on a bonus CD packaged with a limited edition
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – In the Ghetto
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[Verse 1] / As the snow flies / On a cold and grey Chicago morn / A poor little baby child is born in the ghetto / And his mama cries / 'Cause there's one thing that she don't need
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Knoxville Girl
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A rendition of a traditional Appalachian folk ballad, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Knoxville Girl” was released as a B-side to the single “Henry Lee” off of the 1996 album Murder
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – She's Leaving You
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “She’s Leaving You” was released as the B-side to “Nature Boy”, a single from their 2004 double album Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus. It was
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Opium Tea
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Opium Tea” is a studio outtake recorded in 1996 but unreleased until its inclusion on the 2005 compilation B-Sides & Rarities.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Cocks N' Asses
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The closest thing to an instrumental in their discography, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Cocks N' Asses” is a sound collage of chickens, or cocks, and donkeys, or asses, along with
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – First Bright Horses
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[Verse] / The bright horses have broken fields from the fields / They are horses of love, their manes full of fire / They are parting the cities, those bright, burning horses / And
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – First Waiting for You
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[Verse 1] / All through the night you ran back, and the wind caught her hair / Like a joke for the rich and a lie for the poor / And it's easy to cry on my shoulder, it's easy to
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jack the Ripper (Acoustic Version)
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An acoustic version of “Jack the Ripper” off of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 1992 album Henry’s Dream. Originally released on a limited edition 7" single along with “Straight To
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Accidents Will Happen
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Released as the B-side to the Bad Seeds' 2008 single “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!”.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Willow Garden
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A rendition of the traditional folk ballad, this song was released as a B-side to the single “Where the Wild Roses Grow” off of the 1996 album Murder Ballads. It was later
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Little Janey's Gone
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Little Janey’s Gone” was released as the B-side to “As I Sat Sadly By Her Side”, a single from their 2001 album No More Shall We Part and later
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Fleeting Love
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Released as the B-side to “More News From Nowhere”, the second single off of the Bad Seeds' 2008 album, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Hell Villanelle
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[Verse 1] / There's more paradise in hell than we've been told / Every step we take, we start from blue / Lie down and bleed into the water hole / [Chorus] / That's what you came
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – King Sized Nick Cave Blues
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[Verse 1] / Born in a puddle of virgin's blood wanting everything / The blood was my own pumping from my infant heart / I weighed myself and found myself wanting, wanting
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Ft. Benjamin Northey & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) – Push The Sky Away (Live with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
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[Verse 1] / I got a feeling I just can't shake / I got a feeling just won't go away / [Chorus] / You've got to just keep on pushing / Keep on pushing / Push the sky away / [Verse 2
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – I Feel So Good
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “I Feel So Good” is a cover of legendary bluesman J.B. Lenoir. The song was recorded in 2003 for The Soul of a Man, Wim Wenders' entry into Martin
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Glacier
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[Instrumental]
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Big Dream (W/ Sky)
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There's a giant in its hand / Green triangulated head and bulging eyes / Creaking multiple spines, tall as a house / Ploughing through the summer grass toward you / The shape
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – King Kong Kitchee Ki-Mi-O
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “King Kong Kitchee Ki-Mi-O” is a rendition of a folk song that dates as far back as the mid-1500’s more commonly known as “Frog Went A-Courting.” It
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Come Into My Sleep
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Come Into My Sleep” was originally released as the B-side to their 1997 single, “Are You the One That I’ve Been Waiting For?”, before later being
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Good Good Day
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Good Good Day” was released as the B-side to “As I Sat Sadly By Her Side”, a single from their 2001 album No More Shall We Part and later included on
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Tower of Song
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Recorded for the Leonard Cohen tribute album I’m Your Fan, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' version was edited down from a 30 minute long jam session which can be found on various
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – First Girl in Amber
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[Verse] / Some go on, some stay behind, some never move at all / Girl in amber, trapped forever, goes stepping down the hall / Let no part of her go unremembered, clothes thrown
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Euthanasia
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[Verse 1] / I look for you underneath the damp earth / I look for you in the night sky / I look for you underneath the thorn bush / I look for you in the hum cities / And in
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Vortex
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[Verse 1] / When my love comes down / Down to see you / When my love comes down / Down to see you / I just want to be with you / When my love comes down / Down to see you / [Chorus
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Grief Came Riding
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Grief Came Riding” came from their sessions for No More Shall We Part. The song was included on a bonus CD packaged with a limited edition of the
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Rye Whiskey
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“Rye Whiskey” is a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performance of an old traditional that was originally released as a Flexi disc in a 1989 issue of Reflex Magazine. It would later see
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Deanna (Acoustic Version)
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An acoustic version of “Deanna” off of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 1988 album Tender Prey. Originally released on a bonus 7" EP included with early pressings of The Good Son and
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Mercy Seat (Acoustic Version)
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An acoustic version of “The Mercy Seat” off of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' 1988 album Tender Prey. Originally released on a bonus 7" EP included with early pressings of The Good
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Six Strings That Drew Blood
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “The Six Strings That Drew Blood” was released as the B-side to “Tupelo”, the lead single from their 1985 album The Firstborn Is Dead and later
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' “Red Right Hand (Scream 3 Version)” was written for the 2000 slasher horror film Scream 3. After the first two movies in the series included the
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