Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Night Of The Lotus Eaters

[Xmalima]

some songs...are perfect...!!!!

[HarryPuntCunnington]

This is probably one of the moodiest tracks I've ever heard AND Nick Cave looks the spit of Kevin Eldon of Jam fame.

[chrisnouvelle41]

catastophic leaders ...alright.!!!..Nick is spot on with that one....get ready to shoot yourselves......now theyve approved fuckin tazer guns...welcome to NaZI australia!!

[daForcebewitya]

Hi Radiohock,

The Boatman's Call, if you're also into the softer side of Nick. Or, if you're more into the rougher stuff, go back to his early days.

[radiohock]

getting this album, can anyone recommend another one they think is his best?

[katmaidog]

Nick Cave has two big things.

1. TALENT.

2. Nostrils.

[antwoolies]

Reminds me of the The Doors. Cool.

[montecarlo362]

his tash is perverse get with it

[nath909]

@montecarlo362

how did you know you're man below was talkin about his 'tache.

[fimpudentdotcom]

perchè non si taglia quei baffi?!

troppo ridere fà

[rogylover]

E' vero! E' di un sexume raro quest'uomo, ma senza baffi e' molto mooooolto meglio!

[YouFrickinStar]

Is it just me or is Nick Cave in a genre of his own?

[JoeBloggo400]

this music is nuts!!! love it!!

[house25]

don't you loove my baby!!

[Thecosmicfandango]

The greatest living artist of the 21st century.

[theswampland]

After Tom Waits, man ;)

[jimthefin]

The bassline sounds like something bad sneaking up on you in the dark.

[theswampland]

It sounds like "Tupelo"...

[opinionatedcro]

I didn't like the stache at first but now I think it goes great with his current artistic stage, not that it matters. His music is beyond that

[CarmenGranada84]

I didn't like this song at the beginning but now I find it quite addictive actually :D Nick Cave is all talent whatever he does!

[shakeydrakey]

Glastonbury, how cool is that!!!!!!!!!!!

[bshull2]

the stache is amazing, but it is overshadowed by how badass this song is

[aymericism2]

well the stache is way cool indeed.

[Gadunxo]

Dude, who cares if the stache looks cool or not, He's Nick Cave, for pete's sake!

[swordfishsax]

What a great bassline. What a talented motherfucker.

[DimePeril]

awesome music does still exist! this is just brilliant, very haunting and different from all the other music that can be heard today.

[daughterMYslaughter]

RON JEREMY.

[Lefaikone]

That stache is so übercool.

[EnormousHuntBall]

Great tune, great tash.

Fuck I wish I was him.

[deadlygothiclolita]

shave,nick! shave!

[StaffyDaShizzNit]

whyyyyy???

the moustashe foundation will never forgive him, that'll mean people like Chopper and Hitler will be all powerful stash 'users' again

[sloopyjoe]

Man, you seem to be pretty concerned with what's in style. Good luck ever doing anything original.

[ezri99]

Nick Cave is the coolest, I love him...

[stephenbatman]

so good live as well...

[heymarlarae]

fitting,,,

[asonofleemarvin]

great track,I imagined a better video though. Still a decent vid.

[utooooob]

perfection as usual

[fedbymum]

Skön låt.

[cateran0101]

Dark like Death...The silent specter, haunting the corners of your mind. Pulls and Calls. You think you have balls to laugh at death. Realy your foolin your self. Death just sits and similes and watches never saying a word. He waits for you to realize the joke, that your only laughing at your own mortality. Death always has the Aces. You might have a crad or two up your sleve, you may win a few hands but in the end death pulls 4 aces.

thats what hit me the first time i heard this song... :)

[pjvenneman]

This song makes all the hairs on my arms and neck stand on end, which I believe is a symptom of fear. Nick Cave's music scares the shit out of me. And I love it.

[annyid8]

me too.... bigtime

[badchannelz]

I love listening to this while I'm driving at night. It makes it less of a chore and more of an adventure. :)

[lockergr]

LSP may like this guy, but I don't. I'm half asleep at my computer!

[deepochristo]

anthem to the coming revolution

[zeldaxbox007]

dude thats disrespectful to that man's mother

[nephbot]

It really depends on her tastes.

[ohhhvienna]

one of the few songs you can listen to multiple times in a row and still crave more.

[HighPisi]

what a poetic base, drum , what beauty and feeling!

[jaroussky1]

it is strange when i bought the cd and this song is 4 minutes long and here is 7. why is that ? this is my favourite song from Dig Lazarus Dig!!!

[timotiis]

harddriwe: a 'sap' is a nickname for a blackjack, which is a type of easily hidden club, and a 'heater' is a type of shield.

[harddriwe]

Thanks!

[Paladin3000]

Don't know about a heater being a shield. Always thought that a heater was a handgun.

[JackOfRubies]

''packing heat'' can be used as a description for carrying a gun. A heater is however, indeed a type of shield.

[harddriwe]

Yep, it is definitely Shield your self. But can you explain what "sap and heater" mean.( English is not my native languag).

[Piggreenbag]

This song is really reminicent of some old Led Zep.

[harddriwe]

Man! He just dives in deeper and deeper. I am Tripping merely by listening this song.

[zeldaenlink]

for all the morons (me included :) ) the lyrics are actualy "get rdy to shield urself"

just found out when i red the lyrics that came with the cd :)

[ktulu125]

ok ok ok,i thought that's another great song of lazarus.the drum-base it's like some industrial music thing

[obhesh]

hit the streets...don't mean go shoppin', or a bar hoppin', or a dead eyed dipshit nonsense talkin' walkin'...HIT THE STREETS with brain and bloody fuckin' fed up fed up broken hands anger. WE QUIT!!!

[EdieNippoli]

This song is -amazing- live. I liked it live much better than the studio version. And I still love the studio version!

[Wowbagger86]

This song strongly reminds me of "Red Right Hand"... seems like he take a little trip backwards to the old days :)

[NewMediaCenterGroup]

HAPPY B-DAY NICK!!!!!!!!!

[tremorelano]

great song...reminds me of "applebite" by Soundgarden...good music...!!

[melmothd]

trippy staff.

and how about them piercing grey eyes!

*don't you love my baby...any more*

[HaveALemonxXx]

lmao get ready to shoot urself lmao!

heart thisss!

Lots Of Love

Tiff

xXx

[HaveALemonxXx]

agen lol!

[entoutesimplicite]

That's what I've heard first, too.

[HaveALemonxXx]

...=D...

[cattotti]

Brilliant and I love Warren Ellis's semi disinterested guitar playing

[harddriwe]

i could listen to that mezmerising base for hours an hours.

[RivaJane]

Awesome song!

[SinclairMorris]

though this song is 10 times better than diglazarusdig

[JuanPereztejada]

uf...malditos enteogénicos!!!!

[trollfinger]

brave song to put out as a promo. but does nick cave care ?....probably not.

[We4reLegion]

Sounds like cowering in a bombed out building as aliens take over the world (The alarm sounds add to this)

Fantastic song, astounding album, wanna go see the live!

[indhold]

If you just dropped lsd, i believe you...

but live, yes...very much so...

[brambolius]

lol n and the bad seeds win the time race lol

[comradevodka]

Hmm. Interesting. Sounds like Blixa shoulda stayed on.

[indhold]

No, This thing happend because he left. Now Warren Ellis is doing the job.

[comradevodka]

And more power to Warren for sure... I love the fact he plays a minature travel stratocaster! I cannot stand guitar snobs! TRUE musicians (like the bad seeds) use whatever serves the tone of the song. Rock on Ellis!

[drsynband]

HE doesnt PLAY A GUIAR. ITS A MANDOCASTER (An electric mandolin)

[comradevodka]

Ohhhhhh.. That makes sense- being so small scale.

[LostPirate1977]

Terrific song, fantastic video.

The two Paris shows were AMAZING!

They are still the best band in the world that we can see on stage and that we can listen on a record! WE NEED them back in Paris soooooon!

[EuchridEucrow1]

This track took quite a while to land with me. I loved the lyrics (the Lotophagi are probably my favourite bit of Greek mythology), but the melody seemed so out of place on the album.

Part of me still thinks it would be more at home on "From Her To Eternity," beside 'Saint Huck' and Cohen's 'Avalanche'.

I'm also curious why Mick's playing bass here instead of Martyn. I suspect Nick wanted him on every track and this was the only way to work him in here.

[BettieBonham]

total ausgeflippt! ich liebe dieses lied, echt.

[toxica69]

'Get ready to shoot yourself' would be more Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds style... I prefer their old stuff I guess.

[akastuntfish]

the guys a genius

[ghostsatnight]

Get ready to shoot yourself, the best

[Ustricnaholcicka]

Get ready to SHIELD yourself...

[ghostsatnight]

mas pravdu:)

[Malandrobuenciego]

i think it is "get ready to shield yourself"

[iatemyshortz]

yeah it is

[sweethatsme]

yeah, truly it is...

[tayox]

The vid is awesome, so is the track. "Night of the Lotus Eaters" live is even much more powerful. And I support former request for a "Moonland" clip.

[letnidozdovi]

Really powerful. One of the best tracks of the new album. Hope it would sound magnificent in two weeks on the concert in Belgrade.

[1632milos]

u saw the gig in Belgrade last night?

[letnidozdovi]

You bet I did !!

Fucking brilliant, so I am still overwhelmed with emotions. Nicki gave 200% of him.

Ich hab euch lieb Nicki and Blixa.

Greetings

[jacki1259]

Just occasionally a video completely matches my own idea of how a song should "look". I loved this track on first hearing and its by far my favourite on the album. This video is as mesmeric as the song. Aren't we lucky that there are such creative muscians and film directors around to cheer our days.

[UltraHyperGirl]

So haunting and beautiful... I love it, and the title is fascinating.

[floorofthepinkroom]

Hypnotic.

[rupertberr]

Warren Ellis has the world's smallest guitar...lol

[morley]

its an electric mandolin actually... A.K.A Fender Madocaster

[CircusOfHeaven]

wow.. Nick is getting old!

[ohgimemo]

we all are my dear.... look in the mirror!

[paulbuss]

I want a video for Moonland.

[mrcat1990]

very different live much louder but on the album albert goes west is best

[paulbuss]

this to me sounds the most like old school Bad Seeds bass lines in all compared to the rest of the album which is quit different. I love this album though!

[Jorben84]

I love this song. The music makes me want to go out and dance naked in the moon light.

Oh my God, I will se (and hear) them in just 3 days!!

[Mogura87]

Bare en dag igjen nå. Kommer jeg også, selvfølgelig.

[StarsOut27]

one of my favorites from the new album, song and video.

i hope i can hear a live version in berlin

[modernlifeproduction]

I'm not such a huge fan of this song, it's probably my least favourite on the new album because it doesn't really go anywhere. It's far from a bad song I'm just not sure if it deserved a video over call upon the author or today's lesson

[TeenageWildlife]

excellent.

[BaboonBro]

Just wonderful.

[dekompres]

ohhh... fuckin music from heart...

THX very much for Your immortal athmosphere

[binker1]

both the iain and jane videos are the best nick cave videos by far...

[ariesproject]

great bsnd great video great album!

[ottawayian]

The camera zoom out/in on Nick is very Leone/Lee Marvin! Beautiful video.