Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Carny

[usuariosaurus]

Blixa rocks.

[77AWAKE77]

I love this, the intensity proves the misery.

[rainbowmuppet]

ugh his voice. it doesn't matter how scary the song is he's singing...his voice just curls around me and wraps me into a warm hug.

[GelGsound]

Sublime!

[kimt253]

@YHIRMAW Warren Ellis is in this video!!!

[Rockguitarhero462]

Nick Cave needs to do the audio book narration for horror novels. =)

[RachaelE100]

5 people have no love for the macabre

[RachaelE100]

that organ is so mournful. 

[Hirnlego999]

This is the best Carny.

[kierandenshi]

thank you so much for uploading =)

[DerekWilliamsMusic]

oom pah pah!

[Hirnlego999]

Blixa is ubercool in this.

[Hirnlego999]

5 people didn't dig sorrow deep enough.

[shtakonja]

some fucked up shit

narcoman

[papsug]

Great performance..!!!

[YHIRMAW]

wasnt nick & bad seeds a lot better when blixia & mick were involved boooo to warren ellis this is a mighty tune bring back blixia ;)

[provider112]

and the angels goes, goes, to Berlin!

[Habushoj]

Holy fucking fuck this is good!!!!!

And dear God. Just take a look at Blixa!

[fishman017]

Wickedly good. Nick Cave is an extremely underrated and ambitious artist.

[dragonash1993]

I'm glad he refused to be nominated for MTV best male artist 1996. Nick Cave doesn't need an award for his fans to know how good he is.

[Nateyells]

The Nag is dead weight ...we can't afford to carry dead weight

[jwalker1862]

wow!

never heard this version. much better than the original (which was very good)

thanks

[pecesypajaros]

parece que soy *demasiado* rara

well fuck off

[alexp9999]

this doesn't suck

[crackfairy17]

pure art

[yahoochiewatchie]

I'm thinking of buying a vintage ice cream van and riding around with this playing over the speakers...maybe while dressed as the child catcher from chitty chitty bang bang...

[CrocodileBurgers]

@yahoochiewatchie haha twisted! I like the way you think! XD

[salinaspeter]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

[BibleStorm]

haha. I heard this first when I was a kid (well I'm 18 now) and always thought it sounded like a creepy carnival. Now I know that it's meant to be that way.

[Hirnlego999]

Nick Cave sounding a bit Tom waits or Tom Waits is sounding a bit like Nick Cave... confusing

[TheXFalcon]

@Hirnlego999 Actually, Nick Cave has said that Tom Waits is an inspiration of his, so there you go. :)

[Comus89]

Best video on youtube.

[VitriolXandakas]

Great performance... but I wish it would've ended with "no one saw the Carny go, I say it's funny how things go"...

[SrPlancholin]

Much better than the studio version.

[madmvd]

A romantic descent into hell.

[sparkyinbath]

I'm gonna get this played at my wedding. Just to see what everyone does lol.

[yannoche]

@sparkyinbath But you don't really like your parents do you?

;)

[rupertducker]

like hallowe'en at the victorian funfair this ; SUPERB NUMBER ! !

[theblindcameras]

creepy song. but genuis.

great band.

[costas2by4]

Unbelievable perfomance ...

The Bad Seeds with their best ever line - up (OK, without Barry Adamson and Kid Kongo Powers)

[cattotti]

I'm loving it love that you've posted it. Absolutely Brilliant. One of his creepiest songs, ooooh  shiversss.

[tommiatkins]

Godfather of Goff!

[NarajanaJane]

C I A R Y !

[lennycohenfan]

Simply the best.

[brawler100]

Halloween Horr Nights FreakZ

[aureusx]

Knowing only too albums thus far, The Good Son and Your Funeral (getting more albums this or next week though), this is definitely my favourite. A true masterpiece.

[fcoldheart]

I think onle very few can 'appreciate' this song...

[aholeinthewall]

i love this song....i listen to it a few times a day...i just love it that much.

[alienbaby09]

Poe-perfect.

[rupertducker]

extraordinary song ; spectacular ! !

[AlysounRI]

The musicians are: Nick Cave, obviously, Mick Harvey on xylophone, Warren Ellis on accordion, Blixa on guitar and vox, Conway Savage on keys, Thomas Wydler on drums, and Martin Casey on bass.

[DonAlfonso63]

I think that's vibraphone...

[PPPPedro43]

..... Sandbag209 is almost right...... the song is a vehicle for the murder of crows did 'flappen blackly down'.....

Perfect poetry!

[lennycohenfan]

Just excellent.  Superb.

[jayrangdale]

Genius. And don't try an tell me Gogol Bordello haven't heard this! Mm? MMMmmm?

[lennycohenfan]

Phenomenal. Even better than he did in Wings of Desire.

[BVR]

Great song from great artist!

[BubblyBoom3000]

that man is freaking awesome, there is and will be no one like him...never ever!!! I <3 Nick Cave XD

[Sandbag209]

This whole song is a vehicle allowing Nick the oppurtunity to use the phrase 'murder of crows' in a song

[Softassnowbutwrminsd]

Wow you are so strong!

[Sandbag209]

Thanks pal I work out three times a week

[DACvideos]

Haha it's so true, but I see that as a positive thing! This is possibly my favorite Bad Seeds song... I listened to it repeatedly walking around Berlin recently after watching Wings of Desire far too many times. What a piece of music...

[maestradirete]

this is my favorite!

[dougzilla]

That was killer!

[MagellansUnderwear]

wow this was one hell of a performance. I wish MTV still did stuff like this

[Comus89]

My god, it's even better than the original... I didn't know that was possible...

[chemaronna]

Oh my god, never heard this version... I love the way this song gives me a gloomy feeling. It's so sick.

[kafrrros]

the sicker-the better!

[sofarfromme]

Blixa is super cool in this.

[dimzy3000]

pure genious!

[celiadee]

Can't stop watching this...so mad.

[420Sabbath]

Ohhh man, soo so rad.. stoned as fuck and it's great ^^

[damaeta]

I could see it... once and again for the rest of my existence, I guess hell with Nick would be great...

[DJPsionix]

Fuck, this is awesome.

[alphatheory]

this is one of my favorite songs. I love it!

[breakfast1987]

Best version I have heard!

Lay it down dark and thick Nick

[RadAndRandom]

I love Nick Cave's peformance in The Ship Song, The Mercy Seat & Straight To You. Also, when he sang with Kylie Minogue.. & PJ Harvey too, he was fantastic. But not this song! Here, he sounds like a preacher who went mad.

[necromantiic]

...and yet, it's still amazing.

[celiadee]

exact, the mader the cooler the nick caveous..

WOW

[Hirnlego999]

So? Tom waits does these types of songs too.

Its bible black, creates an eerie atmosphere of despair, the perfect setting for a good story and thus a song.

[rafaeloltra]

Mad Preacher heh

nice.

[MentalPawn]

awesome performance....it reminds me influence from the david lynch's masterpiece the elephant man..

[guardagujas2]

Beautiful version of one the most beautiful pieces of art ever made! This song is life, is beauty, is anger and love in all their complexity! Thanks for the upload!

[sassyschoolmarm]

I just did a video interview for Nick's new album reissues in London with Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard (the artists who have been directing Nick's recent music videos). I talked about this song and Red Right Hand for ages and how it reminded me of 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' by Ray Bradbury - My flesh still crawls when I think about it! The Carny is one of the most inventive pieces of contemporary music out there.

[MarieEtOlivia]

Absolutely sublime, how does he do it?

[AlysounRI]

Cause he's Nick Cave ... musician, poet, madman, timeless and unique talent ... that's why ... :)

[MarieEtOlivia]

Well said darling, i'll drink to that! ;-)

Oh, by the way, thanks for uploading

[claireobscure]

I second that, completely.

[claireobscure]

This is just making my flesh creep!

One of the greatest songs ever.

[trampp12]

Is he the new KING OF ROCK 'N ROLL?

[SiriVonEssen]

NEW?????

[trampp12]

Well Saturday gives what Sunday steals

And a child is born on his brother's heels

Come Sunday morn the first born dead

In a shoe box tied with a ribbon of red

Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo!

In a shoe box tied with a ribbon of red

The KING will walk on Tupelo.

[therealazaro]

Nick and Blixa fuckin' Bargeld!

[alism8]

Hi, it´s fantastic!!! Thank you for adding this version..... Alice

[RolandPollyJeanFan]

Could You put ''west country girl'' from this concert? if You have, Please

[AlysounRI]

Hello, I don't have anything else but The Carny from these sessions, sadly ...

[RattleTattle]

AAAH this is class! Blixa as the Boss :D

[damaeta]

¡genial! el mejor video de youtube!! thanks for posting it!

[sihingjimo]

They remind me of the Doors, when they were in their wildest stage, which was the best for Them..(not that I'm saying Nick Cave, et. al., should imitate)...they put out a sound I attach to...I am listening closely to just this one song, ...what Lyric!!..

[sihingjimo]

this band is really great, has a good tone, and makes a POINT.....man, I never heard of them before, but now I'll look out for their stuff...

[minkeysue]

What a beautiful version of that song. I've never seen it before. Thank you for posting it!

[wellofmisery]

Thank you so much for uploading this!

The Carny is one of my all time favourite songs too and this version is nothing but fantastic.

[AlysounRI]

Hi!! I added this because this one is my favorite version. It disappeared from YouTube last year, so here it is again. This is my favorite version. Enjoy, all of you fellow freak and brute creations all packed up and on their way ... ~Allison