The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Live & Slow

This is a live, slow & sweet, version of the Mercy Seat with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. It's by far my favourite version and I don't know which gig it's from. If anyone knows, please comment. I know the slide show is not the best, but it's my first (and it's the sound that's important here)!

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• The
• Mercy
• Seat
• Nick
• Cave
• Live
• bad
• seeds
• slow
• piano
• violin

[marciniko1125]

this song is not writed by nick cave the writer is charles bukowski and is one of the best american writers ever

[theoriginalmilo]

@marciniko Sorry, but Nick cave wrote this in 1988. Johnny Cash covered it in 2000. Have a look at the Wiki entry for "The Mercy Seat (Song)".

The Charles Bukowski reference is because someone did a Bukowski slideshow and used Cash's version of the song as background and posted it on Youtube. Title "Charles Bukowski - Music by Johnny Cash (Mercy Seat)".

This is misleading, but, you are right, he is an excellent writer - he just didn't write this.

Also, I like the Cash version of the song.

[MaryBellows94]

Um mich ausdrücken zu können schreibe ich es auf deutsch... Nick Cave hat mein Herz erobert und dieses Lied ist ein Beweis dafür.

[theoriginalmilo]

I was curious so I did a translation: -

In order to be able to express myself I write it in German ... Nick Cave has captured my heart and this song is proof.

schöne Gefühle

[Fabian3r1ksson]

Nick Cave is, maybe along with johnny cash, Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley, the best songwriter that has set foot on the Earth

[1980missbutterfly]

I love this song so much...

[Danorowski]

@Fabian3r1ksson Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits...

[lt1vetteOwner]

Chilling and somber. Definitely the best songwriter of my generation. Sadly when I say Nick Cave ...they usually say Nick WHO ???

[9inchsradius]

I think this version just knocked the B-Sides and Rarities version from the number 1 spot on my favourites list.

[lauralou891]

There's something really primal about Nick Cave , especially live... I remember seeing him in Sydney, he played the original version of Mercy Seat & when he leant over the crowd & sang, they began to move backwards.. It is the only show I have ever been to where a crowd surge was actually moving away from the band..

[claramsoares]

amazing. thanks for uploading!

[Lieu3C4]

The last few moments of this one are much definitive of Cave's power.

[Filmifreaki]

@Fabian3r1ksson

what about Cohen ;-)