Into His Arms

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Last week, with a Golden Discs voucher worth in the region of TWENTY FIVE Euros on offer, we asked you to select your favourite song by Nick Cave.

You answered in your dozens.

But there could be only one winner.

In reverse order then…

 

Nick Cave and PJ Harvey – Henry Lee

Penfold writes:

The Nick Cave track that has left the most indelible mark on me is “Henry Lee” because the guy’s voice is gloomily magnificent, with the added PJ Harvey the vocals here are sensual. You nearly feel like shouting “get a room” while listening to it.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Far From Me

Runlolarun writes:

The Nick Cave track that has left the most indelible mark on me is ‘Far From Me’ because it used to be the song that I lamented lost loves to – with my ever-consoling, unconditionally-loving cat Nudge in my arms; slowly circling the living-room-dance-floor together, tears and fur in my eyes, glass of wine to hand.

Then Nudge died and it was the song that I played when I walked into the sea on Sandymount Strand to scatter his ashes. It’ll always be his song now and lifts me up in such a bitter-sweet way in his memory.

Nick Cave – Peggy Gordon

Scottser writes:

The Nick Cave track that has left the most indelible mark on me is Peggy Gordon from the movie The Proposition it’s use in the movie is nothing short of genius. the song becomes the soundtrack to rape, murder, punishment justice and redemption at various times in the movie. it made me adore that melody to the extent that i sang it as a lullaby to my first born to get her to sleep each night when she was younger.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – We Call Upon The Author

Aido writes:

The Nick Cave track that has left the most indelible mark on me is ‘We Call Upon the Author’ because while plenty of songs shake their fist impotently at god, few go in to such detail as to why.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Distant Sky

Bertie Blenkinsop writes:

Distant Sky breaks my heart, in fact the whole album is a hard listen, it’s like you’re intruding on private grief I don’t know how anyone copes after the death of a child, it must be the most devastating event for anyone to suffer, it’s difficult to even contemplate let alone live through.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – The Ship Song

Andrew writes:

The Nick Cave track that has left the most indelible mark on me is The Ship song. It perfectly echoes my relationship with my now wife. We actually used the song for our wedding. There are so many though; Straight to You is outstanding, Red Right Hand and a brilliant cover of “By the time I get to Phoenix. Not forgetting The Mercy Seat. It really depends on the mood I’m in…

Winner

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Into My Arms

Paraic Elliot writes:

The Nick Cave track that has left the most indelible mark on me is IInto My Arms because:
I have always struggled with the fact that I had been raised catholic and, from an early age, was told to believe in a “personal” god who had a unique relationship with me.

I struggled as an adult to express what I now believed as a skeptical, lapsed catholic. Suddenly, one day driving the M50 motor way I heard Into My Arms by Nick had a light bulb moment –  that was it in a nutshell – Nick expressed it for me :”I don’t believe in an interventionist God!” Just proves how much a lyric and a performer can play a large in someone’s life.

Thanks all.

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26 thoughts on “Into His Arms

  1. Friscondo

    Great artist, and has suffered devastating loss. I really can’t fathom how he can treat the Palestinian people with such contempt by playing Tel Aviv. This shocked me more than Radiohead’s betrayal of this defenceless and abandoned, viciously oppressed, occupied people. Sad.

          1. Friscondo

            Just did, from listening to his work. Hearing him speak in interviews. That’s all.

  2. bertie "The Inexplicable Pleasure" blenkinsop

    I’m going to radiohead on Tuesday.
    So we hate them now, it’s SO hard to keep up.

    1. Brother Barnabas

      A lot can happen between now and Tuesday. Check back in with us around 6ish.

      1. bertie "The Inexplicable Pleasure" blenkinsop

        You’re not going to get me to swap my ticket for some magic beans again are you?

        1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

          Everything in its right place. I LOVE that song.
          I haven’t seen them since the In Rainbows tour. First time I saw them was in the RDS with Massive Attack & Teenage Fanclub supporting them. I can’t remember when that was. 1997 maybe? I was a toddler at the time.

          1. Spaghetti Hoop

            First heard unknown band Radiohead in a pub in Jericho, Oxford c. 1993. I was in the womb of course.

          2. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

            Aye.
            My brother and I were obsessed with the Jerky Boys, so that’s what made me buy Pablo Honey.
            At this stage, I was probably not even a glint in my father’s eye.

          3. bertie "The Inexplicable Pleasure" blenkinsop

            So many happy memories of listening to the Jerky Boys:)

          4. Brother Barnabas

            Disclaimer: absolutely recognise that this is perhaps bad bad parenting.

            I recently introduced by 10-year-old daughter to the Jerky Boys. I’d forgotten that it went beyond bad language on occasion, but we got over that. She’s obsessed now. Her friends do Ariana Grande impersonations, she does Frank Rizzo.

          5. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

            Sol Rosenberg was my guy. Heh. I WISH I’d been introduced to them when I was 10!!

          6. Brother Barnabas

            Best one ever ->

            youtube.com/watch?v=TtauhiFJExQ

            Doesn’t look like I’m going to get any work done today

      1. bertie "The Inexplicable Pleasure" blenkinsop

        I followed your advice.

        You should have heard the screams in the ladies changing room.

          1. bertie "The Inexplicable Pleasure" blenkinsop

            One ankle tag, two ankle tags it’s all much of a muchness really isn’t it?

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