Nick Cave

[Zoo Music Girl]

Your friend should not be texting during the gig! For shame!

Thanks for the update though

[When Jokers Attack]

Will get in touch with him after the show to see what else went down.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Will get in touch with him after the show to see what else went down.

And slap his wrists! I'm hoping Gonzo might check in. He seems a reliable type.

[Zoo Music Girl]

You see, I'd rather Kindness of Strangers than Stranger Than Kindness. That song's amazingly powerful in my eyes.

I adore Stranger Than Kindness. Loved it last Saturday. I know it's not his lyrics but I love them, so haunting. There are so many songs I want on Sunday it's ridiculous.

Murder Ballads is my least favourite Cave album. I decided at the weekend.

[Zoo Music Girl]

It's amazing, naturally. I think it's that the hits are over-played and the songs lack the personal touch.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Past midnight and not a sniff of a setlist! Disappointed.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Must have caught cooties from going up north. Shame.

[Zoo Music Girl]

"cooties."

The 50's called - they want their language back! I thought it was meant to be us lot that lived in the past.

Who is 'us lot'? The north?

I'm retro.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Well of course I live in the past! The future is well shit.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Ha! Fuck you! It's not in my future currently!

That's okay though. Koko is

Speaking of which, looks like we're gonna have to wait until the morning for that setlist...

[Zoo Music Girl]

Yeah you wish! Goodnight.

[russycarps]

No set list useless twats!

[Zoo Music Girl]

Indeed. Very disappointing from our friends across the border.

[MichaelsBeard]

Absolutely fantastic. Went to both Barrowlands and Edinburgh. Glasgow was great but I think last night raised the bar another notch! My highlight was a blistering God is in the House. Stranger than Kindness was also a surprise. What a guy!

OH DEANNNNNNNNA!

[Zoo Music Girl]

Good news! Hope he saved a bit for tomorrow. Any chance of a setlist? Or at least some more of the 'changing' songs?

[MichaelsBeard]

I've not been keeping a eye on the setlists but the 2 mentioned are what stood out as being different from Glasgow. My Barrowlands judgement is a bit impaired though as I got mortal drunk with a certain WJokersAttack off here before hand. Haha.

Got in to both gigs for free. Messaged the support act (who I think are ace!) saying how I was a big fan but couldn't really afford it and she put me on the guestlist for Glasgow. Met her in the lower echelons of Barrowlands afterwards and mentioned I lived in Edinburgh so she asked if I wanted the same again the next night!

[Zoo Music Girl]

Wow that's amazing! No worries about the setlist. Hopefully some kind soul will provide the goods soon.

[russycarps]

looks like they got a few different ones, midnight man, he wants you and breathless. Good stuff

1. We No Who U R
2. Jubilee Street
3. Midnight Man
4. Tupelo
5. Red Right Hand
6. Mermaids
7. From Her to Eternity
8. Stranger Than Kindness
9. God Is in the House
10. He Wants You
11. Into My Arms
12. Higgs Boson Blues
13. Hiding All Away
14. The Mercy Seat
15. Stagger Lee
    (Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians cover)
16. Push the Sky Away
17. Encore:
18. We Real Cool
19. Papa Won't Leave You, Henry
20. Deanna
21. Breathless
22. Give Us a Kiss

[Zoo Music Girl]

Wow, some interesting new additions! I'd love to see He Wants You. And Breathless. And Midnight Man for that matter.

I reckon we could get literally anything tomorrow. I think they should just play everything they've played so far with a few extras thrown in for good measure.

[CaledonianGonzo]

A good gig - even a very good one - but not a GREAT one. It was good to hear Breathless (surely the most poptastic, easily transferable to the Top 10 song that Cave has ever written) and God Is In The House, but I was less enthralled with the full band version of Into My Arms, the drums seeming to detract from the power of the song. Midnight Man I could take or leave. Maybe it was the wrong venue for it - the Usher Hall's high ceiling seems to nullify the atmosphere of even the best performances.

And a really awkward moment during the switcharound on Give Us A Kiss when someone in the audience could be heard loud and clear shouting for Mick Harvey.

Mrs CG definitely seemed to be feeling the IT that Rebecca and Russy were talking about a few months back, though.

Yeah - I definitely enjoyed myself, but doesn't compare back to seeing them, like, a decade or so ago.

[Zoo Music Girl]

A good gig - even a very good one - but not a GREAT one. It was good to hear Breathless (surely the most poptastic, easily transferable to the Top 10 song that Cave has ever written) and God Is In The House, but I was less enthralled with the full band version of Into My Arms, the drums seeming to detract from the power of the song. Midnight Man I could take or leave. Maybe it was the wrong venue for it - the Usher Hall's high ceiling seems to nullify the atmosphere of even the best performances.

And a really awkward moment during the switcharound on Give Us A Kiss when someone in the audience could be heard loud and clear shouting for Mick Harvey.

Mrs CG definitely seemed to be feeling the IT that Rebecca and Russy were talking about a few months back, though.

Yeah - I definitely enjoyed myself, but doesn't compare back to seeing them, like, a decade or so ago.

Thanks for the review. Shame you weren't feeling it as much as everyone else seems to be. When did you first see them? I'd say my first was a decade ago now but last weekend far eclipsed it.

That IT factor is damned potent stuff.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Dunno - must have been around the time of Murder Ballads. I'm not saying I wasn't feeling it, mind - a four stars out of a possible five showing from the Nickster, which is still highly respectable.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Yes, I suppose it is. Perhaps you just have a healthier and more grounded relationship with the band than some of the rest of us!

[russycarps]

Interesting to hear about into my arms, was just Nick on piano when I saw it. probably the set list I would have least liked to have seen. Midnight man, there's loads better than that seems an odd inclusion.

I'm surprised more people don't shout Harvey or blixas name to be honest, probably half the crowd don't know who they are though...

Edited November 2, 2013 by russycarps

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'm surprised more people don't shout Harvey or blixas name to be honest, probably half the crowd don't know who they are though...

On the plus side, Barry Adamson was firmly back in the mix. More noticeably 'in the band' than at Glastonbury.