Daily Tune On - Nick Cave “Lazarus Dig!”
“Dig, Lazarus, Dig” is Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds latest, and this performance of the title song to his new CD is a lot of fun. Yes, “Mr. Cool” himself I thought would be a good Friday Tune On!
What can I say about Nick Cave except I love him! This song represents some of what I love about Nick Cave, which is his poetry, and his humor. A friend of mine when he heard this song thought that Nick must have written it just for him. But alas he did not.
I also love Nick Cave’s deep resonant voice and the way he uses it to express the stories in his songs. He can be sultry, sexy, punk, funny, soft, hard, fast or slow, but his lyrics always bite to the bone whatever it is he is singing about.
This song shows a side of his musical expression but doesn’t begin to cover the many other adjectives he displays when singing let’s say a love song or a ballad, or even an up tempo crazy song like “Babe I’m On Fire” from his “Noctorama” CD. To me Nick Cave sings like a painter. I see color in his music. And I have to say that the tone of his voice and the pictures he paints with it affect me!
We’ll dig deeper and look at some of his other music later. But for now, enjoy the show!!!
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