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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThis vid is disturbing, yet....I can't stop watching it. Song is beautiful.
What do youse think?
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This vid is disturbing, yet....I can't stop watching it. Song is beautiful. (Original Post)
graywarrior
May 2013
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kentauros
(29,414 posts)1. Much of Nick Cave's work is disturblingly beautiful!
I've seen the vid, and it's still a great one
Also look for his album "Murder Ballads"
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)2. I'm totally into him these days
He's deliciously dark.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)3. It Is Beautiful!
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)4. Disturbing and yet haunting....
But my name was Eliza Day.... disposable beauty.
A sad commentary.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)5. Supposedly it's an Irish murder ballad made popular in the Appalachians
It's ritual misogyny that depicts stabbing and drowning of a lover. Pretty gruesome.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)6. Gruesome is right.
I'm very conflicted by what appears to be the weird glorification of misogyny.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)7. I love Nick Cave and I'm not sure if I fully understand what his message is
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)8. If you ever find out, be sure to let me know!
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)9. I'll call him
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)10. I'm sure he'd love to hear from you!