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Stumbled down to the shops to buy this today, getting abuse shouted at me by every passer by, but it was worth it, by Jesus it was. Highlights thus far include:
'The Bloody Ark!'
In which Noah's expectations with regard to the forty days and forty nights he'd be spending with his wife are sorely disappointed. The wordplay about "dry land" is classic Cave. As is some of the more louche, zooligical material.
'The Little Lamb'
A piano ballad reminiscent of The Boatman's Call. The lyric "I read the Book of Genesis / Because ... Ah fuck it guys, do we really have to go on with this?"
'The New Scientist'
Warren Ellis' electric violin solo on this stands out as perhaps a classic case of mistaken identity.
The album ends with a 12-minute epic called 'My Life Is Fucking Great', which is just the Bad Seeds going crazy, with real gusto, while Nick sings verses about his current day to day.
"I wandered long down Brighton Pier
I felt His Holy Spirit near
My scooter I could hardly steer
And Mr Death, he'd had a beer -
I thought, myself, I was not here.
(My soul was in the f***ing cathedral)
Seems to be how it begins. |
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