Austin City Limits Web Exclusive: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "Higgs Boson Blues"
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Exclusive web-only bonus track not included in television broadcast.
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The Bad Seeds don't get nearly enough credit for being one of the most dynamic backing bands in music history.
The bass player and drummer especially. They’re on a whole other level from most musicians.
They were better when Mick and Blixa led the band; Nick relies on Warren too much these days.
@@DiecastclassicistAbsolutely..I miss the Bad Seeds..All of 'em..❤
The first time I heard this song, I was like “hmm... it’s kinda long and doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.”
But a couple hundred listenings later. holy shit, it’s one of my favorite songs of all time. I just can’t get enough of it. And this is probably the best version. It’s hot, it’s hot, it’s hot, it’s hot.
It's a good version, but when I saw him at O2 London it went a whole level further. He EXPLODED after 'heartbeat' getting really stuck into the crowd and encouraging everyone on the front row to feel his chest. There were at least a couple minutes more of the 'Boom boom boom' lines as the band built and swelled. Never found a version like it on RUclips but it stuck with me. So. Special
@Erik EXACTLY how I feel 'bout this song!
Though @J Anson's right too. In the 2017 tour (I saw the live concert in Athens) the song was elevated to another level the way it is described on the comment.
Sadly there's no such official version on RUclips (I hope -yet!-), only fans' camera videos.
I reckon he’s been heavily influenced by Neil Young’s On The Beach with this song
@@styxcreek Like the guitar parts or the style and theme of the lyrics?
@@styxcreek I see this as basically a cover of John Cale's version of Heartbreak Hotel.
I've been a Nick Cave fan since I was maybe 14 (I'm 41 now). I knew this song was fire when, about 5 years ago, we were listening to it in the car on a road trip. My second son, who is an unreal empath, was about 4 at the time. About halfway through the song, he just burst into tears, wailing. Of course, I switched it off immediately and comforted him. He only ever did that with one other song. When he was about 6 months old, Nine Simone singing "Pirate Jenny" would bring on a whole fit. I love my son, and I love Nick Cave.
cant stop listening to this song, never heard anything like this. Good god this performance is so moving, this song is rich with meaning and nick sings it with so much soul, music like this makes life so much more vivid/heavy
Adam Berry were you familiar w Cave and his music before stumbling upon this gem?
Same
It’s more relevant now than it ever has been before
@Adam Berry you are exactly right.
Yes this song rises! He’s gotten a bit too melancholy for me lately rightfully so but I found that Push The Sky Away is a very moving work of art for sure Enjoy
Warren Ellis. Magic just happens when these guys are together. Especially live.
absolutely!!!!
Do you know what type of guitar he is playing?
@@nicholasmason843 Eastwood guitar. Warren Ellis signature.
This song might be one of the best Nick Cave has ever written. Amazing.
agree. but 'my sorrowful wife' is my number 1
And, it’s amazing in that came so late in his career, too. Few musical artists with this kind of longevity can maintain their quality of song craft that that Cave & Co have. I know that Nocturana is the one that’s generally panned the most, but even that one has some gems on it!
It might be one of the best songs written in the last 50 years
What a songwriter, what a song, what a performer, what a band...so high, so great...
the higgs boson was predicted and finally measured at CERN in Geneva and it unified quantum field theory just as Rbt Johnson unified delta blues derived music in the 20th century....two vibrating fields......brilliant metaphorical lyrics.
I have recently been diagnosed with a cu.. of a thing motor neurone disease - this song helps lift the heavy burden x
Hi Steve
It’s a damn heavy burden
Hope you’re still listening and enjoying to the mighty Nick Cave
Take care
Such amazing stage presence, I’ve been going to concerts for nearly/40 years, never seen him but I’d love to.
Pumpkin he’s absolutely incredible, seen him last summer in Moscow. Absolutely impeccable
Yup! I'm with you there.
One of the highlights of my life...making direct eye contact with Conway Savage. That man had presence and grace. Thank you.
listened to this song a million times
still don’t know what the hell it’s about but love it all the same
it took me reading lots of books and college to understand
@@miguelacosta5446 I'm a trained physicist, with advanced degrees and everything. I love this song - and I don't know what it's about either!
@@jamesmoconnell its about cern and Cern opening up alter realities .. very deep
What a performance! Genius level
there's a whole universe in here...weirdly connected...like most great art...it breaks through and becomes MORE powerful with each listen. revealing it's genius.
Can you feel my heart beat?
can you feel my.... heart beat?
can you feel my heart ... beat?
Can you feel my heart... beat?
One of the things I love most about this is that it's mega heavy even when subdued, just awe-inspiring
The dynamics in this song are incredible, and though I don't understand most of the lyrics except for the reference to Higgs Boson theories and the Hedron Collider in Switzerland, I absolutely love the entrancing vibe of this song. This live performance is even better than the studio recording, as far as energy. I SO wish I could have been there. I MUST go see Nick Cave live someday.
I think its about how successive generations of humanity use their superior knowledge to fool and destroy the less knowledgable ... but what does all this superiority lead us to? Miley Cyrus at Disneyland.
Michael Raphael The term "Higgs Boson blues" is used to describe the period of time after physicists discovered the God particle. Apparently after decades of searching, once they'd found the Higgs Boson they had a period of time where they had no idea what to do and dubbed it "the Higgs Boson blues".
Interesting, hey?
Ride W sorry that's just nonsense. The Higgs boson was not 'found' only theorised, and Nick coined the term "Higgs Boson Blues" for this song. Never let the facts get in the way of a good made up story, hey? Thanks for the laughs though, best comic line was "they had no idea what to do", which had me picturing hordes of depressed scientists at CERN moping around for "a period of time" wondering what to do with their lives. Classic stuff!
@@truefunksoul8638 you're a brutal fella. Do you eat chicken with your own hands or do you use a fork?
Greatest living poet
I saw nick 2 times live in munich/germany. I was completely speechless at least for 2 weeks or so... I couldn't bring one word out of my fucking mouth, cuz those live performances gave it to me so damn hard!
Magnificent ..hypnotic performance..feel like im in trance listening to this song
Me too, and most of those people were, as well... With some of them you can see it very clearly... Magical
As brilliant as it gets..👊
epic written all over this show
Definitely my favorite version of this song
Nick's like a cross between Mick Jagger and Trent Reznor. He never gets old. Love these guys
What the fuck man. What the fucking melancholy with that fucking energy. I am getting crazy when I listening this song even if listen live many times.
I was there.
Thoroughly jealous.
no smartphones recording...epic
you're right..an audience paying attention.. a sign of respect for being there. makes me love this more
I don't think they were allowed to be bc its a recorded/televised situation.
when i went to his show in argentina this year just a few were recording, mindblowing haha
Well romy, to be fair i dont thinks it is allowed since its a tv show to be broadcasted.
Second i dont think you can pay for tickets, im not sure on that one, so you have to adjust
Third, you are in part right, theres people whos cameras habilities are crap but there ar a certain few who takes seriously and try to get great pics or videos to write about it or share and keep this artists alive andg get the to a wider audience.
Fourth, if someone is recording and not paying attention they clearly shouldnt be doing one of them, but when you now, yo can record, pay atention and even be drinking water from a cup in your mouth sustained only by the teeth , boy do i know😂
Security and ushers usually make sure there’s no cell phone use. I never realized how badass it looks
such a beautiful song !!!
a man of the people
ladies and gentlemen mr nick cave
Definition of perfect live performance? Stay here.
Originally on a Tenor Guitar with the following Tuning for Standard Guitar:
Lower E and high D are optional (since the original guitar consists of four strings) You can also mute them, but the F# makes it a little "bassier"
F# G D A D D
Chords:
Bm : 5 4 4 0h2 0 x/0
A: 3 2 2 0 0 x/0
G: 1 0 0 0h2 0 x/0
Bm after G: 5 2h4 4 2 0 x/0
E 10 9 9 7 0 x/0
FIrst part Bm / A / G
Second part E / Bm
Figure out the strumming and the parts ;)
saw them a few nights ago, fantastic as usual
Mesmerising stunning wow
Conway ❤️
Watching this live was the most intense experience on any gig I've ever felt. Can't understand the detached faces of the front line audience here.
we are ready for this new metaphysical tale
Goddamn those Higgs Boson Blues
Magnificent version from Nick and the boys
Warren is rock and roll
0:18 Stoned much Conway? Rest in peace mate ..
"Can you feel my heartbeat??" Oh yeah......
Wooowww, so very good!!!!
Superb!
love of my life
Boom boom boom...
Classicaly, Warren playing, hitting more than every other guitar possible.
Can't remember anything at all
Flamed trees lie in the streets
Can't remember anything at all
But I'm driving my car down to Geneva
Aye, it was hot
Up above, girls walk past, roses all in bloom
Have you ever heard about the Higgs Boson blues
I'm goin' down to Geneva baby, gonna teach it to you
Who cares, who cares what the future brings?
We came upon a crossroad
The night was hot and black
I see Robert Johnson
With a ten dollar guitar strapped to his back
Lookin' for a tune
Well here comes Lucifer
With his cannon law
He got the real killer groove
Robert Johnson and the devil man
Don't know who's gonna rip off who
Driving my car, flame trees on fire
Sitting and singin' the Higgs Boson blues
I'm tired, I'm lookin' for a spot to drop
And in the rain motel it's hot, it's hot
That's why they call it the Hot Spot
I take a room with a view
Hear a man preaching in a language that's completely new, yeah
Making the hot cocks in the flop house bleed
While the cleaning ladies sob into their mops
And the bell ho-hops and bops
A shot rings out to a spiritual groove
Everybody bleeding, to the Higgs Boson blues
And if I die tonight
Bury me in my favorite yellow patent leather shoes
Oh with a mummified cat, and a cornrag hat
That the Caliphate forced on the Jews
Can you feel my heartbeat, can you feel my heartbeat
Hannah Montana does the African savannah
As the simulated raining season begins
She curses the cue with the Zulu
And moves onto Amazonia, cries with the dolphins
The monkey has a gift that keeps sending back to you
Look, here comes the missionary, with his smallpox and flu
He's saving them savages, with his Higgs Boson blues
I'm driving my car down to Geneva
Obrigado
albert einstein on keyboard
I am so glad to see that I am not the only person thinking that aged Conway Savage looks TOTALLY like Einstein!!!
holy shit ..fucking Nick fucking Cave ....wow
check out Alex cameron... happy ending, taking care of business..
Charisma!
Q&A with Nick Cave was awesome for me, a longtime Melbournite, to see in Texas...not only I, but he, was dealing with the differences between the tanks and ourselves...
T h e differences are far greater than those of the European great acceptance
* Melburnian .. there is an audience recording of that show going around if it was 2019 at the Moody Theater in Austin.
Epic.
Majestic...
В предвкушении очень подходящей премьеры для Хэллоуина ребята из Austin City Limits представили эксклюзивный веб-клип Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, исполняющий «Higgs Boson Blues» (взятый из Push The Sky Away 2013 года). Видео, записанное для серии с живой музыкой в июле прошлого года, является дополнительным из часового сета Nick & the Seeds, который будет транслироваться (в отредактированном виде) на PBS в субботу, 1 ноября. Но на всякий случай, если вы захотите посмотреть Принц Тьмы хмурится на сцене - и, скажи несколько слов о Ханне Монтане и Майли Сайрус, - вот твой шанс.
Одетый во все черное, с расстегнутой рубашкой спереди, Ник исполняет серенаду зрителям, как может только король нуар-рока. Иными словами, с его постоянно нахмурившимся бровем в узле, напевая такие строчки, как: «Если я умру сегодня вечером / похорони меня в моих любимых желтых лакированных туфлях», и «Ханна Монтана делает африканские слайды / пока имитируется сезон дождей начинается ». (Никогда не меняйся, Ник.)
Продайте свою бессмертную душу Вельзевулу - мы имеем в виду вышеприведенное выступление Ника «Хиггс-бозон-блюз», отсканируйте установленный список шоу ниже и проверьте свои местные списки на эфирное время эпизода на PBS. А для более эксклюзивных видео с выступлениями ACL, смотрите, как Ник Кейв и The Bad Seeds играют «Stagger Lee» на Stereogum и «Jubilee» на PureVolume.
Jesus Holy Christ...
Nicholas Holy Cave ;-)
He still dances like he did in nick the stripper ,consistency plus x
That blonde in the front looks like she’s at a Poison concert.
Nick Cave reaching out and grabbing me was fucking intense. This was the best shoe EVER.
+J. Dennis Thomas You are so friggin lucky , especially since the incident happened .... who knows when he'll tour again :( How expensive was the front ?
+Colleen Wilson New album in September. No word on touring yet though.
WOOOOO!!!!!
American tour dates announced for May/June 2017 :) they are playing this, Jubilee Street, most of the new album and an assortment of old classics going back to the '80s .. incredible performances.
I think his fans love him a little bit.
R.I.P Conway x
0:16 Einstein on meth
ahhaha dude I was thinking the same thing ,right :D
ahahahahah you win
bob from twin peaks
It's about the Higgs boson after all....
Haha, so true. You gotta love Conway Savage, man.
I wish to be there
I'f i was one of those people touching him. .. I would faint . Getting butterflies just thinking about it XD
🖤
be at the height of one's talent...
Its pretty messed up that people kept touching him after he told them no. Nick likes fan interaction, but he still has bodily autonomy.
I was sittin in ma basement patio it was hot
ok does anyone understand the lyrics??
yup, very deep
Myleeee....
Higgs Boson Blues
Song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Can't remember anything at all
Flamed trees lie in the streets
Can't remember anything at all
But I'm driving my car down to Geneva
Aye, it was hot
Up above, girls walk past, roses all in bloom
Have you ever heard about the Higgs Boson blues
I'm goin' down to Geneva baby, gonna teach it to you
Who cares, who cares what the future brings?
We came upon a crossroad
The night was hot and black
I see Robert Johnson
With a ten dollar guitar strapped to his back
Lookin' for a tune
Well here comes Lucifer
With his cannon law
He got the real killer groove
Robert Johnson and the devil man
Don't know who's gonna rip off who
Driving my car, flame trees on fire
Sitting and singin' the Higgs Boson blues
I'm tired, I'm lookin' for a spot to drop
And in the rain motel it's hot, it's hot
That's why they call it the Hot Spot
I take a room with a view
Hear a man preaching in a language that's completely new, yeah
Making the hot cocks in the flop house bleed
While the cleaning ladies sob into their mops
And the bell ho-hops and bops
A shot rings out to a spiritual groove
Everybody bleeding, to the Higgs Boson blues
And if I die tonight
Bury me in my favorite yellow patent leather shoes
Oh with a mummified cat, and a cornrag hat
That the Caliphate forced on the Jews
Can you feel my heartbeat, can you feel my heartbeat
Hannah Montana does the African savannah
As the simulated raining season begins
She curses the cue with the Zulu
And moves onto Amazonia, cries with the dolphins
The monkey has a gift that keeps sending back to you
Look, here comes the missionary, with his smallpox and flu
He's saving them savages, with his Higgs Boson blues
I'm driving my car down to Geneva
и вистината во два примерока доаѓа
The End & Higgs Boson Blues
VIDEOSSTORELINKSSIGN UPSIGN UP
HIGGS BOSON BLUES
HIGGS BOSON BLUES
Can’t remember anything at all
Flame trees lined the street
Can’t remember anything at all
But I’m driving my car down to Geneva
I’ve been sitting in my basement patio
It was hot
Up above the girls walk past
Their roses all in bloom
Have you ever heard about the Higgs Boson Blues?
I’m going down to Geneva baby
Gonna teach it to you
Black road long and I drove and drove
Came upon a crossroad
The night was hot and black
I see Robert Johnson
With a ten dollar guitar
Strapped to his back
Looking for a tune
Ah, well here comes Lucifer with his canon law
And a hundred black babies running from his genocidal jaw
He got the real killer groove
Robert Johnson and the devil, man
Don’t know who’s gonna rip off who
Driving my car
Flame trees on fire
Sitting and singing
The Higgs Boson Blues
I’m tired, I’m looking for a spot to drop
All the clocks have stopped in Memphis
And the Lorraine Motel is hot
It’s hot, that’s why they call it the hot spot
I take a room with a view
Hear a man preaching in a language that’s completely new
Making the hot cots in the flop-house bleed
While the cleaning ladies sob into their mops
And the bellhop hops and bops
As a shot rings out
To a spiritual groove
Everybody bleeding
To the Higgs Boson Blues
And if I die tonight
Bury me in my favourite yellow patent leather shoes
And with a mummified cat
And a cone-like hat
That the Caliphate forced on the Jews
Can you feel my heart beat?
Can you feel my heart beat?
Hannah Montana does the African Savannah
As the simulated rainy season begins
She curses the queue at the zoo loos
And moves on to Amazonia
Cries with the dolphins
The Mai-Mai eat the pigmy, the pigmy eat the monkey
The monkey has a gift that he is sending back to you
Look! Here come the missionary
With his smallpox and flu
Saving them savages with his Higgs Boson Blues
I’m driving my car down to Geneva
I’m driving my car down to Geneva
Oh let the damn day break
Rainy days always make me sad
Miley Cyrus floats in a swimming pool in Taluca Lake
And you’re the best girl I ever had
Can’t remember anything at all
☘️🚬🥂❤️ Hanna Montana 🖤
Volume?
17 Cold Play fans made a wrong you tubeturn
How are there 2 year old comments here.............
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O Egypt
This song is awesome but this performance is pure wtf
Why are they all touching him and stuff?
They are institution
I love nick cave, this is a fucking great song. but i hate this jesus christ pose he´s doing in the live presentation of this song everytime and what is wrong with these people acting as if he´s some religious cult leader they are devoted to. Man!