Nick Cave is Surprisingly Funky
May I present the recently released title track/video from Nick Cave and the Bad Seed’s forthcoming “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!”.
“Ever since I can remember hearing the Lazarus story back in church, I was always disturbed and worried by it. We are all in awe of the great miracle but I couldn’t help but wonder about Lazarus himself and how he actually felt about it. I’ve taken him and stuck him in New York, circa 1977 - when you could still have sex without feeling as if you were committing suicide, when Studio 54 was up and running - and he’s having difficulty coming to terms with it. Lazarus takes one look around and just wants to go back to where he was sleeping quite peacefully. It reminds me of the Gary Gilmore story - being released into society and not knowing how to deal with it and wanting to go back into prison - but I was especially thinking about Harry Houdini who spent a lot of his life trying to debunk the spiritualists who were cashing in on grieving people because he believed there was nothing going on beyond the grave. He was the second greatest escapologist and Lazarus was the greatest. And I wanted to create a kind of vehicle for Houdini to speak to us if he so desires from beyond the grave.” - Nick Cave
Links: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on the Hype Machine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on MySpace
