We believe that literature builds community-and if reading The Rumpus makes you feel more connected, please show your support! Get your Rumpus merch in our online store. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers readers already know and love. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. Thanks for reading, and come back next week for another edition of Nick Cave Monday.įounded in 2009, The Rumpus is one of the longest running independent online literary and culture magazines. Your map of desire, burned in your flesh, even a fool can come.” “You caress yourself and grind my soft cold bones below/ Or what we have learned is that Nick has surrounded himself with women who inspire him, raising the fundamental question: Would there be a Nick Cave if it weren’t for his long-term relationships? Scratch that-the real lesson we learned today is that Anita Lane is utterly gorgeous and talented. The lesson we learn today is that you really don’t have to understand every nuance of the song to love it, even as Nick himself admits. The video is shaky at first, but then it’s worth it: “Stranger Than Kindness” has remained a staple of their live shows throughout the years, even during their latest 2013 tour.

For extra credit the B-side to “The World’s a Girl” is a duet with Anita and Nick: The song could be about a suicide in a hotel room or a night of rough sex. Anything she touches is like an aphrodisiac. There’s something about Anita Lane that’s so sexy. He also admits to not really knowing what it means, but loving the “unearthly beauty” of it. Nick says it’s one of his favorite Bad Seeds songs. Without watching the video, I wouldn’t have known it wasn’t Blixa during that session. James Johnston of Gallon Drunk recreates Blixa’s unique guitar soundscape. He may have been touring or recording with Einsturzende Neubauten. Here he is performing the song in 1998:īlixa wasn’t in that session. We can refer to her as Our Lady of The Bad Seeds.įor “Stranger Than Kindness” she wrote the lyrics and Blixa Bargeld was the composer.

On the first Bad Seeds record she is in the photo layout as one of the Bad Seeds. She’s credited for co-writing other songs by The Birthday Party as well as “From Her To Eternity” from The Bad Seeds first record. When Nick Cave and The Birthday Party left Australia for London, Anita was right by his side. Anita Lane was one of Nick’s early lovers.

Nick cave stranger than kindness song