E138: Kid Congo Powers on being gay in the Bad Seeds

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@endlessnameless6494 10 ай бұрын

So good in Gun Club. Also The Cramps, for a bit!

@troygaspard6732 Жыл бұрын

Loved the Gun Club.

@katherineraessyoung Жыл бұрын

Finished his book this morning. It's a good read. And he was in 3 of my favorite bands

@therealbushmanpat Жыл бұрын

That time in Amsterdam in '83 (or thereabouts) when the cramps and the bad seeds were on the same bill... wow! When I get my flux capacitor working I'm going back to that gig as my first stop. Wanna ride shotgun?

@katherineraessyoung Жыл бұрын

@@therealbushmanpat Fuck yeah!

@MrGangstabitch99 Жыл бұрын

same to everything.

@kidoctane Жыл бұрын

I finished reading it last week.......surprised at how well written it was and the humility And yes, he played in three of my favourite bands

@franklinrussell3042 10 ай бұрын

I’m in@@therealbushmanpat

@TractorBeam Жыл бұрын

Kid is the best!

@warlockofwordschannel7901 8 ай бұрын

Oh cool, didn't know there was a gay member in the band there's occasionally references to gay sex in the songs, Stagger Lee, etc.

@stevenhines5550 9 ай бұрын

Brian is a monster of rock

@keltyk 9 ай бұрын

I've never been a Nick Cave fan. Superficially, he sounds to me, like someone reading a book to the loose meanderings of his band. There's nothing wrong with that whatsoever. Kerouac did that, and I accept it as a poet reading with jazz in the background. It kind of works. It's just that Cave doesn't chime with me. Guess he's a cult figure. He's definitely loved by his fans

@VuotoPneumaNN Жыл бұрын

So he is saying there was big macho energy going on in The Bad Seeds. Can't say I find it hard to believe.

@WinstonTexas829 11 ай бұрын

I don't think so, I think he's saying as the only openly gay man in that group of people he felt isolated. It doesn't mean the band had issues with or prejudices against him.

@patrickbertlein4626 10 ай бұрын

Yes he is very clear its HIS issues and has nothing to do with the band themselves. @@WinstonTexas829

@fuckamericanidiot 10 ай бұрын

You say that like it's a bad thing. It isn't. It's why rock n roll has died with the stunted growth of weak chins and T-levels.

@VuotoPneumaNN 10 ай бұрын

@@fuckamericanidiot To be honest, I don't give a shit about rock&roll. Plus I'm sure at the time those who considered themselves tRuE rOcK & rOLLerS, like fans of AC/DC, Kiss and such, considered Nick Cave an arty hipster pussy.

@kimtodd1202 9 ай бұрын

He doesn't say that, listen to it again.

@lukewand Жыл бұрын

Solid dude...

@MOUBARRET 2 ай бұрын

👁El ojo

@HeakHoun Жыл бұрын

But wasn't Rowland S Howard somewhat Flexisexual? So I don't think it was the Bad Seeds first experience of this with in the band?

@bruno_schumann Ай бұрын

Where did you hear that?

@bogonzales672 2 жыл бұрын

Met him DJing in a small bar in Richmond Virginia. Super sweet guy 🙂.

@garydavis7151 Жыл бұрын

Went to a friend's place for dinner in Islington many, many years ago. Kid Congo Powers was there. Eating his dinner. Didn't say a word all evening.

@Antipodean33 Жыл бұрын

BS Congo, I was around in the 80s at a certain place in Sydney where you were crashed out on the floor with some 18 year old kid you picked up at a gig and you were chocker block up him in front of all of us staying in that house to. You were also swapping your drinks rider for Rollies (Rohyptinol tabs) which you were giving the young dudes. You never hid any side of your personality while in the Bad Seeds, that is total BS

@patrickbertlein4626 10 ай бұрын

Damn, so you're accusing him of seducing young men especially and getting them stoned. That's a pretty big claim to just throw out there online.

@spongerubbertower 10 ай бұрын

I look for this comment on every video with this degenerate in it.

@tomallen5837 9 ай бұрын

Which translates to wishing you were that guy. I get it. But I hear you . Every Rockstar, no, every person wants to paint themselves in their best light, if given the chance.

@Antipodean33 9 ай бұрын

@@kimtodd1202 I don't care what you called em, we called em rollies. Also if you did know that house you'd say it's name, it had a name and thats what is was known by. You never knew that house, tell me the suburb it was in at least?

@flowercarnage1561 7 ай бұрын

So what I'm hearing is you all stood around and watched. Didn't try to assist the passed out kid in getting out of the situation? Weird flex, calling someone out and admitting you were present but didn't do anything to help. That makes you complicit.