Nick Cave Interview (from the Bowery Hotel)

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Eric Holland with Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Hotel Bowery, NYC.
Host: Eric Holland
Audio: Jim O'Hara
Cameras: Joe Grimaldi
Editor: Patrick Doherty
Recorded at The Bowery Hotel on March 26, 2013

[@fionnoneill9852]

Nick had the hackles up when he started this interview but the interviewer came in with a level of understanding of his work and some seriously thought provoking questions, resulting in one of best Cave interviews of the contemporary era. Kudos.

[@TheSpoartsNetwork]

Nick is so wicked, he has TWO widow's peaks.

[@jasminehammond9015]

Oh god, when he said push the sky away feels like being perched on a cliff face about to fall off I shuddered

[@reenott]

yeah.... me too

[@flannerymonaghan-morris4825]

Yeah that comment is incredibly difficult to hear considering what happened to his kid Arthur 2 years later…

[@michaelkraemerman2009]

this man is a musical genius.

[@AceBaseKingOfSpace]

I saw The Boys Nextdoor in Adelaide....I was about 16 and thought Nick Cave looked like a vampire.

[@damienlorenz2964]

I can’t ever remember seeing Nick laugh, it was worth the wait. Thanks for being a fan or doing your homework or both, it makes for an amazing interview mate. Cheers.

[@flannerymonaghan-morris4825]

He’s incredibly shy and reticient around people he doesn’t know. If you watch some videos, when he is with people he knows, he smiles and laughs more…

[@brandon1718]

Nick cave seems more cheerful in this interview than the past.. great to see he’s a legend one of the best lyricists of all time

[@HxCSounds]

such a cool guy, met him backstage at a show in Sydney a couple of years ago.

[@joem.8555]

His laugh is infectious

[@yanshane]

" went to the radio interview... ended up alone on the microphone."

[@slumdogjay]

John Shane Neil Young

[@robar711]

...get out of town...think I"LL get out of town...

[@aleksandarzejak8699]

It's one of his ,,hiding songs'' actually

[@Megadoculous]

follow the road ...don't know where it ends

[@chrisandersen5635]

Good Interview. These are not stupid questions, and Nick is very forthcoming. He does not suffer fools, but here he need not worry.I enjoyed this very much. Thanks for uploading!

[@Trundlecake]

Yes

[@heavenorhell2024]

ok settle down

[@steppinout67]

I love what he's saying at 14:50. I agree completely.

[@Christiandonaghey]

Great interview. Well done!

[@johngalantini6910]

8:51 unsettling metaphor

[@chrisrobinson4214]

truly

[@alelollipop1903]

What a great interview and what a guy!

[@Pingaheimer]

Amazing songwriter.

[@SullenMorbius]

Insightful interview. Loved it.

[@tsertou]

(y) Nick Cave _ brilliant lyricist - musician (y)

[@sumeriandays86]

That is a great interview.

[@AJO87]

Thought this was a great interview. Much more insightful than others

[@heavenorhell2024]

whatever

[@jessicawheldon68]

How does he look so cool holding a toothpick!? God damn! 😍

[@okjige]

Jessica Rae well, it’s uncle Nick. He can make everything cool😉

[@okjige]

Jessica Rae greetings from the Netherlands by the way😉

[@jcqa333]

uncle nick is my favourite uncle!!!

[@aml1267]

Obsessed with his rings

[@Dante655321]

this is probably the first time i've seen a Nick Cave interview where he gets confused with the visual artist Nick Cave.

[@baragon2001x]

Funny Games is a great disturbed flick!

[@hmao4466]

He is incredibly honest and open.

[@quietwirefilms]

Floating around... in space.

[@snappa222]

Nick Cave is The MAN !!!

[@mininovaband]

On the Beach, fuck yeah!

[@angeliquehoegee]

Het is en BLIJFT een lieverd!! En ik vind zijn "grinderman" albums geweldig. Maar hoeveel kennis heeft hij over Bands als "Metalica en voornamelijk" een artiest als Glenn Danzig.?

[@keithbrown8263]

Ha Ha Ha! some clever humour great interview i'm a big fan :-)

[@johnnyscifi]

Both his guitarists (Blixa and Mick) left the band

[@gourmetcaveman]

went to the radio interview...ended up alone at the microphone.... cold burn on the song request....

[@anahg17]

you great..........

[@kolterh.9437]

No way there is another Nick Cave!

[@JannaLeise]

What a great interview.

[@angeliquehoegee]

Great indeed, but he likes "The broken wing type". I am sorry but have a life!

[@OHollowTimes]

Angelique Hoegee Your comment makes zero to nil sense.

[@angeliquehoegee]

Angry Bird are you?

[@styxcreek]

The other Nick Cave and the other the other Warren Ellis should do a collaboration

[@scottlebrun6782]

9:00......... foretelling and a bit chilling

[@plubble123]

I got the two Nick Cave's confused for a while at first, as well.

[@KeyboredCoward]

Nick Cave-Christopher Lee, ha ha. If you the reader don't know of Christopher Lee, I suggest you 'sink your teeth' into the Hammer movies of the late 50s to the 70s. Happy bloody Valentines day...2/5/2019

[@maladjustified]

omg nick stop playing with that toothpick, will you

[@stevelawrie9115]

I have no problems following stories that Nick Cave tells. Much like Bob Dylan or Tom Waites, it might be up to us of what we make of it. Once it's out there it no longer belongs to the artist, it's ours.

[@depp0000000000]

he shud write a song about the other nick cave

[@blindsided63]

a brilliant suggestion

[@springlilly9672]

Neil!

[@alimandi2]

Anybody knows the kind of watch he's wearing?

[@jg769]

AAM Its a Nixon Lodown Ti (although I’m guessing you got the answer by now since it’s been a few years).

[@LuannOsbourne]

Fear nick

[@Phrosen1]

Does the gitarr rythm in in the intro of Neil Young - On the Beach remind anyone else about the gitarr rythem of Higgs Boson Blues?

[@drugtaken]

It does!

[@swimgood3873]

Nick cited that as a top 10 track

[@gianpierosenno636]

lo stuzzicadenti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mikerobinson7295]

Great interview. 4:27 "Suddenly, there was this lovely absence of the guitar.". However, the entire album is laced with Warren's Signature Tenor Guitar. bit.ly/19XJ93i

[@mathiasthelander7834]

I think that he means that Mick was gone and that was a good thing, at least Ithink he thought that at the time.

[@scottlebrun6782]

What's with the interviewers face after he asks a question?

[@s.g.319]

Wondered about that too! 😆

[@deathsave]

Good on Mick for leaving this band at just about the right time.

[@swimgood3873]

Lies

[@mangiapetardo]

Insomma era molto sfavato; comincia l'intervista sospirando e guardando altrove; vabé non so se gli stava sulle palle l'intervistatore, ma, alla fine, la citazione della cazone di Neil Young suonava come una specie di frecciata subliminale. Come se, durante il colloquio, abbia ripensato spesso al testo di quella canzone.

[@vaughanpower4538]

He missed the guitar player.The guiter played didnt miss.

[@ianrmacdougall3875]

Yes but does he still wear beetleboots or Doc Martens, for me Grinderman is like a pair of UGG boots, it keeps your feet warm. The point where ma mind was altered by Nick Cave was when he stood over Kylie Minogue with a house brick in one hand and a rose in the other, I'm not sure if it was the intercourse or Mother Day, it scared me.

[@Louis.R]

Dr Seuss

[@TheSpoartsNetwork]

Thumbs up for video. Thumbs down for all comments.

[@SuperJourneyer]

Don't get away from your narrative songs Nick. The Carny is the best song you've ever written.

[@Megadoculous]

Amen brother

[@jansmiths8629]

wiglet? cant tell....

[@swimgood3873]

Would love a Miley and Nick Cave duet

[@elizabethsteele5291]

I would not. I don't think Miley has a sense of irony. + Plus - she's got huge Daddy Issues... I think I'd just be horribly depressed listening to it; there's really no other angle I can think of.

[@ianrmacdougall3875]

That's why I murdered my Guinea pig when I was a child it made me feel small.

[@bradwilmer9295]

Heh... "economic"... ;) $$$

[@bradwilmer9295]

He has a lot less to say than he used to.. I still Love Nick Cave, but he's passed his prime.

[@angeliquehoegee]

Brad Wilmer This man will never pass his prime!

[@bradwilmer9295]

;)

[@chesterrr9]

Nick's hair for once looks horrendous. And why is he holding a toothpick? And the nervous laugh he keeps doing is just downright creepy. Still, Nick is my number one love.

[@styxcreek]

Toothpick could be a quit smoking thing

[@kevkearney3355]

The interviewer is amongst the worst i have ever seen, he is constantly off the mark and doesn't get Nick Cave and the bad seeds.

[@jaynedough405]

Kev Kearney I think he did a fairly good job.. he brought Mr Cave out to a point where he seemed comfortable speaking about his thought process while putting his songs together. I enjoyed his explanation of Higgs Boson Blues. Yeah, I quite liked this interview.

[@mintitman4743]

Great interview very good at getting Nick to give a deeper explanation

[@kolterh.9437]

I really don't think so.

[@jarrodlee1506]

I think the exact opposite Nick seemed to engage more when the interviewrrs questions make sense

[@saraivatoledo1842]

I´ve always found Nick an incredibly pretentious, pompous , insufferable character ... " what am I doing in here ? " ... indeed , later!

[@greenhaiku8454]

I am obsessed with his lips. Want to kiss them