Nick Cave - Sad Waters [Rare Acoustic Version]

This track is found on the lecture CD 'The Secret Life of the Love Song' which Nick released in 2000. I personally find it far superior and more emotional than the original which is found on the 'Your Funeral... My Trial' album. It can be purchased in the link below: www.amazon.co.u...

[@MrDanzorse]

What a storyteller, and the music nourishes the soul. Play on Nick, don't ever stop.

[@gypsylee73]

❤️

[@alfredocaputto6926]

Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries We go down to the river where the willows weep Take a naked root for a lovers seat That rose out of the bitten soil But bound to the ground by creeping ivy coils Oh Mary you have seduced my soul Forever a hostage of your child's world And then I ran my tin-cup heart along The prison of her ribs And then with a toss of her curls That little girl goes wading in Rolling her dress up past her knee Turning these waters into wine Then she platted all the willow vines Mary in the shallows laughing Over where the carp dart Spooked by the new shadows that she cast Across these sad waters and across my heart Traducir al español

[@manuelcabral1625]

Down the road I look and there runs Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries We go down to the river where the willows weep Take a naked root for a lovers seat That rose out of the bitten soil But sound to the ground by creeping ivy coils O Mary you have seduced my soul And I don't know right from wrong Forever a hostage of your child's world And then I ran my tin-cup heart along The prison of her ribs And with a toss of her curls That little girl goes wading in Rollin her dress up past her knee Turning these waters into wine Then she platted all the willow vines Mary in the shallows laughing Over where the carp dart Spooked by the new shadows that she cast Across these sad waters and across my heart

[@johnarundell7951]

But bound to the ground by creeping ivy coils * Nick didn't sing the "right from wrong" line ..

[@DavidSGW]

Heard him sing this at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival a few years back. The best thing I've ever heard live. Absolute silence from the audience.

[@jessenapfkuch1676]

i do agree absolutely: this is the best version that i have heared of sad waters so far. in my ears one of nick's best and probably underestimated compositions ever. as your funeral, my trial was my first nick cave record i ever bought back in 1985 in this basementindependantrecordstore close to nissan river in halmstad/sweden , this tubecast accelerates my mind for 4:15 min back to those days of vine and roses, amphetamines and noise that i am lucky to call my youth. tack ska du ha, morbidso!

[@Man_Ray78]

I find the original double vocals always so charming and different then most other song because of that. But here in this one i can again sense his songwriting genius abilities. This version is an instant classic ,lovesongcave

[@cdsaquarius1318]

I have this cd got it at one of his concerts probably 20yrs ago he’s is a rare lovely human

[@albertotamburini9908]

Nothing in the world sounds like this thank you blessed poet

[@toperic02]

‘She plaited all the willow vines’. What more do you want?

[@jah010]

nick cave is a beautiful kiss

[@mehhhhist]

those last lines and the way he delivers them always get me

[@dysterkvist]

Thank you for uploading this. This version is one of the most beautiful songs I know and it's good that someone finally uploaded it!. There's no one like Nick Cave!

[@GeneElder.R27]

He captures the most elusive moment when you fall in love.

[@davidlynchsparta]

Genius...what else?

[@huji891]

simply wonderful, it's something else to hear these captivating lyrics crystal clear, thank you!

[@MorbidsoSorbid]

Glad you enjoyed! I much prefer this 'clearer' version.

[@gregulatortron4052]

didn't realise how beautiful the lyrics were until i heard this stripped-down version.............this song has haunted me since i bought the album in '85ish

[@gregulatortron4052]

this is astoundingly beautiful to me

[@alexrose9487]

a) its not rare b) its not acoustic its a piano c) ....

[@davidlynchsparta]

Great...

[@banjojon7169]

Hurts, he wounds, may it never heal

[@hiybbprqag]

love this version

[@BuddhaBoyClips]

Simple genius. So beautiful

[@giacomogiacomino5938]

semplicemente fantastica....è poesia,sentite come accarezza le note: viva King Ink.

[@katiegallagher1722]

So clean and clear his words. Band is the same. All in unison.

[@luamoonluna]

beautiful!

[@Mahia965]

So proud to be Aussie! On ya, Nick!

[@massimomongini9676]

il più grande poeta vivente..

Beautiful version....Nick,king of ink

[@lilibayou]

This song gets me every time

[@jessenapfkuch1676]

ursäkt: det var påsk 1987, inte 1985. jag köpte "your funeral, my trial" do12" tillsammans med crime&the city solution "room of lights" lp och spacemen 3 "walking with jesus" maxisingle: en underbar meta-akkord...

[@DougSatre]

beautiful. thank you

[@zenstars1148]

His best song

[@albertorigotti5115]

IS FOR ALL THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD

[@simonapop7312]

5o1 likes.love you,Cave.Let me into in the cave.a gold cave.:)

[@RAMLIA1]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ritahorvath8207]

Good old times . .

[@Abbe67]

Thanks a lot

[@manliopittori3078]

Just striking. Thank you for posting it.

[@snydeyde]

Manlio pittori u

[@TeresaMcLaughlin-fr2rq]

0:14

[@jojo-zk8cn]

💕💕🎵

Definitive.

[@tikihana4254]

dont care for this version... but, Nick Cave is God... oh, Deana !!!

[@davidlynchsparta]

Everything from of you is the best

[@ritahorvath8207]

. . . used to be . . . . . .

[@herbieshine1312]

Beautiful

[@charlesmoxham6960]

I agree - his most beautiful song?

[@johnarundell7951]

The Ship Song New Morning Into My Arms

[@skooshy621]

It's certainly one of them. I'd add Love Letter.

[@charlesmoxham6960]

@@skooshy621 for sure

[@vv247]

This is just the best Nick Cave for me ... what a CD

[@krunnemunnema]

thx its beautiful.

[@marixazarate240]

hermosooooo :)

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

Anyway I meant to say that I have listened to both and although the piano and violin are lovely I still prefer the original.

[@vv247]

My fave Nick Cave CD ...

[@daristi]

Genius!

[@imrichkotrba900]

Wow...great

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

It's not rare I got it in HMV when it came out...Everything is relative mate!

[@MorbidsoSorbid]

Yes, likewise; but many years ago. You won't find it there now, making it rare.

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

MorbidsoSorbid​ Oh I never thought of it that way. Sorry for being so abrupt (it's not an excuse but I have chronic insomnia and it affects my moods, not much consolation eh?) It's a lovely song and this version is beautiful, but I still like the original. I have the Secret Life of the Love Song theFlesh made Word in my hand and it is a wonderful CD the way its packaged like a book is beautiful. Did Nick Cave publish it by himself? 

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

I'm reading the notes inside and it looks like he did (swear to god if I don't get a sleep longer than 45 minutes I'm going to forget who I am lol!).

[@mccluskeytom]

@@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws you seem like a very nice person, you can't be beating yourself up over a lighthearted dig on KZbin. I also bought this in HMV, the best version of this song, better than the Idiot Prayer version, in Nick's top 10 in my opinion.

[@susanneconway]

love .... however flat..

[@gromitpesley]

why have you got (rare acoustic version) in the title when there's no guitars on it at all?

[@MorbidsoSorbid]

+Gromit Pesley Acoustic means there's no electrical amplification and has nothing to do with what instruments this applies to.

[@sitihcnorB]

+MorbidsoSorbid Listing it as piano would be far more appropriate. I'm sure you know that most people relate acoustic guitar to the word acoustic. Admittedly, when I clicked the video, I was hoping it was an acoustic guitar version and not this inferior to the original piano version.

[@marcbontho430]

Acoustic Music. of, relating to, or being a musical instrument whose sound is not electrically enhanced or modified. arranged for or made up of such instruments: an acoustic solo; an acoustic group.

[@ugoquinti969]

Heartbreaking version

[@1likestuff]

Its not rare at all

[@MorbidsoSorbid]

So that's why you're looking at it on youtube?

[@gavinmacarthur7989]

Thanks for posting this particular recording MorbidsoSorbid. I saw the great man perform this and other songs live in the Olympia theatre in Dublin way back in 2000, as part of the 'lecturing tour' he was performing at that point. It was a sublime experience and your post brought a little bit of that back for me.