Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee (Glastonbury 2013)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds perform Stagger Lee at Glastonbury 2013.
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[@djgforce11]

Love the fact that this man has absolutely no fear when he gets in front of a crowd.

[@CalebCluff]

Played Australian Rules as a kid. That’ll sort your fear of most things

[@southstandboy]

Had the honour of seeing this live. Him staring into the eyes of the women in the white dress was the moment of the festival.

[@plaguedoctor880]

They definitely had a cosmic connection there

[@JoeDiducaPhotography]

Holy shit!!!😮😮😮😮😮

[@lucylovic]

Umm. Not really.

[@harderthantherock]

I was there too - amazing.

[@DeeBees76]

While she's on her boyfriends shoulders lol

[@stevenvince6124]

I cannot put into words how good this is. God Bless Nick Cave...

[@conorosullivan3031]

Agree 👍

[@DYesish]

You surely can, shurley, how can you not put wards to psycho, singing about killing people?

[@o.j.i.7574]

🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@JESUSINAMERICA]

THIS GUY'S PLAYING STADIUMS? HE SOUNDS AWFUL. PEOPLE MUST BE RETARDED TODAY. 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂😂

[@angus7278]

N.C. supports geno***e and apar****d. Fact.

[@kellybaxter2558]

Omg how incredible those moments were with the lady in the white dress. She literally appeared etherially with the same Nick Cave vibes. Stunning ❤

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

that look of her....... holy sh 😊

[@5skov]

@@CyberBeep_kenshi the devil

[@JESUSINAMERICA]

THIS GUY'S PLAYING STADIUMS? HE SOUNDS AWFUL. PEOPLE MUST BE RETARDED TODAY. 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂😂

[@defier74]

I said it many times - Nick Cave has the biggest balls in music industry.

[@sidarthur8706]

he'd need a low centre of mass for these stunts

[@JaySmith-jh2sd]

Fabulous

[@JESUSINAMERICA]

THIS GUY'S PLAYING STADIUMS? HE SOUNDS AWFUL. PEOPLE MUST BE RETARDED TODAY. 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂😂

[@vijaip]

One of greatest Glastonbury performances ever.

[@Cradley51]

This is by far the best performance of anything I've witnessed in my existence. Holy fuck.

[@SixStringSteve]

Check out ‘Burn the cure glastonbury’.

[@SludgeMan90]

then you definitely have to watch more live performances .

[@gregk8246]

I keep coming back to this every few months even though I'm not a Nick Cave fan. It's just an incredible performance, especially the way the song is a slow burn the whole way through and then rips the sky open at the end. Seriously amazing

[@Pablo668]

What I love the most about this is seeing all the young crew out there enjoying this music. Gives me hope for the future of music outside of highly commercial pop.

[@michaelnachoescamilla6241]

That was a quiet car ride home.

[@davidmcroberts8502]

Maybe……or maybe they just stole glances at each other smiling ,and wished the car home faster

[@jackdavidson5506]

Maybe Don’t take your grandma to see Nick Cave?

[@rytis9810]

:DDD

[@lordgorshack3970]

Great mic roadie. Like seriously that man is a pro.

[@cheyennebrennan966]

Of all the songs I thought might have generated a moment like _THAT_ , this wouldn't have been my first guess...or even my fiftieth. Just the magic of Nick Cave, I suppose. 💖

[@TheDudiest3Dude]

i bet her boyfriend ended up with a very wet neck

[@stevegordon8474]

Nick Cave was part of that punk ethic that demanded total confrontation with the audience, begun with his early band THE BIRTHDAY PARTY in Melbourne. It's one thing to do it in a small club and quite another to do it within a huge arena. To be able to get right in the face of the audience and seek their involvement and then get it was very uplifting. And towards the end, the audience was represented by that girl in white sitting on the shoulders of her boyfriend. Pretty special.

[@chomskysarmy3965]

The girl in the white dress matched his intensity.

[@keithbarratt851]

His early band in Melbourne were the Boys Next Door

[@stevegordon8474]

@@keithbarratt851 yes that was the first, such as it was

[@ExternalInputs]

@@keithbarratt851 They changed their name to The Birthday Party and despite moving to London, still returned to Melbourne to record.

[@JESUSINAMERICA]

THIS IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. PEOPLE PAY TO SEE THIS EXCREMENT? 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂😂

[@mitchellsmitchells795]

This is one of the best performances of all time 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 god damn amazing!!!

[@neverforever4787]

Everyone is (rightfully) talking about the moment between Nick and the lady in white but I love seeing Warren Ellis going ham on his violin at 9:08

[@clutchinson7438]

He plays that fiddle to pieces. Music is a weapon.

[@m.a.b.4104]

A grade performance, my favourite live rendition I've seen so far. Serenading the lucky girl in the crowd 🔥.

[@worldismyashtray]

Why does this not have millions of views?

[@tapiola61]

Here has been years ago a video from exactly this same performance which got very much views but not has been existing anymore. I am very pleased to find again this extraordinary performance where's the beautiful girl makes those unforgettable moments hands touching and intensive views with Nick 💙

[@worldismyashtray]

@@tapiola61 Yes! The whole thing is captivating. “Then in came the devil…” 😈🤘

[@eyepod1967]

I was stood about 30ft away from that girl, the whole performance was mesmerising. 11 years ago!!!

[@25pappy]

Imagine if this performance happened at night. Truly amazing experience...it had everything a life could encapsulate in a few minutes. Birth, love, hate, death, pure happiness

[@pmimagery1295]

I've listened to this man, may since the early 80s.If you see him live, wow!😍

[@Mark.H3721]

I'm going seeing him on November 5th at Manchester. Cannot wait!!

[@edgarbzp]

Finally this gets an official release!

[@gregk8246]

Dude is the rock and roll version of a Quentin Tarantino movie

[@gonzalosaavedraalban]

Accurate af

[@zeldapony3134]

Nailed it 👍

[@Soprano_661]

He’s been around a lot longer than Tarantino my friend

[@mickdunell5378]

Or sam pekinpah

[@miguelsandoval7881]

no, he's better than that

[@indy1972]

EPIC performance. ❤🔥

[@friautz]

Never thought that theyre a band for big festivals (what is actually a compliment) but this performance is amazing! Nick owns the crowd.

[@stevenhodgson834]

Wow. Now I know what people mean when they talk about the "girl at Glastonbury during Stagger Lee". An absolutely amazing performance.

[@purplemoonlightthroughtheb3074]

I watch it again and again and again and again YEAH

[@miagifodder5599]

Saw this on tv live was ideal daytime viewing

[@e.f.3207]

So RIGHTEOUSLY AWESOME!!!

[@worldismyashtray]

Anyone else notice at about 2:50 when the mic hits a guy in the face? If I were him, I would’ve thought: Worth it.

[@relentlesscactus]

If you listen carefully you can hear the 'thwok' like a stick to a coconut.

[@FCS7]

Just commented re that. Prematurely.

[@TiberiusWallace]

That is a fucking lovley shirt.

[@stefanow1972]

Mr Cave... Can you realise it? Almost half century Alternative rock persona with extremely Personal idioma, right distances with system and industry and energetic live presentation on discography and lives. I listen to you from mid90s and watch you at Rodon live scenne here in Greece the most of my Times than Any other musician lives. Of course those Melbourne young guys can't consider the power. The difference among other artists. Such a great balance and this difference needs deep understanding and right operation of you like a music vessel, of you like a century idol, of your narcisism, of your drug use. Mainly the knowledge that above everything you are a musician. This rare compilation bridged alternative rock and turns to the most genuine POP, expressing the real esence of our hard age.

[@JESUSINAMERICA]

THIS IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. PEOPLE PAY TO SEE THIS EXCREMENT? 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂😂

[@worldismyashtray]

8:30 my face MELTED

[@marklaunt3747]

I watch this over and over and it kicks mother fucking asses every day!

[@omarorozco2261]

i love you nick

[@secularinstituteheadquarte3301]

Reincarnation of several rock icons, rolled up into one person.

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

name them

[@bryanschuler4260]

@@thesound-chameleonman3580-- Jim Morrison, for one

[@windyhead7960]

@@thesound-chameleonman3580 Bowie.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

Bowie? not seeing that.

[@davideberhardt6150]

one of them being Nick f*cking Cave!

[@bobantodorovic8813]

Unforgetable

[@rickyhiemstra9993]

Love this version! Good video!👍🏼☠️☠️👹👹🖤🖤

[@hamidshamsjavi]

Legendary

[@swiftbobber]

Heavenly

[@riversong656]

Yerra the aul' powder was strong in them days. Love Nick❤❤❤

[@DJSantero]

That is immense

[@ThreeLittleBirds111]

That guy's a wild man...I LIKE HIM....

[@Abuelo9]

Epic.

[@treborif]

a few people had a moment to remember this gig ....

[@garygreen2599]

I wonder if the gorgeous girl in the white dress (or indeed Nick himself) has recovered from that incredible moment? I have no idea who came out best from that.

[@camwells9726]

I think she distracted nick a little 😂 , there seemed to be some kind of mutual connection

[@garygreen2599]

I can't imagine why. ;) @@camwells9726

[@minimansonstar]

I think her boyfriend didn't like that. He could HAVE her just like THAT. 💯

[@garygreen2599]

And rightly so.@@minimansonstar

[@huishaai]

This was Permance ART.

[@mrmagoo1016]

Subtitles are the best. Stephanie!

[@WickedTRX]

Love how on the "Red Right Hand (Glastonbury 1998)" in the beginning the disclaimer says "THIS VIDEO CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE" and on this it's "THIS VIDEO CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE"!

[@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible]

Now it should read "THIS VIDEO CONTAINS VERY MOTHERFUCKING STRONG LANGUAGE"!

[@carolinegodden4364]

Funny

[@yourvanity4307]

GOAT

[@chichipotter4487]

Fucken Hell !!!

[@FinBrennan]

That young lady was mentally undressing Nick with her eyes 😂

[@fionagreig9392]

I love this song. I think Nick is sick of performing it.

[@sOrtOf500]

This was before Mumford and sons. Fair play Michael

[@purplemoonlightthroughtheb3074]

Fucking awesome -

[@michaeldera4298]

The guy that lifted his girlfriend up on his shoulders . Making a connection with Mr stagger Lee.

[@robertlight2370]

This performance would be nothing - NOTHING - without the inflatable shark on a stick. 😂

[@25pappy]

Like for the inflatable shark

[@sidarthur8706]

1:29 shit guys he's out of control

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

7:53 Nick Cave has a deranged stalker! 😂

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

Chris Chris.. 🤣🤐

[@jlinbkk7184]

Intense.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

Okay to confirm the truth 100%. The scene where the lady appears in the crowd, people asking, was it STAGED or is it a GENUINE moment of pure fate that happened? GENUINE moment. I had this confirmed by someone close to the band and Nick Cave. So there you go! make up a lie or conspiracy I dare ye! C

[@montag4516]

Your comment, whoever you are, neither proves nor disproves anything.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

@montag4516 I asked someone who has met him in person and is a huge fan of his and she told me it was a GENUINE meeting NOT a STAGED event for the camera.

[@ExternalInputs]

@@montag4516 There's nothing to prove. Nick Cave doesn't need to stage things.

[@conorlynch2879]

*Jim Sclavunos beating the absolute living shit out of his hot pink drum kit appreciation comment*

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

almost got his autograph not long ago. Settle for Barry Adamson's instead! C.

[@thesoundlikechameleons2082]

Got his autograph! he signed my Murder Ballads vinyl sleeve and sent me a personal hand written note too! 📝 .C

[@makisupadude1241]

This is nice

[@Дмитрий-и1щ5к]

Ох уж этот Кейвушко...🤣

[@simonrussell4986]

My heart goes out to the guy hoisting the girl in white on his shoulders.

[@LordGreystoke]

An acquired taste, no doubt

[@LuizInacio-im5vh]

O poor bad seeds....

[@fosterhellendoorn4656]

Oh that Red head. Youch!!! Ha Hot!!

[@wrongosal3892]

magic

[@carolinegodden4364]

White Magic

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

That lady in white though..... if you look at me like that, we'd end up married. 😳

[@SkinZ666uk]

That lady will never look at her fella that way haha

[@mohamadrahbar9026]

good no, awsome music and performance. it's bizarre 😲

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

🤬

[@alexmonserrat2703]

The f**ing boss!, more than Mr Stagger Lee

[@danuthagiescu2841]

"Mare CURAJ" peNICK sa faca BAIE de PUBLIC! Asta înseamnă SUPER ARTIST !

[@mickmangles8000]

King Ink of the kids ...

[@plaguedoctor880]

Did he go skiing before this set? Or is England famous for allergies ? Lol

[@Paul-cl6uo]

💯 and I was surprised nobody really mentioned it in the comments!

[@bbhdd6181]

what?? skiing?

[@lekkahmuziek1226]

gewoon lekkah jajajaja

[@caro.97]

Dave Strider

[@SKYSAW59]

What "Punk" actually looks like.

[@Fatcapr]

Joder, tengo mierdas menos mierdas que escuchar

[@manicpanic4486]

She apparently fell pregnant that day 😄

[@ambermaehayes]

Matty Healy robbers kiss this… Matty Healy robbers kiss that…blah blah blah

[@agentdalecooper66]

Don’t offer your girl up to daddy cave. You won’t get them back.

[@stephenchurch938]

2022 Sponsored by Audi. That's street cred for ya. Hard up for a dollar eh Nick? 🙄

[@minimansonstar]

Look at the audience. Hardly.

[@paulsikorski9109]

poor boy friend with girl on shoulders

[@kirklarson4406]

It's just one song of many..at it's release it was an (in your face ) to the zeitgeist of gangster rap, as if to say, "I'll show you violence".. he has a brain, most of them don't...few of which LIVES MATTER!

[@filled_soda]

Who would down-vote this?

[@filled_soda]

@@cheyennebrennan966 😂

[@Gobbostopper]

that girls boyfriend prolly

[@thesound-chameleonman3580]

@@Gobbostopper apparently it wasn't her boyfriend just a random stranger.

[@JESUSINAMERICA]

THIS IS ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. PEOPLE PAY TO SEE THIS EXCREMENT? 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂😂

[@ReadOrwell]

This is lame!

[@berlusmafia]

Nick cave really sucks!

[@detroyt232323]

God this is awful

[@Mattsretiring]

Amazing to think he'd be cancelled today for homophobia if he tried to sing this at a festival

[@ExternalInputs]

It's not homophobic.

[@martinryan2073]

Don't be an idiot all yer life.

[@styxcreek]

The poor boyfriend looks like James Corden.

[@killingallcamels383]

Deffinitly slammed a line before this song haha its amazing. Beginning to end

[@Jeremy-hx7zj]

its so weird seeing these fresh faced young suburban youth singing along to this brutal gothic murder ballad

[@tallard9]

Strong cameo from the floating shark too

[@anthonyevans9169]

I never knew of nick,bad seeds cool name, bad seeds, stay away from my daughters you bad seeds,haha,got some good weed,party like rock stars

[@SisterMidnite]

Agree. First time I saw NC&TBS was in 86. Dingy basement bar. Blixa played seated.

[@montag4516]

Keep in mind also that the whole front section is V.I.P. Many of those people are friends, family, girlfriends/wives and other chosen insiders. Behind the V.I.P. section is a fence that separates them from the mass of the general audience from there on out. It's like this for almost any major concert event as such.

[@SuperRobotfish]

no - not at Glastonbury. No such thing as a VIP section at that festival. @@montag4516 Whether its Nick Cave, Elton John, Adele, Stones, Macca, whoever... anyone can get down to the front. All it needs is patience and a strong bladder.

[@gabrielcejudoleyva9337]

9:10 the face of a man defeated after carrying his girlfriend for 10 goddamn minutes only to have her stolen by a rock star in front of everyone at glastonbury no less

[@boxgrafik]

His neck musta been soaking...

[@waloacme]

You mean the devil?

[@MrWalkinsilence]

kek

[@anthonyfrazer5850]

The girl walking out of the festival with him: "Um, yeah, I don't think we can see each other any more."

[@grunthostheflatulent9649]

It was like villagers offering a virgin to the beast.

[@LaughingStock_]

Thank-you, BBC - American channels would have bleeped the fuck out of this masterpiece.

[@TheColdrush22]

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[@altern80]

You can´t experience a better live act than Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Fingers crossed for a new tour 2022.

[@rascaltuff]

I love how Nick is like 60 years old and still so agile. amazing performer. incredible songwriter😍😍 7:52 🥵

[@msmysticstorytime]

this is ten yrs old

[@JoelWende]

Every time I watch this it’s amazing. This time however I just have to shout out Warren Ellis nailing the violin as usual!

[@m.a.b.4104]

Was hooked on this song from when I first saw it late one night on Rage (the Aussie music lovers favourite film clip show/babysitter). Great performance, the long term Nick Cave fans certainly got a treat that day. The drawn out verses, interaction with the crowd and the timing of the blue eyed redhead popping up in front of Nick as he's serenading the crowd, Glastonbury at it's best.🤯🎹🎻🎸