Rappers React To Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue "Where The Wild Roses"!!!

[@keithwatkins7908]

An amazing duet, video and song. Utterly brilliant. Thanks for the great reaction and thank you Australia for these great artists.

[@jerzyjurekg1457]

2 amazing songs to recommend - 'Confide in me' by Kylie and 'Into my arms' by Nick. Underrated classics

[@marcusbrown465]

This is a duet nobody ever expected but is very highly regarded. Nick wrote this song with Kylie in mind. He had told his friend Michael Hutchence from INXS, who Kylie dated, that he wanted to work with her. Eventually he called Kylie's home and left a message with her mother. Kylie returned the call and left a message with Nick's mother. They met for the first time in the studio and have been friends ever since. Both adore one another and forever speak highly of the other

[@gavinshaw6103]

The Album it came off was called Murder Ballads.

[@weebzam6487]

And that explains all the bodies in these two songs you've listened to so far, they're both from this album. Also, I believe it's called "Unaliving Ballads".

[@ingobordewick6480]

@@weebzam6487 Nope, the album is "Murder Ballads".

[@melissabaanders2751]

One of my faves, love murder ballads,

[@weebzam6487]

@@ingobordewick6480 I know, man, I was just making fun of this whole "unaliving" thing. But true story: back in the 90s when this album came out, I was browsing through CDs in a store one day and a woman next to me asked the guy if they had "an album called 'Crime Stories' by Kylie Minogue and a guy called Nick Something". A part of me died that day and it's haunting that woman.

[@weebzam6487]

​@@ingobordewick6480 I know, man, I was just making fun o f this whole "unaliving" thing. But true story: back in the 90s when this album came out, I was browsing through CDs in a store and a woman next to me asked the guy if they had "an album called 'Crime Stories' by Kylie Minogue and a guy called Nick Something". A part of me died that day and it's haunting that woman.

[@I.am.Iain-81]

Absolute 🔥🔥🔥 duet. The song is so dark and yet, beautiful

[@nomaddamon100]

Although I was never a huge fan of Nick and the bad seeds, this is one of my favorite songs (I'm a proper metal head). I bought tickets to go see him while drunk one night with mate.. And every track live gave me goosebumps, he and band are incredible live, he's also really funny, but mixes in sad and thoughtful too when chatting.. That comes across in his writing. He's had a lot of tragedy in his life, he releases that in his music. I'm now a big fan, how can you not be after seeing them live

[@DerEchteBold]

This duet was Kylie Minogue's way to escape her 'Girlie Pop' image from the 80s.

[@jgog59]

Minogue had already throw those little girl pop chains off after she got involved with Mike Hutchins from INXS. She was really looking to just expand musically to try different genres. Really interesting on the BBC. There’s a show where Shane McGowan, Dave Stewart, Nick Cave, and Kylie Minogue sing together. It’s wild.

[@DerEchteBold]

@@jgog59 Well, it's what was said about this collab, that she sought it out for exactly that purpose.

[@HillBoston]

Song is based on an old urban legend Back during the medieval times, there was a lovely woman named Elisa Day from Ireland. It was said that her beauty was like that of the wild roses that grew down the river, all bloody and red. One day, a man came to the small town where Elisa lived. He instantly fell in love with her. On the first day, he visited her where she lived. The next day he brought to her a single red rose. After this, he asked Elisa to meet him where the wild roses grow. They ended up dating for just three days. Upon the last day, he took her down by the river where he killed her. This evil soul waited until her back was turned, before striking her with a large rock in the back of the head. He then whispered, “All beauty must die” - and with one swift blow, he killed her instantly. After she died, this man placed a single red rose between her teeth and pushed her body into the river below. Since her untimely death, many folks who have wandered here have seen the ghost of Elisa aimlessly wandering the riverside. She has been described as a beautiful young woman, with blood running down one side of her face, with a single rose in her hand.

[@tobeski]

The whole "Murder Ballads" album is wonderful but very dark. There's also a great version of old blues standard "Stagger Lee"

[@J-Bone]

"Henry Lee" is another great duet between Nick Cave & PJ Harvey. The song's from the very same album. "Curse of Millhaven" & "Kindness of Strangers" are some other great songs. :)

[@Lemmys_Mole]

Love a bit of Nick Cave...& I'd die on any hill for Kylie Minogue ❤❤

[@neumanmachine3781]

Both this song and O'Malley's Bar are from the same album "Murder Ballads"- both the album itself and the duet with Kylie in particular caused a moral panic at the time (1996), with Cave having to defend the subject matter from press attacks, noting that his lyrics were no more macabre than the content of a murder mystery novel, or a movie such as Silence of the Lambs. This album was the closing act of the second phase of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, where he was summing up the music and concepts that he had delved into up until this point. He had held the (unofficial) title of Alternative Rock's "Prince of Darkness" through the "80's and early '90's first with The Birthday Party and later with The Bad Seeds and he wanted to move onto other things lyrically and musically. Murder Ballads, summed up all his musical and lyrical themes up until that point and his next album The Boatman's Call was a more introspective set of piano ballads, leaving behind the more extreme Post Punk elements that were throughout his albums to that point. He turned 40 and was wanting to make more mellow and thoughtful songs for a more mature audience. Where the Wild Roses Grow was an indication of his future musical direction. For a good example of his previous, more extreme side, check out The Mercy Seat or I Had A Dream Joe or Release The Bats by The Birthday Party.

[@ellenbakker-w8x]

Thanks guys for this beautiful song. This was a BIG HIT!!!!!

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

Best Australian Duett ever....a Natural Treasure....." All Beauty must Die".....who did NOT fall in Love with Kylie ?

[@MrSynn69]

Wow was my first reaction when I first watched this video back when it came out. It was introduction to Nick Cave and his brilliant artistry. Kylie has always been great.

[@gholmes4917]

The Carny is another great Nick Cave song, some of his best storytelling .

[@Carnifex20]

Man, Hollywood had the stutterbug today XD Also, what a song. Haven't heard it in years and it's still as beautiful.

[@lkesha82]

Love this ballad since first saw it at MTV back then 😊 Nick's duet with PJ Harvey is a must

[@stever7732]

I’m not a great fan of Nick Cave’s music but he does do a good duet. Another one of his to try is the duet with PJ Harvey called ‘Henry Lee’. The music video is notable for the onscreen chemistry between two artists who had just started what was to be a short lived relationship. And on the subject of duets you will have received numerous requests in comments to your recent Kate Bush ‘Rocket’s Tail’ reaction for the duet Kate did with Peter Gabriel with his song ‘Don’t Give Up’.

[@metalguru85]

That's my favourite Nick Cave collab

[@HidingFromFate]

@@metalguru85 100% agree. I bet they would totally vibe with 'Henry Lee' too.

[@MusicTherapy74]

I was luckily enough to meet Nick Cave when he came to New Zealand. Bloody lovely guy. Bad seed for life!❤❤❤

[@childlessdoggentleman746]

Favorite Nick Cave song. I found out about Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds through the Metallica cover on "Garage Inc., "Loverman." It isworth checking out both versions.

[@Tommi462]

Nick Cave has a lot of awesome songs to look into. My favorites include "Do You Love Me?" (part 2 as well), "Ain't Gonna Rain Anymore", "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow", "Jack the Ripper" and "O Children".

[@dankofanz]

Lots of great Nick Cave songs to check out. The Weeping Song, Loverman, Do You Love Me?, 15 Feet of Pure White Snow...

[@stumbling_through_history]

You guys should absolutely check out Henry Lee, Nick's duet with PJ Harvey off this same album. If this song is up your alley, you're gonna love that one Hollywood. 💜

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Great song, only listened to it about 2 hours ago!

[@craigproctor9560]

Kylie Minogue is a two time Grammy award winner you both should listen and react to Kylie minogue Grammy award winner song padam padam

[@trenchy1990]

You had me at Aussie Music 🇦🇺💚💛

[@-Heavy-]

Love this song!

[@MrPboys1]

Nick and the seeds are just incredible, top tier songwriting and the seeds are one of the greatest rock super groups ever all members past and present. Live they are simply staggering plus his original post punk band the birthday party were one of the nastiest sleazy badass rock n roll bands ever, the funny thing is that out of a 40 year discography both the tracks you reacted to are from the same album Murder ballads which is very popular but one of my least favourite, still very good but aoart from Nocturama the one i go back to the least. Would suggest the carny as someone else fid for one of my favourite tracks from the earlier years and conversion from his lastest album wild god, but you can't really go wrong with anything, and if you are feeling adventurous check out Mutiny in heaven or Nick the stripper by the birthday party

[@Vadios_Davoid]

The song and video represent the story of Ophelia.

[@kristaspecht]

Morning guys! Great song! Dark yet beautiful! I like the slow chill sound too...❤

[@kelst75]

Red Right Hand or The Mercy Seat are worth checking out too. I love Nick Cave and the Black Seeds, so many good songs.

[@PeeWeeGerman1313]

I'm pretty sure this was my first time ever hearing Nick Cave. I've always heard his name just never took the time to listen. I did enjoy this though. I never heard of an urban legend or anything but the story sounds interesting. I'm gonna have to look into it

[@shaunhoward6838]

Kylies the QUEEN, her latest album Tension is soo good 💯 #PadamPadam

[@jgog59]

Kylie Minogue's 1997 album Impossible Princess is considered her "indie Kylie" album Kylie was looking just to experiment with different genres of music. She was very friendly with Nick Cave who introduced her to Shane McGowan and Dave Stewart. London was happening back in the 90s musically. Unfortunately, that album released coincided with the unfortunate death of Princess Diana, and they change the name of of the album. It was a disaster for a PR reasons. It actually got good reviews, but it didn’t sell very well.

[@seansersmylie]

Great tune, check out The Mercy Seat. Cave has a range of great stuff.

[@Oskars_LV]

The whole album Murder ballads are crime stories from criminal perspective. Theres much more from Cave to discover.

[@Steffe]

A classic.

[@andrewmoores7166]

Amazing collab

[@kazboats9580]

Give Nick Cave's "The good son" a listen. Loved your reaction, and please keep listening to N.C.. I believe Kylie and Nick were an item for a while?

[@AP-gb3eh]

❤️ Nick Cave . He continued a old style Murder Ballards from the past century but made it his own

[@G.H.O.S.T.254]

There are some really quirky, dark and very eclectic aussie song writers. Nick Cave is one of them. And his murder album. I believe the song is partly influenced by the story of Ophelia described in a scene from Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The rest is Nick was a very enamoured of Kylie and tried to write several songs for her but he thought none were worthy until he finally wrote this one. He finally contacted her and the rest is history.

[@drsbsn01]

God I love this song

[@brentsheils]

Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky [Abbey Road Live Session] is a must for 2025

[@josemerino6765]

Legend.........

[@SEANBANOG4]

Top stuff.....check out The Kindness of Strangers by NIck.....something everyman needs his daughter to hear.

[@S-jq1yk]

Best Australia song

[@LongandWeirdName]

Using beautiful women as fertilizer for his roses. Bringing them to the field "to see the flowers". Neat. And the ambiguity of "planting" a rose between her teeth? Priceless.

[@deanmaynard8256]

Well they are both Australian!

[@ajbartley3432]

I always took it to be a reference to Elizabeth short who lost her identity when the press called her case the 'Black Dahlia'

[@flamestergirl]

Nick and Kylie have been friends for years and he regards her as his muse.

[@piplevett4783]

I've been looking to see who I could request to do this one, but y'all beat me to it

[@Callimachus33]

The images on the video are a reference to the Pre-Raphaelite art movement from later19th century England Also, Kylie had an experimental period in the 90's, best exemplified with the creepy "Confide in Me"

[@bronclaire]

These unalive songs both come from the album’Murder Ballads’. Nick Cave has a much bigger discography and I don’t know of many artists I’ve heard who have such variation in the sound/ style/ genre/ persona etc that they produce. Even if I don’t love all his songs I’m always interested in the stories he’s telling (even with foregone conclusions like in Murder Ballads).

[@kenhewitt7357]

Nick Cave does a lot of dark stuff.

[@nupraptorthementalist3306]

Did Nick Cave make a song called Sorrow's Child? I think that's a good one.

[@davek7702]

Sticking with the theme: Theraphy? - Diane. Heather nova - The island.

[@palm2004]

Fantastic song!!

[@MrPboys1]

Oh and his garage rock side project grinderman is balls to the wall fun could check out No pussy blues for a laugh

[@uncle_thulhu]

This one is from the same album as O'Malley's Bar - Murder Ballads. In each song, *someone* dies. But that's just the theme of that album. Try something like Mercy Seat, Red Right Hand, or Up Jumped the Devil (my personal favourite). It's essentially blues-rock.

[@Bridgercraft]

They shouldn't go together, but they do! They're both Australian so maybe there's a mindset that works together. Awesome song. Highly recommend "into my arms" or "red right hand" by Nick Cave and the bad seeds. *Fun fact* Nick Cave buys his shirts from my wife's Uncle, who is a tailor.

[@trevorkrause7220]

Kylie was dating Micheal Hutchison, the lead singer of INXS, who eventually turned out to be a bit creepy and weird in a deceptive erotic fashion, at the time that this song was first released. Just shows that even the seemingly quiet innocent ones can have dark tastes in lovers and songs. Kylie certainly had that even with her original sweet, innocent, girl next door image.

[@elisadaygrey]

I just HAD to comment on this and tell you to also listen to Song Of Joy. From the same album. It's AMAZING

[@JoTracy]

You must do more Nick Cave AND more Kylie

[@jasonmarshall7572]

This song is very deep.

[@shooterdalton5014]

man,i forgot this song existed. I dont think they would get away with that today.

[@kristofferholst6053]

So you guys haven’t watched Peaky Blinders - theme song is Nick Cave (Red right hand)

[@LLlap]

Spree is pronounced Shpraye

[@theendistheend123]

YOU STILL HAVEN'T LISTENED TO A PERFECT CIRCLE "WHEN THE LEVY BREAKS!!!!!" LIVE AT RED ROCK!! DO IT NOW!!!!

[@boettcher66]

Do Black Jack Davey. A similar story. Bob Dylan did it.

[@boettcher66]

Sorry, Blackjack, without the space. It's a folk song.

[@davidmassey6332]

Gotta do the Metallica cover of Nick Cave’s ‘Lover Man’

[@sherbert500]

Red right hand is a banger from nick cave and the bad seeds

[@santacruz7455]

Great song. But it has also been critizised lately for romantizising femicides. There is some truth to that although I think Nick Cave had no bad intentions but do some good creepy storytelling....

[@damonhines8187]

Dark, huh? 😅 Something different for Kylie, definitely. It works well enough, doncha think? Not one I'd hurry back to, tbh. ✌🏼😉🎶🖤🍁🖤✨️🕊🥂

[@SimoneBuccio]

❤

[@ttopi]

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[@serschee1]

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[@BaldotheDon]

I like Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but I could be more of a fan. My favorite song from them is _Red Right Hand,_ and I know it from The X-Files soundtrack, Songs in the Key of X. I think. A Gen-X metalhead has his cognition issues, you know.

[@JoTracy]

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[@lyallbenjamin1045]

Ship song, people aint no good, into my arms. Another side of Nick Cave- away from the schoolboy histrionics.

[@SuddenReal]

When this song was released, Nick Cave was the most hated person in Australia. How dare he do this with pure, innocent Kylie!

[@jamiekirkpatrick3634]

not that I remember

[@moonlightlady4789]

The song is based on an Irish urban legend about a 3 day affair between Elisa Day and a roaming traveller. It was made into a movie of which this song was written for.