The Birthday Party - Junk Yard (Live Gotterdammerung 1982)

[@jazzcat2075]

This is the moment when humanity peaked, no doubt about it.

[@stephens4995]

I love you

[@MrDegsy69]

The psychotic Yosser Hughes stare and cowboy gear is straight out of David Lynchs Blue Velvet. The pelvic thrusting in the leather kecks absolutely seminal. There will never be an artist like Tracy Pew ever again totally unique and gone far to early. RIP Tracy.

[@slugluv1313]

true but The Birthday Party was waaaay before Blue Velvet

[@vollsticks]

Yosser Hughes!!! PMSL!!! I think you'll have to explain who that is for non-UK readers...Bernard Hill, probably best known to international audiences for playing the captain in Titanic, and Theoden from LOTR: Return Of The King, and the final film. "GISSA JOB!"

[@vollsticks]

@@slugluv1313 It's just an observation, it's not, like, some sort of "inspiration competition", mate :)

[@slugluv1313]

@@vollsticks oops! sorry, was just my own observation too

[@vollsticks]

@@slugluv1313 Yah, I'm not dissing you or owt, mate! Honestly! No need to apologise! In fact I should probably apologise to you-- so, sorry for being a pedantic, picky bastard!

[@anttam117]

I just love how MIck Harvery never lost his nice, totally clean, guy image through the entirety of his musical career, despite being involved with some seriously dark and aggressive acts.

[@falllikeleaves]

truly a wonder!

[@sevendaughters]

most underrated thing about this video is Mick looking queasy like he's won a prize to play with his favourite band

[@post-crucifixion]

Ok I'm a bit drunk now but this comment made me laugh, haha. Spot on! Great musician.

[@Bavodekat]

Mick= like..bankclerk

[@sherlockbasel1932]

The Birthday Party were an incredible band.Simply wonderful.

[@tryfishin9]

Tracy suffered a epileptic attack in 86 if im correct after being clean from heroin and booze. He was in the shower and just like that it happened and he hit his head so many times in the bath tub that he bled out. But in the shows in a drug frenzy he just went nuts, he never jumped or anything( for what i'ved read) he would throw himself back and just give in to the music. RIP Tracy. Hell of a fuckin' tone always.

[@rockinbiff]

Cris, thanks for sharing that about Tracy. I never knew how he died. I saw them play live in LA on their last tour. It was simply the most ferocious, amazing, show I've ever seen.

[@eddie20307]

Tracy Pew was a genius

[@thunder_heads]

Shit he was epileptic

[@-k-b-]

This bass line and drum loop is so infectious, love love love it! And Nick wailing like a junky is the icing on top. The guitars sound like chainsaws

[@FFM0594]

Through the various projects Nick Cave was involved in, the Birthday Party will always be my favourite.

[@TheFunkyCaucasian]

This is what happens when nice Australian boys move to Berlin.

[@JackFromBeatStrings]

Haha! Oh, I don't think they were all that nice.

[@gpwnedable]

This is what happens when you go to Scotch College.

[@trapezoidspangle934]

Caulfield Grammar.

[@TheLee260]

Was the UK first

[@benkeller6027]

Nah, this is what happens to "boys" when they leave Christian Brothers private boarding schools after being exposed to religion from a young age and entering the real world.

[@Topshelf87]

Still sounds like a back-alley colonoscopy after all these years

[@Za86m]

Back-Alley Colonoscopy is my favorite IPA

[@Topshelf87]

@@Za86m hahahahahahaha!!!!!

[@nzclassictv6347]

That is extremely funny and perfectly described.

[@olivere5497]

That awkward moment I come across one of my former back alley patients in the comment section.

[@WhatIsDeafIsDead76]

Best description of my experience with this band

[@benjones4389]

Whenever I return to the real depth of my despair, when the repressed shit comes to surface, I always return to this band. They are my Freudian nightmare to wallow in. No one like the birthday party

[@bullebakb.v.8622]

Same

[@michelehemlokhexwhite4310]

Absolutely

[@HeartsOfMold]

Boo hoo

[@NikolasMitsugui]

@@HeartsOfMold I think someone saying "boo hoo" like you read something pretentious and whiny about a project with nick cave is ironic, after all, he's the most pretentious guy on earth (I mean I love his music, but just listen to him speak)

[@spleneticheretic]

Love it

[@vollsticks]

Probably the best set of reasons I've ever seen for not developing an addiction to opiates.

[@slugluv1313]

ahhhh but hardly the pharmaceutical crap that dominates now

[@thefirebrigade7317]

If all it took to sound like this was to shoot heroin, I'd go cop right now. The Birthday Party was a genius band.

[@vollsticks]

@@thefirebrigade7317 That's not what I was inferring at all. Maybe my sentence was too hard to parse. If so that's entirely my fault.

[@strayghostABS]

But also, unfortunately, a fairly good set of reasons to develop one too. hahaha

[@Bavodekat]

Or booze or speed😅

[@gestell]

The One And Only Fabulous Tracy Pew!

[@warnerbasement1628]

That beat is incredible. Half of 1/2 time. Amazing.

[@soozichameleone]

This is straight up inspirational. Blimey

[@aprat]

This is it - this is as good as it gets.

[@asSwanski]

I was 16 when I saw this on TV, one quiet Sunday night on prime time (!) in The Netherlands. I knew the band so the music was not new to me but the performance itself was a statement that is unique in the history of prime time TV to this day. Provocative, dirty, aggressive, druggy, dangerous, downright scary: cool as fuck. This night I learned there was no sexier bass than a Rickenbacker. I bought one myself later though I never masturbated inside a kick drum :-)

[@Bavodekat]

Yea i saw it too..in 82..i was like 15 and already had prayers on fire and. I remember the day junkyard came out. Then the tour in belgium and holland .saw 2 gigs in holland..and 2 in belgium..the brussels one was insanest😅

[@paulrutherford6037]

Top of the Pops was never this good. Ever!

[@sexobscura]

don't forget Milli Vanilli

[@are9506]

this is the craziest and amazing ive ever seen in my life. wtf!

[@erlinhld8745]

Eine schöne Art, sich rechtzeitig vom Punkrock zu verabschieden. In der Hinsicht unerreicht bis heute.

[@IanWilliams-j2h]

R.i.P Roland s Howard the six strings that drew blood

[@shemphoward666]

truly incredible stuff

[@CRISTINAVAZQUEZABELLO]

Madre mía, no sé como Nick ha llegado a los 67 años. Tiene peor cara ahí que ahora...eran salvajes, impresiona verles en esa época y verle ahora. Un punk con traje y chaqueta. No entiendo cómo ha sobrevivido a 20 años de heroína y vete tú a saber qué más...

[@Bavodekat]

Never ever seen anything like it..saw it on tv in 1982..followed them on tour..this video is just beyond great..its like 😮😮😮😮😮😮wow..

[@barbarahowson8078]

just brilliant

[@stevec1770]

Tracy Pew gyrating is everything.

[@Buffalohump77]

Awesome footage of one of the great early 80s bands...

[@barmypharmacist]

This still blows me away every time I see it

[@laslocurasdecarlomagno4662]

Tracy Pew Genious

[@imthegrk]

Junkyard is one of my favorite records. You need it on vinyl.

[@Maliceuk]

Just so great.

[@mikeylibra5233]

Not sure if it's intended to be hilarious but I found it to be 😂👍 I thoroughly enjoyed this!

[@sexobscura]

Nick Cave is a clown, after all

[@thunder_heads]

💀💀💀💀💀​@@sexobscura

[@paulfitzpatrick954]

Heavenly racket

[@Flipper1974nz]

AMAZING !!!!

[@brianwarner308]

that snare sounds HUGE!

[@Tomversal]

Music doesnt get much better than thos folks

[@angrypossumsx1259]

Nice man spread there Tracy

[@slugluv1313]

DAMN eternally kicking myself for not seeing The Birthday Party LIVE -- pure fire genius

[@rogerlegends166]

I saw them in about 1981 supporting Bauhaus . I was 14 and thought it was the most exciting thing I'd ever seen . Now of course I find them laughably bad .

[@rockinbiff]

They were epic live.

[@Bavodekat]

Yea me too but bauhaus are the bad ones

[@bemo9]

@@rogerlegends166your ears fell off

[@levoldunom]

THE BEST!

[@williamolynnger9143]

Swing it, Tracy!!!

[@ShakespearesBruv]

The Birthday Party was all about Roland and Tracy

[@ChevyRae]

*Rowland

[@ShakespearesBruv]

@@ChevyRae *eat me

[@bradirvin1274]

Edgy opinion

[@cubistblues]

True. But even more about Tracy.

[@emilyoshiro]

Eggsackley!!

[@selcuk9843]

Perfection 😂

[@barryram2605]

I saw this when this was originally broadcast, there was a before and there is an after.

[@getheroutofthetruck]

Mick looks like the supply teacher

[@Jacksmusicshack]

This band was so unique.. Three one g did a Compilation called Release the bats.. got some banger covers!

[@michelehemlokhexwhite4310]

I once did a fire spitting performance on a cruise ship to Release the bats lol

[@Tigerbully1]

Great he changed, maturity brought sophisticated sounds, he gets better and better. After his marriage with Warren Willis they went through another realm musical. But I loved Birthday Party when I was younger, I guess maturity made me more refined

[@RoryLynott]

Perfect

[@JaeSamantha]

The bassist has exquisite drip

[@chance1148]

Rowland kills!!!!!!

[@Monty_Jackson]

Good clean fun

[@danstafford-clark9916]

art

[@MerEtoile]

O senhor da bateria trouxe-me aqui

[@silentrob668]

ah the puffy shirt episode of Seinfeld where Kramer asks his friend Tracey to wear a shirt his designer friend makes, Tracey obliges with hilarious results

[@RichardCyberPunk]

I have a better version on DVD. Will upload in to youtube when i am sober again. Might take some time. Cheers.

[@hkrug666]

You sober yet?

[@andershansson2245]

Go on

[@brigwood7658]

​@@andershansson2245 Christ .. could you go to rehab already?

[@andershansson2245]

@@brigwood7658 waiting for mp3 and photos at the show my sober, responsible friends.

[@Man_Ray78]

Finally coming a documentary late 2023. This is the melting pot of everything later.

[@rederickfroders1978]

Best

[@davidaktun]

Wow..is this you Nick? 😆 09-07-2024

[@timmatthews8939]

I’m a long term fan of Nick Cave but until recently, hadn’t tasted any of the Birthday Party. Holy crap!?! I’d heard it was wild, but this is something else. What do you even categorise it as? Punk, Thrash, Goth? Love it!!

[@MrPboys1]

It amazes me that so many bad seeds fans haven't checked out the birthday party stuff it is some of the sickest bad ass rock n roll ever...glad you started they have been weirdly overlooked in many ways

[@nockee]

Blown away by this. Been looking for modern post punk bands to listen to and this shit was here the whole time. God damn

[@MrPboys1]

@@nockee oh in that case have you heard any Gallon Drunk especially the first three albums my favourite live act similar intensity and style, and there's always the fall, oh or for something completely different Cardiacs but that's a whole other rabbit hole

[@iskandertime747]

Undefineable

[@rockinbiff]

It was something else. I saw them live & they tore the place & themselves up. Lydia Lunch opened for them at the Roxy. The closest band live I can describe them as playing like was is The Stooges only The Birthday Party was like 5 Iggys.

[@dipoche1679]

to the comment below: sadly, and disturbingly oddly prescient how the bassist's performance @ 4:25 mimics a seizure. Rest In Punk Tracy Pew

[@robmorris844]

Hello Mat Korvette

[@erosiondesertmusic]

👍👌❤️

[@jasoncrumpet9764]

Tracey at 2:08 tho…. pissed meself.

[@toby4764]

4:25 too. horizontal bass. then the drummer loses his stick...

[@mehhhhist]

forces of nature

[@nabati89]

4:05 - 4:15 best part

[@GregoryIzzo]

This is the freakiest shit I ever seen!

[@James-wj8eq]

Lubricated Goat

[@TandemKnights]

I feel like the guy in the cowboy hat just impregnated someone.

[@Bavodekat]

Yea your mama😂

[@elektrozil9728]

CocaCola with the Coka in it. No smoke machine necessary.

[@nylesglynn8727]

So, one of the guitarists looks like he thought he was joining Simple Minds. And then Tracy Pew was just born for this moment. Rock'n' Roll needs more bass playing car thiefs.

[@Bavodekat]

Yea mick harvey has always been a boring dude..he s..really dull on stage

[@musicians_with_gunts]

Heroin is coooool😎

[@fulvnd5919]

Nono

[@Shikta-poobah67]

It doesn’t even exist anymore. Not in America at least.

[@musicians_with_gunts]

@@Shikta-poobah67 Fentanyl, bruh!

[@bzfgt1]

What in this context is "Gottendammerung"?

[@pauliethepunk]

Gotterdammerung 2000 was a German television show from the early 80's.

[@bzfgt1]

@@pauliethepunk Thank you!

[@robspanjersberg9972]

It was a Dutch TV show broadcast by the VPRO on Sunday Evening.

[@bramskilove]

@@pauliethepunk It was actually a Dutch tv show with a German name. This was made for VPRO Television, I should know cause I was the producer and co-editor :) Later I directed the documentary 'Stranger in a strange land' with Nick and the Bad Seeds in Berlin. Very honored that for the trailer of the current Copenhagen expo about Nick (Stranger Than Kindness), several shots from this clip were used.

[@janbastiaansen2512]

Gelukkig heeft de censuur knop tracy en zijn basgitaar nog niet getroffen. Bram van splunteren bedankt

[@Bumbaclot213]

Reminds me of Scratch Acid

[@gregf.4814]

That’s who SA were aspiring to be…I remember going to a SA show tripping on acid. David Yow asked if anyone had seen the cover of their new album - ‘Berserker’. He handed me the mic, and I started spewing whatever lysergic razzmatazz flying through my brain at that moment. His eyes got wider and wider and he slowly attempted to pull the microphone away from me, growing almost desperate in his efforts. Needless to say, I scared the shit out of David Yow. I doubt I would’ve even gotten close to the microphone in Nick Cave’s hands in his Birthday Party pomp. Don’t put the cart before the horse, or in this case, the kicking mustang.

[@user-rd6vf7xk1x]

I prefer his earlier work

[@Link-ji7kx]

If The Mars Volta were Australian in the 80’s

[@atiostefony3760]

El rey

[@jacquelinewilson2279]

Auuusssstttttraaalliiaa omg St Kilda private school Melbourne Caulfield Grammar sick

[@turnipbursttalcumpowder7141]

Good smak

[@MOUBARRET]

👁El ojo

[@lawrencebowden9282]

The Fall meets Tom waites

[@Bavodekat]

Nooo tom waits and the fall .are ultra dull compared to these hells on legs😂

[@zararity]

So. Many. Drugs.

[@slugluv1313]

yeah but really gooood drugs :)

[@pascalarcade2330]

Les groupes de black metal feraient bien d'aller se remaquiller

[@toriandicapmond161]

I am the best

[@pogo1957]

lip sync and air guitar ? If so the greatest example of the form.

[@TimeTraveller010]

'he who gaze into the abyss shall find themselves in the abyss' Nietzsche*

[@TheLunarnotes]

I love Ed Sheeran's cover of this, dare I say it, I think I might even prefer it.

[@paulvasquez4482]

Huh??

[@baabaabaa-El]

They were better live...than performing for some TV show!! Nick had no-one to hit with his mic.. Tracey had no-one to stare out then grind in front of!! Rowland's doing Rowland though!!

[@billyshane3804]

Garbage, trash, rubbish, and absolute crap. Love it.

[@Soul_In_Isolation]

No dimwit Blixa around yet, good times

[@Bavodekat]

Quite true.

[@stevelacy9396]

Are we supposed to like this because it’s soo different or because the band is going out of their way to be different.

[@southpakrules]

Just another''if i don't like it, no one else should''complainer.

[@iliketowatch.]

I prefer AC/DC. 🇦🇺

[@lorcazola]

WORST VOCALS EVER.

[@rederickfroders1978]

Im sorry about your stupidity.

[@falica77]

Dreadful

[@KevKavanagh]

You're either all in or have no idea, pity the fool.

[@jcimsn8464]

Horrible

[@helenbartoszek243]

@Practicalicalicalica Agreed, leave us alone.

[@KevKavanagh]

In the best possible way, fixed it for you.

[@rederickfroders1978]

Not everybody can be intelligent

[@cmacdhon]

Poor Roland. No matter how hard he tried to look cool, he just couldn't pull it off.

[@alexbowles9034]

I thought he looked pretty cool

[@KevKavanagh]

@@alexbowles9034 He was the epitomy.

[@twinpeaksVVV]

What is your idea of cool? A guy wearing a bandana or his cap turned backwards?

[@KevKavanagh]

@@twinpeaksVVV Clearly none of that here, that's a start. WTF are you on about?

[@Bavodekat]

I disagree..he was super cool on stage