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Darker with the Dawn
Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death
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2023
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From his early work with The Birthday Party to the future sounds of Ghosteen, Nick Cave has rewritten the language of rock ‘n’ roll.
Darker with the Dawn uncovers the history and deeper meanings behind Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ most well-known songs from “Tupelo”, “The Mercy Seat”, “Red Right Hand”, “Stagger Lee”, “Into My Arms”, to “Higgs Boson Blues” and beyond.
The book explores Nick Cave’s life in music drawing upon his inspirations of the Bible, Greek myth, and literature, as well as his enduring passion for gospel, blues, and progressive rock. Steiner reflects upon Cave's journey from his childhood in Australia, struggles with drug addiction, his young fascination with the nightmare landscapes of America's wild west and the southern gothic towards a reckoning with his own sense of Christian spirituality. In a career spanning four decades Cave's songwriting has moved from the saints and sinners of the traditional murder ballad to piano-based heartbreak songs, deconstructed garage rock and ambient fever dreams delivered through minimalist electronica. Adam Steiner dives into the world of a complex songwriter who, in his universal expressions of love and death, continues to speak to us of the light and shade of humanity.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-6035-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-6036-7
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
330
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PRELUDE (TO A NEW DAY) No access
LET THE LIGHT IN No access
ROCK AND ROLL SAVIOR No access
IS THIS DESIRE . . . No access
BAD BLOOD No access
LAUGHTER IN THE DARK No access
ONE EYE ON DEATH No access
BROKEN TONGUES No access
A TEAR IN TIME [COSMIC HECK JUNK FRANCHISE] No access
HERE COMETH THE MAN No access
ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE No access
PRAYERS ON FIRE No access
IN BLOOM No access
FIRE IN THE LIGHT No access
EPILOGUE No access Pages 249 - 250
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access Pages 251 - 252
NOTES No access Pages 253 - 316
BIBLIOGRAPHY No access Pages 317 - 322
INDEX No access Pages 323 - 326
ABOUT THE AUTHOR No access Pages 327 - 330
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