THE SONGWRITING WORLD OF NICK CAVE
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW
THE SONGWRITING WORLD OF NICK CAVE
TX: Sunday 10th August 2003 (ITV)
Nick Cave was the subject of ITV's The South Bank Show on Sunday 10th August.
Through exclusive concert footage, rare archive and his most candid television interview ever, The South Bank Show looks at the extraordinary song writing world of Nick Cave. God, the Old Testament, murder, drug addiction, Southern gothic, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, bluebells and, most importantly, love are just some of the elements that feed into his prolific repertoire.
When Cave and his band, The Birthday Party, arrived in Britain in the early 80s, they became the Aussie bad boys of post-Punk Britain and their concerts became infamous orgies of self-hatred, audience disdain and ear-bleeding intensity.
However, after the break-up of The Birthday Party in 1983, and the formation of a new band, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, different talents as a songwriter started to emerge. He also began to write screenplays and, during a five year residency in Berlin ("he was the reigning King of Darkness" – Wim Wenders), Cave penned his debut novel, And The Ass Saw The Angel.
Today, Nick Cave is considered to be one of the most acclaimed and influential songwriters of his generation. And, despite years of itinerant living, Cave's love songs show his idiosyncratic take on this most traditional of genre. Says Cave "…for me, the great love songs… are the ones that have in them an ache. It's this ache that give it its depth. It's the melancholy…"
With contributions from Wim Wenders, Will Self and members of Cave's legendary band, The Bad Seeds, this is the ultimate guide to one of rock's most unique and enduring contemporary songwriters.
Produced and Directed by Archie Powell
Edited and Presented by Melvyn Bragg
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds are due to release their first ever DVD, God Is In The House on 11th August 2003 .
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