The Secret Life of the Love Song and The Flesh Made Word: Two Lectures by Nick Cave (King Mob Spoken Word CDs) [Audio CD]

Nick Cave (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2000

The Secret Life of the Love Song is Nick Cave's highly original take on his personal artistic muse, and on the genre as a whole. Originally conceived for the Vienna Poetry Festival (1998) and performed to great success and a capacity audience at The Royal Festival Hall, London earlier in 1999, this is a special studio recording. It includes five new and unique recordings of his songs 'West Country Girl', 'People Ain't no Good', 'Sad Waters', 'Love Letter', and 'Far From Me'. The Word Made Flesh is a wholly spoken-word piece, re-recorded, originally conceived and executed for the BBC Religious Services Department in 1996.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Ellipsis London Pr Ltd (July 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841660388
• ISBN-13: 978-1841660387
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,566,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As powerful as his music, August 9, 2000

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Cameron Craig (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Secret Life of the Love Song and The Flesh Made Word: Two Lectures by Nick Cave (King Mob Spoken Word CDs) (Audio CD)

These were two very powerful lectures by a very powerful performer. He manages to make lectures that can appeal to both the Christian and non-Christian. There is a whole heapload of thought and reflection, and at the same time there is enough ambiguity that you can take things in two directions. His second lecture on the bible is amazing in its ability to relate the divine to the mortal. He shows the two intertwined in a way that they are inseparable, and it takes a lot of effort to try to prove him wrong.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and Wise, November 27, 2004

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Colyn James "colingual" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Secret Life of the Love Song and The Flesh Made Word: Two Lectures by Nick Cave (King Mob Spoken Word CDs) (Audio CD)

These two fine lectures express the soul of the man in ways that his music doesn't. An anomaly in the world of rock / pop / punk, Cave here reveals himself to be articulate, erudite, and thoughtful. Of course, the 5 songs here can be heard elsewhere, so I found them a bit unnecessary. Nevertheless, listening to these lectures enriches any subsequent listening to all of Cave's music, all the way back to the earliest Birthday Party albums. Not only that, they stand alone as discourses full of wisdom from a man who's seen a lot, done a lot, and learned a lot. Rare and valuable.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars W, December 31, 2001

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jude (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Secret Life of the Love Song and The Flesh Made Word: Two Lectures by Nick Cave (King Mob Spoken Word CDs) (Audio CD)

A bit phlegmatic, but the 5 spare songs presented here are worth the whole pakage. I wish the tracks were divided up so that one could edit the songs out from the spoken text. I imagine this was avoided on purpose so one would be forced to listen to the somewhat intersting(the first time!) ramblings of a one Nick Cave.