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Nick Cave's Admiration Of Yorke
Speaking ahead of the release his 14th studio album with The Bad Seeds, 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!', Nick Cave has talked of his admiration for Radiohead's front man Thom Yorke.
In an interview with The Scotsman, Cave discussed what he saw as the difference between him and the Radiohead singer:
“Well, [my lyrics are] better articulated than Thom's, but I don't think I'm the bearer of any wisdom.
“It's my point of view, which I'll willingly concede is peripheral. I wouldn't encourage everyone to have that worldview. I'm not pretending to speak for a larger section of society.
"That's Thom's job, he's speaking for 'us'. I'm not. I never had that talent. There are people, great artists, who are equipped to do that, who have the capacity to be the voice of the people. Not me."
Like Yorke, Cave shares an offstage personna that's radically at odds with what happens on stage. He explained:
"I feel more like a spectacle. You become that person that you always wanted to be. Even though, ten minutes before I go on, I stand at the side of the stage and feel acutely all the shit that you can feel; all the nerves and feelings of inadequacy and physical ailments and aches and creaks.
"But then something magical happens and you feel godlike. I love it.”
Nick Cave joins John Kennedy on Xfm's Xposure show tonight at 10pm while 'Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!' is released next Monday (March 3) on Mute.
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