tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388160584739793679.post8608962082875937979..comments2024-03-28T22:36:56.999-07:00Comments on ReynoldsRetro: Birthday Party / Nick Cave and the Bad SeedSIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388160584739793679.post-79679340953070454512020-11-08T11:45:34.820-08:002020-11-08T11:45:34.820-08:00A thoughtful and incisive article on one of my fav...A thoughtful and incisive article on one of my favorite bands in all the world (even though they had their heyday long before I was born) My only point of disagreement is that I would have called the Boys Next Door "Roxy-damaged", not "Bowie-damaged." I've always heard an echo of Roxy Music's "Dance Away" in the Boys Next Doors' "Shivers"; listen to both songs back-to-back and see if you know what I mean. <br />And come to think of it, I've got some other points of disagreement with you. I think you're awfully hard on Nick Cave's later work. But I still think this a brilliant article, and you're a brilliant writer.<br />By the way, I wanted to tell you that I'm a writer (a poet) myself, and I've actually written poems that are (partially) inspired by Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard. I thought you might like to see them. One of them is called "Rowland's Song" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnG41XLUsNU&t=42s ), and the other one (the latest one) is called "The Mutant Blues (The Lunar Madness Of Lonely Animals) ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24ZNyZpzrUo&t=1s )." I must confess, I hope you can take a look at them when you can.Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875778803358236737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6388160584739793679.post-54422952961459201712020-11-08T11:45:03.569-08:002020-11-08T11:45:03.569-08:00A thoughtful and incisive article on one of my fav...A thoughtful and incisive article on one of my favorite bands in all the world (even though they had their heyday long before I was born) My only point of disagreement is that I would have called the Boys Next Door "Roxy-damaged", not "Bowie-damaged." I've always heard an echo of Roxy Music's "Dance Away" in the Boys Next Doors' "Shivers"; listen to both songs back-to-back and see if you know what I mean. <br />And come to think of it, I've got some other points of disagreement with you. I think you're awfully hard on Nick Cave's later work. But I still think this a brilliant article, and you're a brilliant writer.<br />By the way, I wanted to tell you that I'm a writer (a poet) myself, and I've actually written poems that are (partially) inspired by Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard. I thought you might like to see them. One of them is called "Rowland's Song" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnG41XLUsNU&t=42s ), and the other one (the latest one) is called "The Mutant Blues (The Lunar Madness Of Lonely Animals) ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24ZNyZpzrUo&t=1s )." I must confess, I hope you can take a look at them when you can.Woozlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875778803358236737noreply@blogger.com