Nick Cave reveals song he wants played at his funeral
Nick Cave has revealed the song he wants played at his funeral.
The Where the Wild Roses Grow singer has opened up about his song choice.
He was responding to a fan question on his blog, The Red Hand Files.
The 67-year-old answered, "Oh, and Damian, please, 'I Am A God' by Kanye West."
Nick's answer comes after his recent appearance on the BBC's Desert Island Discs. During the show, guests have to choose eight of their favourite records. Nick chose the same song, from Kanye's album Yeezus, as one of his tracks.
"This became, weirdly enough, a kind of family song," he shared when he was talking about why he'd chosen it. "My kids love it, Susie (his wife) loves it, I love it. It's an extremely playful, extremely dark, complex song where on the one hand, Kanye is presenting himself as a god, and then towards the end of the song, he's screaming in terror."
He continued, "It's an unbelievably deep song, in my view. This is a song that I value on a personal level, and actually I just think is a complete, amazing work of art."
The Bad Seeds star has previously described Kanye as "the greatest artist" on the planet, saying in 2020, "Making art is a form of madness - we slip deep within our own singular vision and become lost to it. There is no musician on Earth that is as committed to their own derangement as Kanye, and in this respect, at this point in time, he is our greatest artist."
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