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30-01-2025
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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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30-01-2025
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Nick Cave Wants Kanye West's Music Played At His Funeral
Nick Cave has already sorted the soundtrack for his funeral, with Kanye West apparently set to accompany the somber scene. Cave's musical request was made via his Red Hand Files website in which he responds to letters from fans. One letter, from Helen in the U.K., reflected on Cave's choices for his recent appearance on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs segment, in which listeners choose the songs to accompany them on a desert island. Cave's eight songs included cuts from Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, T. Rex, Nina Simone, John Lee Hooker, Karen Dalton, Tim Rose, Kanye West, and The Saints. More from Billboard Nick Cave Calls Bob Dylan's Complimentary Tweet 'A Lovely Pulse of Joy' Nick Cave Shortlisted for 2024 Australian Music Prize Why Ice Spice, ¥$ & More Love This Viral Producer Helen's letter went on to ask Cave about how he deals with hypothetical questions related to loss and guilt, while another inquiry from Damian in the U.S. asked about the song he would like to be played at his funeral. Following a lengthy rumination on his own experiences with grief, Cave closed his response by answering Damian's question with a track from 2013's Yeezus album: 'Please, 'I Am A God' by Kanye West'. It's not the first time that Cave had professed his love of West, with another Red Hand Files response from January 2020 seeing West described as 'our greatest artist' by the Australian musician. 'Making art is a form of madness – we slip deep within our own singular vision and become lost to it,' Cave wrote at the time. '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.' Months after that praise, a fan named Vassilis inquired via Cave's site about whether West's 2021 album Donda had been 'delayed because you both took the last-minute decision to include a track you have been working on together'. Cave's response was much shorter and succinct than his typical responses: 'Dear Vassilis, No. Love, Nick.' Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
