Le 18e album de Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds arrive le 30 août prochain. On se met le premier single, « Wild God » dans les oreilles.
« Wild God », un single frappeur et grandiloquent
A propos de l’album, Nick explique : “On ne plaisante pas avec ce disque. Quand il frappe, il frappe. Il soulève. Il émeut. C’est ce que j’adore à son sujet”. Alors oui, c’est un single qui frappe mais c’est un single heureux. La seconde partie avec les choeurs nous emmène à deux cent kilomètres heure sur l’autoroute de la joie. Parfois, ça fait du bien. Merci beaucoup Nick.
Wild God Tracklist:
01. Song of the Lake
02. Wild God
03. Frogs
04. Joy
05. Final Rescue Attempt
06. Conversion
07. Cinnamon Horses
08. Long Dark Night
09. O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)
10. As the Waters Cover the Sea
Lyrics ;
All through his memory in which he was entombed
It was rape and pillage in the retirement village
But in his mind he was a man of great virtue and courage
And the smoke from the bodies went straight up in the air
He was a wild God searching for what all wild Gods are searching for
And he flew through the dying city like a prehistoric bird
He went searching for the girl down on Jubilee Street
But she’d died in a bedsit in 1993
So he flew to the top of the world and looked around
And said, « Where are my people? Where are my people to bring your spirit down? »A wild God searching for a faraway girl
Who was basically a mirage but nevertheless loomed large
And make love with a kind of efficient gloom
And the people on the ground cried, « When does it start? »
And the wild God says, « It starts with a heart, with a heart, with a heart, with a heart »
And the people on the ground cried, « When does it end? »
And the wild God says, « Well, it depends, but it mostly never ends
‘Cause I’m a wild God flying and a wild God swimming
And I’m an old, sick God dying and crying and singing »Bring your spirit down
Oh, we’re wild Gods, baby, we’re wild Gods
Oh, well, he’s moving through the flames of anarchy
And he’s moving through the winds of tyranny
And the sweet, sweet tears of liberty, yeah, moving ’round the world
He’s moving through your body like a prehistoric bird
He’s moving ’round the world
Oh Lord, well, if you’re feeling lonely and if you’re feeling blue
And if you just don’t know what to do
Bring your spirit down
Oh, we’re wild Gods, baby, we’re wild Gods
I’m a wild God, baby, I’m a wild God
Oh, here we go, we’re going to the cradle of Africa
We’re going to Russia, we’re going to China
Yeah, moving ’round the world, yeah, moving like a great, big, beautiful bird
We’re moving ’round the world
Yeah, and he’s swimming at the end of the rotting pier
He swims to the end of his rotting idea
Swim to the hymn, swim to the prayer
And bring your spirit down
I’m a wild God, baby, I’m a wild God
Well, here we go, yeah, here we go