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A blasphemous and iconic trinity pulls the strings of the deviant imagery of Berlinâs Nick Cave: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Elvis Presley, and Bob Dylan.
Three supporting pillars of "The Firstborn Is Dead," which he managed to record with the Bad Seeds in the mid-80s, featuring Barry Adamson on bass, Mick Harvey on drums, and the phenomenal guitar leader of Einstürzende Neubauten, Blixa Bargeld (an avant-garde theatrical industrial group).
An album permeated by the moody virility of 1930s rural blues, a blues shaped by Nick Cave's clear and bleak exhibition.
A narrative filled with continuous quotes and references inserted with amused ease (as Quentin Tarantino would do), "Tupelo" is the most famous example.
In the song, Nick Cave tells us the story of the birth of a semi-divine Elvis, and this is just the beginning of a parade of ragtag characters: scarecrows, inmates, and deviants.
(quote from Architect RR, dug up and reworked by yours truly, thus it is and will be if I please, and nothing...)