Answering the latter question directly, he wrote: “Oh, and Damian, please, ‘I Am A God’ by Kanye West.”
It comes just days after Cave selected the ‘Yeezus’ track as one of his eight favourite records on Desert Island Discs. Speaking about the choice, he said: “This became, weirdly enough, a kind of family song. My kids love it, Susie 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.”
“It’s an unbelievably deep song, in my view,” he continued. “This is a song that I value on a personal level, and actually I just think is a complete, amazing work of art.”
Cave has discussed his love of Kanye’s music multiple times in the past, describing him in 2020 as “the greatest artist” on Earth. “Making art is a form of madness – we slip deep within our own singular vision and become lost to it,” he said. “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.”
The Australian musician reveales songs on the BBC radio program Desert Island Discs
Nick Cave was a guest on Desert Island Discs, the historic BBC radio program that asks its guests to name the eight songs they would choose to keep with them if they were exiled to a desert island.
During the program Nick Cave, who released the album “Wild God” last year (read the review here), spoke with host Lauren Laverne about many topics, including his upbringing in Australia, the death of his sons, Arthur and Jethro, and the influence it had on him.
Below is the list of eight songs that Nick Cave would take to the desert island.
T. Rex - Metal Guru
Nina Simone - My Father
The Saints - (I’m) Stranded
John Lee Hooker - It Serves You Right to Suffer
Karen Dalton - Something on Your Mind
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country
Kanye West - I Am a God
Tim Rose - Morning Dew
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Garbage are among the names leading the Cruel World Festival 2025 line-up.
Next year’s edition is set to kick off on May 17 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Also on the line-up are The Go-Gos, Devo, Madness, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, ‘Til Tuesday, Alison Moyet, Death Cult, Mareux, She Wants Revenge, and Chelsea Wolfe.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce first North American tour in seven years.
Taking place in April and May of 2025, the run of dates across the United States will mark the first time Cave and co tour in North American since 2018.
