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Album Tracks That Should Have Been Singles – ‘TODAY’S LESSON’ (2008) By NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS

Posted on November 15, 2024 by JL

15 November 2024

Album: DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!!
Their 14th, released in 2008.

Track: TODAY’S LESSON
Could have been a track of
Cave‘s side-project Grinderman‘s
debut LP.

Lyrics

Little Janie she wakes up from a dream
a gun like a jawbone down the waistband of her jeans
mr Sandman can recite today’s lesson in his sleep
he says
(there oughta be a law against me going down on the street)
little Janie pipes up & she says!!!!!

we’re GONNA HAVE A REAL COOL TIME TONITE!!!!
down the back of Janie’s jeans she had the jawbone of an ass
mr Sandman runs around the corner
trying to head her off at the pass
he sticks his head over the fence and yells
something way too fast
(it’s today’s lesson)
something about the
CORRUPTION OF THE WORKING CLASS!!!!

little Janie wakes up on the floor & she says!!!!
we’re GONNA HAVE A REAL COOL TIME TONITE!!!!
(Janie says we are all such a crush of want half-mad w/ loss we are
violated in our sleep & we weep & we toss & we turn & we
burn we are
hypnotised we are cross-eyed we are pimped we are bitched we are told
such monstrous lies—)

Janie wakes up & she says
we’re GONNA HAVE A REAL COOL TIME TONITE!!!!
mr. Sandman has a certain appetite for Janie in repose
he digs her pretty knees & that she is completely naked
underneath all her clothes
he likes to congregate around the intersection of Janie’s jeans
mr. Sandman the inseminator
opens her up like a love-letter & enters her dreams

little Janie wakes up & she says!!!!
we’re GONNA HAVE A REAL good TIME TONITE!!!!
o yeah little Janie wakes up & she says!!!!
we’re GONNA HAVE A REAL good TIME TONITE!!!!
TONITE!!!! TONITE!!!! TONITE!!!!! CMON!!!!
CMON!!!!
CMON!!!!
CMON!!!!!
CMON!!!!!!!

5 Outstanding NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS Albums

Posted on January 24, 2021 by JL

Turn Up The Volume’s 5 most played NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS albums.

1. LET LOVE IN – 8th LP – 1994

Pitchfork: “Cave’s love songs could easily turn into death songs, it was inevitable
that he’d devote an entire album to exploring that symbiotic relationship.”
Score: 8.5/10

Stream here…

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2. HENRY’S DREAM – 7th album – 1992

NME: “Primarily bloodied, fiercely energetic, vituperative music.
Henry’s Dream’digs deep into the ancient lore of the blues.”
Score: 8/10

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3. THE BOATMAN’S CALL – 10th LP – 1997

AllMusic: “This is a stunning and captivating piece of work. Beautiful
album of faith, hope, hopelessness, frustration and despair.”
Score: 9/10

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4. DIG LAZARUS DIG!!! – 14th LP – 2008

Tiny Mix Tapes: “Rock, country, blues, and post-punk rhythms meld with Cave’s lyrics on
sex, death, God, and America to create what could be one of his most perfect albums yet.”
Score: 9/10