Austin City Limits Web Exclusive: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds "Stagger Lee" (EXPLICIT)
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- Exclusive web-only bonus track not included in television broadcast.
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this music is like ancient storytelling. theres a mystery and a weirdness to it that is hypnotic and refreshing
Most people don't know, but this song is about a real guy named Stag/Stack Lee from St. Louis who shot Billy Lyons over a Stetson hat. It's a 124 year old story (in 2019) but not quite ancient history. Wikipedia has a decent article about it. There's something like 7-8 completely different songs by different artists about this event (names vary Stag'o Lee, Stack Lee, Stagger Lee, etc..) The Grateful Dead's version is my favorite, and how I found this interesting take.
Terscheckii 35711 - thanks for that history. I love The Dead’s versions as well. Taj Mahal did a super-rootsy recording, that I heard for the 1st time not too long ago...but, I feel that Mr. Cave’s version & performance of this event Wins the Spirit Award, for Sure! I’d bet that I’ve watched this ACL show between 12 & 20 times and it Never Gets Old. I’ll check out the Wiki, so thanks again for the Enlightenment & Keep On Truckin’, Pal ✌️
@@Terscheckii-zm6lt Yeah, it's not even that extraordinary of a story in reality, but somehow it became an enduring part of folk song tradition. Lloyd Price had a hit with it in 1958. The Clash referenced it on London Calling. Bob Dylan covered a version in 1993. I don't know why this incident captured the imagination more than any other drunken murder.
Lee Shelton is an American legend. Good post by the way, do yourself a favor and listen to Southside Johnny's cover of this song, you'll be glad you did.
Nobody has truly lived yet until you've been at a Bad Seed gig and Nick Cave points at you while he's singing.
Talking to him is better
Absolutely agree! I've had that pleasure four times already. And I already have a ticket to the Carnage concert in NYC in March. I know it's not gonna be the same with the pandemic regulations and all and I'll be sitting pretty far anyway but I'm still excited.
Your probably to young to remember his other bands - the boys next door & The Birthday Party check em out late 70s & 80s
Miss Roland S Howard & Tracy Pew RIP from Nick Caves early bands
Really? He ok. I seen better. If that's what you consider living, you are a baby 😂
6:49 - just when you think that it's gone completely rogue and lost all control. Just like that, and you realise that this is a band completely in tune with each other. Wonderful.
There's no one like him. He's pure energy. Check out how both men and women respond to him, and how he invites it all. Best live show going right now.
Known him since 'The Boys Next Door'.
A beautiful poet and story teller ....but always a legendary performer! Those who attended were blessed that night
The Devil didn't go down to Georgia, He's right there at 6:16 playing fiddle !
Wow! Strangely enough, "616" might actually be the real number of the beast according to some scholars.
Gotta love the extra verse he puts in live, about the devil coming in to get Stagger, and Stag just fills him full of lead. LOL. It's like the Stagger Lee legend is still growing....now he kills the Devil too :D
Best ACL taping I've ever been to. At about 5:31 he reaches out and touches my head like he's a healer. Intense.
When I saw it, I said "look at this lucky mofo", lol.. That's awesome.
J. Dennis Thomas Did you feel it...
His stage presence is amazing. The bravado that he shows when singing the lyrics. Tell me another person that has not won 50 grammys and sold 5 billion records that holds the crowd like that
J. Dennis Thomas was that cause you said the line making him go ‘yeah yeah yeah?’
This is a seance
That's what all artists should aspire to be. Great story...great lyrics...great music...great singing....and every ounce of heart and soul in every bit of it. Wow.
And no hype or nudity or desperation to be popular! Just pure talent!
Just nothing like this song/performance; mesmerizing and soooo good.
F*cking Amazing, I have been in his presence, and the crowd eats out of his hand every single time! Nick has some power, man. Great artist, great F*cking band!
FUCKING is the word😉
Had the pleasure of seeing Nick a number of times One of the best live acts around Watch the Documentary 20,000 Days on Earth if you can catch it
The only thing missing from the doc was more live performance footage!!
Ty’s 4 info fan
Warren Ellis is just a monster on that violin.
nevar23 - I think he turns it into a Fiddle, too! he’s brilliant with Mr. Cave & seems to bring a lot of “What the Song & Performance” Need(s) to it all...especially on stage.
Thats the dude from dirty3 right?
@@visionaerie Yep, it is.
@@nevar23 I actually got to see dirty 3 this night club in Washington DC called the black cat must have been maybe the mid-90s
@@visionaerie Lucky you! That's awesome. I almost went to a D3 show but ended up having to work.
Can't imagine why PBS won't be airing this!
I can the f word!! Give me a break!!
@@cathsalazar9930 you do know I was being facetious right? I love Nick Cave but also am a PBS fan. Many of his songs would work just fine on PBS, but not this one lol!
@@mikewatts867 got it! But they never aired this gig or several others in my area! Missed several like Duran Duran & Nick Cave, they don’t air the same concerts in every area PBS is available!! Not a fan of PBS for that reason! But have seen a few things in the past I liked! Know this song won’t stand a chance on PBS but loved hearing it the way Nick did it! Fabulous! Ty’s bro at 72 & an 80’s fan of these type of bands & others those type of words don’t bother me in the least! Heard it & Say it when pissed! Take care ☮️👍🇺🇸
He’s the embodiment of evil Elvis ,the ultimate campfire storyteller 😮 Love his writing and storytelling.
Nick Cave never ceases to amaze with his performances!
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds,the best band in the world!!!
I've seen Nick Cave alone and also with The Bad Seeds and the guy is phenomenal! I'd have LOVED to have been at this show!! Great video! Thanks a lot.
I always feel like Nick wants to break shit on stage but like the band will kick his ass or something so he doesnt lmao
I'd love to join whichever church this is for that amazing revival!!!
I don't know when Cave started to include the "in come the Devil" part, but fuck it was a good call
Totally. I love the album version just fine, but I think that addition really makes the song complete. (And it ain't a Nick Cave track til he gets in a lil' bit of that Old Testament Christian imagery!)
He included it with the Abattoir Blues tour years ago.
Geoffrey Whitehouse Brixton Academy 2004 and i was there. ;)
If anyone doesn't know, this is an adaption of an old american folk song song. This is beyond the best but worth checking Lloy price's version, great song on it's own
If you haven't read his book And The Ass Saw The Angel...you're missing out
Ha! The woman in the flower dress at 4:35 can't believe what she's just heard ...
NICK CAVE!!
Not sure if this crowd knew who Nick Cave was before they got there but they sure knew by the time he'd finished.
This Austin City Limits is amazing. The version of "From Her to Eternity" I would swear he is trying to conjure a demon or something. It's just one of the best things I've ever heard.
Chris Huckeby SO DO I
It would be so tippy to have Nick Cave look you in the eyes two feet away at a live show.
Hahah that'd be wild.
Nobody has truly lived yet until you've been at a Bad Seed gig and Nick Cave points at you while he's singing.
that happened to me during a live performance at Alexandra Place 2005, fucking epic.
Now more than ever, I realize...Nick Cave IS Stagger Lee! At least, he can be Stagger Lee when he wants to be.
for the funniest audience reaction to a lyric, see the bald guy at 4:38, under nick's elbow
There is no way describing Nick Cave & Bad Seeds, live. The only way describing their shows is being there.
Well, good thing he had a recording of Blixa Bargeld's frantic screeching handy ;)
much better than the studio version
they're about the coolest band in the world , always have been
Modern Day Jim Morrison!!!
Exactly what I was thinking
WildRiverWild Band even better than that crap
Idk...Jim was on his own level don’t get me wrong nick is great but definitely not better nor the same as Jim. Gotta love that stagger lee!
A comparison which should not be made. He is original.
Morrison was a ranting drunk.
That girl in the floral dress looks scared out of her mind. lol
I was embarrassed at how drunk I was during this taping (I'm the girl with the pink flower on her long black hair with bangs... flapping her arms everywhere like a motherfucking idiot), but watching it again, I was far from the sloppiest.
Christina Mata You were at a concert having a good time, no need to be embarrassed
haha i was about to leave a comment saying "that girl in the flower dress is HIGH"
@@perfrimann6375 no, really. If you look for a chick who tries to clap but can't seem to make her hands meet... that's me. Ugh. This recording will live on forever as a testament to my shame. Jazz hands everywhere!
He could do Shakespeare. Greatest bass progression in history.
god is in the house ladies and gentlemen
The city of Austin: their laws are firm but fair; they have a woman for a mayor.
Nick Cave is unique, I might have a religion if he was god
I hear tell the Devil is scared to death of him.
Amen
Oh, he IS god.
Count me in
Stagger Lee kills the devil. Awesome!
Clearly Austin City Limits has none. I feel like I need a shower. And I need to do more research on Stagger Lee.
Praise him!
Always an awesome live performer and a consummate rock and roll stage persona. Nothing slows this man down.
Fucking awesome. I want to be a rockstar too, mr stagger lee.
Amazing
I wish to be there. Amazing.
3:30 wtf is goin' on
Haha! Yeah, right?!
on any other occassion.......sexual harassment
But people will let 'famous' people do anything to them.......even irrumatio
it's called rock n'roll
somehow "explicit" just doesn't get the job done here. holy hell what an incredible version of this song.
Outstanding!
Fuck Yeah, that was awesome!
god i wish i could go back. his brisbane show was easily the greatest night of my entire life ;~;
Vintage performance and awesome crowd interaction..😍
Nick Cave is a genius
Yesterday a Reader , Hi Jenny, said furious, get Out Here you lost the war...and aggressive "You get IT"...WHO she is......to Tell me what to so. A nurse or Domina .mostly they are both.....10000 enemies more ..i can at this point very Well live with....
If Christ had this much charisma, we'd all be Christians.
Fuck yourself.
You're going to hell.
He never existed, he was an invention of the Romans to counteract the rising Jewish anti-Roman terrorist movement. Historically, they we're collectively known as the first "Zealots".
Hell doesn't exist, sorry to burst your bubble gum.
Out Aussie home grown hero is/was referred to as Saint Nick from 1982 to the year 2000.Nick was asked a question in late 1994 by an Aussie journalist in Brazil "Nick ..... is it true ..that
you are Christ, the Son of God returned as the Lion Of Judea?
Nick replies: Yes ... its true.
My then new brother in law and I laughed so hard we fell of our chairs.
This is so good I’m not sure what to say
Einstein at the keyboard.
Yes
Not Einstein, Mr Savage Conway. Rest in peace.
(Explicit)=understatement of the year, brilliant song
A interpretação, a entrega, a letra, o som, a rima.
Mano, Nick Cave é um artista completo. Não há dúvidas
Suas canções de todos os álbuns são muito profundas. Sensacional
💯
And that´s why his friends call him the dark lord......
how good is this?!
Stagger Lee live is fantastic I've seen it a few times and will continue as long as he tours.Warren Ellis takes it to another level especially when he plays the Mercy Seat OMG the fiddle is beautiful. R.I.P. Conway Savage another fantastic part of this amazing band.
Damn didn’t know Conway passed!!
my kingdom to have been there to see him play Stagger Lee.
Wicked as shit this...what a performance!
I imagine Stagger Lee as Samuel L. Jackson’s character in Hateful Eight for some reason. I think it’s fitting
I imagine him as John Wayne Gacy. He was violent, had wife, loved boys... Strange thing is that actors look more dangerous than real beasts.
@Cat is that because of the forced oral sex followed by murder? 🤔😅
@@fincarosa yes.
what a performance!!
this song -- especially when performed live -- is absolutely, brutally bonkers. always gives me a baaaaaaaaaad smile.
OH MY GOD ITS SOO GOOD
Outstanding 👏👏👏more relevant now than then, unfortunately 😢
Cave is often at his best or most entertaining at least with his tongue some ways in his cheek despite the manic fervor as evidenced here
A singing poet.
blixa is a fuckin demon, bless his soul
Wow, I never realised how many slaves this guy has until I saw that audience.
The Dark Elvis.
Elvis's unborn twin craven vengeance.
Danzig has been nicknamed Evil Elvis
nope, cave is his own. however his counterpart and honorary bad seed; jeffrey lee pierce, was always considered an "elvis from hell" or a dark elvis, if you will. cave and debbie harry did a cover of one of his songs on a tribute album to him. it's called the breaking hands, check it out
I was there.
recorded 8 years ago this evening... was there and it was something special.
I've seen many ACL tapings and this was the best.
STAGGER LEE HERE
IS AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF 8S
How the frick my USA channel miss this! Never played here! Fur f in real
i love when people say dont palm mute your bass. lol.
Great Vid touring uk next year cheap seats the sage £35 whooeee cannot afford that...
miss Blixa
Do they run a sample of Blixas high pitched scream during the chorus?
that girl in the flower dress has never seen anything like this
She would slobber on Nick's head if she got the chance though.
legendary performance
Hell ya 💯
Nobody tells a story like Nick Cave
WHAT a PERFORMER....👍🥂🤠
Do not wear a baseball hat at a Nick cave show!
Oh fucking wow.
That is just fucking dynamic
Is that Bill Hicks playing bass?
the glastonbury performance of this is also great, a beautiful girl in a white dress emerges from the crowd and they have this intense moment as nick screams the lyrics out to her.
The "Dark Lord" Himself!
Nick Cave é um MONSTRO!!!! Fabuloso!
charisma +9000000000
Amazing. Great, great performer.
THANK YOU!
mr stagga leeee,..
I feel some Jim Morrison's vibe.
This is great! I came here because I saw the movie 20,000 Days On Earth tonight, and this was in it a few times.