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David_Dovey:
My head is exploding. I was always pretty sure that "Where The Wild Roses Grow" was a horrible song. Now I don't know what to think...

Oh wait, yeah I do. It's fuckin ridiculous and just plain bad.

Gryff:
It seems like some people dislike that song just because it has Kylie Minogue on it. This is a shame, because I think it's as good as anything Nick Cave has done. The whole Murder Ballads album is really great actually.

I really like that Kylie plays a very passive role in the song. She plays the pure and beautiful object of affection and victim to Nick Cave's dark and brooding (surprise surprise) killer, and her voice is very naive and gentle accordingly. Nick Cave said in an interview that he was interested in Kylie's voice as an instrument, and I think she proves her versatility in this respect.

And just a thought: if you're going to trash it, you should maybe think about using some reasoning. As much as we all just love baseless insults and abuse, I'm sure some people might actually be interested in your opinion if you presented it in an intelligent way. As it is, people might mistake you for some kind of huge jerk, which I am sure you are not.

David_Dovey:
It just seems melodramatic, pretentious and rather silly to me. Yeah, it might have something to do with the fact that it's Kylie freaking Minogue on there that amps up the silliness of it to me, but maybe not.

Basically, beyond any of the above rationalisations, my visceral reaction to the song is that it's just not any good. My main criteria for liking music is my gut feelings about it, and I try not to over-analyse these things.

I generally have a love-hate relationship with Nick Cave anyway. A lot of his songs can make me weep but a lot of his songs can make me poke my tongue out.

In conclusion, I actually haven't heard anybody say they liked this song before this thread, and I was genuinely surprised wen someone said they did.

Johnny C:
Someday I will make an album with guest vocalists. Those vocalists will be Emmylou Harris, Ludacris, Jay-Z, Jim Jones and Andrew W.K. I envision sales that rhyme with "bipple-platinum."

Scytale:

--- Quote from: BeoPuppy on 22 Nov 2006, 21:30 ---
Also: Ronnie James Dio on 'The Chase' by Queensryche.

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To be honest I'm not such a fan, when I heard  Dio was going to be playing Doctor X I was pretty excited, he has a good voice but it doesn't fit the song or the character he's playing. Pamella Moore kinda blows him away (and Geof Tate for that matter) when it comes to the vocals on OMC2.

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