Song title: The Mercy Seat
Artist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Year: 1988
Why I like this song:
Some say this Nick's magnum opus and the pinnacle of his Berlin years. I won't argue.
To me the appeal of this song is that it's a depiction of total, utter chaos. There's nothing like it both before or since, and is delightfully out of place when compared to what was popular the same year (yep, give me this over Kokomo any day)
I've seen Nick live twice. The first time was with the Bad Seeds and the second was a solo show. And regarding the latter, this song still has power even when it's just him and a piano.
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