Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Distant Sky - Live in Copenhagen (feat. Else Torp)

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[pantalaemon]

If Nick can get through the second verse of this song you can get through whatever you're going through right now.

[TopCatandMrDibble]

Bless my child. Off into the distant sky, face to the rising sun, eyes unseeing yet reflecting that golden light. Always loved and forever 19. I will be there soon my beloved one.

[jamesmoconnell]

Warren's violin outro is utterly heartbreaking.

[rubenroman]

Hundreds of thousands times I heard this wonder, one of the best compositions of all times, My respect and love for you Nick!

[sinnertrain]

THANK GOD that there's an audience for this type of music!!!  Most of the people in my life cannot appreciate the beauty, albeit dark,  that's not trying to sell you something or be aural wall paper to suit your drab,  gray existence.

[keithmeloy]

Life imitates Art. I am sat at my son's bedside in Dorset County Hospital where he is in Palliative Care, listening to this. It's truly great Art and excellent musicianship but it's the well of emotion in Nick's eyes that I recognise. So

[wenders]

A truly selfless piece of art. Nick has chosen to grieve in the open, knowing that it will help countless people to mourn and hopefully wake for another day. That’s enough to be thankful for.

[MikeFoxCo]

No one other can paint darkness so beautiful.

[beingjoshmc]

Cried throughout this whole song and still crying after. I’ve been a music fanatic my entire life and I’ve never found an artist that speaks to me on the level Nick Cave does.

[robertsommers]

I really like the arrangement of the lyrics in this version -- where Nick sings his first verse, Else sings both of hers, and then Nick sings his second verse. That ending is just devastating.

[ricardoalexandre]

six minutes and twenty-eight seconds of magical celebration of loss, pain and love ...

[cleveland]

I can't stop myself from crying when I listen to this song.

[benitofernando]

That scene in ZSJL with this amazing song took me to another world..emotional ❤

[YouCantHaveRebBull]

Its horrible to see nick struggle in the second verse i cant imagine the pain he is going through

[halfsquatch]

This is just unbelievably emotional to watch. What a powerful statement of love in the face of loss. Of beauty and hope juxtaposed against disillusionment and dispair. When Nick stood up from the piano to sing the final lines, I, like him, was overcome. Just absolutely stunning. Thank you Nick and the Bad Seeds for this--just amazing.

[patriciabelchiere]

Absolutely stunning and so incredibly beautiful and moving. Else Torp is such a lovely modest smiling wonderful accomplished accompanist, and Nick and Else and the band moved this song into the realm of Gods for me, and if this isn't one of the best concert performances ever then I don't know what is. Just wonderful. The whole concert blew me away but this to me was the highlight.

[beverleybeaumont]

This is the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard

[mickhobbs]

Incredible performance by all concerned.Just pure emotion from start to finish.Epic from Warren at the end as well.

[wamr-or]

Distant Sky
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Let us go now, my one true love
Call the gasman, cut the power out
We can set out, we can set out for the distant skies
Watch the sun, watch it rising in your eyes
Let us go now, my darling companion
Set out for the distant skies
See the sun, see it rising
See it rising, rising in your eyes
They told us our gods would outlive us
They told us our dreams would outlive us
They told us our gods would outlive us
But they lied
Let us go now, my only companion
Set out for the distant skies
Soon the children will be rising, will be rising
This is not for our eyes

[monkeyface]

I read somewhere that this is beauty that should never have needed to exist, I agree with that, however it has enriched humanity also. Beyond beautiful.