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04.10.2022 / 15:49
Nick Cave changed ‘Waiting For You’ on advice of Chris Martin
Nick Cave changed a song on his 2019 album ‘Ghosteen’ on the advice of Chris Martin.The Australian musician recorded his 17th album at the Coldplay frontman’s Malibu studio, Martin would occasionally drop in to sessions after recording music for Coldplay nearby.Revealed in the new book Faith, Hope And Courage, a collation of more than 40 hours of interview recordings between Cave and journalist Seán O’Hagan, Cave explained that the powerful ballad ‘Waiting For You’ was heavily influenced by Martin.“He’d just bound into the studio full of that manic, ecstatic, life-loving spirit of his, and he’d be flying around the studio like a fucking pinball,” the Bad Seeds singer recalled.“When he’d calm down enough, we’d play him the song we were working on,” he added. “He would listen, but listen hard you know, with his deep understanding of the nuts and bolts of songwriting and pop music, and hit-making.”Cave continued: “Chris is a very funny guy with a perverse sense of humour, but he’s also disarmingly forthright.“He tells his truth, as he sees it, as a matter of principle.