Writing within the newest instalment of his Pink Hand Recordsdata e-newsletter, Nick Cave has revealed that he turned down an invite from Morrissey to carry out “barely foolish anti-woke screed” on new monitor.
“We had just a few nice electronic mail exchanges final yr through which Morrissey requested if I’d sing on a brand new track he had written.
“I might have been blissful to take action, nevertheless, whereas the track he despatched was fairly pretty, it started with a prolonged and fully irrelevant Greek bouzouki intro.
“It additionally appeared that he didn’t need me to truly sing on the track, however ship, excessive of the bouzouki, an unnecessarily provocative and barely foolish anti-woke screed he had written.
“Though I suppose I agreed with the sentiment on some stage, it simply wasn’t my factor. I attempt to preserve politics, cultural or in any other case, out of the music I’m concerned with. I discover that it has a diminishing impact and is antithetical to no matter it’s I’m attempting to attain.
“So… I politely declined. I mentioned no.”
Extra positively, Cave additionally wrote that “Morrissey might be one of the best lyricist of his era – actually the strangest, funniest, most refined, and most delicate.”
