My Crucial Track for 23 February 2026 - “Red Right Hand (2011 Remaster)” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

What’s a song that grew on you over time?

“Red Right Hand (2011 Remaster)” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

This gives me the chance to share my Nick Cave joke.

“Take a little walk to the edge of town

Go across the tracks

Where the viaduct looms,

Like a bird of doom

As it shifts and cracks

Where secrets lie in the border fires,
 in the humming wires

Hey man, you know
 you’re never coming back

Past this square, past the bridge,
 past the mills, past the stacks

On a gathering storm comes
 a tall handsome man”

Nick Cave. Good at songs, rubbish at giving directions.

“Red Right Hand (2011 Remaster)” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on Apple Music

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