I know Nick Cave won’t
play this song in a month or so when I see him live in Moscow, but if (for
whatever reason) he does – there will be at least one person in the audience on
the verge of a music-related heart attack. Because that is what “Hiding All
Away” does to me, after all these years of listening to Abattoir Blues/Lyre Of Orpheus (if ever you needed proof of what a
great songwriter this man is).
Obviously I’m talking
about that heart-stopping moment following the five-minute mark (5:10, to be exact), when the
already brilliant song turns into… ah but you have to hear it for yourself. The
anthemic power of “There She Goes My Beautiful World” or the heartbreaking beauty
of “O Children” – nothing could come close to the glorious insanity of that
chant.
Live, this could single-handedly
turn Russia into God-fearing democracy.
