More News from Nowhere

Nick Cave

About More News from Nowhere

"More News from Nowhere" is the 28th single by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and the second single from the album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!. The song has a melodic similarity to "Deanna" from the 1988 album Tender Prey and the song also mentions the character of Deanna. The title is a reference to novel News From Nowhere by William Morris. The "narrative" of the song follows that of the Odyssey, using modern names for the gods and nymphs in the original. The video was directed by British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, who also directed videos for the other singles from this album. It was filmed at the Raymond Revuebar and featured cameo appearances from author Will Self, actors Michael Higgs, Caroline Catz and Karl Theobald, socialite Peaches Geldof, singer/songwriter Beth Orton, British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster and bass player for The Wonder Stuff Mark McCarthy along with a number of burlesque dancers. The video was cut to the full-length album version of the song, running to over seven minutes. 


Year:
2008
7:58
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I walk into the corner of my room
See my friends in high places
I don't know which is which or who is whom
They've stolen each other's faces
Janet is there with her high head and hair
Full of bedroom feathers
Janet is known to make dead men groan
In any kind of weather
I crawl over to her
I say hey baby
I say hey Janet
You are the one, you are the sun
And I'm your dutiful planet
But she ain't down with any of that
'Cause she's heard that shit before
And I say "Uh huh, oh yeah, you're right"
'Cause I see Betty X standing by the door

With more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
And it's getting strange in here
Yeah it's getting stranger every year
More news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere
Alright now

Now Betty X is like Betty Y minus that fatal chromosome
Her hair is like the wine dark sea in which sailors come home
I say hey baby I say hey Betty X
I lean close up to her throat
This light you are carrying is like a lamp
Hanging from a distant boat
"It is my light" says Betty X
Betty X says "This light ain't yours"
And so much wind blew through her words
That I went rolling down the hall

For more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
More news from nowhere, uh huh huh (more news from nowhere)
And it's strange in here
Yeah it gets stranger every year
More news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere, uh huh huh

I turn another corner
I go down a corridor
And I see this guy
He must be about one hundred foot tall
And he only has one eye
He asks me for my autograph
I write nobody and then
I wrap myself up in my woolly coat
And I blind him with my pen
'Cause someone must have stuck something in my drink
Everything's getting strange lookin'
Half the people have turned into squealing pigs
The other half are cooking
Well let me out of here I cried
And I went pushing past
And I saw Miss Polly singing with some girls
I cried, "Strap me to the mast"

For more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere, uh huh huh (more news from nowhere)
It's getting strange in here 
And it gets stranger every year
More news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)

Well then a black girl with no clothes on
She danced across the room
We charted the progress of the planets
Around that boogie woogie moon
I called her my Nubian princess
Gave her some sweet back fatass jive
Spent the next seven years between her legs
A-pining for my wife
But then by and by it all went wrong
I fell washed up on a shore
She stared down at me from up in the storm
And I sopped up on the floor

For more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere uh huh huh (more news from nowhere)
And don't it make you feel alone
Don't it make you wanna get right on home
More news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
More news from nowhere, let me hear it now

Well here comes Elena with two black eyes
She's given herself a transfusion
She's filled herself with panda blood
To avoid all the confusion
I say the sun rises and falls with you
And various things about love
But a rising violence in me cuts all my circuits off
Well Elena she starts screaming
Her cheeks are full of psychotropic leaves
Her extinction was nearly absolute
When she turned her back on me

For more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
I said more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
And it's getting strange in here
Yeah it gets stranger every year
More news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere
Alright
Alright

I bump and crash into Deanna
Hanging pretty in the door frame
All the horrors that have befallen me
Well Deanna is to blame
Every time I see you baby
You make me feel so unalone
And I wipe my face into her dress
Long after she'd gone home

With more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
And don't it make you feel alone
Yeah and don't it make you wanna get right back home
More news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere
Alright

And don't it make you feel so sad
Don't the blood rush to your feet
To think that everything you do today
Tomorrow is obsolete
Technology and women
And little children too
Don't it make you feel blue
Don't it make you feel blue

For more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
With more news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Don't it make you feel alone
Yeah and don't it make you wanna get right back home
More news from nowhere (more news from nowhere)
Yeah more news from nowhere 
One last time

Well I gotta say
Yeah I gotta say
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye

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Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor. more »

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Written by: Jim Sclavunos, Martyn Casey, Nicholas Cave, Warren Ellis

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10 facts about this song

Origin
"More News from Nowhere" is a song by the Australian band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, featured on their fourteenth studio album "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!".
Release Date
The song was released on 12 May 2008 as the second single from the album.
Inspiration
"More News from Nowhere" is inspired by the epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer. The song narrates a journey with encounters and characters similar to those found in the poem.
Marker of Change
The track marked a stylistic shift for the Bad Seeds, as they moved away from the dark, brooding sound they were known for to a more upbeat, garage rock-inspired sound.
Song Length
It is one of the longest songs on the album, with the duration of 7 minutes and 58 seconds.
Music Video
The music video for "More News from Nowhere" was directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, frequent collaborators with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The video sees Cave strolling through a bar conversing with several bizarre characters.
Song's Ranking
The song was ranked at number 28 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2008.
Lyrics
The song's lyrics contain references to various figures from popular culture and literature, including Don Juan, Deanna (a character from earlier Nick Cave songs), John Finn's wife, the biblical character Jonah, and more.
Album Success
The album "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" was a significant success for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and received widespread critical acclaim.
Featured Artists
"More News from Nowhere" features backing vocals from British soul singer and frequent Nick Cave collaborator, Yvonne Ogbonna.

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