Music Invasion: Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue's "Where The Wild Roses Grow"

I just saw Francois' new video (NSFW) over at Toni's and Francois' own website and I'm delighted to find out that actually Francois himself sung on the track. His voice is quite masculine, romantic and as Toni has put it, gentle (in a very sexy way).

The mood of the song and the duet reminds me of another song which I loved when it first came out. I wouldn't go as far as saying that it is my favorite Kylie Minogue song, but I love it because of its uniqueness. The song is called Where the Wild Roses Grow, it's a duet that Kylie did with a singer called Nick Cave, who back in 1996 published a concept album called the Murder Ballads; each song has something to do with crimes that involves murder.

The song itself is full of mystique and dark, slow energy. It tells a story about how a psychopath courted a girl and then killed her by the river. While Kylie plays the victim telling her side of the story, the killer played by Nick Cave tells his side. There's an obvious contrast to their voices, a bit like beauty and the beast. I find the song kinda pretty and pretty intriguing and provocative as well. Hope you guys like it.



Where The Wild Roses Grow

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
She stared in my eyes and smiled
For her lips were the colour of the roses
That grew down the river, all bloody and wild

When he knocked on my door and entered the room
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
He wiped at the tears that ran down my face

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I've seen
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
So sweet and scarlet and free?"

On the second day he came with a single red rose
He said: "Give me your loss and your sorrow"
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
"If I show you the roses will you follow?"

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me that I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
She lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die"
And I lent down and planted a rose between her teeth

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Eliza Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Eliza Day

---

To recognize insanity is the only thing that keeps me in check.