No Pussy Blues
"No Pussy Blues" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Grinderman | ||||
from the album Grinderman | ||||
Released | 19 February 2007 | |||
Recorded | March 2006 | |||
Studio | RAK, London | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, garage rock | |||
Length | 4:20 | |||
Label | Mute Records/ANTI- | |||
Songwriter(s) | Nick Cave, Grinderman | |||
Producer(s) | Nick Launay, Grinderman | |||
Grinderman singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Alternate cover | ||||
iTunes and digital download remixes cover | ||||
"No Pussy Blues" is the second single by alternative rock group Grinderman from their debut album of the same name. Released on 19 February 2007, the song - like the previous single "Get It On" - received a positive reception from critics. Unlike the previous Grinderman single, this one charted, peaking at UK #62. "No Pussy Blues" was also the first song available on the band's MySpace page.
Background and meaning
The lyrics address the narrator's frustration at constant rejection as he attempts several different tactics to seduce a woman and sleep with her. When asked during an interview whether the song had a deeper meaning, Nick Cave replied "no, it's just about not getting any pussy when I grew my mustache."[citation needed]
The single's b-side, "Chain of Flowers", was first available on the leaked version of the album from 2006, yet it failed to make the final track list.[citation needed]
Critical reception
The song, alike the album itself, received very positive reviews, with BBC Music describing it as:[1]
a fierce dirge about getting no loving from some frigid Chihuahua-toting starlet - despite Cave's best entreaties: 'I read her Eliot, I read her Yeats, I tried my best to stay up late, I fixed the hinges on her gate, but still she just never wanted to...'
During an appearance on the late-night talk/variety show Late Night with Conan O'Brien on 5 October 2007 Snoop Dogg said that he is a fan of the song, noting he is a fan of a song on Nick Cave's album, Grinderman, however "I can't say the name on the air."
Track listing and formats
- UK and European CD singles (MUTE 373, ICD MUTE 373)
- "No Pussy Blues" - 4:23
- "Chain of Flowers" - 3:35
- UK 7" limited edition single (MUTE 373)
- "No Pussy Blues" (radio edit) - 4:16
- "Chain of Flowers" - 3:35
- Digital download remixes[2]
- No Pussy Blues (Adam Freeland remix) – 5:41
- No Pussy Blues (Midfield General remix) – 7:59
- No Pussy Blues (T.Raumschmiere vox edit) – 4:11
- No Pussy Blues (G.e.R.M. remix) – 4:46
- No Pussy Blues (Electronic Periodic radio edit) – 3:57
* The digital download remixes were released on 5 December 2008 via both the iTunes Store and Mute Download Store.
Music video
A promotional music video for the song was released in May, 2007. It features the band performing the song at a house party and other shots of the Grinderman monkey, animals mating and a couple having sex. The video was directed by John Hillcoat and the band's performance portion of the video was shot in black and white, with other shots being shot in colour.
Musicians and personnel
- Nick Cave – lead vocals, electric guitar, organ, piano, artwork
- Warren Ellis – acoustic guitar, viola, violin, electric bouzouki, electric mandolin, backing vocals
- Martyn Casey – bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Jim Sclavunos – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Nick Launay – producer, engineer
- Grinderman – additional production
- Tim Young – mastering
- Tom Hingston Studio – design/artwork
- Polly Borland – photography
References
- ^ Lucas, PJ. BBC - Music - Review of Grinderman - Grinderman https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/mmgb Published on 8 March 2007. Retrieved on 6 June 2010.
- ^ Mute Records, Mute.com: Grinderman - No Pussy Blues Remixes http://www.mute.com/releases/viewRelease.jsp?listFormatTracks=8888595&showPrices=false&id=8888593 Retrieved on 6 June 2010.
- v
- t
- e
- Martyn P. Casey
- Nick Cave
- Warren Ellis
- Jim Sclavunos
- George Vjestica
- Thomas Wydler
- Barry Adamson
- Blixa Bargeld
- Mick Harvey
- James Johnston
- Anita Lane
- Kid Congo Powers
- Hugo Race
- Conway Savage
- Roland Wolf
- From Her to Eternity
- The Firstborn Is Dead
- Kicking Against the Pricks
- Your Funeral... My Trial
- Tender Prey
- The Good Son
- Henry's Dream
- Let Love In
- Murder Ballads
- The Boatman's Call
- No More Shall We Part
- Nocturama
- Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
- Push the Sky Away
- Skeleton Tree
- Ghosteen
- Wild God
- Live Seeds
- Abattoir Blues Tour
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall
- Live from KCRW
- Idiot Prayer
- The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
- B-Sides & Rarities
- Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- B-Sides & Rarities Part II
- Distant Sky: Live in Copenhagen
- "In the Ghetto"
- "Tupelo"
- "The Singer"
- "The Mercy Seat"
- "Deanna"
- "The Ship Song"
- "The Weeping Song"
- "Straight to You"
- "I Had a Dream, Joe"
- "What a Wonderful World"
- "Do You Love Me?"
- "Loverman"
- "Red Right Hand"
- "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
- "Henry Lee"
- "Into My Arms"
- "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For"
- "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow"
- "Love Letter"
- "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"
- "More News from Nowhere"
- "We No Who U R"
- "Jubilee Street"
- "From Her to Eternity"
- "The Carny"
- The Proposition
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- The Road
- West of Memphis
- Lawless
- Far from Men
- Hell or High Water
- Wind River
- Carnage
- Grinderman
- Grinderman 2
- "Get It On"
- "No Pussy Blues"
- "(I Don't Need You To) Set Me Free"
- "Heathen Child"
- "Worm Tamer"
- "Palaces of Montezuma"
- Grinderman discography
- Discography
- Bad Seeds members
- 20,000 Days on Earth
- One More Time With Feeling
- Idiot Prayer
- This Much I Know to Be True
- And the Ass Saw the Angel
- The Birthday Party
- Dirty Three
- Ghosts… of the Civil Dead
- Original Seeds
- Shell Shock
- Tuff Monks
- Sex O'Clock
- Category