The Mercy Seat

The Mercy Seat is one of my favorite songs by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Click the link to learn more about the song. I assembled some links to YouTube videos of various people covering song. It’s such an incredible song and nearly every version is fantastic. My favorite is the ‘acoustic’ version by Nick Cave himself, you can see a live version of that one by pressing play on the right.

There are many other Nick Cave songs that are covered on YouTube and for the most part they’re all very good. I think it has more to do with them being really well written songs to begin with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijKgb9yoJyY (INCREDIBLE Swedish stage production based around the song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc4q4sm5u5U (a fun ukulele version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PU1DV-ANI0 (an ‘a cappella’ version with an interesting arrangement)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laMnkJpKQgs (some full band)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oklAv0hEYc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AbamNF8OnY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cui57jDT5PQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAAhvH4BFbA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZKHgJKFs-0 (this version is scary, but very interesting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em3nl_NO1Yc (good, kinda ‘cheesy’, I think they’re trying to hard to be weird)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N97ufdV-9Zc (a weird Swedish version with a DJ?)

There are many other cover versions on YouTube but I just wanted to link the ‘live’ versions.


Here’s the original Nick Cave album version
Johnny Cash version (not really a video but an important cover)
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