10 Best Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Songs

2. 'Red Right Hand'- From Let Love In

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxePKps87k No song in the Bad Seed's catalogue shows their ability to create menace and darkness out of very little better than the classic 'Red Right Hand'- the song which has been used the most for soundtracks out of all the Bad Seeds catalogue. The catchy nature of the song has seen it being used in everything from the Scream films to Dumb and Dumber. The lyrics tell the tale of a mysterious figure hanging tempting the poor and the destitute with dreams and promises beyond their wildest imagination, only to have them become trapped in the figure's own mysterious machinations and plans. However, Cave paints this figure as being more than a dark conman, claiming that "he's a God, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru". Blixa Bargeld handles the seedy guitar which helps create the ramshackle atmosphere which is the core of the track. One of the best of the Bad Seeds tracks - beaten only by the following...