Some may view this performance clip as rambling ruminations of a grumpy man in his mid-50s, wondering what the heck is wrong with this world. I view it as a man in his current element, wondering what the heck is wrong with this world.
Important notes here:
1) "Higgs boson" is an elementary particle discovered last year that is heralded in the physics world as perhaps the biggest breakthrough in that field - the "missing piece" in the puzzle of possibly explaining the entire structure of the universe as we know it. This is giving physicists an existential crisis, leading them to ask themselves, "What's next to discover? Is there anything left?" So I guess Nick's "rambling" sorta makes sense. Metaphysical sense.
2) This video was shot approximately seven weeks before the twerk seen 'round the world took place, so those particular lyrics you'll be thinking about after hearing this... wonder what Nick thinks about it now.
Restraint is not something I'd associate with direct Gaspar Noe — His 2002 film Irreversible is brutal on many levels, a work of art that absolutely decimates that fine line between undeniable and unwatchable — but his "We No Who U R" video for the legendary Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds is a controlled and hypnotic look at a shadow man's journey into the darkness of an unforgiving forest.
