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1	!![[Theatre/TheBirthdayParty The play]]:
2	* JerkassWoobie: Stanley is not a particularly likeable man - he seems to enjoy tormenting Meg out of spite, and it's implied that he's somewhat of a shady character who may indeed be guilty of some wrongdoing. However, it's hard not to sympathize with Stanley after the psychological (and perhaps unseen physical) torture Goldberg and [=McCann=] put him through, to the point where he isn't even able to speak when he's taken away.
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4	!![[Music/TheBirthdayParty The band]]:
5	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
6	** "The Friend Catcher" is considered one of Rowland S. Howard's greatest achievements in guitar feedback and one of the seminal moments of the band becoming The Birthday Party. The lyrics?
7	--> ''She, by the hair of my chinny chin chin''\
8	'''''HEE''' haw '''HEE''' haw '''HEE''' haw '''HEE''' haaaaaw!''
9	** "Figure of Fun":
10	--> ''And I'm impressed by everyone''\
11	''But I impress no-one\
12	''It's irritating!''
13	** "A Dead Song" sounds like [[TheIgor Igor]] trying to sing at a concert while writing the lyrics on the fly and simultaneously forgetting them.
14	** Nick's occasional comments during live shows could be quite funny.
15	*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaWn0qcRYFA One 1982 performance of "Release the Bats" at the Hacienda]] involved him smacking the audience with a stick, and eventually they grabbed it out of his hand.
16	--->'''Nick''': (Trying not to laugh) "''Sex horrorSex vamp-'' You win, you got the stick!"
17	*** From ''Live 1981-82'':
18	---> "Thank you, I love your haircuts as well."
19	* HilariousInHindsight: Nick Cave, the wild young man singing songs like "Release the Bats" and "Sonny's Burning," became part of the Australian delegation to the coronation of King Charles III.
20	* SignatureSong:
21	** "Release the Bats", much to the band's chagrin, was an indie hit and became one of the seminal vampire songs alongside "[[Music/{{Bauhaus}} Bela Lugosi's Dead]]" that GothRock fans latched onto.
22	** "Shivers" was this for the band's The Boys Next Door incarnation and for Rowland S. Howard overall as a songwriter and musician.
23	* SignatureStyle: Wailing madman vocals of sex and violence over walls of sharp guitars and feedback, driven by a thick, sleazy bass and sharp, crisp drums. Or: strip club music in {{hell}}.

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