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"Red Right Hand" is a 1994 song and single from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It first appeared on the album ''Let Love In'' (1994), where it ran at 6:10. It was later released as a single at the condensed length of 4:48. It has since become one of Cave's signature tunes, performed at most of his concerts. == Song title == The liner notes for ''Murder Ballads'' points out that the phrase "red right hand" is from a line in John Milton's epic poem ''Paradise Lost'' that refers to the vengeful hand of God. The opening song on the album, "Song of Joy", states of a murderer: "It seems he has done many, many more, / quotes John Milton on the walls in the victim's blood. / The police are investigating at tremendous cost. / In my house he wrote 'his red right hand'. / That, I'm told, is from ''Paradise Lost''." The aforementioned appearance in ''Paradise Lost'' (Book II, 170-174) is: "What if the breath that kindled those grim fires, / Awaked, should blow them into sevenfold rage, / And plunge us in the flames; or from above / Should intermitted vengeance arm again / His red right hand to plague us?". The term itself appears to be Milton's translation of the term "rubente dextra" in Horace's ''Ode i.2,2-3'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red Right Hand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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