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Subject: Nick Lowe - Poll
Written By: whistledog on 01/04/06 at 12:51 am
1978 - (I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass
1979 - Crackin' Up
1979 - Cruel to Be Kind
1979 - Switchboard Susan
1980 - Teacher, Teacher <w/ Rockpile>
1982 - Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine
1984 - Half A Boy and Half A Man
1985 - I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: Tecoma Cowboy on 01/04/06 at 2:31 am
The whole 'labour of lust' album is great....has both 'cracking up' and 'cruel to be kind' on it
I think he used the same rythm section as Dave Edmunds.....all good stuff i reckon..
Cruel to be kind was HUGE in Australia, still gets played a lot on golden oldies stations...
Nick Lowe was a cool dude...seemed like a nice humble bloke from what i saw
yikes ...doesnt seem that long ago.....
:\'(
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: Carl on 01/04/06 at 9:47 am
Cruel to be kind is a GREAT song!
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: whistledog on 02/04/07 at 12:38 pm
My favourite is "Half A Boy and Half A Man" followed by "Stick It ..." and "I Knew the Bride". I have most of Lowe's albums on cassette and I love them all :)
I think he used the same rythm section as Dave Edmunds.....all good stuff i reckon..
They did actually. The back-up band was Rockpile which they often shared, and in 1980, under the Rockpile name, Edmunds and Lowe teamed up for the album "Seconds of Pleasure"
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: JamieMcBain on 02/04/07 at 12:39 pm
Cruel to Be Kind gets my vote.
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/04/07 at 12:39 pm
Favourites:
1978 - I Love the Sound of (Breaking Glass) <<<<< Voted for this one.
1979 - Cruel to Be Kind
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: danootaandme on 02/04/07 at 4:18 pm
I Knew the Bride- kinda reminds me of me (except the bride part)
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/04/07 at 4:56 pm
Have to go with Cruel to be Kind.
Cat
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: malibumike65 on 02/04/07 at 10:07 pm
I love "Cruel To Be Kind" too. The youtube link for the video is below.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nik8pzThvWU">cruel to be kind</a>
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: quirky_cat_girl on 02/04/07 at 10:09 pm
Cruel To Be Kind is an awesome song!
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: nally on 02/09/07 at 10:14 pm
Cruel to be kind is a GREAT song!
Cruel To Be Kind is an awesome song!
Agreed...and it's the only one of his I know, hence it gets my vote.
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: Nostalgic on 02/10/07 at 7:59 am
I only know "Cruel To Be Kind" and I love it, so I voted for that one.
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: Snoopygirl on 03/22/07 at 7:18 pm
Cruel to be Kind
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: KKay on 03/22/07 at 7:20 pm
I knew the bride.....always reminds me of my sister. ;D
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: mandamoo on 03/23/07 at 8:10 am
Cruel to Be Kind
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 03/23/07 at 8:48 am
1979 - Cruel to Be Kind
Didn't know he had more songs ! Well, where I live, he didn't :P
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: Paul on 03/23/07 at 11:46 am
My favourite is "Half A Boy and Half A Man"
Heh! I've still got that somewhere...
The record company tried an unusual promotional gimmick with it...half a record!
Not in that sense, just a piece of plastic with the song on one side and nothing on the other!
My favourite of his is 'Breaking Glass', but he did some wonderful songs when he first started out in a band called Kippington Lodge (who later became the darlings of the pub-rock circuit, Brinsley Schwarz)...
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe
Written By: whistledog on 04/17/10 at 8:23 am
Here's some interesting bits of Trivia: 'I Knew the Bride' was originally a 1977 UK hit for his Rockpile cohort Dave Edmunds. Lowe's version was produced by Huey Lewis and featured all the members of the News on backing instruments.
British legend Paul Carrack was a member of Nick Lowe's Cowboy Outfit, appearing on 6 of his consecutive albums released between 1982 and 1990. Though not credited as a singer on the album sleeve, his voice can be distinctly heard on 'Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine'
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe - Poll
Written By: Henk on 04/17/10 at 8:36 am
1978 - (I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass
1979 - Crackin' Up
1979 - Cruel to Be Kind
1979 - Switchboard Susan
1980 - Teacher, Teacher <w/ Rockpile>
1982 - Stick it Where the Sun Don't Shine
1984 - Half A Boy and Half A Man
1985 - I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)
Well, he's only had two hits here - and Cruel To Be Kind wasn't one of them. My vote goes to Half A Boy And Half A Man.
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe - Poll
Written By: JamieMcBain on 04/17/10 at 3:55 pm
Cruel to Be Kind gets my vote.
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe - Poll
Written By: gibbo on 04/17/10 at 7:26 pm
It's Cruel To Be Kind for me as well. I always identify Lowe with Dave Edmunds...
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe - Poll
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 04/21/10 at 6:35 pm
"Cruel to be Kind"
That's the one I know best. I respect Lowe as an artist, but he never really did much for me.
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe - Poll
Written By: whistledog on 09/14/12 at 10:54 am
Here are all the albums Nick Lowe had. I find it odd that Labour of Lust never reached the US album chart
1978 - Jesus of Cool / Pure Pop For Now People
1979 - Labour of Lust
1980 - Seconds of Pleasure*
1982 - Nick the Knife
1983 - The Aboninable Snowman
1984 - Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit
1985 - The Rose of England
1988 - Pinker and Prouder Than Previous
1990 - Party of One
1994 - The Impossible Bird
1998 - Dig My Mood
2001 - The Convincer
2007 - At My Age
2001 - The Old Magic
* Rockpile album
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe - Poll
Written By: warped on 01/17/13 at 1:21 pm
"Teacher, teacher" is my top choice.
Subject: Re: Nick Lowe - Poll
Written By: meesa on 01/17/13 at 1:26 pm
Cruel to be Kind is one of my favorite songs, it has my vote.