blue-ice
(Chicago-ish, USA) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2012 - 17:55 | |
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Aug 11, 2011 - 06:12 | |
get 'em BASHER...  |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: May 08, 2011 - 15:25 | |
ziggytrix wrote:I also love the sound of breaking glass, but I could do without the sound of clipping toenails throughout the chorus.
I'm not hearing clipping of toenails, but I keep hearing breaking glass and I keep looking around to see what's in pieces on the floor (thanks, Nikita. You are immortalized in a song, but that doesn't mean I won't get out the cat-spanker if you break my favorite vase.) |
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Helchat
(150 miles southwest of Paradise) | | Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 14:39 | |
toterola wrote:Reliably good old rock and roll.
10 from the Left coast.
No on 8!
Good thinking! The West is the Best!  |
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Dave_Mack
(Sillycone Valet) | | Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 14:38 | |
This is so cool. I especially like the off-kilter feel you get when he throws in a 3/4 bar. I'm a sucker for funny meter. (and the Funky Meters too, but that's another story...)
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Mar 06, 2011 - 12:49 | |
This is my oldest cat's theme song. Nikita will sit on a shelf filled with glass vases and votive holders, then give me that "ready-aim-fire" look. I'll tell her, "DON'T even THINK it!" And then, still staring at me, she'll reach out and bat something off the shelf before I can get to her. She likes to make one big piece of glass into lots of little pieces - ("More for me!")  I do not like the sound of breaking glass, but I do love this song. Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds and Rockpile did some very great stuff. |
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NinerSevenTango
(Detroit DMZ) | | Posted: Mar 06, 2011 - 12:41 | |
Luv the sound of breaking gas ....
Ha, that IS toenail clippers!
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Antigone
(A house, in a valley, Virginia) | | Posted: Sep 14, 2010 - 08:31 | |
ziggytrix wrote:I also love the sound of breaking glass, but I could do without the sound of clipping toenails throughout the chorus.
Darn it all ... now that's all I can hear!  |
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toterola
(Further) | | Posted: Aug 13, 2010 - 07:56 | |
Reliably good old rock and roll.
10 from the Left coast.
No on 8!
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: Aug 13, 2010 - 07:55 | |
Nick Lowe is the coolest man!
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 13:41 | |
I also love the sound of breaking glass, but I could do without the sound of clipping toenails throughout the chorus.
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Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 13:39 | |
A smash hit if ever there was.
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Albert1967
(Leusden, the Netherlands) | | Posted: May 25, 2010 - 06:45 | |
AdyMiles wrote:This take me back a bit. Interesting song One of my favs, back in the days . . . and still. Excellent song, thanx Bill. |
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boober
(KC,Mo) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2010 - 08:31 | |
I love the sound of Nick Lowe..(woops edit....this comment can be found below)
check out ...."I trained her to love me" what a songwriter!
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sandymac2010
(Am I there yet?) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2010 - 13:09 | |
samrex wrote:
Not all of the music played on RP is for me (in this case I happen to like Nick Lowe and this song) and I do respect your right to express your opinion regarding any songs played here, but a quick viewing of your profile shows that you have given over 2000 songs played on RP a 1 or 2 rating. There must be some listening options on the Internet (or FM dial, satellite, your CD collection) that reflect your tastes and would surely bring more joy to your ears. And this site.
You, Samrex, are sublime. |
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AdyMiles
(Wolverhampton, UK) | | Posted: Aug 30, 2009 - 17:36 | |
This take me back a bit. Interesting song
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iscoot4peace
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Classic Nick! The piano break and the bass line really make this song special! A solid 9!
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Bazooka
(Mountain View, CA USA) | | Posted: Jun 28, 2009 - 10:20 | |
Elvis Costello (Vocals (Background)), Dave Edmunds (Guitar), Dave Edmunds (Organ (Hammond)), Dave Edmunds (Vocals (Background)), Dave Edmunds (Fender Rhodes), Rockpile (Producer), Steve Nieve (Piano), Bill Andrews (Guitar), Roger Bechirian (Organ), Andrew Bodnar (Bass), Billy Bremner (Guitar), Billy Bremner (Vocals (Background)), Charlie Charles (Drums), Steve Goulding (Drums), Huey Lewis (Harmonica), Nick Lowe (Bass), Nick Lowe (Guitar), Nick Lowe (Piano), Nick Lowe (Vocals), Nick Lowe (Vocals (Background)), Nick Lowe (Producer), Nick Lowe (Main Performer), Bruce Thomas (Bass), Pete Thomas (Drums), John Turnbull (Guitar), Norman Watt-Roy (Bass), Terry Williams (Drums) |
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linden
(Santa Cruz, CA) | | Posted: May 11, 2009 - 10:30 | |
What a sprightly little piano part. Who plays it?
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samrex
(Brookline, MA) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 10:29 | |
Excelsior wrote:The music is good but the lyrics are shite. 4.
Not all of the music played on RP is for me (in this case I happen to like Nick Lowe and this song) and I do respect your right to express your opinion regarding any songs played here, but a quick viewing of your profile shows that you have given over 2000 songs played on RP a 1 or 2 rating. There must be some listening options on the Internet (or FM dial, satellite, your CD collection) that reflect your tastes and would surely bring more joy to your ears. And this site. |
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copymonkey
(in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool) | | Posted: Mar 25, 2009 - 10:21 | |
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
.....It's Nick's first release on Stiff, Marie Provost was to be on Jesus of Cool ....
'Mary Provost' WAS on my Ameican vinyl version of 'Jesus of Cool', which was puritanically renamed 'Pure Pop for Now People', so was 'Heart of the City' which I believe was not only Nick's first single, but the first-ever Stiff records single as well. (Electronically Recorded!) |
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Krispian
(Vancouver, BC) | | Posted: Oct 02, 2008 - 10:22 | |
I love the sound of Nick Lowe.
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Excelsior
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The music is good but the lyrics are shite. 4.
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ScottFromWyoming
(Having no idea what this thread is about & being far too lazy to read it, I have the following comment ---->) | | Posted: May 29, 2008 - 05:58 | |
treatment_bound wrote:
Sound and Vision was on Bowie's "Low" album (released in early '77), while Breaking Glass came out a year later on the album "Jesus of Cool" (UK version).
Interestingly, Lowe issued an EP later in 1977 called "Bowi"! The allmusic web-site doesn't list the tracks on "Bowi" (which was a 7-inch record, if I remember correctly). Can anybody tell me what cuts were on it?
Live Side:
Born a Woman (a Sandy Posey cover)
Shake That Rat 
Dead Side:
Marie Provost (typo: "Mary Provost")
Endless Sleep
It's Nick's first release on Stiff, Marie Provost was to be on Jesus of Cool and the others remained b-sides but are available on CD now in a few places, including The Wilderness Years, which you may be able to ebay for cheap now and then.
EDIT! I see the Yep Roc Reissue of Nick's first LP, Jesus of Cool, has several B-sides included! Hooray! If you buy it on vinyl, they give you a free digital version too. Or stream it straight from the website, free.
Okay now I'm done.  |
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audiology
(Southern Ontario) | | Posted: May 13, 2008 - 15:51 | |
Cruithne3753 wrote:I love the sound of breaking gas...  |
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Feb 24, 2008 - 17:45 | |
lily34 wrote:
F O U R T H!!
love nick!
Double dog fourth!!!!! |
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Feb 24, 2008 - 17:44 | |
This guy is so great.
Brings me back.
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Feb 01, 2008 - 12:53 | |
davidstanford wrote:Which came first? This or Sound and Vision ???
Sound and Vision was on Bowie's "Low" album (released in early '77), while Breaking Glass came out a year later on the album "Jesus of Cool" (UK version).
Interestingly, Lowe issued an EP later in 1977 called "Bowi"! The allmusic web-site doesn't list the tracks on "Bowi" (which was a 7-inch record, if I remember correctly). Can anybody tell me what cuts were on it? |
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lily34
(derby, ny) | | Posted: Jan 24, 2008 - 07:55 | |
kazuma wrote:
T H I R D !
F O U R T H!!
love nick! |
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davidstanford
| | Posted: Jan 24, 2008 - 07:50 | |
Which came first? This or Sound and Vision ???
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