Nick Lowe- Breaking Glass #140. *T*O*T*Ps*70s*

[tuskedbeast]

They're doing a damn good job of miming this!

[turtlegill]

as a garbageman i hated the sound of breaking glass. i was haunted by breaking mirrors. but this song doesn't sound like breaking glass. it's just _ cool :)

[angrywhenroused]

from a time when pop stars where allowed to look like car mechanics not pretty boys 

[michendo]

@salfordbluemoon

Yes you are onto something there. There's a lot of connections between the two, more than just the sound of the song. In sound and vision, Bowie has the line "breaking glass in your room again". the song was on Bowies album Low which was produced the same year that Lowe produced an EP called Bowi. It's not a coincidence.

[TheTwotonic]

obsessed with this song of late. yeah - the bass is rockin'

[TheElisabethPage]

3 people really really like the first few seconds of the song and were obviously pissed off. There can be no other reason.

[Salfordbluemoon]

The bass and rhythm are very similar to Bowies' Sound and Vision...i think that was intentional.

[jaymuhumuza]

That BASS is BOSS!!!!I love the sound of that kick ass bass!!!!Awesome song

[Bruchag]

Hasn't a wee eedjit stolen this.......???

Cry wolf

[Suicyanide001]

Great Memories of this song from the time! Did you know Nostalgia is the future of the past!!!?

[danjp123]

@Suicyanide001 "Nostalgia is the future of the past".... did you invent this phrase yourself? I think it belongs in a collection of genius quotations!!

[Suicyanide001]

@danjp123 Yes I did Invent the phrase 'Nostalgia is the future of the past' where is this book and how do I get it into it, :) hahaha!! I love wordplay and paradoxes and stuff, thank you for recognizing my genius!!!!

[TheSandsie13]

my god nick must have really loved that horrid riddler suit. buggers got it on in 3 videos at least.

[dennywolfe]

Rumour and Brins were close in personnel.

I wondered if Bob Andrews were legit when he groused slightly about not getting Steve Nieve's job, but I hear how he could have in this.

[clemzzz]

He's wearing the "Riddler" suit ! as in " So it goes" don't understand where "Rockpile" are on this...... that's "joe jackson" on Piano is it not?

[ludo281160]

The piano is so funny lovely....The whole video so loving the Friendshipness from Nick Lowe to bring 1979, with a little Disco Beat but also so different! Fantastic***

[roykoopa25]

Little Monsters sent me here

[ludo281160]

@roykoopa25 Dynasaurusses from whole over the world off course creeped to hell

[LittleMissJigglypuff]

My mom: loved this tune- still do....

[steve16steve]

LITTLE MONSTERS SOUNDTRACK GOOD CHILDHOOD MEMORIES =]

[basketballchickensod]

@steve16steve its not the exact soundtrack hmmm

[cruithneuladh]

Superb Bass playing on this track, I've got the 45 single of it, still haven't figured out the whole bass line!

[Prancer1231]

nice suit

[nitrobutane]

sounds like a chemistry phd project to me :P

[DavidJHarrisonEssex]

I just love this song, I bought it when it 1st came out when I was 10 years old,  this was his 1st & biggest of 4 U.K hits (#7- 11th/3rd/78),, that was followed by Crackin' Up (#34-25/6/79), his 3rd & 2nd biggest, was Cruel To Be Kind reaching number 12 on the 25th-Aug-79, another 1 of his I love, & his last was Half a Boy Half A Man (#53-26/5/84).

[ludo281160]

@DavidJHarrisonEssex It was I think the Piano who brought you there....So Funny Lovely Piano-playing through Nick Lowe...

[pbrick6301]

Nick Lowe 1977 + Matthew Lesco info-mercial early 1990s = that Nick Lowe finally got imitated.

[motocrossmark400]

little monsters, we hit the shit, we smash the shit, and then we put the shit back!, its called monsterball

[GermanShepherdWolf]

I remember way back when, my brother who was a DJ at the time, played this song in his room one morning practicing his mixes. I could not get downstairs fast enough to find out who it was that was singing this song.

[omehoehthelje]

Still got the LP!!

[erictheviking871]

a fucking belter.

[pbrick6301]

That is a tremendous suit.

[MrJohnered]

Going to see him 10/23/10

[dabearcub]

@MrJohnered Me too, tomorrow in Brooklyn!

[MrJohnered]

@dabearcub aye, have fun mate...Graham Parker is gonna be with him...either openning or just hanging out...can't wait...cheers

[oogie11]

Good bass, very cool

[nickbowwow]

first heard this on the little monsters soundtrack

[Sooper8]

These are the days when bands had to re-record a version of the song for TOTP to keep within union rules.

Interesting to listen for the differences on this one, although I am guessing the drums are from the original?

[MossinSC]

1 person missed the like button

[pollythewasp]

Is Brindly Schwartz playing on this?

[Brownalebelly]

I love this!

[motocrossmark400]

batman jim carrey suite

[CrocodileRocker]

Didn't know you could get such an authentic acoustic piano sound out of a rhodes.

Oh.

[jugglerjim01]

Best Bass-line of any song - ever :D

[helltopay1]

Did anyone go down the Buccaneer under the royal bath hotel bournmouth late 70's bank holidays?

Mental ,this song then the glasses went.MEMORIES!!!

[bradchaz]

Yes...Nick Lowe had more good songs...it's too bad that the radio will only play "Cruel to Be Kind"

[Drinkman7]

My dad broke my glass today lol

[longtreebeard]

@Drinkman7 did you love the sound

[Drinkman7]

@Drinkman7 Sadly I was in bed at the time but I bet he did lol

[lowtit]

two rip offs from bowies Low album, a title and the rhythm of sound and vision - i do like nick lowe but he's a bit of a clever dick -

[criticalbill1983]

I work at a caravan holiday park in Kent as a groundsman, and when I strim around the caravans i have a tendency to break the occasional window when the strimmer hits a stone, which flicks up and hits a window. My workmates sing this song everytime they see me coming lol

[Raindropser3]

@criticalbill1983

Oh,no,Hahahahahah-what a good story :-))))))

Never had such funny comment :-)))))

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[SinisterTeddybear]

I presume that Nick played the bass on the actual recording, right?

[voiceofmegatron]

Finally a synchronized video of this best-ever version of a great song!

[brithans]

@frederickus:

I used to say that too, but now I'm more convinced there's nothing wrong with occasionally lip syncing. There is sometimes just no way to do a live performance, without the right stage and the right equipment, and have it sound decent. That being said, there's nothing more pathetic than botching a lip sync. It's like failing at failing.

[deaconlight]

Ernest T Bass just said "I love the sound of breaking glass."

[frederickus]

Too bad it is a lip synch!

[HeyStoopid91]

@frederickus Pretty much everything on TOTP was; Alice Cooper, The Tubes, Sweet; you name it. Most of the time the bands lip synced.

[rocktenniscat]

Happy Birthday Nick Lowe!

[PoireauMan68]

when s his birfday?? I like this guy a lot

[rocktenniscat]

@PoireauMan68 Hello there! Nice to hear another Lowe fan. By the way, there is a great clip of him playing with Darryl Hall - on "Darryl's House" - you can go to DH's website, (maybe on Youtube?). BUT, to answer your question: Birthday is March 24th 1949, (Walton-on-Thames - sort of a London, UK suburb. YepRock Records sells his CD's. It's a good company to support - they have REAL musicians, (Ian Hunter too) not the MTV type. Cheers from Canada!

[rocktenniscat]

@PoireauMan68 - March 24th! Sorry for the late reply!  Just saw him a couple of months ago in Toronto. FAB FAB FAB

[doowrednaxelA]

The bassist would be play a Music Man! Makes me feel kinda funny... Like when I used to climb the rope in gym class... Music Man FTW

[PoireauMan68]

you're dirty you are

[yellowbelly06]

Everytime I put a glass bottle in the local bottlebank I hum this tune as a homily.

[lerxt42]

@yellowbelly06 i know me too

[brinsleysgirl1980]

That's the Rumour backing him up. Great.

[lerxt42]

is nick the riddler?

[nick1137]

the man you are thinking of is barry andrews who was not there he was still in xtc at this time

[whitejmw]

Still in school when this was released - what a classic this is - great to hear it again.

[woonsocketrocket]

Remember when this was called New Wave

[jfnorton1066]

Billybadbreakes, I think he was with Elvis Costello around the time he did What's so funny about peace love and understanding?

[billybadbrakes]

Love this!

..The guy on keyboards, was he in XTC??

[redinKC]

@billybadbrakes His name is Bob Andrews. I've mostly seen him in Graham Parker and the Rumour videos.

He did get around.

[Jojoseahorse]

I love the sound effects of the glass breaking! I remember some TV show he was supposed to be on back in '78, and he didn't appear, and my sister said she thought they had banned him because the song "encouraged vandalism" LOL

[ILoveTheRain10]

cool song, i heard it in the movie little monsters

[GetStuffed88]

Nick Lowe is on par with Lennon and McCartney, a great song writer and musician. Very underrated. Got to see him and his Cowboy Outfit, great show.

[tuskedbeast]

"...especially when I'm lonely"

Top ten best ever lyrics!

[tonyatkin]

Way too much compression on the audio, but a great vid.

[tjsece]

Gret song, and the quality of the video is excellent.

[RockC67]

Great song. Love Nick and The Rumour, esp. Brinsley.

[lerxt42]

surely you mean graham parker and the rumour?

[VL1302]

brings back memories, still got the 45 rpm at home.

[wommmbat]

RAID!!!! .. above the Carousel .. hope you guys are ok..

love, Chris Gaines.. :0]

[6TONNEFODEN]

just saw them both at the sage last night , and they were fantastic , you wont want it to end

[cheechforprez]

thanks for the vid

i can never get this song out my head either!

he's playing here in edinburgh next month with ry cooder and it's going to be something i think will remember for ever

[avirettmackenzie]

Send him to Atlanta to play, would you? Missed him the last time he played here, and really regret it!

[blairh1966]

It's the ever-lovin' Rumour backing up the Basher!!

[ludo281160]

Just unbelievebable this is already 30 years old....Time stood still in some ways! What a strong and happy song with the brilliant funny piano.....It is and always has been : so I should say a classical with 5*****!!

[teenyr]

There's a promo picture of him in Mojo this month, an ad for his gig. He hasn't changed that much.

[PoireauMan68]

@teenyr he has a daughter doing good music I think...RnR excess kill loads, the ones who do sausage and mash instead of coke and roll do last longer

[tommyboo21]

Ah cheers, thanks for the reassurance! Phew. Now it'll be me who can't get it out of my head.

[tommyboo21]

I was sixteen when this first came on top of the pops one thursday evening. I thought it was the coolest thing. But the next morning at school, all my classmates were ridiculing it. Why? I still think it's great! Love the green black combo!

[stripeyhole]

There, there, tommyboo21--they just didn't understand class when they saw (or heard) it. When I first heard this (about a year ago), I couldn't get it out of my head!

[MOTOPAC]

The bass player looks like Mike Watt!

[barrieev]

I thought that that green suit was the classiest thing in music at the time. It still has its point. Dig the question marks embroidered on it.

[Appelo52]

Did you see the dark rings under his eyes? Singing True the night I think he is doing somthing else.

[28if]

Yeah man, totally like you, looking in the mirror?

[woonsocketrocket]

DEFINATELY Rumour backing Nick up-I recognize the incredible Bob Andrews on piano..Jesus of Cool indeed.....

[chrissynewport]

that's not Rumour drummer Steve Goulding

[schoenfraun]

I think they did what was often standard for TV performances at the time. A backing track was used which had instrumental and backing-vocal parts in place, but the lead vocal was removed. That way, Nick could sing live, but the rest is the same as the recording. If you look closely, you'll notice a couple spots where the lead vocal performance is slightly different than the studio version.

[jaredgetsacookie]

Is this live? Or is it just a different performance than the one that appears on the Best of Nick Lowe collection?

[rhellman]

Nick Lowe is my man crush!

[anczelowitz]

Wow - thanks for posting that lost classic. Listening to that song after all these years triggered some neurons in my brain that had been laying dormant for way too long -yipee!!

[Kidden218]

Did anyone notice that it's The Rumour (as in Graham Parker and) backing Nick on this TV performance? Most of 'em are also on the record. These guys did everything with such good humour that any perceived arrogance is probably VERY tongue-in-cheek.

[mrkfowler]

Check out the keyboardist at 1:25-1:29 so arrogant! But good!

[JoonasFinland]

Rock 'n' roll is not about being humble and apologetic.

[wommmbat]

Bob Andrews .. one of the sweetest guys around..

I nicked his sleeping bag and he didn't give a fuck! Lol!:)

[dickydarkhorse]

Wow! fantasic ..... love it :-)

[sjp0001]

Fantastic, just caught him on bbc sessions, and wanted to see him again as he was,jesus of cool was one of my favourite 70's albums.

[Hesternic]

Love Nick's green 'Riddler' suit -- Jesus of Cool, indeed!

[robinstormking]

I noticed that too. I ? where I could get one. Guess I'm green with envy. Hey check out Bert Kaempfert doing "That Happy Feeling". They must have the same taylor.