Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind

[GhostsInMyAttic]

The perfect song =]

[JDBeatlefan]

Saw Nick perform this song with Wilco a few nights ago in Detroit. Good tune!

[sarah0038]

I remember being in class copying the words from a teen magizine to this song,heeehee.... still love that song!!

[diamondkal]

Great song,and some people ,thru constant talks and endless advice,need you to be Cruel to be Kind to perhaps finally get it !! Love this song and what it represents !!

[rshewczyk]

the LTC version is good. But this original is a lot better : ) .

[heightofearnestness]

Nick Lowe still mystifies (and dazzles) with this.

[discussislam]

Love this song!

[TheRastaWalkaH]

Rulez!



[xZippy38]

No cover can top this.

[arkady714]

I admit that I was never a huge, huge fan of Nick Lowe.  But this song (among a few others of his) was one of those that I'd hear on the radio, driving somewhere and still turn up when I heard it. The handful of singles that he had on the charts always managed to put me in a good mood.

Thanks for the upload.

[deeperwaterz]

Just a great song, It reads like my life =]

[MrSmallwood07]

This is one of the songs I sing to my son

[dransransky]

You can rip the audio-mp3 of this track at greatgrabber doht cohm.

[12gmonkey]

hes in his 60s now and he still sings it great

[larrynealwaxmuseum]

One of my all time favorites to come out of the year 1979. Good rock and roll, no matter what decade. Good Post.

Larry N. Boyington, aka Larry Neal, former curator of the Wax Museum on the big 1520 KOMA

[djscribes]

Hamlet:

I do repent; but heaven hath pleas'd it so

To punish me with this, and this with me,

That I must be their scourge and minister.

I will bestow him, and will answer well

The death I gave him. So again good night.

I must be cruel only to be kind.

Thus bad begins and worse remains behind.

[baronepam]

Modern artists are wonderful but now and then I just gotta listen to some of the stuff that had me dancin when i was a daffodil eatin marshmallows. Nick Lowe worked so hard n I'm so glad I can listen still

[Rwilk16]

What a great uplifting song.  Although i only discovered this song a couple weeks ago (for i am 16 years old), i enjoy it in every way. Thanks nick lowe for demonstating such talent in this awesome song. This should inspire modern music artists to suck less.

[invisiblebunny1]

i am not getting the concept of being cruel to be kind

[DemonShadowV2]

@invisiblebunny1 sometimes u have to do mean/hurtful things to get a deeper understanding of certain motives or actions.

[Hotrodd100]

@DemonShadowV2 Exactly!! Perfectly put!!

[fonzifan]

Damn buy this on Itunes it sounds a whole lot better. Fucking youtube.

[poughkeepsiejohn1]

Nick Lowe. Great performer, songwriter, producer. Here's somebody who should be in The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame now.

[zcottX]

=) love it :D

[Hotrodd100]

One of my favorite songs of all time!! I esp . LOVE the part @1:44 w/ the guitar solo!! I have always LOVED that!! Nick lowe is awesome!! I have the Dave Edmunds Anthology which is also awesome!! Many great songs that were WELL written and Nick had his talents in there too!!

[northernlitez1]

LOVED it in 8th grade-changed my taste,but brings back good memories and Nick toured with The Cars-LUCKY!!!!!

[jeff62rey]

Sure it's kitschy, poppy, whatever bubblegum term you want to use, but for those of us living our teenage love and lust years in the 70's it brings back powerful scenes of passion and sickenly sweet moments of what we thought was love and life.

[thebigsellout]

Now marshmallow daffodils. Yuck!

[Durbin1977]

This simple song is actually pretty profound. Important life lesson: Pushovers get used.

[Undetermined1986]

When it came to that one Wayside couple ToddxMaurecia, THIS song came to mind. I hope Wayside fans are reading and listening.

[danellrtpm]

mp3iffy is the best site to get this mp3. google mp3iffy.

[carloelia1]

unforgetable!!!! hi from Italy...

[zcottX]

awsome!!!! :) :) :)

[goofywilly]

Popness oozing from this fkr!!!

[nicodagger]

A classic pop song in every way, beautiful production!!!

[daddyoj]

Classy smooth professional sound respected by trained ears- Bravo !

[uckthat]

Creem magazine didn't hate everyone. Heavy Metal mostly.

Office was filled with cynics for sure.

[huskernation9]

Your right creem did seem to hate everyone

[revolutionaryluddite]

How could anyone hate Nick Lowe? It's like hating marshmallows or hating daffodils...

[igorvasy]

@revolutionaryluddite i'm allergic 2 both. RAWR I HATE THEM BOTH.

[SquishyCow]

@revolutionaryluddite I dunno, I don't like marshmallows. But I do like Nick Lowe! :)

[SGmania1216]

@revolutionaryluddite Well, I hate marshmallows xD

[toddwindyhill]

@revolutionaryluddite: Kindness is MUCH more readily-recognized when one has experienced cruelty....True?

[Rkopitin]

@revolutionaryluddite or smores lol

[MsFurryfury]

@revolutionaryluddite i hate marshmellows...........but love nick lowe

[Hotrodd100]

@MsFurryfury Do you like hot chocolate? and if so, do you like marshmallows in your hot chocolate? Just curious - and , yes - Nick Lowe is awesome!!

[bilvis23]

@revolutionaryluddite best damn response ever!!!!

[ZombiedustXXX]

Nick Lowe used to be favorite of the staff at Creem magazine, back in the day. Quite a feat for such a shit talking mag of the day. :)

[LuneyTune72]

Kinda reminds me of the Who for some reason. Call me crazy.

[raypowersmusic]

@LuneyTune72 I hear it. Acoustic guitar high up in the mix, falsetto backing vocal, driving mid tempo... People forget how diverse The Who was (is). Good call.

[L2die]

Yea thank you now I dont have to watch some guy recording himself walking around lip singing this song!

[tenchimasake]

@L2die But you DO have to watch an Obama/Biden re-election ad before the video starts.

*sigh* YouTube ads

[knullarovianalen]

thank you for the song :D

[Tchan86]

i really love this song...

[richmeister1]

One of the better audios of this tune on YouTube....nice job!