Nick Lowe - Little Hitler

[gmartinz01]

In the US, they changed the name of the album to "Pure Pop for Now People." Nowadays, they would've left the name "Jesus of Cool" but the record company would've told him not to use the line "Little Hitler."

[wmw2525]

Top shelf stuff from one of the most talented artists to ever grace the airwaves !

[Igglefan75]

I don't think it sounds like ELO. If anything it reminds me of the Hollies and their style

[hasefisch]

leih geis arsch

[Tarnavchik]

heil sieg!

[GermanShepherdWolf]

Great stuff. I miss it. He helped usher in alternative. All the generation X'ers to current can thank him.

[magnusea]

The style here reminds me of ELO, which I liked/like very much.

[sabram8]

Fantastic! It's also about time "Labour of Lust" was given a decent reissue

[marti72256]

this is new to me......

[MDJarv]

I have always wondered if this song is about Bryan Ferry.

[wallygator100]

Love this song. Know that it has nothing to do with politics; still as I live in Germany it has an odd feel to it. Nevertheless a great song.

[Seanou]

WTF???

[vonwegen100]

Great stuff--thanks for uploading this!

I like the US track listing of this album best, as it has the studio version of "Heart Of The City" and the definitive "They Call It Rock"

[chinasherry1961]

i loved 1978

[chinasherry1961]

i loved 1978

[chinasherry1961]

i loved 1978

[chinasherry1961]

i loved 1978

[deutschschoen]

Go Basher. Can anyone put "Shes got soul" on YouTube. Danke.

[AndyManilow]

Harrison?????? No way.

[crapple009]

@AndyManilow Sure- the similarity is in the lush backing vocals (ala the George O'Hara Smith singers on All Things Must Pass lp). At least it is to me anyway.

[crapple009]

@AndyManilow Sure- the similarity is in the lush backing vocals (ala the George O'Hara Smith singers on All Things Must Pass lp). At least it is to me anyway.

[nadjadee]

Does anyone else hear a George Harrison influence in this song?

[crapple009]

Yes, no doubtedly from My Sweet Lord.

Good call!

[bbrl722]

Yes, in the harmonised slide guitars and also in the Spectoresque production.

[crapple009]

I think jonbecker03 is trying to pull your chains,having a little fun.

[RUBBERMOOG]

Thanks for posting this.

Nick Lowe - one of the greatest living Englishmen.

[RadioBazterd]

Love Nick Lowe.

[Unabomber2]

I've ordered "Jesus Of Cool" a few days ago but don't have it yet. Can't wait :)

[PaulTettam]

Nice work. I'm workin' on a little Hitler or mein own.

[harlowsmonthly]

Since Lowe was so close to Costello through the late 70s (producer, label mate, musical collaborator etc) it's tempting to read Lowe's lyrics as a comment on Costello who was using a lot of Nazi/fascist imagery in his lyrics and behaving like something of a fired-up control freak, supposedly keeping a list of journalists who'd criticised him in a little black book to exclude from guest lists at shows.

[corkeyIIonthebus]

Why get so uptight and filthy-mouthed about music? This is just a good sing-among pop song. First heard it in a furniture store and no one could tell me who was singing it. Well, I like it.

[diskochimp]

Never really "got" Graham Parker (it might still happen though!), but Lowe & Costello totally ruled at this point...

[crapple009]

Check out his lp,Squeezing Out Sparks.

[Mouldytone]

Squeezing Out Sparks is a brilliant album by the wonderful Mr Graham Parker.

[crapple009]

Right on Mouldytone.

I especially love the songs,Local Girls and Discovering Japan.

Wish I had the special Live Sparks lp.

[chinasherry1961]

check out Ian gomm gomm with the wind another brilliant album from that time period

[chinasherry1961]

@Mouldytone actually the album title had to be renamed to pure pop for now people. Jesus of Cool wasnt allowed in the US back then

[Mouldytone]

@chinasherry1961 Thanks mate. I didn`t realise that the Album`s title was different in the US.

Tony

[vuvaladusi]

yeah,

"but you'll get no change only shooting at them long range"

is not nearly as deep as

"i'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me"

[GarthAlgar2598]

I wonder what this song means?

[jonbecker03]

i dig lowe. in fact, i dig lowe very much. but i would consider him to be a "guitly pleasure." one of my fave guilty pleasure singer/songwriters, right up there with graham parker and nick lowe. but there's no denying it. lowe's form of power pop sacrifices subtlety for power. and his songs come off as cheesy, disposable, and irrelevant. compared to beck (or even someone like robbie williams), nick lowe is a relative nonentity.................

[JoeBBBlow2]

dude, i hate to recommend really great songs to ignorant blowhard jerks such as yourself, but just take a listen to "Shelly My Love", or "The Beast In Me" from Nick Lowe's Impossible Bird CD. And then you can stick your ridiculous comment.

[JoeBBBlow2]

I didn't have to make my post so obnoxious and rude. I apologize for the harsh adjectives.

[jonbecker03]

it's cool. i didn't take offense but i did make a mistake myself. i forgot to add elvis costello to my "Triumvirate" of cheesy, guilty pleasure singer songwriters. they have all written good songs. but, in terms of awareness and sensitivity, they PALE next to songwriters such as beck, moby, and robbie williams (not to mention female songpoets such as bjork and tori amos).

[zombiewarfare]

"Well that's just, like, your opinion, man."

[jonbecker03]

of course it's my opinion. and (i venture to say) it's the opinion of most informed pop fans and critics.  lowe, graham parker,and elvis costello have never been all that popular with the public and they haven't been critical favorites for decades. the supporters of their kind of power pop have generally been macho "purist" critics and "rockist" types who are living in the past. you'll seldom hear a contemporary artist, like avril lavigne or tori amos),cite nick lowe as one of her favorites.

[protest11]

Firstly, you missed an excellent Big Lebowski reference and secondly you consider Tori Amos a contemporary artist - your opinion should be stricken from the record. Your two cents are spent pal

[ChasBeauregarde]

Who are these Informed pop critics and fans you're citing? People who watch the Grammy awards?

[jonbecker03]

robert christgau, simon reynolds, simon frith, kodwo eshun, chuck eddy maybe...the list goes on and on. they don't necessarily watch the grammies, but they have their fingers on the pulse of the public in some ways and are discerning about the BEST in popular taste. they think in terms of "progressive pop" rather than rock and roll or pop rock, even though they may not use the term. thus, they would think of nick lowe as an anachronism, i dead end within the context of the evolution of pop.

[ChasBeauregarde]

Not to be disrespectful to your opinion, but it seems presumptuous on your part to claim to know these critics viewing habits or how they think in terms of music genres. IMHO what you call Progressive Pop is the death knell of pop music much as Lite Jazz is the death knell of jazz.

[jonbecker03]

absolutely. i don't know if these people watch the grammies and i couldn't care less. as to "how they think in terms of musical genres," i'm just speculating based on their writings and i could be wrong. but i would see these critics as moving away from an elitist "rockist" stance (essentially a white, middle class, male stance) toward a vision of pop as a multicultural, postmodern phenomenon with "electronica" (for want of a better term) as its international bedrock genre.

[jonbecker03]

progressive pop isn't the death knell of pop music. it signifies a CHANGE in the nature of pop music, in my opinion a change for the better. i like old-fashioned power pop myself, yet i realize that the contemporary "progressive" form of pop is much more culturally significant. progressive pop is a kind of music that keeps up with contemporary technological trends while still appealing to the average "non-elitist" listener.

[jonbecker03]

jazz as a creative artform didn't outlast the twentieth century. i DIG jazz and at one time was very much into it. but one has to concede that jazz is an elitist, pretentious musical genre. yes, lite jazz (or smooth jazz) is a "kitschy" phenomenon. yet it is an attempt to develop an ACCESSIBLE derivative of jazz, an offshoot of jazz that appeals to the unsophisticated listener while still acknowledging the techological changes that have taken place in the music industry.

[ChasBeauregarde]

Ellington, Basie and Armstrong are elitist and pretentious??? Dude, your way off base - no further comments.

[crapple009]

As an informed pop fan and critic,I don't share your opinion at all.

Gotta admit though,"Hey,Hey,I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" by Avril and Robbie Williams are my some of my cheesy,disposable guilty pleasures.

[jonbecker03]

there's "good" kitsch and "bad" kitsch. "good" kitsch connects with an audience and engages with the technology of its time. "bad" kitsch is just "kitschy." avril and robbie make culturally-resonant "important" kitsch. nick lowe (though i love him) is essentially just an old goon living in the past..........................­......

[crapple009]

I could be wrong but I seriously doubt in 25 years time (let alone 5-10),people will be talking about,let alone remember who the heck Avril Lavigne is. I'd love to see her in 2020 to see what the " old goon-ness" will be up to.

Anyway, it's whatever you're into that counts. Opinions are like a**holes-everyone has them.

[crapple009]

Robbie Williams music is not cheesy?

[okbass]

As the world turns

At the edge of night

And the seed of shock is sown

I'll make a little Hitler of my own

[scs3000]

Jesus of cool, that's Nick-o.

[billieredsocks]

Never knew there was a video for this song. Thanks for posting!

[robbyroo212]

Crappy video of a great song. Doesn't matter. It's so great to see Nick Lowe. Bit of trivia: He stole the song title from his friend Elvis Costello who instead had to write a song called Two Little Hitlers.

[kevgmac76]

Er...WOW!! Thanks a bunch for posting this! I never even realised that "Little Hitler" had a video until now :-)