Brinsley Schwarz - Surrender To The Rhythm [OGWT]

[HaggisPowah]

Nick Lowe on guitar and Ian Gomm on bass? hmmm :)

[PopTodd]

I still say that Bob Andrews is one of the greatest keyboard players in rock history.

[OldTruckGuy292]

Nice to see Jimbob got work after the Waltons!

[senmcc]

@OldTruckGuy292 OMG! Laughed my head off at your comment. Have always thought Nick Lowe is a great looking guy and then remembered I fancied Jimbob too. All those years ago.............ah well.

[drumsyeah]

What a good band this was..........

[DarklingStar1969]

Chewing gum whilst singing, such a Mod thing...! I bloody love this song.

[phildirt3]

wasnt graham parker in this band at one time

[earinsound]

@phildirt3

No, but Brinsley Schwarz played in The Rumor, Parker's backing group, after the group Brinsley Schwarz broke up.

[phildirt3]

@earinsound right1 thanks

[mayakane]

The organ intro and Nick Lowe's vocals sound like the Style Council's 'Speak Like A Child'. Paul Weller was clearly a fan.

[thatfingio]

@mayakane definately

[aubreyaardvark]

nick lowe is everywhere!

[chasefreak]

I hear echo's of Van Morrison & John Sebastian. Great tune! Have it on my I-Pod.

[sthompson1000]

I've been humming this tune for about thirty-five years.

[DBMalone]

@sthompson1000 It never played here in the states. No one here knew Brinsley Schwartz and we'd never heard of Nick Lowe until Cruel to be Kind came out in '79. Even then, we didn't know Rockpile. This tune is great! I swear, we Americans miss out on a lot of great music that gets played in Britain... and it's probably our own fault for not excepting something different. BTW, we discovered Ska about 15 years after they did in Britain.

[thatfingio]

@DBMalone or sometimes you lot discover it and don`t know what to do with it

[DBMalone]

@thatfingio Yeah... I'm afraid that's true too. ;-)

[gropingwithastoker]

This is just brilliant.

[eshewerethin]

just realised Nick Lowe's not playing the bass here

[tbzeee]

bob andrews, master of the hammond organ. what a great band! nick's a natural. too bad there's not more video footage. i'd like to take an orange juice on the rocks and pour it over that guy's head.

[59simonh]

could someone post "Why,Why,Why" off this record please....actually, while your at it...do us the whole album!!!

[elsloolimburg]

On 16.11.1974 Brinsley Schwartz played at Utopia - Elsloo, Netherlands

[cakemania321]

is that rik mayall and dennis waterman on keyboard and bass excellent tune

[imbwinkle]

Nick's chewing gum while singin..frickin classic

[gropingwithastoker]

@imbwinkle Chewing gum whilst singing. That's why he's called the Jesus of Cool.

[simonsimonsimonism]

reminds me of style council, even the way nick lowe is dressed.

[omehoehthelje]

@simonsimonsimonism

Yep, speak like a child

[28warbo]

@simonsimonsimonism

Sort of see what you mean, but I was just thinking how much like Squeeze they are – or how much Squeeze owed to them.

[MinimalistCouch]

joyous

[Ahsayo]

Creepy!

[kristoscan]

Brinsley's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[kristoscan]

Whispering Bobby H what a snoozer. Brinsley's were boozers. Nick Lowe's cool mod look and the rest well i don't know. Elec Piano and Organ wow...it swings.

[tlapower]

Is the guy talking in the beginning Richard Branson? Did he make some airplane money off Nick Lowe and Brinsley Schwarz?

[SirDaniel1955]

nige321 is right - Will Birch's book No Sleep til Canvey Island is a must-read if you are interested in pub rock and the road to punk/new wave...

[heatseeker64]

Fuck off ... you bearded FAG!

[iangomm]

Cut off again. It's the curse of the Brinsleys!

[CJWensleydale]

Can anyone put Ebury Down on here?...

[StanPomeray]

Control yourselves, ladies......

[journeythruthepast]

Nick Lowe went off on a more rockabilly direction when he went solo but you can just hear the band that mutated into the Rumor right here. It's a Graham Parker tune through and through if you can only imagine Parker's snarling vocal instead of Nick's. Bob Andrews=Pub rock's answer to Garth Hudson. With Schwarz on the piano, this is definitely modeling after the Band.

[written12]

@journeythruthepast

Astute observation on the hidden Rumour band inside Brinsley Schwarz.

And, boy, are they modeled on the Band, as you say. But to say that is not to deride them. They took that influence and inflected with their own personality.

[recordguy4321]

my oh my nick lowe went and got hisself a Joe Brown hair cut.

[Anorakus]

Play that hammond organ!! :o)

[bobgreen623]

Ahhhhh, the Torrington at Finchley.... great memories, one of my favourite songs by a great band.

[epicmeade]

Chewing gum while singing. a classic attempt to pretend like this wasn't the most important moment in his life (up till then at least). thanks for posting this . it's nice to see it in high Def.

[Mod4everRed4ever]

Top tune just put onto this by a mate,my kind of UK soul sound.VERY MOD.

Cheers

: )

[DrZeppo]

If the 30 second preamble was avoided & that 30 secs used at the end, it may've worked out nicely. Thanx 4 posting tho' .

[DrZeppo]

Great performance of a great song,only discovered it in last few years on this BBC4 showing. Was gonna post it on Fbook to spread the joy but tragically cut off in it's prime-can any1 else repost this classic in it's entirety ?

[eshewerethin]

great live band-they used to play The Greyhound, Fulham Palace Rd every week around this time, did a good version of 'Don't ever Change'

[eslmc]

Damn! Cut it off? Too bad, they were rockin'!

[nige321]

Will Birch has a book called No Sleep till Canvey Island.....it explains a lot of what was going on during this time period....it pinpoints this moment also.

[StanPomeray]

Superb!

[rjmachin]

Judging from Nick's 'do', this must have been his famous Bowi period.

[pretorious700]

I always felt bad for guys who went bald in their twenties- seems so unfair.

[JohnBlaney]

And odd that they should both be called Bob!"

[nexuspexus]

This song is awesome. Lowe looks so cool, and i want to buy the guy of keyboards a pint... of orange juice, on the rocks!

[icom1020]

I want to buy him a pack of gum

[remingtonrock]

@nexuspexus Great song! I've been trying to catch the lyrics, but it seems to be difficult. So I'm asking for help, if it is available. So, please help!

[jazzman201]

Nick Lowe is one of my musical heroes. The man can still write some great pop music. But orange juice on the rocks??

[satorres82]

Man, this band was really great and certainly deserved more fame.

[MOTOPAC]

Wonderful tune

[grahampl]

Halcyon Days... Just 'ave a butchers at the cab doors on Nick and the dodgy barnet on Bob..