i'm surprised dave edmunds and billy bremner took the time to be on this video, it was 34 years ago, when i graduated from high school, 35th reunion is next year, oh bother...
@xdoo16 In the last few years Yep Roc Records has reissued Nick's first two albums "Jesus Of Cool" (which this song is from) and "Labour Of Lust." Do yourself a favor and get hold of both of them. You won't be sorry.
so it goes..sounds like were resigning our fate to something/else..NO WAY IN THIS WORLD..WE DONT KNOW WHERE ITS GOING IN THIS WORLD, BUT HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO CHANGE WHAT WE WANT TO AND DO IT IN NO TIME......
Me and my friends were hanging out drunk andhigh on MDMA by a creek at 4am and my buddy played this on his unplugged electric guitar and it was fucking amazing
The music was nice but the thing I noticed was that for 1976 the video was very professionally done (in a kind of 21st century, image is everything, stylee)
A stone cold treasure. The band is Rockpile, recording as Nick Lowe, just as they did for 2 Dave Edmunds albums and their one album under their Rockplie identity. Just beautiful power pop for pure people. Life affirming stuff.
@nammcapp I think the difference from "LA mafia" groups and pub rockers, in particular, Nick Lowe, is their attitude about music. Lowe--and Edmund--take their ethic from an earlier time, when artists would go into a studio, blow it out, as in the old Sun Records days, and with a little gussying up, that's what you get: an honest, immediate product. I liked Steely Dan at the time, but now, well, I can't listen to slick overdubs of 20 Micheal McDonalds anymore. Nick and Dave still are great!
I'm really tired of the "Reeling In The Years" crap. This great song has nothing to do with that supposed precursor turd. Look at the build of each song, if you can, and you'll find very little relation.
@JohnFordDanceTroupe Who asked you? Steely Dan is a very overrated band whose music sounds terribly dated. And, if you ever took a good look at "Reeling In The Years" and "So It Goes," you'd see that there's no relationship between the songs, either in their construction, chord progressions or subject matter in the lyrics. Ignorant dimwits like yourself should stove it already.
@moosekarloff I am not ignorant to the idea of music, nor am I ignorant to the opinion that there are better bands than Steely Dan out there. Your opinion seems to be that New Wave, especially the New Wave coming from Nick Lowe, cannot be dated at all. Sure, Steely Dan sounds like they're from the '70s, but that does not detract them from being great songwriters as a whole.
Besides, the verses to both songs are uncannily similar. I'm not saying that the songs are the same. I'm just clarifying.
@JohnFordDanceTroupe Most music becomes dated, but some genres and acts become time capsule material moreso than others. This is especially true of jazz-rock, which was nothing more than an ill-conceived fad. Furthermore, the verses of the songs are similar only in that they're both in the key of D and employ a four chord structure. The third line of the "Reelin'" verse shifts to a C# progression, "So It Goes" does not. That's what you call "clarification."
@moosekarloff And another thing: I am more aware of music than you'll ever be. I have listened to copious amounts of jazz (be-bop, hardbop, modal, free form, fusion, Dixieland, big band, swing, traditional, smooth) and to me, most of it's kind of good.
You basically criticized me on things I did not mean to imply on my initial reply to you. Never in my sentence did I tell you that I thought the songs were the same. Your criticism exists solely to bash a band you severely underrate.
@JohnFordDanceTroupe You make some pretty funny assumptions. Firstly, I've been listening to jazz for over 40 years, and I play it occasionally. I'm also well acquainted with the American Songbook, Delta, Piedmont, Texas, West Coast, Chicago and Memphis blues, mainstream 1950s R&B, early '60s pop, all forms of rock and roll, folk music from all over the world, classical, Circus, novelty and outsider music. I play keyboards, strings and wind instruments. That's "awareness," junior.
@moosekarloff Another thing, are you a Pitchfork user? Because you know that you can't trust them all of the time. And besides, nobody else (other than a pedant who cannot accept jazz-rock) hates Steely Dan more than them.
Now, let's get back to discussing the Nick Lowe song, shall we?
@JohnFordDanceTroupe Jazz-rock is a passe genre that was an experiment that didn't work. Mostly because jazz and rock, because of their respective core ethos and vocabularies, are incompatible. The former speaks in more in complex progressions, opens up established forms and relies heavily on structural improvisation. The latter employs basic progressions, maintains a strict adherence to form, and doesn't encourage much lyrical adventure. You should quit while you're still behind.
@moosekarloff I admit that jazz-rock does have some noticeable flaws, but hey, so do the main genres.
To me, jazz-rock is just underappreciated. So is this.
And I just want you to accept that. You didn't have to say that "OMG STEELY DAN IS HORRIBLE COMPARED TO THIS." Because I can cite some relatively weak Nick Lowe.
@JohnFordDanceTroupe I don't particularly want to step in the middle of the "debate" you're having with the other guy... however I'm a long time fan of both these artists. I think Steely Dan's music has held up very well over time, and don't feel that it sounds especially dated. It was so well done in every way that it still sounds fresh to my ears. Good writing, deft arrangements, first rate production values, and professional instrumentation cannot be dismissed, regardless of opinion.
@JohnFordDanceTroupe Jazz rock is pretentious, an absurd collision of two incompatible musical genres. No wonder it never caught on to any appreciable audience and sounds so antiquated and hokey today.
@moosekarloff Radiohead is pretentious. Glam rock is pretentious. Prog-rock is pretentious. Alt-country is pretentious. Television is pretentious. Nick Lowe is pretentious.
Jazz rock is pretentious and absurd, yes, but at least Steely Dan had a sense of humor regarding it. They knew how ridiculous they sounded - and they made their music really awesome. It is actually regarded by hipsters and critics alike as "appreciable music." "Aja" has influenced more bands than you think.
@JohnFordDanceTroupe If anything, Steely Dan assumes NYC and LA personae to convey the lyrical import of their drippy, tired, not very interesting songs. Actually, their lyrics are pretty stupid, vapid. Nick Lowe proclaims intelligently, straight from himself, no BS. Get off the jazz-rock soap box already. It was a failed genre, because it was pretentious, and because jazz and rock are not compatible. Jazz rock sucks because it's second-rate rock and fifth-rate jazz.
You're really hipster, don't ya think? You think that all the honest music is from artists that don't get much airplay....
Well, let me tell you something: there's a whole new world to music than just your Nick Lowe fanboy bullshit. You'll argue anything to claim that jazz-rock is the Antichrist of music, but what you're missing is that even this so-called "commercial" music can be honest.
And trust me when I say this, but Steely Dan is pretty fucking honest in their songs.
Back then, Nick said in an interview (with a wink and a nod) that one should hear the influence of "Reeling in the Years." I think this was recordedand issued before "The Boy Are Back in Town."
This is so great! If it were 1978 and I was watching this video, it would inspire me to buy a one way plane ticket to England and to want to buy each of these guys a drink!
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LOL @ retards who get worked up over comments on youtube.
@ Mr todge, not only your grammar but your spelling and sentence structure is terrible as well, just sayin'. That and your comments are indecipherable.
and finally, hope your all more D-C#m-Bm-A BALD than just D-A-E-A Grey Haired, you cowboy lib-tea party strictly organic chelsea tractor "my daddy worked jolly hard" , never saw them live jools holland viewing wheres my banking bonus ive got a gibson chav's are abosolute beasts, er , rotters.
i owe my amazingly fdd up life to the legacy of rockpile, stiff, the feelgoods, tenpole crippen, madness, 2 tone and all the wierdness that happenned next. Love where i am now. Whats so funny bout peace love and understanding. oh yeah, musoes below.....i know its only rock n roll and your tossers
(oh but mr todge surely, your grammar is terrible)
Wow...I just found out about Nick Lowe the other night when I was relaxing with a good friend. So bad ass...Now this is music! This song makes me feel so good.
Check out Steely Dan, "Reelin' in the Years". Kind of fun how the verses are so similar, exact same chord progression and almost the same melody:) Both Great!!!
@Dave78m That's because the song is built on a bass drop, a standard kind of song where playing the root notes for the bass is what makes the most sense. Tons of songs like this.
there may be tons of songs like this but this particular song is the only one that's basically a direct ripoff of simon and garfunkel's 59th street bridge song
@MultiNickDanger I was enraged by your comment until I checked it out. Ever hear Elvis Costello's Tramp The Dirt Down? Basically a ripoff of Stevie Wonder's Isn't She Lovely.
sure man, you're right - and it's not so awful - every musician has done it in some way or another
if you really want to hear a direct rip-off, check out Mickey's Monkey by Mother's Finest - it's a cover of a Miracles song to begin with, and on top of that, they've somehow managed to do it over the exact guitar track from Led Zeppelin's Custard Pie (first track on Physical Graffiti)
the overall effect is not entirely without its merits, i kinda dig it actually
@MultiNickDanger You don't know what you're talking about. Has nothing to do with anything that shimpy little Paul Simon came up with. Listen to the version on "Pure Pop For Now People." The one where Nick plays everything except drums. Then, tell us how it's a rip-off. What a laugh.
some people listen closely to music, Moose, and some just bob their head to the beat - i'm assuming you're one of the latter - it's a fact so deal with it, the instrumental melody and rhythm are lifted straight from paul simon, only the lyrical structure is changed to protect the innocent - i like this song better than 59th Street Bridge, actually, and i'm glad they did it
The two songs have nothing to do with one another in terms of construction. "So It Goes" follows a progression of D-C#m-Bm-A, with a signature riff of D-A-E-A. "59th Street Song" has a progression of G-C-Am7-G, with no signature riff. "So It Goes" has political import to its lyrics, and a theme of "nothing ever really changes." "59th Street" is about "looking for fun and feelin' groovy." Absolutely no similarity in the lyrics either.
@kirk75248 No similarity at all to the weak Steely Dan effort. Totally different song construction, totally different lyric import. This song deals with much bigger concerns, and it's much better sung and played.
I saw Rockpile during their US Tour in 1978. They opened for Elvis Costello & The Attractions in Syracuse NY in the spring of 1978. "So It Goes", "Breaking Glass", and Costello's "Lipstick Vogue" were my favorites then! This video brings back some great musical memories of my college years.
This was my introduction to Rockpile as a band. They were either fronted by Basher or Dave Edmunds. Love this clip! Also love all the Edmonds/Lowe/and one proper Rockpile records. Great stuff!
I think you mean Thin-Lizzy-like as a compliment. And, I think it is definitely a compliment. Thin Lizzy and Nick Lowe = great rock and roll! Better than today's crud.
@rocktenniscat Actually I said Thin Lizzy-lite, becuase this isn't as heavy as Thin Lizzy, but I definitley meant it as a compliment. this song kicks major ass
@sohahe77 pfft....."kids" these days would not dig it, they are all in love with justin bieber and that modern day pop music. me on the otherhand being 16 years old i listen to pretty much any form of rock/metal from the late 60's to 80's hair metal, there's also quite a few pop songs i like. not that junk today but the pop from the 80's
GREAT comment!! I agree, a great comparison, the thing is I think Lizzy covered this, so that might be why, I'm gonna check into it. But I thought the SAME thing!! Peace
his(n) kind of makes sense if you consider the next word is "and" . it makes it easier to lead into "and so it goes." still not totally sold on "she is his n". it makes for kind of a weak line in an otherwise brilliant poem. but.. so it goes.
wonder why she ain't mine...she is his(n). I think he adds the "isn" to his just to keep it tight with the word vision. it works because after all it is the Jesus of Cool.
Thin Lizzy rip off
nerdflanders8710 1 day ago
He is absolutely the Jesus of Cool!!
dgallodgallo 3 days ago
glad i found this...btw i think nick's aged very well. :)
ciaraj13 5 days ago
The Kenny Everett Video Show also brought us,The Weirdos, Helium Bar. Great up , thanks.
rottro 1 week ago
i'm surprised dave edmunds and billy bremner took the time to be on this video, it was 34 years ago, when i graduated from high school, 35th reunion is next year, oh bother...
mrbadx19 2 weeks ago
I can't stop watching this clip. Thank you so much for posting it.
BettinaBalser 3 weeks ago
How could a guy that ugly be so cool? Play it again LOUD.. Love you Nick.
joeytwosubs 3 weeks ago
@joeytwosubs Aw come on....Nick ain't a bad looking guy.
MattHatter 2 weeks ago
Me encanta este pop cristalino fresco y elegante!
ewardote 1 month ago
Got to see this unit play this number twice, include at the Heatwave Festavil in Toronto in 1980.
Staggerbaroque 2 months ago
Fantastic suit, Nick! Great classic!
bartonim 2 months ago
This is a good song for a funeral.
OneStarRatingLTD 3 months ago
@OneStarRatingLTD ..... how?
xdoo16 2 months ago
@xdoo16 because you should go shove cocaine up your ass
nadroj233 2 months ago 4
Nice!
tidepoolbay 3 months ago
God I LOVE the Basher......indeed he was and always shall be the Jesus of Cool...
Loshia2002 3 months ago 2
never heard o these guys before now.... but they awesome!
i love accidental finds lol
xdoo16 3 months ago 10
@xdoo16 In the last few years Yep Roc Records has reissued Nick's first two albums "Jesus Of Cool" (which this song is from) and "Labour Of Lust." Do yourself a favor and get hold of both of them. You won't be sorry.
Salguine 3 months ago
@xdoo16 Oh my god, I am so happy for you!
1800IzzyPop 1 week ago
This is awesome, it's a Rockpile studio version of the song! Is this version available on any CD release?
johnnydinkis2 4 months ago
LOVE THIS SONG. The "Jesus of Cool" indeed.
gmartinz01 4 months ago
Every pop song writer after him for a generation was just ripping him off. Whatever you say to dispute that is rubbish. He was BRILLIANT.
agramsci 4 months ago 2
and so it goes.....good music lives, on youtube
nevetsnolog 4 months ago
THIS IS THE ONLY VIDEO THAT'S ANY GOOD.
cowperson37 4 months ago
Great song from my teenage years. Still have the hots for Dave!
sierra6588 5 months ago
Love the Riddler suit!
bomac10000 5 months ago 7
the second i heard this, i instantly felt like i was living in the 70's
stingme88x 5 months ago
This guy really looks like the actor Peter Coyote. Good song.
capebee 6 months ago
@capebee and gram parsons.
HuxleyWasRight 6 months ago
Great song.....for the first time I ever heard it!!
acarouselofantics 6 months ago
so it goes..sounds like were resigning our fate to something/else..NO WAY IN THIS WORLD..WE DONT KNOW WHERE ITS GOING IN THIS WORLD, BUT HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO CHANGE WHAT WE WANT TO AND DO IT IN NO TIME......
rexrockandroll 6 months ago
He would have made a perfect George Harrison imposter.
Isabel1956 7 months ago
@Isabel1956 He certainly has a very Beatles look lol- I know a guy who looks EXACTLY like him, and people say that guy looks like Paul McCartney! :P
moonblossom15 5 months ago
Me and my friends were hanging out drunk andhigh on MDMA by a creek at 4am and my buddy played this on his unplugged electric guitar and it was fucking amazing
heywhatsmellss 7 months ago
@heywhatsmellss Great song, even better comment!
R8mondo 6 months ago
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mikestrat56 7 months ago
The music was nice but the thing I noticed was that for 1976 the video was very professionally done (in a kind of 21st century, image is everything, stylee)
bigjamcunt 7 months ago
oh my god where did nick get that horrid green suit he has on at the front of the video?
TheSandsie13 7 months ago
@TheSandsie13 he mugged the riddler, obviously
cdjones19 7 months ago
Sounds more in the line of The Boys are back in Town.
sheffieldgumshoe 7 months ago
Bad Ass song, I haven't heard it in a long time, still just as good.
kiowa777 8 months ago
Jesus of Cool ...
poisonscribe 8 months ago
A stone cold treasure. The band is Rockpile, recording as Nick Lowe, just as they did for 2 Dave Edmunds albums and their one album under their Rockplie identity. Just beautiful power pop for pure people. Life affirming stuff.
charlyW34 8 months ago
Someone should post some Carlene Carter for some equal time on You Tube,
powergirl901 8 months ago
It's effortlessly brilliant
clemzzz 8 months ago
@nammcapp I think the difference from "LA mafia" groups and pub rockers, in particular, Nick Lowe, is their attitude about music. Lowe--and Edmund--take their ethic from an earlier time, when artists would go into a studio, blow it out, as in the old Sun Records days, and with a little gussying up, that's what you get: an honest, immediate product. I liked Steely Dan at the time, but now, well, I can't listen to slick overdubs of 20 Micheal McDonalds anymore. Nick and Dave still are great!
bathsheba56 8 months ago
by the way, the green suit with the question marks belongs to a DC comic book villain that is batmans adversary. that would be, The Riddler..
bomac10000 9 months ago
This is different than the familiar album version. They must have recorded a special version just for use in this clip.
FunhouseJr 9 months ago
nick , dave, billy, terry a.ka. rockpile this is pre.
yeah, nick is the seminal figure in new wave, etc.
wallyboo100 9 months ago
song fucking rules
marcmorello91 10 months ago
Words can't express how powerful this is! Thank you so much for posting.
stinkypants10 10 months ago
When did Nick Lowe steal the Riddler's jacket?
Chunkaway 10 months ago
I'm really tired of the "Reeling In The Years" crap. This great song has nothing to do with that supposed precursor turd. Look at the build of each song, if you can, and you'll find very little relation.
moosekarloff 10 months ago
@moosekarloff Shut up with your Steely Dan bashing bullshit.
They, along with Nick Lowe, are aware of their own world and immortalize it in their lyrics. That's why people love 'em.
JohnFordDanceTroupe 10 months ago
@JohnFordDanceTroupe Who asked you? Steely Dan is a very overrated band whose music sounds terribly dated. And, if you ever took a good look at "Reeling In The Years" and "So It Goes," you'd see that there's no relationship between the songs, either in their construction, chord progressions or subject matter in the lyrics. Ignorant dimwits like yourself should stove it already.
moosekarloff 10 months ago
@moosekarloff I am not ignorant to the idea of music, nor am I ignorant to the opinion that there are better bands than Steely Dan out there. Your opinion seems to be that New Wave, especially the New Wave coming from Nick Lowe, cannot be dated at all. Sure, Steely Dan sounds like they're from the '70s, but that does not detract them from being great songwriters as a whole.
Besides, the verses to both songs are uncannily similar. I'm not saying that the songs are the same. I'm just clarifying.
JohnFordDanceTroupe 10 months ago
@JohnFordDanceTroupe Most music becomes dated, but some genres and acts become time capsule material moreso than others. This is especially true of jazz-rock, which was nothing more than an ill-conceived fad. Furthermore, the verses of the songs are similar only in that they're both in the key of D and employ a four chord structure. The third line of the "Reelin'" verse shifts to a C# progression, "So It Goes" does not. That's what you call "clarification."
moosekarloff 10 months ago
@moosekarloff And another thing: I am more aware of music than you'll ever be. I have listened to copious amounts of jazz (be-bop, hardbop, modal, free form, fusion, Dixieland, big band, swing, traditional, smooth) and to me, most of it's kind of good.
You basically criticized me on things I did not mean to imply on my initial reply to you. Never in my sentence did I tell you that I thought the songs were the same. Your criticism exists solely to bash a band you severely underrate.
JohnFordDanceTroupe 10 months ago
@JohnFordDanceTroupe You make some pretty funny assumptions. Firstly, I've been listening to jazz for over 40 years, and I play it occasionally. I'm also well acquainted with the American Songbook, Delta, Piedmont, Texas, West Coast, Chicago and Memphis blues, mainstream 1950s R&B, early '60s pop, all forms of rock and roll, folk music from all over the world, classical, Circus, novelty and outsider music. I play keyboards, strings and wind instruments. That's "awareness," junior.
moosekarloff 10 months ago
@moosekarloff Another thing, are you a Pitchfork user? Because you know that you can't trust them all of the time. And besides, nobody else (other than a pedant who cannot accept jazz-rock) hates Steely Dan more than them.
Now, let's get back to discussing the Nick Lowe song, shall we?
JohnFordDanceTroupe 10 months ago
@JohnFordDanceTroupe Jazz-rock is a passe genre that was an experiment that didn't work. Mostly because jazz and rock, because of their respective core ethos and vocabularies, are incompatible. The former speaks in more in complex progressions, opens up established forms and relies heavily on structural improvisation. The latter employs basic progressions, maintains a strict adherence to form, and doesn't encourage much lyrical adventure. You should quit while you're still behind.
moosekarloff 10 months ago
@moosekarloff I admit that jazz-rock does have some noticeable flaws, but hey, so do the main genres.
To me, jazz-rock is just underappreciated. So is this.
And I just want you to accept that. You didn't have to say that "OMG STEELY DAN IS HORRIBLE COMPARED TO THIS." Because I can cite some relatively weak Nick Lowe.
JohnFordDanceTroupe 10 months ago
@JohnFordDanceTroupe I don't particularly want to step in the middle of the "debate" you're having with the other guy... however I'm a long time fan of both these artists. I think Steely Dan's music has held up very well over time, and don't feel that it sounds especially dated. It was so well done in every way that it still sounds fresh to my ears. Good writing, deft arrangements, first rate production values, and professional instrumentation cannot be dismissed, regardless of opinion.
slimshine953 10 months ago
@slimshine953 Thank you, slimshine.
Glad to see somebody thinks highly of jazz-rock and Nick Lowe at the same time.
JohnFordDanceTroupe 10 months ago
@JohnFordDanceTroupe Jazz rock is pretentious, an absurd collision of two incompatible musical genres. No wonder it never caught on to any appreciable audience and sounds so antiquated and hokey today.
moosekarloff 9 months ago
@moosekarloff Radiohead is pretentious. Glam rock is pretentious. Prog-rock is pretentious. Alt-country is pretentious. Television is pretentious. Nick Lowe is pretentious.
Jazz rock is pretentious and absurd, yes, but at least Steely Dan had a sense of humor regarding it. They knew how ridiculous they sounded - and they made their music really awesome. It is actually regarded by hipsters and critics alike as "appreciable music." "Aja" has influenced more bands than you think.
JohnFordDanceTroupe 9 months ago
@JohnFordDanceTroupe If anything, Steely Dan assumes NYC and LA personae to convey the lyrical import of their drippy, tired, not very interesting songs. Actually, their lyrics are pretty stupid, vapid. Nick Lowe proclaims intelligently, straight from himself, no BS. Get off the jazz-rock soap box already. It was a failed genre, because it was pretentious, and because jazz and rock are not compatible. Jazz rock sucks because it's second-rate rock and fifth-rate jazz.
moosekarloff 9 months ago
@moosekarloff Wow.
You're really hipster, don't ya think? You think that all the honest music is from artists that don't get much airplay....
Well, let me tell you something: there's a whole new world to music than just your Nick Lowe fanboy bullshit. You'll argue anything to claim that jazz-rock is the Antichrist of music, but what you're missing is that even this so-called "commercial" music can be honest.
And trust me when I say this, but Steely Dan is pretty fucking honest in their songs.
JohnFordDanceTroupe 9 months ago
I'm really tired of the "Reeling In The Years" crap. This great song has nothing to do with that supposed precursor turd.
moosekarloff 10 months ago
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Zanniroxwell 10 months ago
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Zanniroxwell 10 months ago
Anyone Else Hear "Steely Dan-Reeling In The Years" ?
renues 10 months ago
@renues Frankly, no.
Salguine 10 months ago
Back then, Nick said in an interview (with a wink and a nod) that one should hear the influence of "Reeling in the Years." I think this was recordedand issued before "The Boy Are Back in Town."
mrmxyzplk 11 months ago
thanks so much for posting this! I'm a huge Nick Lowe fan buthaven't seen a lot of videos of his younger days
susanwest 11 months ago
Kenny Everett Video Show Series 1 Show Three, This is from.
Im Remastering all the shows right now, and would love a stereo mix of this
ade425mxy 11 months ago
Nick lowe looks like he could be the love child of mick jagger and jeremy clarkson
lauder24 11 months ago
You go boy!
mel0dyism 1 year ago
tis reminds of "rock n roll high school"...i'm gonna watch that movie tomorrow
jedhell101 1 year ago
This is so great! If it were 1978 and I was watching this video, it would inspire me to buy a one way plane ticket to England and to want to buy each of these guys a drink!
TCMO99 1 year ago
This sounds an awful lot like "The Boys are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy.
patchchrist 1 year ago
@patchchrist
Eh, maybe a little. This is way better to my ears.
FungusMossGnosis 1 year ago
@patchchrist This was actually inspired by Steely Dan's "Reeling in the Years". But I can see the similarities with "The Boys are Back in Town".
fanforeverds1 11 months ago 2
@fanforeverds1 Yep. I Hear Both.
renues 10 months ago
thecat - Thanks for posting this song!
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OffTheCharts365 1 year ago
b stiff forever!!!
madkono 1 year ago
not worked up.just pissed. enjoy your latin night class.
todgemeister1 1 year ago
LOL @ retards who get worked up over comments on youtube.
@ Mr todge, not only your grammar but your spelling and sentence structure is terrible as well, just sayin'. That and your comments are indecipherable.
ConnieLynchitz 1 year ago
and finally, hope your all more D-C#m-Bm-A BALD than just D-A-E-A Grey Haired, you cowboy lib-tea party strictly organic chelsea tractor "my daddy worked jolly hard" , never saw them live jools holland viewing wheres my banking bonus ive got a gibson chav's are abosolute beasts, er , rotters.
when u have worhed out who i am spk to my agent.
todgemeister1 1 year ago
oh and another thing: wkers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
todgemeister1 1 year ago
i owe my amazingly fdd up life to the legacy of rockpile, stiff, the feelgoods, tenpole crippen, madness, 2 tone and all the wierdness that happenned next. Love where i am now. Whats so funny bout peace love and understanding. oh yeah, musoes below.....i know its only rock n roll and your tossers
(oh but mr todge surely, your grammar is terrible)
todgemeister1 1 year ago
He's so *skinny*! :D
originalmahgwet 1 year ago
Nick Lowe is the greatest. The true King of Pop. True Power Pop. Michael Jackson? Gettouttahere..
moosekarloff 1 year ago
Im Restoring the "Kenny Everett Video Shows"! from a variety of Off Airs etc.
You got the whole show?
ade425mxy 1 year ago
I can't begin to describe how much I love this.
TCMO99 1 year ago
@TCMO99 I know. I watch it over and over. :)
BettinaBalser 9 months ago
thin lizzy
batalion666 1 year ago
Nick Lowe played the most delicious pop songs I ever heard!!!!!!!
basiacomeout 1 year ago
Nick Lowe wears many different outfits in this video. each one of them is outstanding.
pbrick6301 1 year ago
great work by the singer switching clothes and from 4 string to 6 string so smoothly.
pbrick6301 1 year ago 16
Wow...I just found out about Nick Lowe the other night when I was relaxing with a good friend. So bad ass...Now this is music! This song makes me feel so good.
LucidDream 1 year ago
Ewwww... a nice quality Nick Lowe video on YouTube. Never seen one of those. Tx!
thebiguneasy 1 year ago
Check out Steely Dan, "Reelin' in the Years". Kind of fun how the verses are so similar, exact same chord progression and almost the same melody:) Both Great!!!
kirk75248 1 year ago 10
@kirk75248 you nailed it. The bass line dominates both, in almost identical ways. SD lyrics are a bit better, tho.
Dave78m 1 year ago
@Dave78m That's because the song is built on a bass drop, a standard kind of song where playing the root notes for the bass is what makes the most sense. Tons of songs like this.
jackstpaul 1 year ago
@jackstpaul
there may be tons of songs like this but this particular song is the only one that's basically a direct ripoff of simon and garfunkel's 59th street bridge song
MultiNickDanger 1 year ago
@MultiNickDanger I was enraged by your comment until I checked it out. Ever hear Elvis Costello's Tramp The Dirt Down? Basically a ripoff of Stevie Wonder's Isn't She Lovely.
kevhead66 1 year ago
@kevhead66
sure man, you're right - and it's not so awful - every musician has done it in some way or another
if you really want to hear a direct rip-off, check out Mickey's Monkey by Mother's Finest - it's a cover of a Miracles song to begin with, and on top of that, they've somehow managed to do it over the exact guitar track from Led Zeppelin's Custard Pie (first track on Physical Graffiti)
the overall effect is not entirely without its merits, i kinda dig it actually
MultiNickDanger 1 year ago
@MultiNickDanger You don't know what you're talking about. Has nothing to do with anything that shimpy little Paul Simon came up with. Listen to the version on "Pure Pop For Now People." The one where Nick plays everything except drums. Then, tell us how it's a rip-off. What a laugh.
moosekarloff 1 year ago
@moosekarloff
some people listen closely to music, Moose, and some just bob their head to the beat - i'm assuming you're one of the latter - it's a fact so deal with it, the instrumental melody and rhythm are lifted straight from paul simon, only the lyrical structure is changed to protect the innocent - i like this song better than 59th Street Bridge, actually, and i'm glad they did it
MultiNickDanger 1 year ago
@MultiNickDanger
The two songs have nothing to do with one another in terms of construction. "So It Goes" follows a progression of D-C#m-Bm-A, with a signature riff of D-A-E-A. "59th Street Song" has a progression of G-C-Am7-G, with no signature riff. "So It Goes" has political import to its lyrics, and a theme of "nothing ever really changes." "59th Street" is about "looking for fun and feelin' groovy." Absolutely no similarity in the lyrics either.
moosekarloff 1 year ago
@kirk75248 No similarity at all to the weak Steely Dan effort. Totally different song construction, totally different lyric import. This song deals with much bigger concerns, and it's much better sung and played.
moosekarloff 1 year ago
@kirk75248 good call!!!! I never noticed the similarity before!!!!Still, like you said...both GREAT!!!! Thanks!!!!
huskerdu1661 8 months ago
I'm sorry, Nick Lowe isn't fit to lace Phill Lynott's drinks.
katymagnets 1 year ago
@katymagnets Ha! lol. Funny!
kevtruth 7 months ago
Its a nick from Running back and Freedom song by Thin Lizzy .. : )
GTWHITEFEVER 1 year ago
Is Nick Lowe wearing Matthew Lesko's suit jacket for part of this video?
pbrick6301 1 year ago
Nice one mate
Johnnyjueves 1 year ago
another late 70s gem from Lowe, Edmunds and the boys from Rockpile. thanks for the memories guys.
jasonwheel 1 year ago
This reminds me a little of Steely Dan's 'Reelin In the Years'
zeppelinrock 1 year ago 3
@zeppelinrock agreed.
jacquieblues 1 year ago
I saw Rockpile during their US Tour in 1978. They opened for Elvis Costello & The Attractions in Syracuse NY in the spring of 1978. "So It Goes", "Breaking Glass", and Costello's "Lipstick Vogue" were my favorites then! This video brings back some great musical memories of my college years.
mrbe5a1r 1 year ago
Nick Lowe is to pop what Bob Dylan is to folk.
lastdaysguitar 1 year ago 2
This was called " Power Pop" back in the late 70's - early 80's. Live, Rockpile was amazing! Truly rock and roll. I miss it.
mikestrat56 1 year ago
I like Nick with shorter hair..lol
sigmund5 1 year ago
this is so fucking cool. love love love nick lowe.
squeezebunt 1 year ago 2
Rockpile rocks!
CatapultYourMom 1 year ago
ah, the great Rockpile in all their 70s glory! Love it!
vonwegen100 1 year ago
This was my introduction to Rockpile as a band. They were either fronted by Basher or Dave Edmunds. Love this clip! Also love all the Edmonds/Lowe/and one proper Rockpile records. Great stuff!
mnaran 1 year ago
dave edmunds/nick lowe are just a natural.i just enjoy the stuff they do.
nomiclas 1 year ago
the Jesus of Cool
cdjones19 1 year ago 2
hello chromakey possibility
rstaake 1 year ago
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ke72jak 1 year ago
Thin Lizzy-lite
cheifguggletram 1 year ago
I also hear the Thin Lizzy of which you speak
marcusmotorama 1 year ago
I think you mean Thin-Lizzy-like as a compliment. And, I think it is definitely a compliment. Thin Lizzy and Nick Lowe = great rock and roll! Better than today's crud.
PS: Happy Birthday today to Nick
rocktenniscat 1 year ago
@rocktenniscat Actually I said Thin Lizzy-lite, becuase this isn't as heavy as Thin Lizzy, but I definitley meant it as a compliment. this song kicks major ass
cheifguggletram 1 year ago
@cheifguggletram Totally agree with you !!!!
rocktenniscat 1 year ago
Heard the BPA version first, and these are both great songs.
chuddlewinks 1 year ago
This song has one of the greatest hooks I have ever heard.
martinjsxx 1 year ago 5
Nick Lowe influenced many music artists such as Beck. His music was pure fun with a twist of genius.
junkie4vids 2 years ago
The flow of the lyrics kills me every time.
Killer number.
KJAnsia 2 years ago 2
Guitar solo differs from the single and LP-version. It's playback, so is this another take or different mix ?
tappioha 2 years ago
I think it's another take, if I'm not mistaken, as there also seems to be a slight variation on his vocals during the refrain.
Then again, I think that dogs can't look up.
KJAnsia 2 years ago
Too cute...
renmar5257 2 years ago
great song from Adventureland movie ;)
TerCC14 2 years ago
song still stands up
qtips3 2 years ago 9
Amazing how hip this is today, both visually and sonically. This video could be in rotation somewhere, and the kids would dig it.
sohahe77 2 years ago 26
@sohahe77 I dunno...it doesn't have backup dancers...
Salguine 1 year ago
@sohahe77 I believe you are right, but shit, I look at what "the kids" are into these days....
cochranexyz 1 year ago
@sohahe77 pfft....."kids" these days would not dig it, they are all in love with justin bieber and that modern day pop music. me on the otherhand being 16 years old i listen to pretty much any form of rock/metal from the late 60's to 80's hair metal, there's also quite a few pop songs i like. not that junk today but the pop from the 80's
fishermangonewild 11 months ago
BRILLIANT
bizelio 2 years ago
Thanks for this - anything Lowe, Rockpile or Brinsley is great to see!
zymurgy772356 2 years ago
Sunburst neck tele , an Everly Brothers SJ200, a Tele Bass and a Riddler Jacket.
The Jesus of cool indeed.
veitchy88 2 years ago 3
Only the Jesus Of Cool could get away with such a suit :) Very talented guy.
Jojoseahorse 2 years ago 3
And the Riddler!
Goochified 2 years ago
a bit o
Steely Dan Reelin in the Years and.....
"Feeelin Grooovy!"
adamnhalo 2 years ago 3
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adamnhalo 2 years ago
this lot were great live
eshewerethin 2 years ago
oh yeah, I forgot about this song!! Really great.
debkatz 2 years ago
great song! cool! =)
Kasio21 2 years ago
RE: below Thin Lizzy comparisons - great observations. Nick is a bit "gentler" than Thin Lizzy's "in your face" style
0marigolds 2 years ago 2
And so it goes most bands these days have no clue
nevetsnolog 2 years ago 3
what an amazing video! thanks for posting.
trichomaniac 2 years ago 2
Brings Thin Lizzy to mind.
konked 2 years ago
GREAT comment!! I agree, a great comparison, the thing is I think Lizzy covered this, so that might be why, I'm gonna check into it. But I thought the SAME thing!! Peace
jumby1and2 2 years ago 2
Its "The Boys Are Back In Town" with Springsteens "The E Street Shuffle" to me. Though completely separate and awesomely unique.
Annamandabella 2 years ago
thankyouthankyouthankyou....what's not to love?
avirettmackenzie 2 years ago
his(n) kind of makes sense if you consider the next word is "and" . it makes it easier to lead into "and so it goes." still not totally sold on "she is his n". it makes for kind of a weak line in an otherwise brilliant poem. but.. so it goes.
thebooth 2 years ago
another attempt to figure out the lyric after "on his arm is a skin tight vision... " what comes next??? anybody?
thebooth 2 years ago
"Wonder why she aint mine, she is his"
though he sings "his-n."
Spiccatoarco 2 years ago
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blondfalcon3 2 years ago
wonder why she ain't mine...she is his(n). I think he adds the "isn" to his just to keep it tight with the word vision. it works because after all it is the Jesus of Cool.
nige321 2 years ago
I've always thought "his-n" means "his and (so it goes)" Clever!
tappioha 2 years ago
wow I never saw the video to this before; its pretty impressive!
TheHeidiGame 2 years ago
He stole that jacket from the Riddler.
TheArachnoid 2 years ago
Riddler Jacket??
Faceman900 2 years ago
Thanks, never heard this version of the song, nor have I seen the video before. Excellent.
brucec43 2 years ago
Oh wow! The Jesus of Cool! Thanks for sharing this :-)
billieredsocks 2 years ago 2