How much more Lowe can you get?
As well as writing to support the principles of the Euston Manifesto, this blog seems to have had a secondary motive I neglected to tell Adam about, when I asked him a few months ago if he wanted to start a political blog.
I seem to want to spread the music of Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello at every opportunity, as well as fight for a more equal, just, nicer world. So there's no time like the present...
Some angel has uploaded a few Nick Lowe videos onto youtube. These include the video of Lowe's most famous (only) hit Cruel to be Kind, a marvellous Rockpile song, a nice poppy song My Heart Hurts and a version of Lowe's most famous song, (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? which has been covered by loads of people, including that god-awful metal supergroup A Perfect Circle. I still think Elvis Costello's version is the definitive one, but then I would. There is also a video of Lowe in his pub-rock days, looking wonderfully young fronting Brinsley Scharz. But isn't he wearing the same shirt in the "My Heart Hurts" video as well, despite the fact that they were filmed about a decade apart?
Enjoy...
-posted by Roy
