History Music / NickLowe

* RecordProducer: If he'd never recorded a note of his own music, he'd still be a legend as one of the pre-eminent producers of PunkRock, Roots Rock and NewWave Music, working at the helm for acclaimed singles and albums by Creator/ElvisCostello, The Damned, The Pretenders, Graham Parker, John Hiatt, Carlene Carter, and Creator/JohnnyCash amongst many others.

* RecordProducer: A respected producer in PunkRock and NewWaveMusic, working at the helm for acclaimed singles and albums by Music/ElvisCostello, Music/{{The Damned|Band}} and Music/{{Pretenders}} among many others.

* CoolOldGuy: The [[JustForPun Jesus of Cool]] Old Guys, in fact.

Not to be confused with the long-standing movie reviewer in ''Magazine/{{Interzone}}'' magazine, who is a completely different Nick Lowe.

* ''Jesus of Cool'' (1978)[[note]]Originally released as ''Pure Pop for Now People'' in the US[[/note]]

Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British]] SingerSongwriter who has been active since the late [[TheSixties 1960s]]. His first group, Kippington Lodge, evolved into pub rock pioneers Brinsley Schwarz. After they broke up in the mid [[TheSeventies 1970s]], Lowe began his solo career, which continues to this day. He's also worked as a RecordProducer for Music/ElvisCostello, Graham Parker, Music/TheDamned, Music/{{Pretenders}} and others, a career which earned him the nickname "Basher" due to his habit of recording quickly and without production tricks, wherein he would instruct bands to "bash it out, we'll tart it up later". He is best known, at least in the USA, for his song "Cruel to Be Kind", in the UK for "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass", and, indirectly for Costello's CoverVersion of the Brinsley Schwarz song "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." He also worked with Dave Edmunds on several of his albums and in the band Rockpile, but personality clashes between the two meant Rockpile disbanded after releasing one album, although they have remained friends outside of the studio.

* PunkRock: His early Pub Rock recordings and "bash it out now, tart it up later" production style were important in its development in Britain, and he produced [[Music/TheDamned the first British Punk Rock single and album]].

* RecordProducer: A respected producer in PunkRock and NewWaveMusic, working at the helm for acclaimed singles and albums by Music/ElvisCostello, Music/TheDamned and Music/{{Pretenders}} among many others.

As usual, you can find the basics about his life and career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Lowe The Other Wiki]]. Not to be confused with the long-standing movie reviewer in ''Magazine/{{Interzone}}'' magazine, who is a completely different Nick Lowe.

Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British]] SingerSongwriter who has been active since the late [[TheSixties 1960s]]. His first group, Kippington Lodge, evolved into pub rock pioneers Brinsley Schwarz. After they broke up in the mid [[TheSeventies 1970s]], Lowe began his solo career, which continues to this day. He's also worked as a RecordProducer for Music/ElvisCostello, Graham Parker, Music/TheDamned, Music/{{Pretenders}} and others, a career which earned him the nickname "Basher" due to his habit of recording quickly and without production tricks, wherein he would instruct bands to "bash it out, we'll tart it up later". He is best known, at least in the USA, for his song "Cruel to Be Kind", in the UK for "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass", and, indirectly for Costello's CoverVersion of the Brinsley Schwarz song "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." He also worked with Dave Edmunds on several of his albums and in the band Rockpile, but personality clashes between the two meant Rockpile disbanded after releasing one album.

* CruelToBeKind: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh.]] It's only the name of his ''biggest hit'', after all.

* RickRoll: Let's just say that Lowe didn't intend for the entire stanza in "All Men Are Liars" about Music/RickAstley and "Never Gonna Give You Up" to have such a different meaning twenty years after the fact.

* RecordProducer: A respected producer in PunkRock and NewWaveMusic, working at the helm for acclaimed albums by Music/ElvisCostello, Music/TheDamned and Music/ThePretenders among many others.

* SpringtimeForHitler: Lowe wrote "[[BoyBand Bay City Rollers]], We Love You" to be as bad as possible in the hopes that his label, United Artists, would drop him. Instead the song turned out to be so catchy that it was released worldwide. It flopped everywhere [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff except Japan]].

'''Nick Lowe''' (b. 1949) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British]] SingerSongwriter who has been active since the late [[TheSixties 1960s]]. His first group, Kippington Lodge, evolved into pub rock pioneers Brinsley Schwarz. After they broke up in the mid [[TheSeventies 1970s]], Lowe began his solo career, which continues to this day. He's also worked as a RecordProducer for Music/ElvisCostello, Graham Parker, Music/TheDamned, Music/{{Pretenders}} and others, a career which earned him the nickname "Basher" due to his habit of recording quickly and without production tricks, wherein he would instruct bands to "bash it out, we'll tart it up later". He is best known, at least in the USA, for his song "Cruel to Be Kind", in the UK for "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass", and, indirectly for Costello's CoverVersion of the Brinsley Schwarz song "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." He also worked with Dave Edmunds on several of his albums and in the band Rockpile, but personality clashes between the two meant Rockpile disbanded after releasing one album.

Well I'm here to tell you that [[PrecisionFStrike dick's]] a clown"

* {{Supergroup}}: Little Village, with teamed Lowe with Ry Cooder, John Hiatt and veteran session drummer Jim Keltner. They'd previously worked together on Hiatt's album ''Bring the Family''.

* ''Jesus of Cool'' (1978)[[note]]Originally released as ''Pure Pop for Now People'' in the US)[[/note]]

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Lowe's solo debut album, released in England under the title ''Jesus of Cool,'' was originally released in the U.S. as ''Pure Pop For Now People.''

* WithFriendsLikeThese: "Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end."

* SelfDeprecation: Some of his albums were named after punny plays on certain idioms, like ''Labour of Lust'' and ''The Abominable Showman''. ''At My Age'' and ''Quiet Please: The Best of Nick Lowe'' also [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] his stylistic change.

As usual, you can find the basics about his life and career at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Lowe The Other Wiki]].

-->--'''Nick Lowe''', "''Cruel to be Kind''"

* BlackComedy: "Marie Provost", detailing the drug overdose of the silent film actress Marie [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Prevost]] and her subsequently being eaten by her dog.[[note]]An UrbanLegend spread by Kenneth Anger[[/note]]
* {{Bowdlerize}}: Lowe's solo debut album, released in England under the title ''Jesus of Cool,'' was released in the U.S. as ''Pure Pop For Now People.''

* BlackComedy: "Marie Provost", detailing the drug overdose of the silent film actress Marie [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Prevost]] and her subsequently being eaten by her dog.

He said "I'm never gonna give you up or let you down"\\

His early music career is best described as PowerPop catchy hooks meets Music/NewWave energy, hilarious, frequently sarcastic or surreal [[LyricalDissonance lyrics]] and a cheerfully irreverent approach towards songwriting, especially manifested through fondness for [[PlayingWithATrope playing with pop music conventions]]. Starting with ''The Impossible Bird'', he's transitioned into a more reflective, less energetic style more heavily inspired by CountryMusic, classic pop and {{Soul}}.

* BitingTheHandHumor: Several of Nick's songs take shots at record label executives and the failure of Brinsley Schwarz, such as "I Love My Label", "Music for Money", "Shake and Pop" and "They Called It Rock".
* BlackComedy: "Marie Provost".

His early music career is best described as PowerPop catchy hooks meets Music/NewWave energy, hilarious, frequently sarcastic or surreal [[LyricalDissonance lyrics]] and a cheerfully irreverent approach towards songwriting, especially manifested through fondness for [[PlayingWithATrope playing with pop music conventions]]. Starting with ''The Impossible Bird'', he's transitioned into a more reflective, less energetic style more heavily inspired by CountryMusic, classic pop and Music/{{Soul}}.