History Music / NickLowe

* Tsundere: "Cruel to be Kind".

* BitingTheHandHumour: 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".

* CoverAlbum: ''Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers'', whose covers were originally issued as a bonus EP for the Rockpile album ''Seconds of Pleasure''.

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

* TakeThat: To RickAstley in "All Men Are Liars".

* RickRoll: Let's just say that Lowe didn't intend for the entire stanza about "Never Gonna Give You Up" to have such a different meaning twenty years after the fact.

* 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.

* 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 [[{{Lampshading}} lampshade]] his stylistic change.

* BitingTheHandHumour: Several of Nick's songs take shots at record label executives and the failure of Brinsley Schwarz, such as "I Love My Label", "Shake and Pop" and "They Called It Rock".
* {{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.''

* SelfDeprecation: Some of his albums were named after punny plays on certain idioms, like ''Labour of Lust'' and ''The Abominable Showman''.

'''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 in the band Rockpile.

His early music career is best described as PowerPop catchy hooks meets Music/NewWave energy, hilarious, frequently sarcastic or surreal [[LyricalDissonance lyrics]] and a generally irreverent approach, 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}}.

* CoolOldGuy

'''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 (and his supposed motto "bash it out now, 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 in the band Rockpile.

'''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 (and his supposed motto "bash it out now, tart it up later"). He is best known, at least in the U.S., for his song "Cruel to Be Kind," 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 in the band Rockpile.

* CoverAlbum: ''Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers''

His early music career is best described as PowerPop catchy hooks meets Music/NewWave energy, hilarious, frequently sarcastic or surreal [[LyricalDissonance lyrics]] and a 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}}.

His early music career is best described as PowerPop catchy hooks meets Music/NewWave energy, hilarious, frequently sarcastic or surreal [[LyricalDissonance lyrics]] and a 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 and {{Soul}}.

'''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. He is best known, at least in the U.S., for his song "Cruel to Be Kind," 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 in the band Rockpile.

'''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. He is best known, at least in the U.S., for his song "Cruel to Be Kind," 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 in the band Rockpile.

'''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 standard bearers 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. He is best known, at least in the U.S., for his song "Cruel to Be Kind," 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 in the band Rockpile.

'''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 standard bearers 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. He is best known, at least in the U.S., for his song "Cruel to Be Kind," 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 in the band Rockpile.

* ProtestSong: "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding". The original Brinsley Schwarz version was an AffectionateParody of the genre. Elvis Costello's version [[CerberusSyndrome wasn't]].

!!! Pure Tropes For Now People:

'''Nick Lowe''' (b. 1949) is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British]] SingerSongwriter who started his career in the 1970s and has also worked as a record producer for Music/ElvisCostello, Graham [=Parker=] and others. He is best known, at least in the U.S., for his song "Cruel to Be Kind," and, indirectly for Costello's CoverVersion of "{What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." He also worked with Dave Edmunds in the band Rockpile.

* ProtestSong: "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding".

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!!! Pure Tropes For Now People

* PowerPop: One of the standard bearers
* ProtestSong: "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding"
* SillyLoveSongs: "Cruel To Be Kind" and "I Knew The Bride (When She Used to Rock 'n' Roll)" are both subversions of this trope.