4:03pm So It Goes by Nick Lowe from Jesus of Cool [2008 Remaster]
#KJAC #TheColoradoSound #NickLowe

Get Happy

February 15, 1980 ~ Elvis Costello and The Attractions release Get Happy. Produced by Nick Lowe, it's Elvis' fourth album, the third with The Attractions and is heavily influenced by 1960s soul, R&B, and ska.  Check out Get Happy by Elvis Costello on Amazon Music #elviscostello #elviscostelloandtheattractions #gethappy #80srock #twotone #rock #music #musicsky #musiciansky #rockmusic #nicklowe

http://robinbannks.com/2026/02/15/58416/

6:28am Cruel to Be Kind by Nick Lowe from Labour of Lust
#KJAC #TheColoradoSound #NickLowe

12:35am Love Gets Strange by Nick Lowe from Pinker and Prouder Than Previous
#KJAC #TheColoradoSound #NickLowe

4:50pm I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass by Nick Lowe from Jesus of Cool [2008 Remaster]
#KJAC #TheColoradoSound #NickLowe

Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Blood & Chocolate, 1986 on Columbia

Costello’s 11th studio LP and 9th with The Attractions, as a follow up to King of America, and produced by Nick Lowe.

Didn’t do so well commercially at the time, but now called one of his best. Costello is credited on the rear sleeve as “Napoleon Dynamite” – which is also the name of the cover painting (also by Costello, but attributed to Eamonn Singer – though the director of the same-named film claims it is not referring to Costello.

My copy – from the merch table at an Elvis Costello / Steve Nieve show at The Cabot – is a more recent (post 2015) reissue by UMe.

I love this music video of Mavis Staples, Wilco, and Nick Lowe covering "The Weight" so much. I watch it anytime I need a lift.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WmlUXsjSv8

#Wilco #MavisStaples #NickLowe #ForkiversePlaylist

Vilket skönt avslappnat sväng och vilken enastående musikalisk kombination!
Wilco, Mavis Staples och Nick Lowe repeterar The Weight av The Band i ett av omklädningsrummen inför en spelning på Civic Opera House i Chicago. Året är 2012.
#music #Wilco #MavisStaples #NickLowe #TheBand

https://youtu.be/2WmlUXsjSv8

Bungay Balls Up videos

#VidADay. #BBU is the longest #juggling convention in the world. And (so?) perhaps the least juggly if you lean that way. I made some videos that give some idea of what it’s like. BBU #6, 2005:

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Cruel To Be Kind 💿🧿🪩🎧
#NickLowe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho

“#rockpile #nicklowe #daveedmunds Rockpile perform Crawling From The Wreckage in 1980 from the Reelin' In The Years A... / “Rockpile • Crawling From The Wreckage • 1980 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]” (1 user) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE1fUeOKkHQ

Rockpile, Seconds of Pleasure, 1980 on Columbia

This is Rockpile’s one and only studio album released under their name in 1980. The band includes Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Billy Bremner and Terry Williams – though other material from Rockpile’s repertoire would come out under the name of Dave Edmunds or Nick Lowe solo albums.

The whole constellation of Nick Lowe / Dave Edmunds / Elvis Costello / Brinsley Schwarz created some really amazing music – pub rock is the label sometimes attached but that can be a bit limiting.

My copy—via La Fin Du Vinyle in Montréal Québec— is a Canadian pressing (Manufactured by CBS Records Canada Ltd).

#1980 #1980s #BillyBremner #CBSRecordsCanada #Columbia #DaveEdmunds #LaFinDuVinyle #NewWave #NickLowe #PubRock #Rockpile #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

Nick Lowe Sings “Christmas at the Airport”

Listen to this track by songwriter, holiday season-celebrator, and gentleman crooner Nick Lowe. It’s “Christmas at the Airport”, a single from his 2013 release Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection for All the Family. The record was released in advance of the holiday at the end of October that year after Lowe’s label at the time, Yep Roc, suggested he make it – and much to his initial surprise and confusion when they did.

Named after a popular collection of chocolates in the UK, the album makes good on its promise of being a yuletide stocking full of musical treats. Besides Nick Lowe originals including this one, the record includes cover versions of recognizable seasonal pop favourites (Wizzard’s “I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day”) traditional tunes (“Children Go Where I Send Thee”), and songs by other writers made especially for the record (Ron Sexsmith’s “Hooves on the Roof”). With its eclectic grab-bag approach that diverges from the usual fare, the album scored a respectable # 17 on Rolling Stone’s 40 Essential Christmas albums list in 2019.

The record certainly projects a winning charm. Lowe undercuts expectations across the whole record’s running time, injecting humour, irreverence, and stylistic contrast. This includes an anything-but version of “Silent Night” that kicks open the doors and windows as an invitation to rock the neighbourhood rather than serving as a lullaby. This rule-breaking approach in the arrangements is perhaps a reflection of how skeptical Lowe was at first as to whether or not he could record a Christmas album with any measure of credibility or artistic honesty. But in being honest with himself, he knew he was as much of an admirer of Christmas music as anyone. He got past the stigma by not taking the whole thing too seriously, choosing material that’s mostly off the beaten path and true to his voice, all while avoiding the sound of sleighbells in the arrangements at all costs.

“Christmas at the Airport” is a flagship tune to demonstrate the spirit of the whole record, which is about warmth, a sense of humour, and a certain amount of yuletide coziness for good measure. The idea for the song germinated while in the airport on his way home from a show in Europe Nick Lowe had done with Mavis Staples. The tune came to him as an anthem to being stranded by bad weather while traveling over the holiday season. The story heard in the song is a hilarious exaggeration of that situation, and with standout lines that include the doors are locked and bolted/let the festivities begin and don’t save me any turkey/I found a burger in a bin.

As usual and like the rest of the album, the song is arranged to be right in Lowe’s wheelhouse as a kind of retro-pop style that could have been recorded in 1962 as much as 2013. Full of ironic humour, Nick Lowe sings it as straight as an arrow and with a sense of resignation to the ridiculous experiences he’s singing about. This helps ensure that he doesn’t undercut how Christmas-y the track truly sounds, sung with as much style and gravitas as any crooner who gets a boost in airplay during the holiday season from Nat “King” Cole to Bing Crosby. Of course, this only makes it funnier.

Black humour has always been a part of Nick Lowe’s musical profile. So, the song stands as being pretty true to its author. Otherwise, it proves that Christmas music doesn’t have to adhere to a single tone of reverence or earnestness. It can be ridiculous, too, and yet still be reflective of the spirit of the season. Critical accolades aside, that’s why this tune and the record it’s on was such a success, along with how relatable it is to be bogged down by logistics when traveling during this time of year, trying to get to your loved ones while being stuck in an airport terminal instead. This tune gives you permission to laugh instead of cry when things go wrong during travels or any aspect of the season that can prove to be a logistical nightmare.

With all of the planning and to-ing and fro-ing at this time of year, sometimes things don’t go the way we want them to go. Travel plans go awry. At the holidays, sometimes we feel the distance between us the most keenly when they do. Yet even when we find ourselves at the bottom of the pile, the joy of the season can still remain unbowed if we allow ourselves to lean into the absurdity a bit and have ourselves a hearty ho-ho-ho.

Nick Lowe is an active singer, songwriter, and performer today. Check out his official site nicklowe.com for news on tours, releases, and other assorted bits and pieces.

If you haven’t yet, check out the list of 20 Great Nick Lowe Songs written a while back by your humble host.

And with the hope that being stuck in an airport doesn’t describe your holidays this year, good people, this article represents the last post of 2025 here on The Delete Bin. Join us in January for more thoughts, insights, and tunes across the pop music spectrum and musical decades. Until then, may you experience the full measure of the season’s good will and good cheer. And may you meet 2026 with a smiling face and a song in your heart.

Otherwise, and as always,

Enjoy!

#2010sMusic #ChristmasMusic #ChristmasSongs #NickLowe

There's an old Nick Lowe song called So It Goes, that has the line "discussions with the Russians". And whenever I hear news stories with the words "discussions", I think of this song. And since there are lots of news stories about discussions with the Russians at the moment, I think about it a lot!

Nearly fifty years old, the first release on Stiff Records (tagline: "if it ain't Stiff, it ain't worth a fuck").

Still sounds good!

#NickLowe #PowerPop

https://youtu.be/YEpr8kaczck?si=tXWOK_mp-Z0Hy2JP

Cruel To Be Kind ➠
#NickLowe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho

El jueves pasado fuimos a ver a don #NickLowe, que, acompañado de los maravillosos #LosStraitjackets, venía a presentar su último elepé, "Indoor Safari", y también a provocar la nostalgia del respetable con su repertorio clásico.

No podía fallar, y no lo hizo.

#pop #PowerPop #PubRock #RockNRoll

Cruel To Be Kind 😐
#NickLowe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vo4lNb0w48

"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" is a 1974 song written by English singer/songwriter #NickLowe. Initially released by Lowe with his band Brinsley Schwarz on their 1974 album #TheNewFavouritesOfBrinsleySchwarz, the song was released as a single and did not chart. The song was most famously covered by #ElvisCostello and #theAttractions, who recorded a version of the song that was released as a B-side to Lowe's 1978 solo single "American Squirm".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssd3U_zicAI

Cruel To Be Kind 😐
#NickLowe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vo4lNb0w48

Cruel To Be Kind 💿🧿🪩🎧
#NickLowe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxrdgqFzvNc