Nick Lowe
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Nick Lowe wrote the classic "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" (made famous by Elvis Costello), produced one of the UK's first punk records ("New Rose" by the Damned), and started one of the great independent record labels (Stiff Records). In this episode Bruce Headlam talks to him about producing the first five Elvis Costello records, marrying into Johnny Cash's family and his hilarious first encounter with the great Keith Richards.
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| 0:00.0 | How does AI even work? Where does creativity come from? What's the secret to living longer? |
| 0:07.7 | Ted RadioHour explores the biggest questions with some of the world's greatest thinkers. |
| 0:12.8 | They will surprise, challenge, and even change you. Listen to NPR's Ted RadioHour wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:20.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:30.0 | Nicklow grew out of England's pub rock scene to write some of the smartest songs of the new wave era. |
| 0:39.0 | His classics, like Soak Goes, I love the sound of breaking glass, and cruel to be kind, stand up with any of the best songs of the time. |
| 0:48.0 | When he's still going, Nicklow's newest EP, Lay It On Me, comes out June 5th, and shows he's still the strong songwriter he always was. |
| 0:57.0 | Nicklow established himself early, by writing and producing one of the UK's early punk singles for the damned, |
| 1:03.0 | produced Elvis Costello's first five albums, co-founded one of my favorite record labels, stiff records, and wrote the classic, What So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding. |
| 1:14.0 | Nick talked to Bruce Hadlam about all of this, plus what it was like marrying into Johnny Cash's family, and a hilarious first encounter with Keith Richards. |
| 1:26.0 | This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age. I'm Justin Richmond. |
| 1:35.0 | Here's Bruce Hadlam and Nick Low from GSI Studios in Brooklyn. This interview was taped while Nick was on tour with Loaf's straight jackets. |
| 1:43.0 | So, why don't we start with one of your new songs? |
| 1:46.0 | Oh, okay, yeah. Last night was the last night of our tour. I've been on tour with the straight jackets. |
| 1:52.0 | So, play us a song that you've recorded with him. |
| 1:55.0 | Okay, this is what I'm going to do. This is called Love Starvation. I'll do my best to do it. |
| 2:03.0 | Can you tell me the inspiration for that song? |
| 2:07.0 | Well, I was doing some recording with the straight jackets in New York City last year. |
| 2:15.0 | And we came back from the studio. We did a pretty good day. We came back from the studio. |
| 2:20.0 | And I just thought we needed a song within that tempo. That sort of tempo. |
| 2:27.0 | Kind of Bobby Fuller 4 Richie Vallans kind of tempo. |
| 2:34.0 | Sort of 60s, Holly Gully beat. I could hear them doing it. |
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