The Meaning Behind Nick Lowe's Deceptively Cheery "Cruel to Be Kind"
Nick Lowe's 1979 power-pop hit, "Cruel to Be Kind," sounds oxymoronic. You've gotta be cruel ... to be kind?
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DON VAN VLIET AND FRANK ZAPPA: TWO PEAS IN A MISSHAPEN POD
On what would have been Captain Beefheart’s 80th birthday, Gary Lucas shares a remembrance of his mentor, Don Van Vliet (Beefheart) and Frank Zappa.
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How we made: Nick Lowe on Cruel to Be Kind
Last modified on Mon 15 Feb 2021 13.52 EST Nick Lowe, singer/songwriter I wrote this song when I was still in the group Brinsley Schwarz. As a 70s pub-rock band, it was kind of taboo for us to admit to liking disco, but we were fans, and I was in love with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ The Love I Lost. So the original version of Cruel to Be Kind was my attempt at a floor-filler for when we played clubs and freshers’ balls. We cut the song in 1974 for an album that didn’t come out until years after we split. But when I signed with Columbia’s Gregg Geller, all my Brinsley demos and ...
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