Edmunds started out in 1968 with Love Sculpture and had a top 5 hit with Sabre Dance. He went solo and had his first hit with I hear you knocking which got to number 1 in 1970. Other hits included Baby I love you, Born to be with you, I knew the bride and Girl’s talk.

 

Lowe starts off in Brinsley Schwartz in 1969, but split in 75, without any commercial success. He produces Dr Feelgood, Graham Parker, Damned and Elvis Costello. He wrote I knew the bride for Dave Edmunds. By now he is with Stiff records and tours with Ian Dury, Costello and Wreckless Eric. His first successful single is I love the sound of breaking glass. He also produces the Pretenders single Stop your sobbin.

His other hit was Cruel to be kind.

 

Edmunds and Lowe form Rockpile but with limited success.

 

Edmunds and Lowe form Rockpile but with limited success.

 

I think Nick Lowe has a brand new album out on Proper Records (first in about 7 years i think) which has been getting alright reviews in the music press (mojo, uncut and that lot)

not impressed by them tbh, they were ok but their commercial material was pretty lame.

brand new album gets 3/5 in the independent:

 

Album: Nick Lowe

At My Age, PROPER

By Andy Gill

Published: 08 June 2007

At his age, Nick Lowe ought to have acquired enough experience of the frailties of love and failings of the flesh to make an album like At My Age unnecessary. But age doesn't necessarily bring wisdom, and a good thing too, given that he's grown so adept at writing songs that are, in his own words, a "diary set to music". He tracks the changing fortunes of romance with a sly eye here, whether playing the persevering suitor in "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day", struggling with old habits in "People Change" and "A Better Man", or visiting spiteful payback in "I Trained Her To Love Me", whose protagonist seduces his prey solely "so I can go ahead and break her heart". As might be expected from such a well-listened fellow, the songs are replete with vintage pop references, while his arrangements employ a musical worldliness akin to The Band, the songs lent individual character by strategies such as the country/rock-steady crossover of "Long Limbed Girl", and the Floyd Cramer-style piano of "A Better Man", a mea culpa apologia begging to become a country standard for someone like George Jones or Willie Nelson.

DOWNLOAD THIS: 'A Better Man', 'Long Limbed Girl', 'Rome Wasn't Built in a Day'

I seem to remember another 'hit' from Dave Edmunds in the early '80's titled "Slipping Away'

They were big in Australia. Edmunds with I Hear You Knocking, Promised Land and I Knew The Bride, Lowe with Cruel To Be Kind. But Rockpile did a disasterous tour of Australia in the 80's and it completely destroyed their credibility.

Edited July 13, 200718 yr by findingout

I remember lovin I love the sound of Breaking Glass when I was a kid but I heard it again recently and I couldn't listen to it all the way through. Just sounded soooooooooooooo boring!

Edited July 13, 200717 yr by grebo69

not impressed by them tbh, they were ok but their commercial material was pretty lame.

 

then watch BBC 4 on friday night at 10.30pm for the BBC FOur sessions with Nick Lowe as he plays an acoustic set at LSO St Luke's, might change your opinions!!!!

Girls Talk was a great pop song by Dave Edmunds . Its so uplifting and once you hear it you cant get it out of your head.

tbh i prefered dave edmunds first hit.... 'sabre dance' when he was in love sculpture.

Queen of hearts is another good tune from Dave Edmunds